Narrelle has been awarded Director of the Year 2012 for Victoria and Tasmania. We would like to Congratulate Narrelle and are very proud of her success . We wish Narrelle the best of luck in the upcoming weeks as she competes for Director of the Year Australia! To show your support for Narrelle or to find out more about the awards please click on the links below to be forwarded to the Australian Family Early Education and Care Awards website or Facebook.

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On the 24th of April Phoenix Street Children’s Centre took time to remember and reflect on the soldiers who gave their lives to protect our country! The children participated in Australian traditions such as making ANZAC cookies and Damper, the children also heard children’s stories such as “Simpson and his Donkey” by Mark Greenwood and Illustrated by Fran Lessac.

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We would like to wish a big Congratulations to Narrelle for proceeding to the next round of the Directors of the year awards!! We are very proud to have you as our director! If you would like to know more about the Awards or Add an encouraging Facebook post for Narrelle click on the links below.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Family-Early-Education-and-Care-Awards/144751602250556

http://www.earlyeducationandcareawards.com.au/

On Thursday the 5th of April Phoenix Street Children’s Centre celebrated Easter! The Children created their own Easter hats and paraded them for all their friends and educators to see. In the afternoon the children had a surprise visit from the Easter bunny who brought a special gift for each child.

We are proud to announce Narrelle has been nominated for the Early Childhood Director of the Year in the 2012 Australian Family Early Education and Care Awards! The Australian Family Early Education and Care Awards celebrate excellence in child care. They aim to encourage Australians working in all sectors of early childhood education and care to aspire to excellence. These national awards publicly recognise Australia’s early childhood educators/carers and services and celebrate those who have made the most outstanding contribution to children, the community and to individual families.

For any more Information on the Australian Family Early Education & Care Awards please click on the links below -

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Phoenix Street Children’s Centre celebrated St Patrick’s Day on Friday the 16^th of March. The children wore green and participated in many activities including, green play dough, creating rainbows with pots of gold, pasting green leaves, decorating 4 leaf clovers and many other St Patrick’s Day traditions. It was also great to see parent getting involved in the celebrations by also wearing green. The children enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by Sohailia which included cucumber, spinach and lettuce.The children and families enjoyed being a part of this celebration and being able to grow in their knowledge of the Irish customs and celebrations.