Our Numbat Nursery provides a very homely, baby orientated and friendly environment with artwork done by the children on display, which the children enjoy looking at and being able to touch.
Melanie Zanatta is our Certified Supervisor of Numbat Nusery and Mel gets down on the floor to o the baby’s level and interact and play with all babies. This helps the babies to become aware of each other, and feel comfortable having other babies around them.
Our furniture and carpets are set out to ensure that the children have access to all toys and areas of the room.
We have a separate cot room that provides a cosy and relaxing sleep area for the younger babies, and individual routines discussed with parents are followed for each child for their sleep and other routines of the day.
Our babies also start to develop communication skills and this is where the babies start to make goo-ing and ga-ing noises.
Mel's aim is to encourage our babies to develop their vocal skills by constantly communicating/talking to the babies and introducing new sounds or small words.
Numbat Nursery babies have access to an outdoor play area shared only with the toddlers, allowing them access to a space they can explore and feel safe in. Art experiences will be available to the nursery room each day for all young children to explore.
Melanie Zanatta is our Certified Supervisor (Group Leader) for Numbat Nursery
Here is some information on Numbats
Numbats (also known as Walpurti) are small marsupials, which feed almost solely on termites. Because of this, they are also known as the Banded Anteater. When fully grown, they reach about 40 cms from nose to tail.
They inhabit woodlands in Western Australia, this is the only state in which they are found in the wild. To improve numbat numbers, they are also bred in captivity at the Perth Zoo. However, a new colony has now been established in South Australia. The area in which they live have a high termite population, and each numbat can consume up to 20,000 per day! Numbats have a long snout, and this helps them to find termites in soil. They also have a long tongue which aids when feeding on termites.