Experimenting with how different materials react when mixed
In the Moane Room we have been making Play-Doh, corn-starch slime, cakes and jelly and talking about what happens to different materials when they are mixed with another.
Summer is finally here
It’s hot, it’s sticky and all the children in the Dreamers room at St Nicholas Early Education, Singleton just want to play and get messy with water and sand.
St Nick's kids learn about spiny leaf insects
In March this year, one of our families kindly donated a pair of adult spiny leaf insects. We were given a male and female whom we named Twiggy and Twinkle.
Moane Room Recognises Remembrance Day
In the Moane pre-school room of St Nicholas Early Education, Newcastle West we are teaching our children to be global citizens.
Children in Moane Room begin Christmas celebrations
The Children in the Moane Room have just finished the unit on celebrating their cultural backgrounds and looking at the countries around the world from where we have all originated.
St Nicholas set to expand in 2017
After successfully opening its second site at Newcastle West earlier in 2016, St Nicholas Early Education is now set to expand, with new centres scheduled to open in mid-2017 at Chisholm and Cardiff, as well as more places to become available at the existing Newcastle West site.
Connecting with the community - Police visit St Nicholas
On Thursday 22nd September the children in the creative cubs along with the learning lions had a visit from the local police.
Grandparents Day at St Nicholas Singleton
On 4 and 7 October we had the pleasure of welcoming grandparents into the centre to share a lovely morning tea, for which the children prepared their own biscuits.