Herald 20180313

Child care centre hatches
new life
Children at the Highfields Early Learning
Centre have been treated to a two-week chicken
hatching program, allowing them to extend
on their in-house learning.
The program has been running in conjunction
with Henny Penny Hatching, which
allows children to see the way chickens are
hatched and teaches them how to properly
care for them.
Manager Maria Martak-Krumins said one
of the children had already shown interest in
the subject before the program was introduced.
“One of the children’s family actually
bought some chickens at their home and it
happened to co-incide with the Henny Penny
Hatching Program,” she said.
“This then scaffolds this child’s learning because
she got to see where the chickens came
from and how they grow up and, of course,
all the other children were interested as well.”
Mrs Martak-Krumins said the learning benefits
the children gain from programs such as
this are substantial as they still follow the early
learning framework to ensure the children
learn while having fun.
“Having this hatchery, the children are able
to express their ideas, initiate conversation,
express their feelings, initiate sharing and approach
learning with confidence,” she said.
“I’m sure the little girl with the chickens
at home, when she goes home, will ask questions
about them and so recognise that the big
chickens they have are the same as the ones
we have here.
“That’s what it’s all about, transferring the
knowledge of what they learn here and what
they learn at home and joining them together.”
- Jack Waters reprorting
• Tegan Swanson and Indiana West
Bell Street Mall history
Bell Street is one of the oldest
streets in Toowoomba but why it
was so-named is a mystery. It was
home to Trevethan’s body works,
Burstow’s furniture/coffin factory,
Toowoomba’s first power house,
the Choral Hall, Lord’s restaurant,
and many other businesses.
Jeff Weis and Jack McCafferty
each had unfulfilled grand designs
for the street but it became a
one-way street in 1978 and was
converted to a mall in September
1986.
The next talk at the Toowoomba
Historical Society will survey the
history of the street/mall.
The speaker is Don Talbot,
Society member and well known
author of the Strange Tales
and Ghostly Tales books on
Toowoomba and Toowoomba
Teddies and the Bell Street Ghosts.
This meeting will be held at
the Society’s Rooms, 49 Lindsay
Street, Toowoomba, on Monday,
March 19, at 7.30pm.
Welcome new citizens
World Environment Day
Toowoomba and region United
Nations World Environment
Day will be held at Lake Annand
Park on the corner of Mackenzie
and Long Streets, Toowoomba,
on Sunday, June 3 from 10am to
4pm.
This will be a community
family event on United Nations
issues of the environment,
multiculturalism, multifaith,
peace, Indigenous matters, anti-racism
and social justice.
This year’s theme is “Beat
plastic pollution.” Appropriate
entertainment and stalls will feature
throughout the day. Admission
is free, and all are welcome.
Are you ready for
School Holidays?
Crows Nest couple Dessy and Shawn Birch attended
a citizenship ceremony in Toowoomba when Dessy
became an Australian. Shawn, a workplace trainer,
visited Singapore some years ago, and met Dessy
who was from Indonesia. Dessy works in Highfields.
Get Your Vehicle Serviced
Check your Tyres and Batteries
Get your Air Con
Checked
Highfields
Industrial
Estate
Phone: 4696 7116
www.highfieldsmechanical.com.au
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