Children First Training Brings Educator Training to You
We’re excited to welcome Kirralea Lyneham to the Children First Training team, offering on-site training to your early childhood education service. Kirralea is passionate about providing quality care and education to young children and is a strong advocate for children’s…
Children First Training partners with Humanitix, OzHarvest and Yalari
Children First Training is proud to announce our new ticketing partner, Humanitix, a wonderful social-impact company, giving back to those in need. Our training service provides expert and affordable professional development courses for staff and educators in the early childhood education…
Supporting Positive Mental Health in Children
Many factors can contribute to someone feeling low. It isn’t always easy to know whether someone is OK, particularly if they haven’t talked about it or children have yet to recognise the importance of changes in behaviour. Good mental health…
Children First meets the Tradie Ladies!
Children First – Blacktown Road Children’s Centre recently received an exciting backyard revamp by the ‘Tradie Ladies Construction & Design’ to help improve the outdoor learning environment. Outdoor play is an important part of children’s development and our curriculum at…
Children First End-of-Year Celebrations!
After a big year, our Children First centres love to throw an end-of-year celebration for the families of their centres. It’s a time of fun and games, yummy food and a chance to spread that community spirit Children First are…
Engaging Your Child Through Play
Play-based learning is described in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) as ‘a context for learning through which children organise and make sense of their social worlds, as they actively engage with people, objects and representations’. But what is play?…
Top tips to help your child share and take turns
Sharing doesn’t come easily to kids, and can be very challenging for younger children. Here we share our top tips to help your child learn how to share and take turns. Why is sharing so hard? For children, sharing can…
Children First celebrate NAIDOC week!
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’ This year's theme celebrates the essential role that women have played - and continue…
Have you seen our new signage?
Children First Blacktown Road Children's Centre and Plumpton Long Day Care are sporting brand new banners! To show off the fabulous outdoor areas, happy faces and exciting activities that go on behind the walls, we've put up new banners to…