On Monday 1st of July 2024, in the lead up to NAIDOC Week, the Reptile Park visited Highland Grove Preschool. Each of the 3 rooms participated in viewing and touching the wonderful Australian animals, learning...
In May 2023 the Moonbeam children were noticing the whales migrating along our coastline. This led to planned group experiences that immersed the children in a rich visual arts program exploring whales. We explored provocations...
We were delighted to welcome Heather Irvine-Rundle (Director of the READ Clinic) to Highland Grove. Heather spoke to a packed house of parents and staff about ‘Creating Resilient Children and Healthy Relationships for all the...
Highland Grove Preschool is a long-term supporter of ‘Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea’, having raised funds for The Cancer Council for over 20 years. In May this year, we were delighted to provide a week where...
Rebecca Thompson from ’Stone and Sprocket’ visited Highland Grove to speak with the parents and educators about digging deeper into children’s behaviour. Bec is an experienced teacher, with a background in preschool directing, teaching in...
It was a pleasure to welcome back Tim from Girri Girra. Tim visited all 3 of our rooms, presenting age-appropriate content and engaging the children with wonderful storytelling, dance and artifacts. Tim encouraged the children...
As a result of the challenges presented by COVID-19 in 2020, unfortunately Highland Grove’s annual Christmas Concert is not able to occur in its usual format. This year our centre will be presenting a choir,...
We welcomed photographer, Brigid Arnott, to Highland Grove to capture the magic of our indoor and outdoor environments. Several of the staff and their children, and grandchildren, came along to help showcase the play spaces....
The Smith Family’s Let’s Count early childhood numeracy program featured on the TODAY Show on 1 April. The program shows how pre-schoolers greatly benefit from engagement in numeracy activities through play, with the support of...