Health & Fitness
At Wheelers Hill Child Care Centre, we’re passionate about helping children develop healthy bodies and active minds from an early age.
Our Health & Fitness practices encourage physical activity, coordination, and body awareness through fun, age-appropriate movement, games, and outdoor play. We incorporate a variety of activities such as yoga, obstacle courses, dance, and sports-based games that support gross motor development and promote a love for staying active.
A holistic approach to health.
We have a GP that attends every second Wednesday, and we also have dentist visits twice a year from Smile for Kids.
Alongside physical movement, we also introduce children to the importance of healthy eating, hygiene, and overall wellbeing - laying the foundation for lifelong healthy habits in a fun and supportive environment.
SunSmart Early Childhood Service Program
Wheelers Hill Child Care Centre have been recognised as a SunSmart service by SunSmart Victoria for the past 10 years, continually meeting all of the guidelines and recommendations to reduce skin cancer risk.
The SunSmart Early Childhood Program was introduced by Cancer Council Victoria in 1996. By teaching sensible sun protection habits from an early age and implementing sun protection measures, schools and early childhood services can play a significant role in reducing skin cancer risk. Our current certificate will be valid until September 2026.
Kelly Sports Program
The kinder children at Wheelers Hill Child Care Centre are also visited by the Kelly Sports program on a fortnightly basis.
Kelly Sports is a popular multi-sports incursion that teaches children valuable gross motor skills. Kelly Sports’ goal is to help children get active, develop skills and confidence, and gain a lifelong love of sports. They encourage children to have fun while teaching them fundamental movement skills through play that form an important part of a child's development and enable them to learn the skills required for sports and prepare them for a healthy, active life.
Happy Feet Fitness Program
Wheelers Hill Child Care Centre hosts the Happy Feet Fitness program two days per week. This program is an interactive, themed, adventure class packed full of original music, costumes, props, magic, singing, dancing, games and learning. Classes provide the children with opportunities to connect with the community, improve their wellbeing, confidence, communication, health and fitness. These classes come at an extra cost to the families, paid directly to the company and participation is optional.
Please Note: Funded kindergarten children are entitled to one free Happy Feet class per week.
