The Transition from Pre-Kindy to Kindergarten Room: What Changes, What Stays the Same and How Elm Tree Supports Children Through It

When people talk about transitions in early childhood, the conversation almost always jumps straight to the big one — the move from childcare to primary school. But ask any experienced early childhood educator and they’ll tell you: the internal room transitions children make within a centre are significant milestones in their own right. None more so than the move from […]
Growing Up in Ormeau: Why a Rapidly Developing Suburb Is Actually a Remarkable Place to Raise a Young Child

There’s a particular kind of energy in a community that is still becoming itself. Streets where new families are moving in at the same time, parks that are filling up with children for the first time, neighbours who wave because they genuinely don’t know everyone yet and are still making connections. That’s Ormeau right now — and if you’re raising a young […]