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Kelly is the Center Manager and has 25 years experience in the Early Childhood field. Beginning as an Assistant and running an After School Care program, she progressed her way through the industry studying a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Community Services. Kelly has held such roles as Group Leader. Assistant Director and Director. She has been at our centre for the past 11 years and is dedicated to the care and education of not just children but families, staff and community.

May Newsletter

From the Office Welcome to our May Newsletter.  Our month has been extremely busy and there has been a hive of activity around the centre. We held our annual Mother's Day stall and afternoon tea. It was so lovely to have our mums and grand mums come into the centre and enjoy an afternoon of pampering, arts and crafts. Congratulations to our lucky door prize winners and we hope all of our...

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April Newsletter

From the Office We are well into our year. 2023 is moving forward so fast and we are now into term 2. Can you believe it? We hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. Some of our children came back with some amazing holiday stories to share and we absolutely love hearing them. Camping was very popular over the holidays as was the beach.  Coming up this term we have many exciting experiences ...

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March Newsletter

From the office  Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter.  We have welcomed some more families to our centre and we hope you are all settling into our Cannon Hill community.  We have had quite a busy past month. Thank you to everyone who participated and donated to Crazy hair day at the centre. We were able to donate the funds to the Leukemia foundation. The children all had ...

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Jan/Feb Newsletter 2023

Welcome to 2023 Hello everyone and welcome to our first newsletter of 2023. We have hit the ground running this year with lots of new children and families joining us. Our children are in the settling stage of the year and are learning about their new environments, peers, and educators. Your input in helping us help them is particularly important so please come to us with any ideas or strategies y...

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December Newsletter

 From the Office Well here we are in December and Christmas is literally around the corner. The children and staff are all excited to see what the holiday season brings. You may have already received your childs end of year portfolio or scrap book and we hope you are delighted with their efforts throughout the year. If you haven't received this yet-never fear our staff will have the...

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October/November Newsletter

From the Office Hello to all of our families and friends and welcome to our latest newsletter. The end of the year is fast approaching and we are extremely busy in the centre organising events, portfolios, system changes and much more.   XAP:   By now you all should have all created your accounts and downloaded your app for XAP. This means you should all be signing in and ...

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September News

From the office Spring is finally here and nature is sure displaying its beauty outdoors with the glorious flowering plants we are seeing everywhere. This has sparked numerous experiences and themes within the rooms and many of the children have been exploring and creating Springtime themed creations. We are also organising some new planting in our gardens to match this time of the year so stay tu...

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July/August Newsletter

From the Office  Hello to all of our families and friends. Firstly we would like to welcome all of our new families to the centre. We hope you are all settling in well. It has been a very busy couple of months within the centre and we also have a number of exciting events coming up on the calendar as well.  The past two months have seen us celebrate State of Origin 2 and Pyjama...

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June Newsletter

 From the Office. Winter is finally here, and didn't it turn on rather quickly? This marks for a bit of a different routine around the centre now that the weather has turned colder. We will be keeping the children inside for a little longer in the mornings and then bringing them in a little earlier in the afternoons as the light is disappearing fast on us around 5pm. We ask that all parents p...

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May Newsletter

From the Office Welcome to our May Newsletter. This month has seen a lot of activities and special events within the centre We began our month with our Mother's day stall where our children were able to select a lovely present for their mums.  This was then followed by our Mothers day morning tea which saw a wonderful turn out of mums, aunts and grandmas for a lovely morning of activities tog...

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April Newsletter 2022

Welcome to our April newsletter We hope everyone has had a lovely Easter break and that not too much chocolate was consumed. Our children were very involved in doing some wonderful Easter experiences in the lead up to Easter weekend. Our Easter Bonnet Parade and egg hunt was so much fun and we saw many children enjoy creating bonnets and baskets. to those of you who did these at home-what an amazi...

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March Newsletter 2022

Hello Friends and Families! Welcome to our March newsletter.  We have had a very busy month with lots of events and special days. Our first big event day was Crazy Hair Day in support of the Leukaemia Foundation. your donations raised $90 in gold coin donations which will be donated to the foundation. We saw lots of fun hairstyles and crazy colours on the day.  St Patricks Day was a...

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February Newsletter

 Hello to all of our wonderful families and friends. Its February and our year is off and running. First off- A big Thankyou to Miss Sarah who stepped in as Acting Director while Kelly was away on leave. She did a marvellous job along with our wonderful Cannon Hill team.  Our children are still settling into their new environments. It can be a little unsettled at the beginning ...

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November News

November News from the Office  November has seen some very busy little children and educators as we prepare for end of year celebrations and events. The silly season vibe is in the air and our children have begun talking about the Christmas season in the classrooms. We are seeing displays in shopping centres and on television and media so this has been a major point of discussi...

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October Newsletter

From the Office   Wow! Is it really October already? The year is flying by and Christmas will be on our doorstep in no time.  This term is a very busy, exciting and emotional time for everyone as we prepare for end of year events.  We have a number of fun events coming up. November 1st: Halloween dress up Day- Come along dressed in your favourite Halloween costume. We...

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September Newsletter

 From the Office Springtime is here! Welcome to September everyone. We are seeing so many beautiful Spring plants and flowers blooming and all of this is an excellent source of discussion and conversation amongst the children. Our days are getting a lot warmer but we still have some cool mornings so a light jumper or cardigan is still a great idea for outdoor mornings and afternoons...

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August Newsletter

From The Office  What an interesting month it has been at our centre! We have experienced a few changes due to Covid lockdowns and restrictions however the children seem to be adapting very well. This is definitely due to both parents and educators explaining and informing children of what is happening in our world. Mask wearing is definitely something different for the children to be experie...

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July Newsletter

July News From the Office  Is it July already? Where has the year gone?  Our winter season is in full swing and we are enjoying the crisp fresh air that the cold weather brings to us. Outdoor experiences have been delightful in the winter sunshine and our children really benefit from the many learning opportunities that winter brings. Outdoor play in winter provides children wi...

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June Newsletter

From The Office Well here we are right in the middle of the year.  For those of you who have children in primary school, the holidays are finally here for them. If you are travelling these school holidays please stay safe and have a fabulous time! June has been all about "Pink" at the centre as we support the National Breast Cancer Foundation and help raise funds for research. We have so far ...

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May Newsletter

From the Office!  Hello everyone Its been a busy month of May and we have lots of exciting things coming up on our schedule over the next few weeks as we head into June as well.  Earlier this week our children participated in National Simultaneous Story Time from Space. This was a truly wonderful experience where the children were able to listen to a story read by Astronau...

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