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Bundall Education and Care Centre

Locality: Gold Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5539 2031

Address: 92 Slatyer Ave 4217 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.bundallecc.com.au

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25.01.2022 What a great tool to help teach children essential life skills.

25.01.2022 Monday 10th August in Pingin We have had a busy indoor outdoor day in Pingin today. The children started with some time interacting with the older children in Ngarum, here they played in home corner, with the wooden blocks and outside on the obstacle course Miss Dee had set up. Moving into Pingin Cashton checked on our fish while Leon and Beau made a beeline to the sandpit. Meia explored the garden making sure the soil was moist by digging down with her fingers. Olive enjoyed a relax in the swing after morning tea and from there she watched Harley and Matis playing with the cars on the road mat. The children got creative as they practised their fine motor skills using the fine paint brushes to paint a picture using primary colours, we were teaching colour recognition as we painted outside on the easels.

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23.01.2022 Ngarum Friday 26th June Today was a great relaxation day. After morning tea we had a discussion about fruit, we sung the 'fruit salad' song, talked about some of our favorite fruits, and matched colours to fruits. We then decided to create some fruit displays for our home corner.... We then focused on our literacy skills, we read 'Neon Leon', sung our ABC's and re-arranged the alphabet on flash cards.

23.01.2022 Your children love learning about Indigenous language and culture here at the centre so we thought we’d share this link to some reasonably priced books at a Kmart.

22.01.2022 Monday Bush Kindy An early morning tea was requested by the children so we found a comfy spot at the table. As they ate I show them how to do a leaf rubbing everyone was excited to have a try so we split into two teams and went searching for some interesting leaves!

21.01.2022 Last Thursday we celebrated as friends with stories, songs, dancing and the children's graduation ceremony. Thank you to all the families who attended, we hoped you enjoyed the show! Please enjoy the photos.

20.01.2022 VERY IMPORTANT. Dear Families, please read this post from Queensland Health that lists the places the three new COVID patients have visited since returning to Queensland last week. If you have been in any of these areas PLEASE quarantine immediately and call 13 HEALTH. These patients have been at one Brisbane school and After School Care Centre which have now closed and we do not want to see this happen to our centre, your family, our team and their families. Please stay vigilant. Wash your hands and your child's hands EVERY time you enter the centre. Sanitising alone DOES NOT kill the virus. Keep social distancing and stay home if you're unwell. This virus is not like the flu. It leaves patients with ongoing problems and we don't want to see that happen to any of our community. Take care and stay safe.

20.01.2022 Ngarum- Wednesday 4th November Busy Bee's today We started the day outdoors painting with spray bottles. We then moved inside for free play in home corner then with blocks, trucks, dolls and puzzles.... Next we got musical singing Monkey and Me with puppets, making our bus for the song 'wheels on the bus' and started listening to some Christmas Jingles.

20.01.2022 17th of November Another terrific Tuesday today. It was so very hot we had a little play inside after yoga. We got busy making things in the playdough, building cubbies and imaginary worlds with the animals, cars and trucks. After we went outside for a short run around and for a bit of water play we helped wash Miss Micaela's bubbly baby dolls.

20.01.2022 Queenslanders have smashed the curve But we can’t get complacent and risk a second wave. Keep social distancing, keep up the hand hygiene and stay home if you...’re sick. #UniteAndRecover #covid19

17.01.2022 Tuesday 18th August in Pingin We have had a busy day in Pingin today, the children have been building sand castles, working on their balance as they walked and crawled the balance beam, we read about Hairy Maclary's bone, chased some bubbles, got creative as we drew on the chalk boards and sung danced to the nursery rhymes on the ipad, we checked on our garden seeing new flowers open each day is fun. All the children were interested in the fish and even gave them some food later in the morning, we laughed as they gobbled it up.

17.01.2022 Friday 08.02.21 This morning children were lucky enough to enjoy an active play in the yard before excitedly heading upstairs, as this morning they were in store for an activity they have been expressing much excitement and interest in. Show and tell. Gerias were able to practice selective decision making in determining which toy or object they feel is currently most special to them. This communicative experience went for quite some time, and children were able to skilfully ...focus their attention to their friends throughout their presentations. Children effectively developed questions to ask those sharing their special item. Where did it come from, what do you like about it, and who gave it to you, just to name a few. On concluding show and tell there was still time for a brief guided play and children chose between a creative, a STEM, and a problem solving or critical thinking activity. These were play-dough, trains and train track building, and dinosaur puzzles.

17.01.2022 Here's a great hand washing video by Paw Patrol to watch with your children.

17.01.2022 Ngarum- Wednesday 16th December 9 Days until Christmas ! We continued on with Christmas crafts today, practicing our fine motor skills by rolling play dough to make stripes on a candy cane. We decided to become Rudolph afterwards and added play dough to our noses to make silly faces.... Our next craft was a Christmas tree collage made from recycled Christmas cards we had fun cutting them out and playing with glue. We then had a spot of sun before lunch and went out to play a game of hide and seek and climbed through an obstacle.

16.01.2022 HYGIENE UPDATE - We have just invested in a new sanitising machine that will literally wipe out all germs and bugs in the centre through a patented fogging system. The product is natural and eco-friendly, and not harmful in any way. It can even be used in food prep areas it's that safe. Check out the video below to see how we're staying one step ahead of germs to help keep your children healthy. This sanitisation will happen at the end of every day so the centre is clean and fresh for the next day. https://sanitizeguyz.com.au/

16.01.2022 Book Week- Curious Creatures What a fun day full of dress ups we had, there was a Cow, Dinosaurs, a Stick man, the Hungry Caterpillar and even Charlotte's Web . Lots of outdoor activities keeping us curious throughout the day, ending with our favourite books.

16.01.2022 A way for the children to be aware of their surroundings and welcome each other to start the day

15.01.2022 Monday 24th August in Pingin. Welcome to book week, this week we will focus on developing the children's love of literature by reading lots of books. The children started their day in Ngarum playing and watching the older children, here they played with the mega blocks, drew with coloured pencils, practiced their walking or played in home corner. Moving back into Pingin the children enjoyed an indoor outdoor play day. Bubbles, music and dance, the sandpit, cars, kick to kick were popular activities and extending on the drawing for this morning the children got creative with chalk and texta's.

14.01.2022 Happy Monday I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend, and got to celebrate Father's Day yesterday with your loved ones.

14.01.2022 Ngarum- Tuesday 13th October This morning we started with some yoga, practicing our baby pose and butterfly pose.

13.01.2022 A stunning day at bush kindy, we jumped, climbed slid and crawled. Over and under the trees and boulders. We spotted some bugs, some fish and a crab. We thought about which way the water was moving, if it was fast or slow, strong or weak. We experimented to see what happened when we threw rocks, sticks and leaves, we found that some of the sticks floated and moved towards the ocean. We looked at a sign, shared our ideas before we learnt about the pictures meant.

13.01.2022 2/07/20 Pingin Here's some photos from today's Pingin room. We had such a wonderful day. The children enjoyed exploring the big yard and having a go on the slide in the morning before coming into our room, and saw the bubble wrap placed on the floor. They giggled as they were walking on it and making popping noise. After morning tea, as Miss Aki was putting the large butcher paper on the floor, the children came and gathered on the paper. They used markers to create a masterpiece together! Lennox chose some books about trucks to read for everyone, we also sang some songs together.

12.01.2022 Ngarum- Tuesday 25th August Today was all about the outdoors. We started with the day with painting, chatted to each other through bendy pipes, cooked each other lunch in our outdoor kitchen and made friends with dinosaurs.... We finished the day reading a few of our favorite books to celebrate book week!

12.01.2022 We had a great day in our Halloween dress up's today! We spent the morning outside playing with our friends before heading upstairs. We then had free play in our room, doing some Halloween art and craft and then decorated some biscuits with icing and Halloween sprinkles and treats. Thank you for a fabulous dress up day!

11.01.2022 Ngarum- Wednesday 6th January Today we continued on with learning about Australia. We started with the stories 'Echidna Jim went for a swim' and 'Out in the Bush', discovering animals native to Australia. ... Next we moved onto some Australian food inspired crafts, we painted fairy bread and made our own Vegemite jars, enjoying a spoon full to finish. After rest time today we will be dancing and singing with Maddie our music teacher.

11.01.2022 Bush Kindy! 21. August Beautiful day with Miss Kristina and Miss Dee

10.01.2022 Geira - 20/08/2020 What a busy day! Dance! Soccer and lots of outdoors play!!

10.01.2022 Friday 17th July in Pingin Today in Pingin the children enjoyed a free play morning, with no set activities the children quickly tried and tested every toy inside and out. Laughing, playing, singing songs, reading books, building sandcastles, crawling and climbing on the balance beam, role playing in home corner and shaking our sensory toys. The children all enjoyed our lunch of sandwiches, they pulled them apart to eat the fillings then the bread and quickly reached for more their self help skills are developing well.

08.01.2022 14th September in Geira Wonderful rainy Wednesday. We had a special visit from the optometrist today, so the children were interested to watch some video about what a visit from the optometrist means and what to expect.

08.01.2022 Swimming 4th August Swimming was amazing! Well done everybody!

07.01.2022 Geira's Wednesday 1st July 2020 Another wonderful Wednesday with our friends. After our morning Jingeri and songs we chatted about making a class picture. In the end we decided to use markers and draw ourselves on a big piece of paper, tomorrow we will be painting it with some beautiful colours, before hanging it in our room. For free choice the children enjoyed: Stories on the Ipad, drawing, blocks, building cubbies, home corner, cutting, sorting loose parts and puzzles.... Storytime: scaredy squirrel

07.01.2022 Geira and Ngarum - Monday 20/07/2020 This morning Giera and Ngarum spent the morning combined while some of our friends went to Bush Kindy. We had a big play in the yard outside, taking turns on the side, playing cooking games in the sandpit and climbing across the rocks. We then came inside and read some books, built towers, played in home corner and played with the cars and trains.

07.01.2022 Thursday 8th October in Pingin What a wonderful day we have had today in Pingin. The children have all played together really well, they practiced our sharing and taking turns, they did really well at listening to instructions and then following them. Archer, Cashton and Harley all had fun playing on the new seesaw rocker we have, Beau tried his best to keep his balance as he incr4eased his walking speed to almost running, Arley asked Archer to do the "Row, row, row your boat..." actions while the song played. The children also enjoyed playing in the sandpit, with the balls, the shape sorters and stacking rings, having a running race and role playing in home corner.. Our story of the day was "Super submarines" this told us of how submarines work and some of the things you can see underwater.

07.01.2022 Monday 2nd November in Pingin We hope you all had a great weekend. The children spent the first part of the morning playing outside where they enjoyed the puzzles, balls, cars, checking on the garden and digging in the sandpit.... After eating their fruit for morning tea the children all had some time playing indoors where they got the mini train set out, played with the people from around the world and then got creative with crayons as they sat at the table and drew. Our story this morning was by May Gibbs " Tales from the gumtree". After a big morning sleep the children used their self help skills to feed themselves fried rice for lunch before having the doors open so they can choose to play indoor or outdoors.

07.01.2022 Children are always developing and sometimes it's difficult to keep up with their changes to parent in the right way for their age and development stage. The Oxenford/Coomera Community and Youth Centre has some great FREE courses to help you understand your child's emotional needs so that you can help them grow to be confident individuals with a positive identity. There are some great life skills programs for adults too. Check out their programs schedule here. https://youthcentre.org.au/courses/

05.01.2022 Ngarum 13th August Today was all about making new friends. We started the morning making sand castles and knocking them down, followed by racing some cars around our sandpit. Next we moved inside for some song and dance, our favorite of the morning was heads, shoulders knees and toes and finished with some painting.

05.01.2022 Ngarum- Thursday 24th December Santa's coming tonight ! Today Ngarum and Geria blended for some festive Christmas Eve activities.... We started the morning decorating branches from our garden to look like Christmas trees. We worked together sharing and inspiring by attaching tinsel, baubles, pipe cleaners and tree toppers. We then moved onto Christmas ornament art experimenting with glitter, glue, markers and pencils. After we got creative with felt, designing stories and characters then sharing our scenes with our friends. And for lunch we had a sausage sizzle YUM! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and I cant wait to hear all about what Santa delivered.

05.01.2022 Bush Kindy Friday 28th August 2020 Lovely day at bush kindy Digging, running and jumping in the sand. Caterpillars, fish and the bush turkeys were also out and about

05.01.2022 Dear Families...with cases of COVID-19 escalating interstate we'd like to remind you to remain vigilant and please sanitise your hands EVERY time you arrive at the centre. This is vital in helping us protect your children. Please let all your support family and friends know also as we don't want them to be embarrassed if we stop them, and ask them to sanitise their hands.

04.01.2022 Bush Kindy Friday 4th Sept Oh what a stunning day at the beach. Looking at some wall art, we wondered where it came from.

04.01.2022 Ngarum & Giera - 26/10/2020 Today Giera and Ngarum combined for the day, spending the morning outside in the yard for free play. We then came inside, read some books, did some cooking in home corner and practiced our pencil grip by copying some pictures out of books. We had a great day today! Bush Kindy - 26/10/2020 We had a wonderful day exploring our new Bush Kindy location today.

03.01.2022 Ngarum- 1st September Today was the first day of Spring ! We celebrated by watering our herb garden and talking about plants and the weather getting warmer. We painted egg cartons and turned them into flowers, we then turned into flowers ourselves with face paint. Outside we talked to each other through pipes, watched how water moves and had a horse race.

03.01.2022 For the safety of the children in our care and our Educators we ask if you have been to any of these locations on the dates shown that you please monitor yourself closely for symptoms. If you are sick in any way please make sure you are tested and stay home with your children until you are cleared. If your child has any symptoms please keep them at home for their wellbeing and the safety of others. They will not be able to return until they are cleared by a doctor. If they arrive at the centre and are unwell they will not be able to stay. We understand these are challenging and difficult times so please call us if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for understanding we are taking these precautions to protect our community.

02.01.2022 Giera & Ngarum - Friday 10/07/2020 Today we spent the morning combined with Giera and Ngarum both in the upstairs classroom. We had free play in the room, making camp fires in home corner, playing with trains outside and making shapes with the rubber band boards. We finished our morning with a group time, singing some of our favorite songs and then had Show & Tell.

02.01.2022 PAY AS YOU GO FEES AFTER THE FREE CHILD CARE INITIATIVE ENDS 12 JULY 2020 Dear Families As of 12 July the government will be ending the free child care period and the old fee structure will commence again. ... This will be a critical time for our business as we rebuild. We will be introducing a new FEE POLICY Pay as you go. Please be aware that statements will be emailed every Monday. FEES must be paid in full by that Friday on the same week otherwise we will NOT be able to offer care for your child/ren and they will NOT be able to attend the following Monday. If the fees are not paid in full you will not be able to attend. The centre will not be in a financial position to cover running costs if we are caring for children who fees are not paid. Thank you to all of our families who have made a forward payment into their account to have their account in credit once free child care ends. This is a great way to make sure you never accidentally miss a payment and risk your child’s care. We encourage everyone to do the same if you think it will help you over the coming months. If you are experiencing financial hardship please click on this link to apply for the Temporary Financial Hardship subsidy which will help you greatly - https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au//temporary-financial- Methods to pay accounts via direct debit, via Credit card over phone before each Friday. Thank you for your understanding.

02.01.2022 Bush Kindy 30th October 2020 Today some of our Geira friends went to bush kindy with Miss Dee and Miss Cleo. We had lots of fun exploring the grounds of the art centre. We climbed the rock wall, when we got to the top we looked around to see the view from the top. We could see the river and parks below. We continued on a exploring the statues and sculptures. Then we found the stage, The children gave us all a singing performance. Miss Dee and Miss Cleo found us a perfect spot to stop and rest while we had some snacks. Then we continued on our adventure. We found a nice big hill so all the children thought it would be fun to roll down the hill, this gave everyone the courage to give it ago as well. Have a great weekend.

02.01.2022 Ngarum- Kindy room- 8th July 2020 Today the children in Ngarum have had a great day exploring the centre gardens and using their imaginations to create their artworks. The children started their morning playing with their preschool friends in the play yard, they practiced their jumping, running and sand creation skills. The children then came inside to practice playing with the musical instruments and sing along to some nursery rhymes. We all decided to head out to the yard again and found a little caterpillar that was in the yard, we spoke about the life-cycle of the caterpillar and how it will turn into a butterfly. We then decided to create our very own caterpillars and practice our painting skills as a group. What a wonderfully busy day we have all had today in the Kindy room! - Ms Kristina.

01.01.2022 Ngarum 14th July This morning was all about dramatic play and going on a supermarket adventure, we learnt how to be fair with one another and shared stories of times we have all visited the supermarket and what items we like to buy. After Emma suggested we do some painting ! What a great idea. We experimented with paint on our arms, hands and faces.

01.01.2022 If your child is sick, keep them at home. For children under 5 years, if they have symptoms like a runny nose, fever, cough or sore throat, call your GP. In an... emergency, please call 000 or go to your closest emergency department. For more information: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/symptoms-and-testing

01.01.2022 We have had a wonderful day in Pingin today. The children were all excited to explore the room that had been rearranged and resources changed out. The most popular inside toy was the rain maker, the children loved shaking it and trying to get the wooden balls through the holes into the section below. As it is Naidoc week this week our craft was based on native Australian animals and the children used their fine motor and hand eye coordination to create an echidna using terrac...otta clay and match sticks. These will be displayed in the office later in the week. It was an indoor outdoor play day today with the children loving the ride on tiger and ladybug, playing ball and chasey, they also put the grader and dump truck into the sandpit to play with. Our music and movement program continued with the children beginning to expand their vocabulary by copying the words from the songs, we also practised our Christmas songs.

01.01.2022 Thursday 23rd July in Pingin We have had a busy day in Pingin today. The children played games of chases and follow the leader, role played food preparation in home corner, gave the dolls a bath, did some colour mixing while the did a painting on the outside easel. The sandpit was popular long with the bubbles. The children are also building their love of literature as they look through the books and listened to the stories being read.