Recycling Week at Nido: Teaching Children to Properly Dispose of Rubbish

At Nido Early School, National Recycling Week is a valuable opportunity to instil eco-conscious habits in children, encouraging responsibility, respect for nature, and a sustainable mindset from a young age. Rooted in the Reggio Emilia approach, we believe that children are capable of understanding and acting on important concepts like recycling, and we strive to empower them through hands-on, meaningful experiences.

Why Start Young?

Children at Nido are naturally curious and absorb lessons from the world around them. Recycling Week provides a perfect time for our educators to model sustainable behaviours, guiding children to separate items like plastic, paper, and organic waste.

By learning what happens to recycled materials, children gain a sense of their impact on the environment, nurturing a lifelong commitment to caring for the planet.

Small Habits, Big Impact

Encouraging children to develop simple, mindful habits—such as using reusable containers, conserving paper, and turning off lights—is essential. When they take responsibility for sorting their own snack wrappers or recycling art materials, they feel a sense of pride and accomplishment in their contributions to the world around them.

Celebrating Recycling Week

At Nido, Recycling Week is celebrated with creative activities like crafting with recycled materials, storytelling sessions about nature, and friendly recycling challenges. Through these engaging activities, children learn that small efforts add up and that they play a key role in protecting the environment.

Teaching children the importance of proper waste disposal supports our mission at Nido to raise responsible, environmentally conscious individuals who will carry these values forward into the future.

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Hi Georgina,

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the recruitment of Centre Directors and Educators to join the expanding Nido family.

With so many open roles in the sector at the moment, I think we should be talking about the differences that really sets Nido apart. From my own experience, they are not always obvious from the outside, but when you get to meet the Nido family you really feel it.

Leaving my previous employer, who I was with for over 10 years, was not an easy decision. I had interviews with a few different companies, before finding my home at Nido.

I remember walking out of that initial interview, literally with tears in my eyes, I knew I had finally found what I had been looking for.

As you mentioned, honesty and integrity are critical and a given, our Services, resources and environments speak for themselves, and candidates merely need to look at our website to understand how engaging and wonderful they are.

We really need to focus more on what a Centre Director and an Educator will experience at Nido;

Authenticity; At Nido they will get honesty with heart
Trust and understanding; At Nido you are treated from day one, as competent and capable
We have the opportunity to inspire Educators and children to reach their full potential and change their worlds for the better, this still delights me everyday
At Nido you can make your mark in the world and are given the respect and autonomy to do what you love and truly make a difference
Collaboration – we are one team, far and wide we inspire and challenge each other
Nido is a family, for me, I have the overwhelming sense of belonging at Nido, my people and my home, this is what drew me to Nido in the first place

I am continually driven by our purpose;

To provide our Educators with the training, environment, motivation, and empowerment to deliver exceeding quality education to children, partnering with families, and giving children a voice and the opportunity to lead wonderful fulfilling lives.

I love that we seek to make quality early education available to everyone, regardless of their economic position. That we focus more on suburban children and advocate for their rights, Nido is truly a movement and not one to join without knowing you will need to put your heart on the line every single day.

Mary Oliver asked “What will you do with your one wild and precious life”, I cannot think of anything more fulfilling than what I get to do every day at Nido.

Kind regards,
Danika x