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CCSA Award for Excellence 2011
Congratulations
to Kendall Preschool, the winner of the 2011 CCSA Award for Excellence. This year we asked services to tell us how
they encourage children to show respect for the natural environment. Kendall
Preschool, on the mid north coast of NSW, has been building outdoor rooms for
about 5 years; with a focus on native vegetation, a veggie patch, an orchard,
chooks, and frog habitats. They have also been working with local Aboriginal
elders to grow bush tucker plants, and to learn how to weave the native grasses
they grow. The preschool has initiated a campaign to reduce litter on local
beaches, with the children writing to the local paper and designing signs
alerting people to the problems that sea litter raises for marine animals.
Andrew Bagnall, Director of Kendall Preschool, receives the CCSA Award for Excellence
from Jim Craddock, CCSA Board
As we
received so many high quality applications this year, we also granted four
Highly Commended Awards. These went to Lilly Pilly Preschool, Wollongbar
Community Preschool, Amy Hurd Child Care Centre and IACC Smith Street
Children’s Centre.
Thank you to
everyone who entered this year’s Award, and congratulations to all our winners.
Kendall Preschool recived:
- a cash prize of $500.00
- a $500.00 voucher from Modern Teaching Aids for natural play products
- one free registration to the CCSA/ECA conference that was held in Kingscliff on 1 and 2 April 2011 plus travel and accommodation
- an article highlighting their achievements in our CCSA Connections newsletter distributed to over 11,000 early childhood services across Australia in mid 2011.
Previous winners of the award are:
2010
Gosford Cubbyhouse
Gosford
2009
Armidale Community Preschool
Armidale
2008
Jeff McDonald
Valla Community Preschool
Valla
2007
Claudia Tolhurst
Edgeworth Child Care Centre
Newcastle
2006
Meryl Allworth OAM
Holbrook's Children's Centre
Holbrook
2005
Daryl Taylor
Singleton Heights Preschool
Singleton
2004
Andrew Swan
Hobbit Preschool and Long Day Centre
Armidale
2003
Maureen Spicer
South Grafton Multipurpose Child Care Centre
Grafton
2002
Sue Nicholls
Tottenham War Memorial Early Childhood Services
Tottenham
2001
Robin Riedl
Yarran Early Intervention Centre
Central Coast
2000
Ken Keith
Parkes Early Childhood Centre
Parkes
1999
Liz Renshaw
Euroka Children’s Centre
Blaxland
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