Early Learning Centre

There are still vacancies available at our ELC for children 3 years and over.

$95 per day -Less your Child Care Subsidy eligibility.

You can contact the ELC or pop in for a visit.

Phone: 9704 6313 - Option ELC

Email: elc@hillsmeade.vic.edu.au

Check out what’s happening in the ELC

Our Learning

During this fortnight, the children have been undertaking learning in the following areas:

Reading	Reading traditional stories, including The Enormous Turnip, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little Pigs and then retelling these stories through dramatisations and role play using props and puppets
Writing	Drawing with a wide variety of materials, including pencils, textas, grey leads, oil pastels. Children practicing writing their names. Children identifying the letters of the alphabet and identifying the first letter of their name
Maths	Exploring the concepts of heavy and light using scales Continuing to familiarise themselves with numbers from 1 to 10 in their printed form
Science	Developing an understanding of trial and error, problem solving and hypothesising as they determine how to create a bridge from an assortment of sticks and small cardboard tubes for the 3 Billy Goats to use to cross the river to reach the grass
Inquiry	Continuing to broaden the range of mediums through which the children can use to express their thoughts and understandings. Introducing sewing and wire for the children to use to create pictures with; box construction; construction with wood off cuts and cardboard tubes Exploring how illustrations in books and art works can be used to tell a story. Encouraging the children to consider ‘how the piece makes them feel?’, ‘what story is the artist/illustrator telling us?’ Expanding on our skills in working with clay as we learn how to make pinch pots and to use slip to join pieces of clay together
Social & emotional learning	Developing a range of strategies to assist the children in moving from different zones to the green zone Supporting the children in their interactions with one another to help them develop strategies to resolve conflict with their peers

News and Reminders

13th June – 26th June; Week 8 & 9 Parent Teacher Interviews

Exploring a range of artworks at the inquiry table

Building a bridge from sticks and cardboard tubes for the Billy Goats to cross the river

Retelling the story of The Three Little Pigs