Toybox News

TEACHER AD 2016 We are seeking an Early Childhood Teacher for a minimum of 1 day a week and possibly another day every fortnight. If you are seeking a change and want to work in Early Childhood please give us a call.  

  From the 1st September children will need to supply hats. Our SunSmart Policy requires children to wear hats during the season of September 1st to April 30th. The pictures of the hats are the styles that we support. Bucket style, legionnaire or broad brimmed style. All hats need to have children’s names on please

Since the 25 July 2016 work has begun on the Port Lincoln initiative – Heritage Trail. Land was acquired by the council that ran behind Toybox and since July we have had diggers and all kinds of machinery down the back. Our carpark was pulled up and realigned, the children have been in awe at […]

                What an exciting day Toddler and Kindy children had at Mallee Park. They joined Port Lincoln Children’s Centre to celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day on August 4th 2016. They were super excited to travel on a bus to the park and then participate in […]

There is a growing concern amongst the medical world of antibiotic resistance. The impact is effecting all Australians and children are at risk. Toybox has an exclusion policy which is supported by Staying healthy in Childcare. The policy is there to support children’s health and prevent risk of spread of infection. Educators working at Toybox […]

Congratulations to three amazing educators that have worked so hard and have gained their Diploma in Early Childhood and Education. Moriah Santostefano, Mel Berkhuizen and Carla Saracini all completed their Diploma in the last six months and we are all so incredibly proud of them. Well done for their efforts and commitment. Toybox will benefit […]

The local Woolworths store have Community Display boards for Early Years Services, Kindergartens, Schools and High schools to use throughout the year. This month was our turn and Moriah and Mel were given the task to come up with a theme and present it to the local community. Mel and Moriah decided to focus on […]

Exploring nature and developing our skills!!! We have a wonderful back block that we access every now and again for exploring and extending our development, these are some of our Toddler having a run up the back block chasing their educators. The back block has a steep bank that offers an opportunity for climbing, investigating […]

NAIDOC week Celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements, and recognising Indigenous culture. NAIDOC is not only celebrated in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. Last week we celebrated by doing many different experiences. The Kindy room created some wonderful topics of conversations. They made Damper, ate marshmellows […]

The Port Lincoln Council have been busily creating a wonderful walking path for locals and tourists to enjoy. The route of the path has now reached Toybox. The path will continue through the back of the Centre which has always been a grassed area. The Council will now be responsible for the banked up area […]