Woodworking at Uni North LDC

At Uni North, the educators support many opportunities for children to play, learn and discover.  Recently, the children in the Woodland Room have been engaging in woodworking experiences with our volunteer, John. 

John worked as an educator at Uni North for many years until he retired. Since retiring, he has been visiting the service as a volunteer every Tuesday and Thursday to bring his passion and knowledge of woodworking to the children.

The children adore working with ‘Johnny’ and are so excited every time they see him chaining up his bike at the front gate. His latest project has focused on building storage boxes with the children that can also be used as a seat and a chalkboard.

John works with each individual child to find out what colour they would like to paint their storage box and which material they would like for the seat. He then helps them to use the drill to screw the pieces together, paint their box and glue and staple the material on the seat. 

The projects are worked on over a couple of weeks with each child, and when finished, they can take them home. John shows great patience, talking with the children throughout the process and guiding them to use the tools safely and effectively.

The children are so lucky to have John working with them with his caring manner, and we feel so grateful to have such a wonderful person engaging with the children and teaching them important life skills.

From the OSHC Team at Uni North LDC