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After 2 years of connecting with their Grandbuddies from Mingaletta Aged Care via zoom meetings, our children finally got to visit them in their home. The children were very excited to travel in the Mingaletta mini-buses and loved seeing where their Grandbuddies live. The two generations spent time connecting with each other and sang their…

A day of fun in the sunshine today to celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day! At Discovery, time in nature is valued and encouraged. Playing outdoors makes children happier and healthier, and it helps them to form habits that will stick with them for life, including the desire to protect our natural environment.    

This week is Early Learning Matters Week and at Discovery we couldn’t agree more! Early Learning Matters Week is a national celebration highlighting the importance of early learning. This year’s theme is “Learning Through Play.” “Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning” – you only need to scroll through our photos to see the…

Go Red For Dyslexia is a global campaign all about changing the narrative for people living with dyslexia and low literacy. Today we wore red to recognise all the amazing things people with this learning difference can do. #GoRedForDyslexia    

Yesterday was a very exciting day at Discovery! The Westport Club representatives presented us with a donation of hundreds of books to the value of $5000, to support the important work of embedding literacy in early learning. Helping children fall in love with reading is the aim of The Westport Club’s Library Regeneration Program. Thank…

Happy 6th birthday Discovery! We enjoyed celebrating our special day with party games, disco lights, dancing and ice cream cones. Celebrating birthdays and special events together creates a feeling of belonging and develops a sense of community amongst educators, children and families.

We were pleased to receive our recent Assessment & Ratings result from the Early Childhood Education and Care Directorate. Discovery has maintained our “Excellent” rating by achieving the Exceeding result in all 7 National Quality Standards once again! We are so proud of our amazing team for going above and beyond the requirements, and commend…

This week the Toddlers have been extending their food preferences as they made and enjoyed some healthy smoothies! They used fresh strawberries and bananas, frozen blueberries, milk and a small amount of ice cream. The children each made their own smoothie, choosing the fruit they wanted and helped to cut the fruit into pieces, place…