Aspire Bella Estate celebrates first birthday with special celebration

 Early learning service Aspire Bella Estate celebrated its 1st Birthday on Tuesday 14 January, acknowledging the significant journey undertaken by the staff, families and their community connections since the service started operating in 2024. 

As well as providing a morning tea, the service received a visit from popular Paw Patrol characters Chase and Sky, and a Smoking Ceremony was held by the Bunurong People to support connection with community and cultural learning.

During the celebration the team reflected on some of the significant events of their first year, which included an open day event, a community morning tea, celebrations for Easter, Diwali, Christmas and Kinder Graduations as well as numerous awareness awareness days where the children participated in fun activities including Book Week, Science Week, Nutrition Week, Children’s Week and more. 

During Term 3 and 4, Bella Estate also implemented in-house incursion programs which were run by some of the staff at the centre. These included a fortnightly cooking incursion program, a sports program, and a music and melody incursion.

A highlight of the first year of operation was the team winning the “Leader in Innovation Award” at the Aspire Gala Awards in 2024, an acknowledgement of the teams creative use of their outdoor piazza space to set up different experiences that enhanced the children’s learning, creativity and development. As a newly opened centre, it was a huge achievement and one that the team was very proud of.

The team has established relationships with the Clyde community, including building relationships with the local primary schools such as Clyde Creek Primary school, Cardinia Primary School and Ramlegh Primary School. They also have a connection with the local Woolworths who provide weekly fruit baskets to the team as part of their Healthy Eating program.

Recently the team also worked with Bunnings Warehouse in Clyde North, who helped them name their eight rooms after beautiful native plants, with input from the parents as well. Bella Estate is excited to continue to build more connections within the community this year.

Learn more about Aspire Early Education Bella Estate here.