Central Park Childcare Centre

This years family fun day was greeted with marvelous sunshine, lots of happy families and a special performance from Alex the Magician ! Lots of Food, fun, beverage, chatter and laughs were had by all.  To top off the event, Alexs magic performance had the children and adults equally enthralled with the magic rings, disappearing milk, magically multiplying balls, among many other magic tricks ! A huge thank you to all who organised and attended the day and in doing so, made the day so special !

Everyone loves the new lawn feeling right… Well this year, the centre has received a make over of the front yard lawn area ! No more mud pies in the grass! As the children now have an astro-turfed area, they can play to their hearts content without getting all muddy.

This year we purchased three air filters for the centre; two for the main area, and a smaller unit for the staff room. The addition of the air filters in the centre will not only improve indoor air quality but will also remove airborne virus and bacteria particles, thus minimising the spread of airborne illnesses such as Covid-19 and the Flu. This is particularly pertinent during the current COVID pandemic as well as the usual cold/flu seasons especially as the cold weather is forcing everyone in to spend more time indoors. In addition to this great capability, the air filters will also help reduce allergies by removing harmful particulates and allergens from the air, which will be especially helpful in the springtime. Overall this will create a healthier and cleaner playing environment for our little ones and a better environment for all.

Last week we made origami rats to celebrate and build awareness of Lunar New Year.

Each month we profile one of our Educators.

This month, meet Tracy – our lead educator who has worked at Central Park for two years.

Each month we profile one of our Educators.

This month, meet Raj – an Educator who has worked at Central Park for four years.

Today we wrote letters, drew pictures and posted them in our letterbox for Santa! Each child made their own paper wreath and contributed to the build and decoration of our Christmas box tree. We sang along to lots of Christmas carols, prepared healthy icy pole treats for our party next week and gave our guinea pigs hair cuts.

One of our educators, Raj, decided it would be nice for the children to work on a group project creating a rainbow out of colourful crepe paper. First, she drew an outline of a rainbow on a large piece of paper and then the children discussed and decided how many colours they needed and in which order they should go. Then they took coloured crepe paper and scrunched them up into smaller balls that they could easily glue on. We put the rainbow outline up on the fence in the garden so everyone could have a turn throughout the day and glue on their favourite colour. What a beautiful rainbow we made!