The Little Bang Discovery Club was launched in Forbes last Thursday, catering to the curious, the inquisitive and the creative three to five-year-olds in the community.
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Local facilitators have been trained by the Children's Discovery Museum to deliver this fun-filled, hands-on program focusing on genuine scientific enquiry.
Students from Forbes Learning Ladder were among the first kids to take part in the program, with a session focused on sorting and classifying, last week.
"Thanks to the generosity of Telstra Kids Foundation and Clean TeQ Sunrise we have been able to purchase the resource kit needed to run the Little Bang Science Club program," Maree Yapp from Forbes North Schools as Community Centres said.
Registrations are being taken now and families interested in participating can contact the Forbes Town Library on 6852 1463 or Forbes North SaCC on 6852 3008 to book their spot.
"Forbes Shire Council are proud to assist and support community organisations such as the Forbes Learning Ladder to achieve amazing outcomes for their services," Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM said.
"This is such a great program for the children and we know this not-for-profit organisation puts all funds back into the service, which is great.
"We invite the community to contact our Grants Officers to discuss ways in which additional funding can be sought from other opportunities such as this," Mayor Miller said
Forbes North SaCC and Forbes Learning Ladder are working together to bring the Little Bang Science Club to the Preschoolers room and a member of Clean TeQ Sunrise came along to lend a hand.
Clean TeQ Sunrise General Manager, Government External Relations and Community Justine Fisher said Clean TeQ Sunrise is proud to invest in the Little Bang Science kit through their Matched funding for schools program.
"We know that early STEAM education is critical to developing the kind of scientific thinking that Clean TeQ Sunrise will need from our local workforce over the twenty-plus years the mine is expected to operate," she said.
"Maree Yapp has done a great job making sure the Little Bang Science kit is available to as many three- to eight-year old children in Forbes as possible via Forbes Library, the Learning Ladder and Forbes North Public School."
