We are definitely starting to feel the cooler weather this week and can be assured that winter is now at our doorstep. We have had a very busy April and looking for another fun filled month of exciting things here at Little Darlings. We hope that everyone is relaxed after the many long weekends we have just had. It was wonderful to see many of the children excitedly sharing photos and storie...

We would love to extend a very warm welcome to all the new families who have started at the centre over the last month. It is so wonderful getting to know you all and we are very excited to have you as part of our family here at Little Darlings. The staff have been very busy settling the children into their routines and planning many fun learning experiences as well as setting many goals for their...

Happy new year to everyone and we hope that 2023 is a year filled with good health and happiness. We are all looking forward to a fantastic year ahead filled with many fun learning opportunities, lots of laughter, reaching many milestones and of course creating memories and friendships which will last a lifetime. As many of our pre-schoolers are finishing up in the next few weeks, we wish them wel...

September has been a remarkably busy month here at Little Darlings. With the arrival of spring, we have been taking advantage of the beautiful weather and spending many beautiful mornings enjoying the glorious mornings. We loved having Henny Penny Hatching program visit our centre. The aim of the program was to educate the children about the life cycle of a chicken. The children loved watchin...

With the beautiful weather at the moment, we have all be taking advantage of our beautiful outside spaces. We have been enjoying both morning tea and afternoon tea outside and the children are loving having picnics. This month the children have been involved with plenty of learning and exciting activities. We celebrated science week Little Darlings and there were so many fun activities in all the ...

We would like to welcome many of our new children. We have had many of our little siblings start in the nursery and toddlers and it is so wonderful to have these families return and begin the journey again with us. It is so wonderful to see the siblings dressed in their school uniforms dropping off their brothers and sisters walking in the steps they one took. Winter is definitely here with many c...

What a wonderful month of fun we have just had, and can you believe that it is almost June and the beginning of winter. As the months get cooler, please remember to pack your child with a jumper, shoes and socks as well as a warm spare set of clothes. It is also requested that you please bring a small rug or blanket for rest time. Please remember to name everything. A reminder also that as wi...

April has been a very busy month and it has been so wonderful seeing the children grow and develop new skills and build new friendships. Easter was a huge celebration with many of our families this month and we were so grateful to many of our families' sharing stories and photos of their families celebrating together. A huge thank you must go to our families who donated an easter egg for our easte...

Firstly, we would like to extend a warm welcome to all new children and parents who have started with us this term. We hope you are settling in and starting to feel like our place is your place. It is wonderful to also see our families connecting and building relationships with each other and our educators at our Centre! We're collecting for Easter! Easter is nearly here! Can you believe it? ...

 From The Director Χαίρετε Families!! Our months are flying by and we are already in March. I would like to thank all families for their patience over the last month with the work done at the centre and for helping your children to transition into their new rooms. Your educators have now settled into their classes and are eagerly getting to know your child/ren in their uniqueness. A huge welc...

Welcome to our January 2022 Newsletter A huge welcome to all our existing and new families. It is hard to believe that we are almost in February and 2022 seems to be passing by faster than 2021. I am looking forward to an exciting new year, filled with lots of activities and learning opportunities for the children. The staff is already in full swing with the delivery of the EYLF and Kindergarten p...

 2021 is coming to an end and it is time to reflect on what a wonderful year we have just had and look back at the memories we have created and the friends we have made. Thank you to the wonderful families in the centre that have supported us throughout the year as you are all what makes our centre so special. We certainly were able to fit many things into our December, and thank you also to ...

 November has been a busy month, however, Little Darlings have a very fun and exciting month of December planned. This Saturday night 27th November, we will be joining the Rotary of Mount Gravatt and having children's craft activity tent at their Family Christmas Fair. Come down to the Mount Gravatt Showgrounds at 4:00pm for children's activities, market stalls and food trucks. Foll...

With Halloween fast approaching, October is drawing to an end and we are able to reflect on what we have learned, the friends we have made and the journey we have taken. With the weather warming up, we thank all the parents for remembering the children's hats, water bottles and shoes every day. We had Dentist Liz from Fun Smiles come to our centre and bring her Dentist Bus. She taught all of the c...

 Spring has arrived and we are all welcoming the new season as we inch closer to the end of the year. A huge welcome to all of our new families joining our centre. Please let us know if there is anything you are unsure about, and let us know if we can help in any way to ensure you have settled in well. Our playground upgrade is complete and it looks amazing. The children are loving the new ou...

Winter is nearly at a close and the sun is shining and we are excited for the arrival of spring. We have been very busy this month with the upgrades happening in our playground. Our yarning circle, our new deck, our swings and also our new grass have all been completed, and our soccer pitch and new car track should be finished in the next day or two. We are so grateful that this looks wonderful an...

Winter has well and truly arrived and brought some very chilli mornings with it. We want extend a big welcome all of our new families who have started recently and are pleased you have all settled in well, and we have loved getting to know you all.  Our playground renovation started yesterday, with the fences being erected. We are thrilled and eagerly awaiting the project to be finished. We a...

Where have the last 6 month gone? Winter has definitely arrived and we have had some very chilli days. You may have noticed our winter routines are in full swing with our children spending the mornings inside when it is cooler and going outside when it warms up. Please don't forget to pack a jumper for your children, as well as shoes and socks. We are very excited about our upcoming renovations. T...

It's getting COLDER!! Winter is nearly here, and we get to enjoy one of the most beautiful seasons. Our Painting has finished and the centre looks amazing. We are also very excited to let everyone know that we will be renovating our outside yard! We are bursting with excitement at the amazing spaces which will be create in our refurbishment. All of the grass will be replaced and we will get a...

 April has been a very busy month for everyone. With the arrival of the easter bunny at the very beginning of April, the children enjoyed many easter activities. Due to the snap 3 day lock down, the easter egg hunt was delayed, however, the excitement and enthusiasm was contagious when all the children joined together for the celebrations. We also celebrated Earth day this month. The children...

 March is nearly at a close, and we are now counting the sleeps until the Easter bunny arrives. What a week of weather we have just had. We have loved the sound of the rain watering our plants and vegetables, and also yesterday and today loved the beautiful sun shining, and enjoying the outside play once again. We have had a busy month in March celebrating Saint Patrick's Day and also Ha...

We would like to welcome all of our beautiful new families to our centre and hope you have settled in well. We are very excited that you have joined our family and are looking forward to getting to know your family better also. Please ensure that each morning and afternoon you sign your child in and out, as well as confirming any absences on the ipad on your return. Also please do not fo...

Happy new year everybody. Welcome back to a brand new year full of wonderful new opportunities. We wish everyone good health and happiness to you all and all your families, and a fabulous 2021. We have had a great start to the new year and firstly wanted to wish a huge welcome to all the new families whom have joined us at little darlings. Please make sure you have been signed up to EDUCA, and ple...

With only a few more days till Christmas, everyone at Little Darlings has been very busy involved in our special Christmas week activities. A few of out outside planned activities have been postponed, however the children and staff have had a wonderful time planning many activities, with cooking and craft the two favourites. We have had many hurdles thrown at us this year, however with o...

November has been an incredibly fun and exciting month with many celebrations. We started off the month celebrating the centres 15th year anniversary of being open. The past 15 years have been full of wonderful stories and friendships. We look forward to another 15 and many more years in our beautiful community. Thank you to all our families who make our centre so beautiful. In honour of NAIDOC we...

It is the end of October already and we are starting to think of our Christmas celebrations and graduation. October was a busy month. The most significant celebration was Mymy's 60th birthday celebration. What a wonderful time we all had dancing at our party and especially sharing cake. Our November calendar is filling up very quickly. 15 YEAR CELEBRATION  On Tuesday 10th of November, we will...

 September is just about coming to a close and we are creeping closer to Christmas!! We have had a fun and exciting month. Our month began with the new menu change. Thank you to everyone who imputed ideas. The children are loving the different flavours and exciting menu items. Today they have enjoyed apple and cinnamon damper for afternoon tea. This has definitely been a hit with all the chil...

 Can you believe it's nearly the end of august already? We have had a very busy month here at Little Darlings. All the staff and children had a wonderful week celebrating Christmas in July. Our cooking day was very successful with the children having great fun cooking different treats to celebrate Christmas in July. The disco was a great hit amongst all the children singing and dancing to our...

Where has the first half of the year gone? We have been very busy throughout July and cannot believe it is nearly over. We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all our new families and beautiful children in our centre. Thank you to everyone who is vigilant in using our hand sanitizer when entering our centre. Please remember to continue to social distance from staff and other parents during...

Welcome to the June edition of our newsletter. With restrictions starting to ease, we have welcomed all of our beautiful children back as many parents return to work. Even though the restrictions are easing, we are all still being very vigilant about our cleaning and sanitising. We would ask parents to continue to not send their children to our centre if they are unwell. If your child has been sen...

Office NurseryToddlersJunior KindySenior KindyPreschool It has certainly been a very different first half of the year, and thankyou to all the parents for everyone's understanding and support during this period. It is so wonderful to see so many of our beautiful children return this week, and we have even more returning next week. We are looking forward to everyone's return and cannot wait for the...

 What a different looking newsletter this month is compared to last month. We firstly would like to say a huge hello to all the beautiful children we have missed and hope you are all keeping healthy and we look forward to everyone returning safe and healthy soon. We would also like to say a huge thank you to the parents who have been so generous to our staff over the past few challenging week...

Enter your text here ... From the office NurseryToddlersJunior KindySenior KindyPreschool What a crazy month we have just had. Firstly thank you to everyone for your ongoing support and encouragement daily. Our staff are working very hard and we can assure you that we doing our very best to ensure the health and safety of all the children at our centre. Thank you to all the parents who are&nb...

 Welcome to our February newsletter. Can you believe that the Easter eggs are already at Woolworths? Soon we will be planning our Easter bonnet parade. A special welcome to all the families who have started at Little Darlings. We extend a very warm welcome to you. Please make sure you accept the link sent from Educa, and you will be updated daily on your child's day as well as see important p...

​Welcome back to a wonderful new year full of exciting times, friendship and families here at Little darlings. We are all looking forward to what 2020 brings and so pleased to welcome all of our families back from last year and a huge welcome to all of our new families. It has been a busy start to the year with many children transitioning to  their new class rooms and everyone meeting their n...

From the officeNurseryToddlersJunior kindySenior KindyPreschool We have had a very busy and exciting few weeks at kindy. The children have absolutely loved helping the staff create our vegetable and herb garden. The children helped dig the soil and plant the seedlings, and now the children are learning and watching the plants grow as they take care of them. Thank you to all the Fathers and special...

 As 2018 comes to a close, I would like to thank all of our wonderful families for a fantastic year. It has been busy to say the least and we are all looking forward to what exciting things 2019 will bring. Thank you also to all the families who attended our end of year celebrations. Everyone had a wonderful time and we a so appreciative that so many of our families who were able to come and ...

From the officeNurseryToddlersJunior KindySenior KindyPreschool We have had a very busy month here at little Darlings, and before you know it, it will be Christmas. We all had a wonderful time celebrating the Diwali Festival. Thank you very much to all the parents who came and supported this wonderful event. The children loved being involved in the play and the staff especially loved the dancing. ...

 ALL OUR FAMILIES HERE AT LITTLE DARLINGS ARE INVITED To come and celebrate the Diwali festival here at Little Darlings on Friday 12th October 2018. The Diwali festival is an Indian festival which symbolises the victory of light over darkness. We will have a special guest Roushini come and show us Bollywood dances and do a drama show for the children and families. Everyone is invited to come ...

From the officeNurseryTodddlers​Junior KindySenior kindyPreschool  Spring is in the air and we are all very excited for the beautiful weather it brings. We have had a busy few months and we welcome all of our new families and friends. Our staff have also been very busy spring cleaning our centre and we are also very excited with the many exciting additions we have made to our centre. With the...

From the OfficeNurseryToddlersJunior KindySenior KindyPreschool A big hello from the office. We have been very busy this month at Little Darlings. We have a new race track in our back playground. The children have loved using it, and of course been very imaginative. Today Rebecca and Elsie used the shape of the track as an aeroplane and played a wonderful game together.  We are having an ente...

 FROM THE OFFICE The year is flying by so quickly with Easter coming around the corner very quickly. We would love to welcome our new families to the centre and hope you have settled in well. Please feel free to ask the office or any of our staff for assistance if you need any. Our meal times are very successful. The children are enjoying our dining area and also enjoying the new tastes they ...

A huge thank you to everybody who supported us with our family fun day. Thank you to everyone who volunteered with set up and helping out on the day. It was a huge success and the children and families all had a great day. Johnny the Jester was a big hit with all the children and families. Thank you very much Johnny for such an awesome show. The children absolutely loved it. We are having our fami...

We're proud to be leading the way ​KAL and Little Darlings Early Development Centre are proud to announce that we just got the NBN installed at your Centre. The sixth Centre with a completed install out of all KAL Centres is very exciting. This means so much for our Centre, the staff and children. In room tablets and communication will be instant, the ability to educate with vi...

Can you believe it is Christmas already? Where has the year gone?  We have had a fantastic year sharing so many special times with many of our children and families. Little Darlings is very excited to announce that from the 1st of January we will be providing nappies for all the children in the Nursery and Toddlers rooms. We are also very excited to be announcing that form the 22nd of January...

Firstly a huge welcome to all of our new families. We are very much looking forward to getting to know you all. We have had some very exciting additions to our centre over the last month. The children are enjoying our new garden beds. Some of the children loved planting the seedlings, and each day many of the children enjoy watering them. We have some carrots and tomatoes, as well as basil, oregan...