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Beach Clean Up

Description:

Children will actively participate with their families in a Beach Clean Up event. Promoting sustainable practices as well as integrating aspects of healthy minds and bodies, this experience will directly help to save the lives of ocean and coastal wildlife as well as vegetation in the area.

Register for a Beach Clean Up event or create your own at a local beach nearby to you. Include all family members, distributing rubbish bags and gloves and instructing them to collect rubbish and debris which does not belong on the beach.

Promote learning by:

Actively participate in a Beach Clean Up event, aiming to remove rubbish and debris from beaches in order to save help wildlife and vegetation in the area. All family members can participate in such an event.

Beforehand, involve your children in discussions about what you will be doing and the purpose of such an activity. Raise questions about rubbish/debris you may find during the clean up and appropriate disposal of such items (such as taking bottles or cans to a Containers for Change Outlet). Include ideas in your discussions regarding how removing rubbish and debris can help wildlife and vegetation.

Visit the Sea Shepherd website to find a ‘Beach Clean Up’ event near you: https://www.seashepherd.org.au/latest-news/beach-cleanups/

Alternatively, you could visit a beach nearby to you and create your own ‘Beach Clean Up’ activity with your family or in conjunction with several families in your friendship circle.

Useful websites:

https://www.marineconservation.org.au/

https://www.seashepherd.org.au/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution

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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