Woden Valley Early Learning Centre

🌈Lights, Colours and Rainbows 🌈

Our preschoolers have been busy creating, exploring and redeveloping their own resources. The children have loved the bright pops of colour as they investigated different colours, textures and materials.

Through this play, they have been hypothesising, experimenting and wondering what might happen next, building their creativity, curiosity and problem-solving skills along the way.

Our Farm Fresh Produce Stand is back!
Take what you like – bring what you can!

Our produce stand is a beautiful way to introduce children to seasonal fruits and vegetables, while also helping them learn that not all produce has to look “perfect.” Vegetables and fruit can come in all kinds of weird sizes, funny shapes, and may even have a few brown spots — and that’s exactly how nature works!

We hope this little stand encourages curiosity, conversation, and community sharing. If you grow produce at home, or if your child spots an interesting fruit or vegetable at the shops that they would love to share with our community, please feel free to bring it along.

Thank you for helping us celebrate seasonal produce, sustainability, and the natural beauty of food just as it grows. 🌿🍎🥕🍋

Professional Learning: Nature Pedagogy in ECEC
❄️ Winter: From Fire to Flourishing 🔥

Woden Valley Early Learning Centre invites ACT educators to join us for a winter nature pedagogy professional learning experience, organised in collaboration with the Australian Association for Environmental Education ACT Chapter.

Led by Gabby Millgate, Nature Pedagogy Leader at Woden Valley Early Learning Centre, this session will invite participants to explore safe fire practices with children and reflect on how nature pedagogy supports the Early Years Learning Framework through lived, hands-on experience.

🔹Date: Saturday, 27 June 2026
🔹Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
🔹Location: Woden Valley Early Learning Centre, 1 Dann Close, Garran ACT
🔹Cost: AAEE ACT Members: $25 | Non-members: $45

To find out more and register, please visit:

Nature Pedagogy in ECEC -Winter- From Fire to Flourishing Follow the smell of popcorn- sit by the fire, cook stone soup with a story & experience winter nature pedagogy for yourself. Co-Hosted with Woden Valley ELC

Dear WVELC Families,

Thursday 18 June, we warmly invite you to join us for our annual Biggest Morning Tea. 🧁🍰🌻 All proceeds from the day will be donated to the Cancer Council.

Point of sale times:
7:30am – 9:30am for breakfast-style treats
2:30pm – 4:30pm for afternoon tea treats

Cash and EFT will be accepted on the day.
Additional monetary donations are also very welcome.

Each year, we take part in the Biggest Morning Tea in memory of one of our much-loved colleagues, Shanthi. 🌻Shanthi was a pillar of strength, guidance, warmth and love within our community, and food was one of her love languages.

Coming together in her memory helps us keep her presence close, while also recognising that cancer affects communities in many different ways. Through this event, we continue to support valuable resources, care and research.

We would love for you to join us, share in the morning tea, and support this meaningful cause.

🧁🍰 CALLING ALL BAKERS 🧁🍰

Yuma Families & Community of WVELC;

Next Thursday 18th June we are hosting our annual Biggest Morning Tea!

To support this we are asking for donations of baked goods to sell over the course of the day. This can be savoury or sweet - both are amazing - or any other goodies like preserves or jams.

If you are able to donate, we are requesting that these by brought in by WEDNESDAY 17th 4pm (at the latest unless pre-arranged). Please advise below what you are able to donate so that I can set up the Square Reader and posters to advise of prices.

Quick news from our Junior Preschool room!

It has been a busy month for our three-year-olds, who have been working on important fine motor skills, especially cutting. They have also been learning games with multiple rules and instructions, cooking, creating, and even making their own resources.

Well done, Joeys! Your creativity is truly one of a kind.

Our preschoolers recently harvested Jerusalem artichokes from around the centre and turned them into delicious fritters — Woden Valley ELC style!

We would love to invite our families to try making them at home too. Cooking together is such a beautiful way to continue children’s learning beyond the centre, while exploring seasonal food, gardening, measuring, mixing, tasting and sharing.

Jerusalem artichokes cook a little like potatoes, so they are perfect for fritters, roasting or adding to your favourite winter recipes.

If you do make them at home, we would love to hear how they turn out! 💚

From garden to plate — learning through nature, food and connection.