The Pocket Early Education and Care

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About

Inspired by our inner western location in the pocket of St Lucia, we treat our newest centre as a place of calmness and peace. The children, their families, and our educators have a strong sense of belonging and enjoyment being part of The Pocket community, where nature is at the centre of learning.

Our philosophy at The Pocket is a belief that the early years in children’s lives are crucial in shaping their future. Our team at The Pocket Early Education and Care are your parenting partners to help your children grow and develop into bright individuals.

Education

Age Groups

Learning FUNdamentals

Kindergarten Program

National Quality Framework

Modern Facilities

The Pocket Early Education and Care - Indoor Interior

Indoor Play Area

Great natural lighting and air flow

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iPad Kiosk Check-In

Check-in your child fast and easily

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Extensive Outdoor Play Area

Natural landscaped gardens and sandpits

Our Instagram

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Sep 24

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💦 What A Splash 💦
We love our water park here at The Pocket!
The children enjoyed their first Splash Day for Spring.
We look forward to our next Splash Day on the 6th October 2021.

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Sep 23

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In the past few months we have celebrated our educators' years of service. These amazing educators have been working with The Pocket for a year now. We thank you for your ongoing commitment and dedication to the Pocket Community.

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For more information, please contact our Centre Manager Elise on 3568 5800 or enrolments@thepocketchildcare.com.au

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Sep 20

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Our Quality Improvement Plan Station.

At The Pocket we encourage our families and children to contribute to our quality improvement plan. Each month we pose a question to our families to provide feedback on our strengths in delivering quality education and care, and feedback on future improvements. We then take this information and reflect on as a team and take action. This month’s question is:

Do you feel that Educators respond to children’s ideas and play & use intentional teaching to scaffold and extend each child’s learning?

Have you shared your thoughts? We value and appreciate our family and children’s voices.

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Sep 17

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Today at The Pocket we welcomed the children and educators to get involved in Talk like a pirate day through dressing up as a pirate! Talk Like a Pirate Day is nationally recognised as the major fundraiser for Childhood Cancer Support. Thank-you to all of the children and educators who got involved in raising awareness for Childhood Cancer. We would like to thank Max from Fly By Fun for delivering an amazing interactive show for the children.

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Sep 16

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Thank-you to all of our amazing families and staff who attended our 1st Birthday Party this afternoon. What better way to celebrate than with delicious food, fun filled activities, face painting and infectious smiles all round. We look forward to celebrating many more Birthday’s to come.

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Sep 16

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Reminder... 3pm today for our FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY 🥳🥳🥳

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Sep 14

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My child doesn’t spend enough time on screens/ TV- said no parent ever!

Having children with the physical capabilities and motivate to be active is important- both as a key progression step to school, and to lay the foundation for the establishment of an active lifestyle now, and in years to come. Our physical literacy program ensures when your children attend our centre they are constantly developing their abilities.

#activeearlylearning #skillsforlife #physicalliteracy #healthierfittersmarter
#healthierfittersmarterkids

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Sep 13

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This month, The Pocket team participated in a First Aid and CPR course with educators from our sister servie The Brook. Our educators engaged in professional conversations throughout the course to keep up to date with current legislation, delivery of first aid and responding to emergency situations confidently. Not only is first aid and CPR just for the educators, but also a learning opportunity for our children! Our children in our Kindergarten room participated in first aid delivered by Cool Kids First Aid. The children had the opportunity to learn and practice first aid skills. Just like us adults, children have an eagerness to acquire new knowledge, extend on their current knowledge, challenge their thinking, learn, discover and ask questions, many questions to clarify their thinking. What an educational experience for everyone at The Pocket.

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Sep 13

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Benefits of Sand Play.
🪣 Promotes physical development including fine motor skills, and hand/eye co-ordination
🪣 Builds creativity and imagination
🪣 Develops social and language skills
🪣 Allows opportunities for children to learn how to problem solve, share and communicate
🪣 Boosts immunity

The benefits of safe sand play definately outweighs the risks.

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Sep 9

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R U OK? Day 🌻
Remember to check in with your loved ones, friends, co workers and others in the community and ask if they’re OK. Not just today but everyday!

These four steps could help change a life:

1. Ask R U OK?
2. Listen
3. Encourage action
4. Check in

For more information visit:

https://www.ruok.org.au/

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Sep 8

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Has the winter been an active time for your family?

Perhaps you have used screens as a way of getting a few minutes to do a
task or bring some peace to the house? And then perhaps you have troubles
convincing your children to stop watching!
A bit of screen time is fine, but many Australian children are too sedentary.
Our AEL curriculum is designed to re-energise children.

It motivates children to be active & sets them up to enjoy physical activity
for their lifetime.
This means you are less likely to play the role of screen police.

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Sep 7

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Thank you to all our amazing dads who attended the Father's Day celebrations at The Pocket. We set up all of their favourite activities such as cricket and soccer. The children also created their very own Barber with shaving cream and hair gel. This was a hit!!!! At The Pocket we feel it is important to build relationships with our families and by having these special events we are able to do this. Hope everyone had an amazing Father's Day 🎉💙

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Sep 6

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This year we celebrated Book Week in style as our community dressed up as characters from the book Room On A Broom. We had witches, dogs, dinosaurs and more witches! Book week is a wonderful opportunity for our educators, families and children to investigate and explore Australian Authors, Illustrators and Books. It also allows our educators to create activities, colourful displays and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading.

#bookweek #book #roomonabroom #witches #dogs #dinosaurs #australianauthors #children #families #bookweek2021 #earlyeducation #education #reading #thepocketearlyeducation

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Sep 5

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It's back! We have rescheduled our 1st Birthday Party and are very excited to invite all our families and local community to celebrate this milestone with us 🥳🎉 There will be face painting, party bags, dancing and of course everyone's favourite, BIRTHDAY CAKE!

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to our Centre Manager Miss Elise on manager@thepocketchildcare.com.au or on 3568 5800. #happybirthday #firstbirthday #thepocketearlyeducation #stlucia #earlylearning

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Sep 3

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Last week we had the pleasure of meeting with Sarah from the Legacy Charity to donate the funds raised from our Anzac biscuits that were purchased on Remembrance Day. A special thank you to Eliza, our Kitchen Chef for making these delicious Anzac biscuits enjoyed by many and the support from our community through purchasing the biscuits. The funds raised will certainly make a positive impact to the Australian families suffering after the injury or death of a spouse or parent, during or after their defence force service. #legacy #anzac #australian #donate #charity #thepocketearlyeducation #stlucia

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Sep 3

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We would like to invite all our wonderful father's, grandfather's, uncles and special men in our children's lives to attend our Father's Day Celebrations at the service on Monday the 6th September starting at 3pm. Our children are very excited about this event and we look forward to celebrating this special day with you all. #fathersday #dads #happyfathersday #thepocketearlyeducation #stlucia

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Sep 1

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Come and join us at our next Parent Information Night on Wednesday the 8th September, where we will discuss our Kindergarten Program for 2022, The Introduction of the AEL program at our centre and our new communication and documentation app Storypark. If you would like to attend this event, please call 3568 5800 to advise you will be attending.

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Sep 1

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Today we were able to celebrate all our Amazing Dedicated Educators at The Pocket. Early Childhood Educators Day is a day to acknowledge the valuable work of the early years' educators in educating and caring for tomorrow's leaders. You are all unique and important to us! Happy Early Childhood Educators Day.

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Aug 30

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Last week we gave you a heads up on the AEL curriculum, which has now kicked off.

It’s an innovative curriculum developed by active early learning in conjunction with the University or Canberra and Deakin University.

The curriculum incorporates specific activities and strategies into our routines to gradually improve children’s physical, social and cognitive skills.

The curriculum is rolled out gradually and we will get to the stage where something is happening everyday. It’s based around fun and engaging activities that are designed to appeal to every child, regardless of interest area or capability.

Our People

The Pocket has a dedicated team of early education professionals who have worked tirelessly since opening in 2020 to create an experience for children and their families which is centred around encouraging a joy of learning.

We operate with dedicated education and support staff at each of our centres, plus a management team overseeing all aspects of operations, recruitment, education programs, enrolments, marketing, nutrition and dietary requirements.

The Pocket Early Education and Care -Our People - Elise

Miss Elise

Centre Manager

The Pocket Early Education and Care - Educator - Kayla

Miss Kayla

Educational Leader

Miss Eliza

Centre Chef

Contact The Pocket

The Pocket Early Education and Care is a long day care centre, open to care for your child 5 days per week, 52 weeks per year to support you and your family. We close for public holidays only.

07 3568 5800

THE POCKET EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE

Corner of Hawken Drive and Boomerang Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4067

Please direct email enquiries to our Enrolments Manager; enrolments@thepocketchildcare.com.au

OPENING HOURS:

Mon – Fri: 6:30AM – 6:30PM
Sat & Sun: Closed

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About

Education

Age Groups

Learning FUNdamentals

Kindergarten Program

National Quality Framework

Modern Facilities

Indoor Play Area

iPad Kiosk Check-In

Extensive Outdoor Play Area

Our Instagram

Our People

Miss Elise

Miss Kayla

Miss Eliza

Contact The Pocket

Enrol Your Child at The Pocket

Child Care Subsidy

Their 1st Day

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