Adeona Mackay in Andergrove, Queensland, Australia | Local business
Adeona Mackay
Locality: Andergrove, Queensland, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4942 5563
Address: 63 Celeber Drive 4740 Andergrove, QLD, Australia
Website: http://www.adeona.com.au/
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25.01.2022 On Saturday the 9th November, Pioneer State High School will be hosting a family portrait fundraiser. For only $15 you will receive a beautiful 10 x 13 inch portrait, (RRP $45). Appointments available from 9am on Saturday. Visit www.BorderStudios.com.au and follow the link "Book Family Portraits to secure your booking.
24.01.2022 Today Yellow Tribe had a special visit from Leah who is a dentist from 1300 Smiles. Leah was kind enough to visit the children to discuss what its like to visit the dentist and the importance of brushing our teeth. Leah read the children a special book about cleaning our teeth and discussed the five different types of nasties that grow and live in our mouths and teeth. Leah also had her trusty helper Puff the Dragon come along to show the children how to brush and floss their teeth properly. What a fun visit to have after celebrating Dental Week! Thank you Leah.
23.01.2022 Yellow Tribe enjoyed a visit from Miss Fiona from the council, who talked to us about our worm farm. We learnt about what the worms do, what they look like and how we can provide a healthy environment for them to live in. Miss Fiona explained that worms need all the things we need to survive; Water, food, air and shelter. She also explained to us that worms dig and burrow under the wet damp soil because they love being wet. They dont like the sun and hide away from it. Thanks for the visit Miss Fiona
23.01.2022 Its been 3 days since our kindy graduates have started school. We have been thinking of you all and we know youre all going to do amazing things. Drop a picture in the comments and show us how grown up you are in your uniform. We would also love to see photos of children that have attending Adeona in the passed.
23.01.2022 NAIDOC week - Yellow tribe Some of our experiences that the Yellow tribe were involved in included; Read books on aboriginal culture. Listened to traditional Dreamtime stories. ... Learnt about the dances that each indigenous nation performs. Participated in art experiences including natural resources and traditional methods. Discussed and developed recognition skills using indigenous symbols. Explored the indigenous cultures clothing, living arrangements, day to day jobs, hunting practices and food sources. We also designed our own aboriginal flag today. The children helped Miss Erin tape the flag together, then created their own designs on the flag using paint in flags colours of: Yellow: represents the sun Black: represents the people Red: represents the land Using cotton buds, the children created patterns with dots, swirls and lines, to create a beautiful piece of artwork to display in our NAIDOC Week area. QKLG Key Focus: Connectedness - shows increasing respect for diversity: Children show an increasing respect for diversity by showing interest in their own and others cultures, and learning respect for others.
20.01.2022 On Monday the Yellow Tribe had a visit from Sensei Kat and some Japanese friends. All of the children had fun meeting the visitors and involving them in their play. We sung some Japanese songs, as well as taught our friends some of our English favourites like Hokey Pokey and Dingle Dangle Scarecrow. While we were engaging in free play with our visitors, we had a lesson on the art of origami. Some of the children joined in to construct a WHOLE BAG FULL of paper ninja stars, which we got to keep as a souvenir of our new friends. The children explored the diversity of culture, heritage, background and tradition and that diversity presents opportunities for choices and new understandings.
20.01.2022 Konnichiwa Kids Club Adeona is passionate about the diversity of our centre as we have a lot of families and staff who come from various back ground and countries. We are thrilled to be offering Konnichiwa Kids Club through our centre again for 2020.... Our curriculum delivery encourages and exposes our children to the opportunity to explore the diversity of culture, heritage, back grounds and traditions. Through these weekly Wednesday sessions our children are building positive relationships, as they show and share respect for diversity whilst responding to a sense of connectedness and different ways of belonging.
20.01.2022 Fire Fighter Visit The children enjoyed having a visit from the Fire and Rescue Services. The children enjoyed hearing all about the duties a fire fighter undertakes and asked many different questions. It was very interesting learning about our emergency services and discovering all of the equipment that has to fit on the truck. The children developed a sense of belonging to groups and communities and has an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation. Thank you to Anthony and his crew for visiting Adeona Mackay.
20.01.2022 The children are actively engaged in a variety of rich, meaningful, inquiry-based experiences in both indoor and outdoor environments. The children challenged themselves to support exploration and experimentation with the help from Mr Sam to create a dinosaur swamp land.
19.01.2022 The children in the Yellow tribe have been building on their interest in gardening and creating a new outdoor environments for them to explore and engage in. Recently we started work on our new vertical garden (located just outside yellow tribe next to the shed). The children helped Sam go through our recyclables pulling out all our milk bottles. Sam carefully cut the bottoms of the bottles and put some holes in the lids.... The next step was hammering the bottles onto the pallet. Once the bottles were securely attached, the children worked together to fill up the bottles with some spagmoss (it helps hold the moisture) and some soil. Through this activity the children are developing dispositions for learning such as curiosity and cooperation, by exploring and learning about plants and working alongside others to plant their own. They also transfer what they have learned in discussions and stories, and use this information to grow their own plants. This area is looking AMAZING............... thank you to everyone involved.
19.01.2022 Red Tribe friends have been busy learning about Key Word Sign ( Sign Language). Through our daily yarning circle our friends are learning and demonstrating how to say their name using the Key Word Sign. Its wonderful to see our Red Tribe friends confidently seeking out and accepting new challanges, making new discoveries and celebrating their own efforts and acheivements.
19.01.2022 Congratulations Erin for achieving this significant milestone in service at Adeona Mackay. We sincerely thank you for being part of our wonderful team for 10 years. Your dedication and commitment has been outstanding.
18.01.2022 Stacey from Bunnings came for a visit to Adeona to talk to the children about gardening and planting. Stacey brought with her some fantastic plants for the children to repot, nurture and watch grow. Grevillea Moonlight, Tucker Bush Warrigal Greens, Blue tongue and Lemon Myrtle were some of the wonderful plants we have potted around our outside environment. Stacey spoke to the children about looking after the plants, watering them daily and weeding any brown leaves or weeds from the pot. The children are very excited to use the gloves and watering cans Stacey provided the centre and have been looking after these beautiful plants daily. We Cant wait for Stacey to come back and see how much they have grown.
18.01.2022 Today we celebrated Early Childhood Educators Day. We have received amazing words of thanks and kindness from our families here at Adeona Mackay for our 'Thank you' wall. We have loved reading them throughout the day. To our team, I thank you. Your dedication and professionalism are truly remarkable. The high quality care and education you provide to the children and the support given to the families is truly outstanding. You all do an AMAZING job.
17.01.2022 We had Kylee from the RSPCA come in to be presented with the items we gathered last year from our Tree of Hope. Thank you to all our Adeona families that donated items. Kylie spent time with the children and talked about - * The attributes of different animals * How to recognise different emotions from animals * How to take care of pets... * How to safely pat a dog * What to do in the event of a vicious dog encounter The children were very attentive and welcoming towards the new classroom visitor, and everyone seemed interested in learning about pets. At the end of the visit, we presented Kylie with the boxes of donated items and she returned the kind gesture with a book mark and sticker for everyone.
16.01.2022 Recycle bread tags to fund wheelchairs Bread tags for Wheelchairs is a community program that Adeona Mackay is involved in collecting as they are being sold to plastic recycling companies. There, the bread tags are repurposed into a range of products such as seedling trays, picture frames, door knobs, coat hangers and more. Thats not all though - the money earned from selling the tags is used to buy wheelchairs for people who cant afford them. So we need your help to collect the bread tags and place them in the collection bin in the foyer.
16.01.2022 Today is Early Childhood Educators Day and I would like to thank our team at Adeona Mackay for their passion and dedication to the centre this year. Their commitment to the families and children is outstanding. Without each one of them, Adeona wouldnt be amazing as it is. I know you will all agree that we have the best team of educators here at Adeona. Hope you all enjoy your gift, cake and special messages from our families.
16.01.2022 So, this year due to Covid19, our usual annual NAIDOC celebrations were postponed nation- wide until November. At Adeona, we decided that we still wanted to share the amazing aboriginal culture within our centre with the children and their families. Our staff collaborated with the children, their families, the community and each other to create a curriculum that would allow multiple opportunities for the children to explore and learn more about the aboriginal culture including bush tucker, songs, dance, art and ways of living when on country. We hope that you enjoy this corroboree collaboration as much as we did.
16.01.2022 Congratulations Adeona Mackay on achieving Eat Safe Mackay rating of 5 stars. We are fully compliant with the Food Safety Standards and overall very high standards of Food Safety Management practices. Thank you to all our wonderful staff for achieving such a high standard.
15.01.2022 Our Red Tribe Friends are confidently developing their dispositions for learning as we explore the diversty of culture, heritage, backgrounds and tradtions through our morning yarning circle. Our Acknowledgement to land: Here is the land ... Here is the sky Here are the people And here am I See more
15.01.2022 The outdoor environment is looking well shaded now with our new shade sails. The suns Ultra violet radiation can cause devastating damage to the human skin so ensuring the children at Adeona Mackay are well protected with shade is vital.
12.01.2022 Childrens day celebrations - The children enjoyed a huge day outside playing with their friends. We had a jumping castle and face painting to celebrate Childrens Week, which was so much fun. The children had a blast taking turns jumping on the jumping castle and dancing to the music as well. We all enjoyed some yummy fruit and treats while having morning tea together.
12.01.2022 This morning we had some very special visitors at Adeona! David, from Reptile Education Safety Training Australia, brought in a wide variety of reptiles and a few creepy crawlies too! They taught us about pet reptiles and wild reptiles and what to do if we see a snake in the wild.
12.01.2022 Adeona had a special guest come into the centre to delivery some special gifts. Our dear friend Barbra created these beautiful art works for the Yellow Tribe and Red Tribe children. Thank you Barbra for your beautiful gifts. They look beautiful in our rooms.
11.01.2022 Did you know we have a podcast? Hosted by Adeona Manager Tracy and our Coorparoo centre Director Zoe, each episode covers fascinating and practical insights from early childhood development to parenting tips and so much more! You can stream it from our website https://adeona.com.au/category/podcast/ or search "An Early Childhood Journey" wherever you get podcasts!
11.01.2022 Today we celebrated Early Childhood Educators Day. We have received amazing words of thanks and kindness from our families here at Adeona Mackay for our 'Thank you' wall. We have loved reading them throughout the day. To our team, I thank you. Your dedication and professionalism are truly remarkable. The high quality care and education you provide to the children and the support given to the families is truly outstanding. You all do an AMAZING job.
11.01.2022 Kindysport has been providing the joy of discovering and developing sports skills to young children for over 13 years now. Their mission is to excite and engage children with educational hands on programs that inspires children to develop sporting skills by getting children excited, having fun and engage with positive sporting experiences. Miss Peta and Miss Michelle will be running this weekly program with the Red Tribe children every Tuesday and the Yellow Tribe children every Thursday. Every week our Educators complete a module showing the correct way for the children to develop their skills. They will be implementing and exposing the children to a variety of fun and challenging sporting and physical activities.
10.01.2022 Our Red Tribe friends have been busy creating their own family trees with Miss Michelle. As a group we sourced out natural resources such as leaves, sticks and twigs in the environment. Through meaningful conversations with Miss Michelle the children spoke about who is in their family and chose smiley face stickers to represent the family members. Miss Michelle had animal paw stickers for the children to use to include their pets. Through this activity our friends are confidently establishing respectful, trusting relationships with their peers and educators.
10.01.2022 Children's day celebrations - The children celebrated connections and friendships while enjoying the jumping castle, glitter tattoos and a disco. Children's Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood. It is also a time for children to demonstrate their talents, skills and abilities.
09.01.2022 Red Tribe have been busy little bees creating their own Discovery Woolworths Garden. Through collaborative discussion and engagement Miss Bernie and our friends have started potting the seedlings, we watered the soil, added the seedlings and have been observing how they grow. We have created recycling watering cans out of milk containers and we water them daily and move them in and out of the sunlight. Once our seedlings have sprouted we will transfer them to bigger pot and look at different recipes that we can utilise our fresh herbs in.
09.01.2022 Adeona Mackay celebrated Talk like a Pirate Day which helps raise funds and awareness for Childhood Cancer. We worked together to plan and build a pirate ship out of our wooden block collection. We had to implement some trial and error to incorporate all of the elements. Once completed, our trusty vessel was a fantastic place for imaginary play and role play scenarios to take place. The children made treasure maps and telescopes at the construction table to utilise. ... Other activities included - Pirate counting, candle drawing pirate flags, treasure chest collage and of course walking the plank.
08.01.2022 Adeona celebrated Footy Colours Day today through various sporting activities with the children. Footy Colours Day is a fun and easy way to bring everyone together while teaching children the importance of helping others.
07.01.2022 The children have been busy exploring Jeannie Baker books. We focused on the spider web from Where the Forest Meets The Sea. The children worked hard at manipulating the wool around to form a similar looking web to what they noticed in the story. After creating spiderwebs our friends were excited to use straws and alfoil to create spiders for their webs. This took lots of concentration and fine motor control but the children showed great skills as they persevere and experience the satisfaction of achievement.
06.01.2022 Plastic bottle tops turns into prosthetic hands PLEASE HELP ADEONA MACKAY TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING FOR A GREAT CAUSE. With this project Adeona Mackay is aiming to collect, plastic lids including milk bottle lids, soft drink lids and water bottle lids for Envision who train disadvantaged people to use 3D printers to make mobility aids for amputees.... Please start collecting them and place them in the collection bin in the foyer of Adeona Mackay. Thank you to the Yellow tribe children for recycling the Woolworths Earn and Learn box for our new challenge.
06.01.2022 Last Thursday here at Adeona we celebrated International Friendship Day with a super fun and cute photo booth. The children were able to choose a friend or friendship group to take a photo with in front of our sparkly friendship day backdrop. International Friendship Day is a United Nations (UN) day that promotes the role that friendship plays in promoting peace in many cultures. It is celebrated on July 30th each year to promote the concept of friendships across diverse backgrounds and cultures.
06.01.2022 Adeonas Tree of Hope Each year at Adeona, we have a Tree of Hope, we love to give back to our community and this year we have decided to encompass our love for animals by donating gifts to support a very worth while organisation the Mackay RSPCA. Animals have a special way of connecting with children as they teach children about empathy, caring for the environment and for others. Our animal project has inspired this idea and we would love and appreciate if our families co...uld donate any animal supplies, toys, food, treats, shampoos, worming tablets, vitamins etc. Thank you Daxton and Daisy for the gifts.
06.01.2022 Book week was so much fun. The children loved reading stories (focus stories were - Three little pigs, Hungry Caterpillar, Goldilocks and the three bears, Dear Zoo, Green Eggs and Ham, Pete the Cat, Elmar the Elephant and many more) They also participated in puppet shows, creating their own caterpillars and Elmar the elephant after reading the story book. Most of all the children and staff loved dressing up as their favourite book character.
05.01.2022 NAIDOC celebrations in the Red Tribe The Red tribe were very busy engaging in a variety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait activities in celebration of NAIDOC week. The children engaged in the following activities throughout the week-... - collaged and created Aboriginal flags - matched the different rock symbols to the patterns - engaged with natural clay and used their own interpretation to create symbols - dot painting - painting the large rocks in our outside environment - earth colours were used to create dots on the boomerangs - cooking experiences (flag biscuits and damper) During our Yarning Circle, our friends looked at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Flags. Through collaborative discussions our friends found out that..... Aboriginal Flag Black represents the Aboriginal People Yellow represents the sun Red represents the earth Torres Strait Flag White Dhari represents the headdress White star represents the five major islands Black represents the Torres straight people Green represents the land Blue represents the sea.
04.01.2022 The children were involved in an Africa Drumming & Storytelling experience performed by Mama Africa. In the workshop the children learnt about the culture, art and general awareness of life in Africa. It encouraged respectful listening and responding, creativity, leadership skills and most of all a fun musical experience.
04.01.2022 Science week here at Adeona was full of experiments and amazing findings. The children participated in the following experiences - Ice painting, raised salt painting, exploding volcano with coke and mentos, magic marker drawing, sugar cube experiment (chemical reaction), magic candle painting, balloon rockets and coloured cabbage leaves.
04.01.2022 Having pets at Adeona Mackay gives children the opportunity to observe, interact and learn about animals. It can be a valuable part of a childs education and care experience, enriching their learning about nature, ecology and relationships.
03.01.2022 World Space Week is the largest space event in the world and an ideal time for teachers and educators to use space-based activities to excite the children about science and technology. The children participated in a number of activities to celebrate this event. * Created the solar system, moon environment, watched shuttle launches, made alien play dough, alien hats and a photo space ship *
02.01.2022 The children are learning valuable life lessons as they work on their sustainable garden where produce is harvested and used in the kitchen. The children love to learn about and explore nature. Last week the children were involved in collecting seeds from our basil plants so they can take them home to plant in their own garden.
02.01.2022 Congratulations to our Yellow tribe graduates. We are so blessed to have had the honour of being a part of your life since you were 2. What an amazing journey for us to see your growth and build life long relationships with our families. Thank you to every single child, family member and educators for making Adeona a special FAMILY. ... We are so proud of our Kindy children who have been so resilient throughout 2020. You will all go on to do wonderful things.
01.01.2022 We had a special visit from Lea from 1300 Smiles today who came in to talk to us about our teeth. She bought along Puff the Dragon who showed us how easy it is to clean our teeth when we follow the steps listed below. She read us a special book that told us; How to Brush our teeth How to Floss... The importance of our parents helping us brush our teeth Why its important to not eat food and drinks full of sugar And the importance of visiting your dentist for a check up.
01.01.2022 The children have been busy exploring Jeannie Baker books. We focused on the spider web from 'Where the Forest Meets The Sea'. The children worked hard at manipulating the wool around to form a similar looking web to what they noticed in the story. After creating spiderwebs our friends were excited to use straws and alfoil to create spiders for their webs. This took lots of concentration and fine motor control but the children showed great skills as they persevere and experience the satisfaction of achievement.
