Goodness flows from a heart aligned with God’s truth. It’s doing what is right, even when it’s hard, and choosing integrity, honesty and compassion in all we do. As a fruit of the Spirit, goodness shines through our actions, words, and decisions. In our families, goodness is seen in how we treat one another with respect, fairness, and love. It creates a home filled with trust and safety. Let’s model goodness for our children and each other, seeking to reflect God’s character daily. When we walk in goodness, we become a light that points others to Him.

Pre-Kindy acknowledged National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week by engaging in meaningful, age-appropriate activities that helped the children learn about and show respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

The children explored the colours and meanings of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags as they had their hands painted in symbolic colours, creating beautiful handprint artwork. They also enjoyed using red, black, and yellow playdough to create their own interpretations of the Aboriginal flag, and explored a sensory tray filled with Indigenous-inspired coloured pasta and Aboriginal symbol stones.

These hands-on experiences sparked thoughtful conversations among the children:

"Yellow is the sun!" – Tully

"I’m making the flag with my hands!" – Oscar

"The stones have special pictures on them." – Dakota

Activities like these support the children’s growing understanding of Australia’s First Nations peoples and the importance of reconciliation, respect, and connection.

College Junior Athletics Carnival 

• Wednesday 25 June

• Pre-Kindy & Kindy Attending - Bring a hat, water bottle and appropiate footwear

• Morning tea at centre, return in time for lunch

• If you are a parent and would like to come and volunteer on athletics day to support our little learners email us at [email protected] 

Toddlers love to mimic those around them. They learn from watching others and doing what they are doing – most especially they love being like their parents. Give your little one a broom, or a mini-tool and get busy together. Spend some time sweeping the patio, or “fixing” the wooden blocks together. You will be surprised at how involved they become in these activities.

 Try washing up:

Washing up is a fun activity to do together, there will be water everywhere and dishes may not actually get clean but there it will be fun.

Laundry:

Put the washing in the machine and let your child press the buttons and turn the machine on. When it comes to hanging it out why not do that together too. Using pegs is also a great fine motor skill too.

Gardening:

Rake the leaves, pull the weeds, hose the garden. There are so many gardening activities you can do with your child they may even invent some of their own.

Making the bed:

Yep, even the daily mundane activity of making the bed can be an activity your child will love being a part of. Pull up the sheets together, hide under the sheets, let your child lie under the sheet as you throw the sheet up and they watch it float down.

Preparing dinner:

Besides the huge range of benefits preparing meals together have it is also lots of fun.