Newcastle Community Preschool

08/10/2026

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NEWCASTLE NETWORK MEETING | 20 OCTOBER 💚

How do we create conditions where children's rights are realised through the co-construction of meaning rather than the transmission of knowledge? At this network meeting our participants are invited to collectively consider children’s rights through the notion of co-construction. Engaging with our first ‘enrichment reading’ and through robust dialogue, participants will be able to make visible their shared thinking through an assortment of materials.

We are welcomed to gather at Hamilton Early Learning Centre, on Awabakal Country, where we are given an insight into the rich opportunities of using research-based inquiry practices in a ‘family grouped’ setting.

Register here: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/NewcastleNetworkMeeting1

17/07/2026

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08/07/2026

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Network Meeting | Newcastle 🎨

Continuing the Conversation Together 💚
Following the wonderful discussions at our first gathering, we're excited to invite you to our next REAIE Newcastle Network Meeting, where we'll continue exploring the rich connections between the Reggio Emilia Approach, the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the National Quality Standard (NQS).

Explore the Intersections Booklet 📕
This meeting will introduce the new Intersections Booklet, providing an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue with fellow educators. Working in small groups, participants will unpack their chosen principle, exploring its connections to both the EYLF and the NQS, before coming back together to share reflections, insights and ideas with the wider network.

Register here: https://events.reggioaustralia.org.au/NewcastleNetworkMeeting28July #/

01/06/2026

Office Administrator wanted at Newcastle Community Preschool

We are a community-based, not-for-profit preschool in Cooks Hill, serving 25 children a day.
Rated Exceeding NQS across all seven quality areas.
We are looking for a warm, organised Office Administrator to join our small team. Permanent part-time, 10 hours per week across two fixed on-site days. You will be the first point of contact for parents arriving at Preschool, and work alongside our Director on enrolments, funding applications and day-to-day admin.
Award wages under MA000002 Clerks Level 3 from $29.70 per hour, plus super and leave loading.
School-hours pattern, predictable days, no after-hours work.
Applications close Monday 15th June 2026.
Email [email protected] with
your resume, two work-related referees and a response to our selection criteria.
Full details are available on Seek
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Discover Newcastle Community Preschool, a nurturing, inquiry-based environment fostering community, relationships, and children's growth in Cooks Hill.

18/05/2026

💚💚💚Thank you for being in our preschool community Kirsty Liljegren Consulting representing Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange for the day. We truly appreciated you listening, collaborating, engaging and inviting us to look through a lense or curiosity and wonder. As we begin to challenge ourselves to broaden our work with children, enrich our learning environment and develop practice that truly invites children to be curious and engaged in the learning opportunities. You were so warm,kind and genuine it made this day so rich and invaluable for our team. We can not thank you enough. If only you were here today to see the clay. The ideas, theories and stories the children were expressing through their hands was incredible. You reminded us of the valuable role we play when working along side children. 🌟

16/05/2026

What a truly beautiful day of collaboration, connection, and collective thinking at the Igniting Creativity …. Artful teaching for young minds workshop with Kirsty Liljegren.
We were so proud to support International Child Care College RTO ID 90081 in bringing Kirsty Liljegren Consulting from Thecreativecollectionece to Newcastle and to witness a gathering of passionate educators and teachers who came together with open hearts, curious minds, and a shared commitment to children and the art of learning.
There was such richness in the conversations, the reflection, and the shared inspiration. Days like these remind us that education is deeply relational, and when educators gather in dialogue and creativity, beautiful possibilities unfold for children, families, and communities.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the encounter such a meaningful and successful celebration of pedagogy, connection, and beauty in practice. ✨

05/05/2026