Reptile Visit
What an amazing morning we had here at Caves Beach Early Learning Centre with Kym the Reptile Man.The children got to meet and engage with a variety of reptiles including snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, and cockroaches. There was so much fun and laughter as we spent...
Community Relationships
The educators and children ventured out to the front car park to look at what was happening. The excitement as the children watched the bobcat dig and grind at the road. Educators spoke to the children about the different signs that were out for display being the stop...
Excursion To The Park
This morning an excited group of Tiny Turtle children left the service on an amazing adventure to the park. On their adventure they were taking the time to further explore their current interest in bugs. Educators provided a small checklist, bug catchers and nets to...
Sensory Experiences
Over the last few weeks sensory experiences have been providing the children with opportunity to develop a range of skills. Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving and creativity. Providing the children with the...
Animal friends
We welcome our two new little guinea pig friends. Having animals within the centre will help the children show respect for the natural environment and encourage nurturing tendencies and responsibility. We have three chickens, two guinea pigs and Ocean the...
Excursions at Caves Beach ELC
Today was our excursion day … or as Zarah put it ‘it’s our journey day’! As the children of the Ocean Adventurers Room have shown such an interest in learning about their community the Ocean Adventurers educators decided to take the children for a walking excursion to...
Pre School Program
We have created a pre school program based off the six learning areas for Kindergarten as outlined by the Department of Education. Area 1: Creative ArtsArea 2: EnglishArea 3: MathematicsArea 4: Human Society and its environment (HSIE)Area 5: Science &...
ROCK POOL INCURSION
What an exciting day we’ve had! We were lucky enough to be able to have the ultimate rock pool incursion! We were able to get up close and personal with some friendly but strange looking underwater sea creatures. Some were slimy while others were fury, and some were a...
BUG INCURSION
Today we had our BUG incursion! These creepy crawlies had the children so engaged and interested. Thank you to Dream Time Productions for another amazing visit.
Dinosaur Show
Today we had a visit from some robotic dinosaurs! The children really enjoyed this incursion! We engaged in lots of discussions on everything from fossils, evolution, dinosaur names and more. This was a great way for the children to further understand the world around...