International Day of Happiness!
Happy International Day of Happiness! Today, we celebrate the simple moments that bring us joy, the laughter that lights up our souls, and the beauty of spreading happiness to those around us. We recognise the value of happiness and well-being as universal goals and encourage children and educators to take positive actions to increase their…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day!
Today is International Women’s Day. Here’s to the strong, fierce, powerful women everywhere. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.
Read MoreClean Up Australia Day 2024
Have you noticed our local community looking clean and tidy recently? Whilst participating in Clean Up Australia Day last week, the children not only collected litter and cleaned up our neighbourhood, they used the opportunity to talk about the importance of keeping our Centre, community and planet clean. Every small action makes a big difference!
Read MoreWorld Teacher’s Day 2023
Happy World Teacher’s Day to our very experienced, our newly-graduated, and our currently studying Early Childhood Teachers at Discovery! Today we celebrate our teachers for their skilled work in educating, inspiring and supporting our children, and recognise their role as leaders and mentors to their colleagues. Empowering minds, shaping futures and inspiring hearts- today and…
Read MoreSensory Play
Sensory activities, in addition to being fun and interesting for babies and young children, encourage children to explore and investigate. Furthermore, these activities support children to use the ‘scientific method’ of observing, forming a hypothesis, experimenting and making conclusions.
Read MoreEarly Childhood Educators’ Day 2023
Today we celebrate Early Childhood Educators’ Day! Changing the narrative (our language) about Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is one small but vital step we can all take to show the value of educators’ work in delivering positive outcomes for children. We invite our families to join us in thanking our educators as we…
Read MoreBook Week 2023 – READ, GROW and INSPIRE!
Book Week 2023 – READ, GROW and INSPIRE! 📚 … A time to set aside to highlight the impact of books on children’s education, enjoyment and awareness.
Read MoreNAIDOC Week 2023
NAIDOC Week is an exciting time in our national calendar as people of all cultures come together to celebrate and recognise the contributions and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This NAIDOC Week, as we focused on the theme “For Our Elders,” we were excited to welcome our own local cultural knowledge holders…
Read MoreReconciliation Week 2023
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. During the week, we had the opportunity to thank Uncle Wayne Anderson for his contributions to our curriculum, and his knowledge-sharing, which…
Read MoreGuula Gimbay Program
Thank you to Birpai Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and Aunty Rhonda for inviting Discovery to participate in the Guula Gimbay program over the past few months. These weekly excursions provided the children with the opportunity to connect with the local culture, community and stories, and educated the children on the responsibility of looking after…
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