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
May 29, 2025

June Newsletter 2025

Welcome to the June addition of our monthly ❄Newsletter❄ May was a busy month. Photo week came with lots of smiles and a bit of shyness from some of our friends at having their photos taken for the first time. We also had StEPS come and do their free vision screening for our prep friends. Miss Mary brought the tipper truck for a visit for our junior preschool friends and tipped a small load of sand out. Our junior preschool friends had a wonderful time getting to sit in the tipper truck and help load sand into wheelbarrows and wagons to tip into the big sandpit a great time was had. In June two of our staff member that have been on maternity leave are returning Miss Caitlin and Miss Emily.M. Please give them a big welcome back. Stay tuned for lots of new excursion that will be happening for our Poppins friends to get out and about in the Poppins bus. We are also hosting our biggest morning tea on the 17th June 2025.

Poppins Bush School
Poppins Bush School
May 5, 2025

May Newsletter 2025

Welcome to our monthly Newsletter! We are all looking forward to another wonderful month here at Bush school. April came with lots of excitement. Our Prep room started visiting their friends from Nazareth House. This will be ongoing throughout the year. Prep also ventured out into our community for an excursion to Anzac Park on the 24th April 2025. Our children proudly laid some wreaths they had made at the gates. This was to Honor, celebrate and to remember all those who have served our country so proudly. For those serving, Our Poppins community say’s ‘Thank you’. We also held an ANZAC day BBQ for all the children that attended the centre on Thursday. The Sausages were delicious, and our children loved them. Thank you Miss Nellie for cooking the sausages. This month, May we are holding our Photo week from the 19th – 23rd. We have changed the month this year to do autumn leaves as our background in the photos📸. Steps Vision Screening will be coming on the 27th May to do free vision tests for our 4 -5-year-old children. If families are interested a local lady is holding a walk to support bladder cancer on the 18th May (please see attached leaflet with newsletter)

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Poppins Bush School
April 1, 2025

April Newsletter 2025

There is so much happening at Poppins this year, we will do our best to cover updates in the newsletters for everyone to be informed. It is wonderful to see all the children learning every day in our natural environment. Both spontaneous & planned experiences maximise their education, whilst having so much fun each day. This month our room’s will be holding Easter hunts and afternoon tea for our Junior Preschool, Preschool & Junior Prep rooms where we will hide plaster eggs for the children to find and paint to take home. Prep room will do an Easter hat parade and afternoon tea. On Thursday 24th April 2025 we will be having an ANZAC Day BBQ lunch for the children that attend the centre on that day. Our Prep children will be making a wreath for ANZAC Day and placing it at the gates of ANZAC Park while on the excursion in the morning. This is a great way for the children to Honour those that have serviced and are servicing currently in the armed forces.

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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