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May 24, 2019
2 min

skippy’s frenchville awarded “exceeding national quality standards” rating from dept of education

Skippy’s Frenchville was awarded a rating of “Exceeding National Quality Standards” from the Queensland Department of Education.

May 7, 2019
3 min

kindy construction builds great life skills

We are introducing the concepts of planning and reflection into our construction processes in the Frenchville Kindy group. We kicked off ...

May 1, 2019
2 min

walking on country with kindy

On Tuesday 23 April, the Gracemere Kindy group combined learning and fun on a Walk on Country incursion at our Centre. They explored and ...

Apr 15, 2019
1 min

little aussie encounters

Last week the children at our Gracemere centre had a remarkable experience connecting with different creatures from the Australian waters...

Apr 2, 2019
2 min

everyone wins with yoga

At Skippy's, our little yogis love their weekly session on the mats, and so do the teachers, with good reason. Early learning professiona...

Jun 28, 2018
1 min

meet chef kerry

The early years are a time when habits relating to nutrition are being developed. Most children have formed lifelong eating patterns by s...

Jun 22, 2018
1 min

fire truck visit

This year to acknowledge Emergency Services Week, the Frenchville centre was visited by some firefighters who showed off their fire engin...

Jun 20, 2018
2 min

nature play day at mt archer

At Skippy’s we are embracing time in the outdoors with a series of Nature Play Days, the first of which was in June at Mt Archer National...

Aug 1, 2017
1 min

emergency services visit our centre

Recently we have been engaging with our community and having fun in Kindy learning about emergency services. To extend on this important ...

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