Poppins Bush School

A Nurturing Place For Your Child To Learn, Play And Grow

Poppins Bush School

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Childcare With A Difference

Poppins Bush School is a purpose built, state of the art childcare centre located in Moore Creek, which nurtures children to learn and develop in both indoor and natural spaces.

Between our 6 classrooms, mud kitchen, construction room, expansive yard and forest area, we strive to invigorate the senses and stimulate the creative imagination of little ones.
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About Us
Poppins Bush School
Poppins Bush School
Poppins Bush School

Learning & Developing In A Natural Environment

Poppins Bush School responds to a child’s right and need to access natural spaces for optimum learning and development. Our mission is to provide dedicated time for children of all ages to be outside in a quality natural environment away from screens, a crowded school/ sports curriculum and the bubble of being inside.

Through joining our Bush School community, your child will be given the opportunity to grow at their own pace, connect to others with kindness and creativity, learn holistically and increase their communication, self- regulation and confidence.

Poppins Bush School
Poppins Bush School

Simultaneously, children will build a positive and protective relationship with our planet Earth which will enable them to advocate for the survival of plant and animal species that are essential for human survival.

Each age group has a different set of learning goals which are developmentally appropriate. Each age group will also be increasingly challenged to build knowledge, explore their local community, consider risks and accept challenges while under the supervision of a qualified educator.

It is our aim to instil in our children a love of learning, and encourage them to take an active role in their education. A love of learning is a foundation upon which children may become lifelong learners and self-directed in their lives.

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Our Programs
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Nursery

We focus on the individual needs and interests of each child and sensitively support each child’s social and emotional development by building and engaging in meaningful relationships.

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Junior Preschool

Our Junior Preschool Educators nurture and support each child’s social and emotional development and aim to nurture resilience in all children.

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Preschool & Prep

Our Educators are dedicated to fostering our children’s diverse needs by focusing on the development of the ‘whole child’ – physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.

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News & Events
Poppins Bush School
Poppins Bush School
October 2, 2024

October Newsletter 2024

Welcome to our October Edition We are looking forward to another wonderful month at Bush School. September was a full month of events here at Poppins, with Photo Week taking place, we also had our excursion’s for our Preschool 2 and Prep rooms to Nazareth House and also visited Windmill Downs park to do our fundamental movement program. The children played Soccer, Oz Tag football and Basketball then had a picnic lunch. We had a Black and White day at Poppins in celebration of Miss Eliza Rugby team going to the grand finals which was well supported. Poppins 7th Birthday was celebrated on the 10th September with a BBQ and cake, all the children enjoy the BBQ sausages for lunch and Birthday cake for Afternoon tea. Thank you Miss Gail in our kitchen. We have had a new play structure installed in the Forest area by Miss Mary and her team. It looks amazing worth popping up to the forest area to have a look. The children are having a great time utilizing the new structure in their play. October we will be holding Grandparents week from the 28th October to the 1st November 2024 for grandparents to visit in the afternoon for afternoon tea, stories and fun.

Poppins Bush School
Poppins Bush School
September 3, 2024

September Newsletter 2024

What an amazing month August was. Book week 📚 was fantastic this year, we had so many magical costumes… well done everyone. We had our friends from Nazareth House visit Poppins for the first time and spend the morning with our preschool 2 room having morning tea. We then shared a story and some songs, then moved to the construction area. The preschool 2 children show their skills to the Friends from Nazareth House and even got them to help hammering in some nails. September is just around the corner and the rooms are all ready for Father’s Day with all the gift the children have hand made for their dad’s. We will also be celebrating Poppins 7th Birthday on the 10th of September 2024. We will be holding a BBQ and having a Birthday cake for the children in attendance on the 10th September 2024 🎂🎉🎉.

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Poppins Bush School
August 5, 2024

August Newsletter 2024

Welcome to our August edition of our monthly newsletter July was full of fun and excitement. We celebrated NAIDOC Week and the Children, Families and Staff all contributed to the wonderful painting above. We had Pyjama Week which was not only a fun and comfortable week, but we also raised $75.00. Thank you to everyone who participated and donated. We had Jurassic Jack do a show, our Prep and Preschool 2 children attended there was much dinosaur stomping, dinosaur roaring and many question that the children had to ask, a wonderful time was had. Many children said it was so much fun. During August we will be supporting Jeans for Genes Day on the 2nd August to support research into childhood genetics and research. We had a donation box at reception and raised $15.30. Thank you for showing your support for this amazing cause. Every year we celebrate Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week (CBCA Book Week). This year’s theme is “Reading is Magic”. More information will be provided closer to the week as every year we have book character dress up days! Such an exciting week.

The Importance Of Outdoor Play

If you want to raise happy, healthy, curious and resilient children - send them out in to nature! Increasing evidence is showing that children need unstructured nature play. Here are some powerful reasons for getting young children outside:

Outdoor play supports the development of healthy and active lifestyles by offering children opportunities for physical activity, freedom and movement, and promoting a sense of well-being.

Outdoor play gives children contact with the natural world and offers them experiences that are unique to outdoors, such as direct contact with the weather and the seasons.

Playing outside also helps children to learn about, understand and respect nature, the environment and the interdependence of humans, animals, plants, and lifecycles.

Outdoor play also supports children's problem-solving skills and nurtures their creativity, as well as providing rich opportunities for their developing imagination, inventiveness and resourcefulness.

Children need an outdoor environment that can provide them with space, both upwards and outwards, and places to explore, experiment, discover, be active and healthy within, and to develop their physical capabilities.

The outdoor environment offers space and therefore is particularly important to those children who learn best through active movement. Very young children learn predominately through their sensory and physical experiences which supports brain development and the creation of neural networks.

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