Gowrie NSW Blog | Education

How to Get Children Playing Instead of Staring at Screens

Finding the balance between children's active play and screen time can be challenging. It's a common theme for parents, and a particularly challenging one. We get it, we're parents too. There are ...

7 Fun Cooperative Play Activities for Children to Try at Home

Cooperative play is integral in fostering skills that benefit early childhood development.

5 Ways to Celebrate Harmony Day with Your Child

Harmony Day is a celebration embraced with enthusiasm across communities in New South Wales and beyond. It is a day dedicated to inclusivity, fostering understanding among different cultures, and ...

The Importance of National Indigenous Literacy Day at Gowrie NSW

The Importance of Language Language holds great significance in our lives. It’s how we communicate, express our emotions, and share the stories that define us. Through language, we pass down ...

Sustainability, Humans & Nature at Erskineville Early Education & Care

The YarraYarra children, aged 3-5 at our Erskineville Early Education and Care Centre have been exploring sustainability and the interconnectedness between humans and nature. As part of their ...

Gowrie NSW Program Foundations - a framework for curriculum & pedagogy

Gowrie NSW Program Foundations Our program is underpinned by 80 years of experience and leadership in early childhood education and care. Informed by global research and best practice, our programs ...

Is Your Child Ready for Big School? | Gowrie NSW

On this page What is school readiness? Why is school readiness important? Factors that determine school readiness What are school readiness skills? Building blocks to develop school readiness How can ...

What is Play Based Learning? - Gowrie NSW

Key Points A play based program centres around the child's own discovery. For it to be successful, teachers need to create a safe and supported environment for children to explore and be themselves ...

Rote Counting: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Key Points Rote counting is a memory exercise and all about repetition. Children need to practise counting over and over again until they have committed the correct order to memory. There are a ...