Introducing our new ELC Wellbeing Wall and Parent Library
We are excited to introduce our new Wellbeing Wall, created to support the wellbeing of our ELC children and families. The wall provides a range of helpful resources including parenting information, child development and wellbeing materials, and details about local community supports and allied health services.
In addition, families are invited to borrow books on a range of child development and wellbeing topics from our Parent Library. This small library offers opportunities for families to explore ideas and strategies that support children’s social, emotional, and developmental wellbeing. Please see your child’s teacher or a member of the Leadership Team to borrow a book.
Importantly, this space is designed to be collaborative, responsive and reflective of our ELC community’s needs and interests. Families are invited to contribute their voices through a suggestion box, sharing ideas about the types of wellbeing information and resources they would find most helpful.
Our hope is that the Wellbeing Wall becomes a welcoming place where families can access support, discover useful information, and feel connected to the wider community around them. Through this initiative, we aim to strengthen connections between families, educators, and the wider community, fostering a culture of support, belonging, and wellbeing for all.
Monique Gannon
ELC Teacher & Wellbeing Leader
News from Learning Community 1
Our focus on creating a welcoming environment has been at the heart of our learning this term, as we continue to nurture a space where every child feels safe, valued, and a true sense of belonging.
Over the past weeks, our learning community has come together in joyful and meaningful ways as we celebrated Easter. The children engaged in a variety of experiences including Easter games, an exciting Easter egg hunt, and shared readings of Easter stories. These moments created opportunities for connection, collaboration, and a strong sense of belonging.
These experiences strongly support our Reggio Emilia approach, where learning is guided by inquiry, relationships, and play. The children’s curiosity about Easter opened meaningful conversations, storytelling, and symbolic play, allowing them to express their thinking in a variety of ways. A particularly special moment was the visit from our School Reverend Thomas Bassett, who shared the story of the first Easter. The children listened with great respect and interest, engaging thoughtfully and learning about the Christian faith in a way that was both accessible and meaningful.
These shared celebrations connect deeply with our inquiry this term and have further strengthened our language of welcome. The children have actively practiced inclusion, kindness, and respect for diverse beliefs and traditions, reinforcing our identity as a supportive and connected ELC community.
From all the Learning Community 1 staff, we wish families a happy and safe Easter holiday.
Kathy McCabe, Olivia Buttery, Nell Tierney and Monique Gannon
Learning Community 1 Teachers
News from Learning Community 2
We cannot believe we are now at the end of our first term together — what an amazing term it has been! We welcomed new friends to the Pathway Hallet, Pathway Ferguson and Erindale Rooms and quickly established new rituals and routines.
Throughout the term, we enjoyed many specialist experiences, including tennis, gross motor, French, music and Chinese, as well as a very special visit from Reverend Thomas Bassett, who spoke with the children about Easter.
Across our Centre, we celebrated Lunar New Year through a variety of meaningful experiences, such as making and enjoying dumplings, creating artwork, and watching a beautiful performance from the Sunny Dancers.
Across Term 1, the children have actively engaged in experiences that supported their growing sense of identity, connection and community. Through daily rituals such as our Palti Circle and shared classroom practices, they developed confidence in expressing themselves, contributing to group experiences and building meaningful relationships with their peers. The children explored their ideas through a range of creative and symbolic languages, strengthening their communication, problem-solving and thinking skills. As they navigated friendships, routines and collaborative projects, they demonstrated increasing independence, emotional awareness and a deepening understanding of themselves as valued members of our learning community.
The children in the Erindale Room have successfully transitioned from Learning Community 1 and developed strong connections with their new environment. It has been wonderful to see the older children in the Pathway Rooms nurture their younger peers and ensure they feel welcomed when entering the Erindale Room. We have focused on supporting children’s social and emotional development, which has allowed them to flourish and engage with new learning provocations with greater confidence. The Erindale children are also proud to have completed a clay project that supported their emerging literacy skills, particularly as they learned to write their names.
We are all looking forward to another successful term after the Easter holidays and wish families a safe and restful break.
Kind regards,
Stasia Vigor, Edel Lilley and Chloe Skoss
Learning Community 2 Teachers
Dear ELC Families,
Join us on Friday 8 May at 2pm to celebrate the Mothers and Treasured Friends’ Afternoon Tea in the ELC!
Our Centre will be celebrating Mother’s Day and the inspirational women in the children’s lives including mothers, grandmothers, and aunties.
Make your bookings by Monday 4 May.
We hope to see you there!
ELC Mothers and Treasured Friends’ Afternoon Tea
Friday 9 May
2pm in the ELC