From the Office
We have had a wonderful opportunity to share our educators with the children of the pre-prep poppies room over July as Miss Alexandra went on a fabulous overseas holiday. It is such a joy to extend the trusting relationships 'circle of security' in our Centre for the children as Miss Rosemary from Nursery Pips and Miss Julie our Educational Leader stepped in for Miss Alexandra's absence providing an already familiar continuity of care and education. I have loved observing the creative projects going up on the walls showing the children's language, knowledge, and imaginations. We value our educators demonstrating that we are listening to children at all times.
Information for Nursery Pips parents regarding food:
At Piptree we are aware of the significant role diet and nutrition play in infancy with regards to introducing new food choices and discovering food sensitivities. Therefore, we do not provide food for the Nursery. The reason for this is because in the Nursery we have vast developmental differences when it comes to eating and drinking. We could have a 6 week old who is just on a bottle, a 3 month old on pureed foods and a 12 month old who is on solids. Being so different in needs and requirements is the reason we ask parents to provide the food for the Nursery room children only. We are respectful to parent choices and routines. It is up to each parent when they feel food should be introduced to their child and we are happy to follow parental choice/wishes as well as routines when it comes to feeding the babies in our nursery.
By the time the Pips grow up to Sprouts parents have had an opportunity to establish their child's diet and any food intolerances have had an opportunity to be diagnosed with health professionals. We understand food allergies can happen at any time however in infancy we believe the best decision for food choice is the parents. Once we reach Sprouts (15mths+) we are able to provide Morning Tea and Afternoon Tea.
Our winter menu includes:
| Morning Teas | Afternoon Teas |
| Fresh cut seasonal mixed fruits Raison toast or bread Toast or sandwiches with jam & vegemite Nut & bolts (cheerios and sultanas) |
Rice crackers and cheese squares Crumpets with butter, jam or vegemite Roasted vegetable pizza Popcorn flavoured yoghurts |