Thursday, 24 September 2015

St Mary's Rainbow Preschool North Wagga Wagga



St Mary's Rainbow Preschool is located in the historic St Mary’s Church Hall, North Wagga Wagga. We are a community based, not for profit early childhood centre providing high quality education and care in our unique, small group preschool program for children aged between 3 and 5 years old.
 
We are blessed to have one of the largest outdoor play areas in Wagga, which enables us to a bring hands on environmental education into the preschool experience. Whether it’s digging up worms and creepy crawlies, swinging in a tree or collecting eggs laid by our resident chickens, our children are always in touch with their natural environment. Our beautiful outdoor area also has a wonderful vegetable garden, cubby house, under-cover sand pit, performance stage and playground.
Our internal play space within our 104 year old church hall building, has been recently refurbished and offers a homelike environment with a myriad of resources including home corner, book corner, arts and crafts and good quality wooden toys. 
The early childhood educators employed at St Mary’s Preschool are highly experienced with early childhood qualifications ranging from university level, diploma level and certificate III. The educators attend regular professional development courses throughout the year to update their existing knowledge, to keep abreast of current trends and developments within the early childhood education, and to continually improve the high standards of care and education delivered. St Mary’s Rainbow Preschool incorporates the fundamental principles of the early years learning framework with a focus on play based learning.
Our preschools maintain the ethos of the Anglican Parish of Wagga Wagga whilst also respecting the traditions and cultures of all the people in our community.
Uniquely our preschool has a Chaplain who makes regular contact with the staff, children and their families as well as community members. The chaplain takes an active role in supporting members of the preschool community in times of need, crisis or emergency.
·         Unique, small group preschool program for children aged 3-5 years old
·         One of the largest outdoor play areas in Wagga – vegetable gardens, cubby house, covered sand pit, performance stage, playground and pet chickens
·         ‘Homelike’ internal space with good quality educational resources
·         Recently refurbished, 104 year old church building
·         Experienced, highly trained, passionate staff
·         Christian environment with preschool Chaplain
·         Child Care Benefit eligible
·         Complies with NSW State Government Priority of Access Guidelines with priority and subsidised fees offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families who hold a low income health care card and children in their year before school.
St Mary’s Rainbow Preschool is a beautiful preschool blessed with an amazing outdoor play area and passionate staff. Come and visit us today or phone us on (02) 6921 3968.


St Mary’s Rainbow Preschool,
2 George Street,
NORTH WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650,
Phone (02) 6921 3968,
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Kurrajong Early Childhood Intervention Service


 


Kurrajong Early Childhood Intervention Service is situated in Wagga Wagga at 2 Grampian Place, Tatton.  KEIS are also situated in Cootamundra, Tumut and Griffith.
 
KEIS provides specialised services and support to families with young children who have developmental delays and disabilities. 
 
  • KEIS builds families capacity to provide learning experiences and opportunities to support their children's development.
  • Maximises the use of everyday family situations support children's potential development.
  • Provides a key worker who is the main point of contact for the family and assists with the coordination and the planning of the service for their child. 
  • With the family KEIS develops an Individual Family Service Plan and Individual Education Program for each child.
  • Conducts a variety of parent programs to provide information and strategies to assist with child development.  Provides group programs for children and their family where targeted skills can be developed and reinforced in a  social setting.
  • provides individual consultation sessions.
  • Provides relevant information to families regarding additional services that could support heir child and family.
  • Supports families and their children in the transition to early childhood services and to school.
  • Supports early childhood services to include children with additional needs into a mainstream setting.  
  • In addition, KEIS supports Early Childhood services in their inclusive practices through training and coaching in the Teaching Pyramid framework. 
To contact KEIS:  Ph 0269 238 400 / Email keis@kw.org.au

Physiofamily - Melissa Merrin


Physiofamily is owned by Melissa Merrin, with 20 years of experience as a Physiotherapist, and extensive experience working in Children’s and Women’s Physiotherapy.
 
Physiotherapy services offered include:
Pre and Postnatal Conditions
Children’s Physiotherapy
Back or pelvic joint pain whilst pregnant or postnatal
Babies and Children with a delay in reaching their motor milestones e.g. rolling, sitting, walking
Weak abdominal muscles after having a baby or abdominal muscle separation
Children with poor co-ordination
Pre and Postnatal general exercise advice
Concern about the quality of movement in babies and young children
Pelvic floor assessment:  prolapse and bladder control problems, perineal tears
Premature babies with concern regarding their physical development
 
Babies with asymmetrical head shapes or a preference to turning their head one way e.g. torticollis
 
Musculo-skeletal pain
 
Children with physical disabilities requiring Physiotherapy
Bookings can be made by e-mail or phone as below:
melissa@physiofamily.net.au
Wagga: 0408 079 403 Tumut: 69474261 Cootamundra: 6942 7932
40 Morrow St Wagga Wagga, 54 Thompson St Cootamundra and 89 Capper St, Tumut