Term 1 Week 5
In This Newsletter
A message from our Directors
Building Community
At CCC Early Learning, our goal is to collaborate with families. We recognise that parents are their child's first teachers and value the crucial role they play in their child's development. Early experiences and interactions during these first years help shape their understanding of themselves and the world around them. During the first years of a child’s life they have begun building foundational skills in literacy, numeracy, health, nutrition, and cultural identity. We are committed to nurturing these foundational skills by offering daily play-based experiences that encourage exploration in early literacy, numeracy, and health. Our dedicated team works alongside families to support children in learning, discovering, and growing.
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
— Proverbs 22:6
Week 5 Memory Verse
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
— Proverbs 13:3
Upcoming Events
Term 1 Events
Learning Highlights
Learning in the Pre-Kindy Room
We’ve had a wonderful start to the year in the Pre-Kindy room, with everyone settling in beautifully and forming new friendships with both peers and educators. It's been a joy to watch the children connect and grow together! In our Pre-Kindy room, we’ve been diving into the world of colours, focusing on the colours of the rainbow. We started with red and orange, and this week, our attention turned to the sunny colour yellow! Our yellow adventures have been full of fun activities, from creating yellow playdough and exploring yellow pasta to splashing in yellow water with rubber ducks! We’ve also been busy with art, making stars in the night sky, yellow ducks, sunflowers, and even beehives! It’s been a vibrant and creative week, and we can’t wait to see what colours we’ll explore next!
Important Reminders
Important Reminders
Staff Changes: Courtney Bridge will be taking over from Beccy Parker (Maternity Leave) as our Kindergarten Teacher on Mondays. Courtney holds a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) and is well known to all of our children as she is our Pre-Kindy Teacher. Ashleigh Smith will now be Lead Educator in our Pre-Kindy Room on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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Relief Staff: We are fortunate to have a number of qualified educators available to cover staff absences in all of our rooms. These staff members are well known to our children and families and play an integral role in ensuring smooth transitions for all children during times of staff absences.
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We will be sharing further information in the coming weeks regarding changes to our food and meals. As advised at the end of last year, ELC provided food is being phased out later in Term 1.
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2025 Staff
Welcome to our staff for 2025 |
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Kindy - Kelly McIntyre, Beccy Parker, Tamika MacGregor, Ashleigh Smith
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Pre-Kindy - Courtney Bridge, Holly Andrews, Ashleigh Smith
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Toddlers - Lisa Grant, Karen Neal, Veronica Valero Cortazar
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OSHC - Phil Sutevski, Rachael Whysall
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We have a number of new staff joining us this year. Please introduce yourself and say hello if you see them in the centre. |
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Abbey Dixon - Administration
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Ashleigh Smith - Educator (Diploma)
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Cassandra Ellingsen - Relief educator (Cert III)
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Emily Howell - Relief educator (Diploma)
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