Healthy Children

We know growing bodies need the best ingredients to develop strength and wellbeing. Every Wednesday at Papilio Meadowbank the children will be able to be involved a cooking class from our in-house chef! The children will learn the benefits of making good food choices and how to make it. Our service supports families with information to promote and share Healthy Food at every opportunity.

Click here to download our Lifelong Learning Centres Healthy Food e-book.

From a baby's earliest experiences of tummy time followed by crawling, through to first steps and then those big hops, skips and jumps! Our Healthy Bodies activities include music and movement on Thursdays, specialised sports program on Friday and a variety of exciting incursions who provide key learning activities so children understand what their wonderful bodies can do as they grow.


 

The skills for developing emotional strength and well-being can be developed before children are able to fully express themselves verbally. Our Healthy Minds activities include mental health awareness, mindful practices inspired by a weekly scheduled yoga class, explore music and early opportunities for children to learn mandarin through ChiFunese a leading provider of curricular Chinese language program.

It takes a village to raise a child, and we do all we can to support our families as our Healthy Families program. From parent information sessions to extra support when needed, and an individualised approach to helping each child reach their full potential, our families are valued members of our centre community.
 

We are privileged to be part of our local community. Our Healthy Community initiatives include incursions and excursions, charity support and local awareness. This helps children learn how they can connect with and contribute to the community, in big ways and small.
 

Our children are the future...and we believe it's never too young for them to understand the role they can play in contributing to a Healthy World. Our centre takes time every Monday to practice recycling, gardening, sustainability initiatives and the needs of our planet are lessons we share regularly.