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Genius Childcare Norman Gardens

Locality: Rockhampton, Queensland

Phone: +61 1300 955 540

Address: 653-661 Norman Road 4701 Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.geniuselc.org

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25.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE! Kindergarten graduation will be held on the 3rd Dec at 5pm. We are respectfully requesting that only two attendees be present per graduating child due to 1.5m social distancing requirements. We are looking forward to celebrating this special event with our class of 2020.

23.01.2022 IMPORTANT INFO If you are in danger, don’t feel safe, or fear for someone else’s safety, call Triple Zero (000) immediately and ask for Queensland Police. ...For non-urgent police assistance, phone Policelink on 131 444. If you wish to speak with someone about domestic and family violence, you can contact: DVConnect Womensline on 1800 811 811 DVConnect Mensline on 1800 600 636 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 If you wish to speak to someone about your mental health and wellbeing, you can contact: Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 Lifeline on 13 11 14 Mensline Australia on 1300 78 99 78 If you require more information, support or resources, visit: http://bit.ly/2PPGlEe

23.01.2022 PHOTO DAY! Centre photos and Kindy graduation photos will be held next week TUESDAY 3rd and WEDNESDAY 4th November. If your child does not attend on these days please feel free to bring them in for a photo on one of the days listed above.

23.01.2022 Today our Kindy children took a moment for some all important ‘me time’. The children enjoyed participating in some yoga and breathing exercises whilst strengthening their mental wellbeing. Having a healthy sense of mental wellbeing has many benefits. It lifts your mood, promotes resilience in difficult situations and helps you get the most out of life. The Kindy children will be focusing on taking a few moments for their wellbeing each day which will support each child to be happier and more resilient. 3.1 Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing.

22.01.2022 Don't forget to wear pink TOMORROW

22.01.2022 Moments like these are why we are proud to be Early Childhood Educators One of our nursery children developing his sense of belonging within our environment, giving him the confidence to venture further and further from his trusted educators to explore on his own. It's a big wide world out there for our nursery children and through nurturing positive interactions and consistent emotional support, our educators will help to grow your child’s skills, knowledge and awareness to confidently explore their new environments and relationships, giving our families the peace of mind that their children are in trusted hands.

20.01.2022 Today Miss Chrystl asked one of our Kindy children if she would like to learn how to say 'good afternoon' in Miss Chrystls language of Tagalog. Practicing only a few times Memphis was able to pick up on the new language very well and looks forward to learning lots of new words from Miss Chrystl We hope all of our families had a magandang hapon. #culturaldiversity... #itsgenius See more

18.01.2022 Our family is growing so we are in need of more passionate and dedicated Early Childhood Educators. We are now accepting resumes for trainee, cert 111 and diploma educators to fill a number of positions across our service. Flexible working hours and above award wage available. Please forward all enquires to [email protected].

18.01.2022 Rock painting with vacation care.... What creative children we have in our vacation care room these holidays. The children are LOVING rock painting and sharing their beautiful designs with our community. Has your family created any beautiful rock paintings at home? or have you found a special rock hidden withing our community? We would love to see your photos

17.01.2022 Follow us on Instagram @geniuschildcareaustralia to see what we are up to nationwide https://www.instagram.com/geniuschildcareaustralia/?hl=en

17.01.2022 To follow up on our theme of music and dance for this week, the kindergarten children enjoyed a music and movement session with shakers. The children used shakers to play music and dance to a variety of nursery rhymes and songs. Once the children were finished we made our own shakers with rice and bottles. To make the shakers creative we added colour to the rice and then using a paper made funnel we poured the rice into our bottles. Children chose their own colours and used ...their fingers and popsicle sticks to mix the rice and colours together. Pouring the rice into the bottles was tricky and required lots of patience and persistence. 3.2 - Pride & confidence in their strengths & abilities - recognises strengths and achievements

15.01.2022 Today our Kindy children enjoyed learning about respecting and taking care of their kindergarten outdoor environment by replanting plants. This morning the children planted marigold plants in the garden beds located outside of Junior Kindy room. The children used the gardening tools to strengthen their hand and finger muscles as they dug the soil to make it soft for the new plants to sit and grow. Throughout this learning experience, the children demonstrated curiosity as the...y observed the roots, stems and leaves on the plants, Miss Dipika took this opportunity to describe what each part of the plant was and also the names of tools and how to use them as the children engaged in this activity. Before planting the marigold plants, children engaged their senses to smell the plants and gently touch their leaves and roots. Then all the children took it in turns to plant a marigold pant each. As an extension on today's gardening experience during group time, Miss Dipika drew a diagram of a Marigold plant on the blackboard and labeled the parts of the plant. Together the children confidently identified all the parts of the plant. After the discussion children drew their own interpretation of a Marigold plant. They used their observation skills and utilised the diagram on the black board as a guide. It was lovely to observe the children adding their own creative ideas like making sun, rain and grass. The kindergarten children showed immense interest, patience and focus throughout today’s learning experience and will continue on with this interest in the coming days. 2.1 - Applying knowledge in different contexts - developing awareness of science inquiry

14.01.2022 We are so excited and blessed to be in the running for best childcare centre in CQ. Please show us you love and support by voting for our centre in the below poll. And a massive thankyou to all of our wonderful families for nominating us. https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au//vote-now-/4101483/|d71abfbb2384f1e24b6f809b3e3216a6

14.01.2022 WE ARE HIRING If you are a passionate and dedicated Early childhood educator looking for a change or are new to the area we would love to hear from you.... We are currently looking for certificate 111 and Diploma qualified educators to join our rapidly growing centre and become part of our Genius family. With a beautifully renovated centre, friendly and supportive team and wonderful families we have everything you need to reach your fullest potential. We have a number of positions available from casual to perm partime educator and lead educator roles. If this sounds like you please forward all resumes to [email protected] or phone 49262377. What are you waiting for? Come and see what we have to offer

13.01.2022 The Toddler children loved their transportation day today as they each bought along a bike or scooter to practice their road safety. Children are never too young to learn about road safety and how to stay safe around traffic. Many conversations were had with the children about the meanings of the various traffic signs and what each colour on the traffic lights meant. Educators will continue to develope the children's knowledge of road safety over the coming weeks.

13.01.2022 Today our Senior Toddler children were introduced to UK bonfire night - a special day in Miss Katie's culture. UK bonfire night is celebrated on the 5th of November and the children were very excited to watch some beautiful firework displays on the ipad, listen to rice bubbles as they crackled and popped like fireworks and of course making their own beautiful firework pictures with rainbow cellophane. We cannot wait to see what other fun firework activities Miss Katie has pl...anned. Educators view culture and the context of family as central to children’s sense of being and belonging, and to success in lifelong learning. Educators also seek to promote children’s cultural competence. Cultural competence is much more than awareness of cultural differences. It is the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. EYLF - Practice 6

13.01.2022 This week our junior kindy children have been busy extending on their interest in the beach/ocean. In this experience the children also developed their knowledge of sustainable practices as we used recycled bottle tops and straws to create a coral reef for their beach. Educators also spoke to the children about the importance of putting our rubbish in the bin so they we don't make our sea friends sick. #sustainable #learningthroughplay

12.01.2022 HALLOWEEN DRESS UP FUN

12.01.2022 Concentration, perseverance and teamwork at it's BEST.......

11.01.2022 HALLOWEEN DRESS UP THIS FRIDAY!

10.01.2022 Today our very talented Miss Chrystl bought in her guitar to sing and play to the children. Our Toddler children loved this experience and were very keen to explore the guitar as well. The children listened to and sung along to the Taba Naba with Miss Chrystl and are looking forward to many more of Miss Chrystls music lessons. 1.2.2 Are open to new challenges and discoveries

09.01.2022 ABOVE AWARD WAGE AND EXTRA NON-CONTACT TIME!!!!!!!!! Join the Genius family! Are you a passionate, enthusiastic and ambitious leader? Are you looking to improve... your teaching skills and advance your career? Are you professional, proactive, and ready to join a fast growing company with endless opportunities? If you have answered yes, we are looking for you! Genius Childcare offers an innovative and holistic early years education for preschool-aged children. We offer state-of-art, purpose-built childcare facilities, a diverse and thoughtful curriculum, and passionate, highly-skilled educators to lead the way. We are looking for a Lead Educator who would like to take the next step in their career to reach their full potential. ABOUT THE ROLE An exciting opportunity has become available for Lead Educator's, ECT, Educational leader and cook/chef to become a part of our state of the art centre located in Norman Gardens. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: - Strong leadership skills and knowledge within the Childcare industry - experience in a similar role - Diploma-level early childhood qualification - Relevant working with children checks, child protection course, First Aid and CPR including anaphylaxis and asthma - Understanding of the NQS - Friendly positive attitude BENEFITS: -ABOVE AWARD WAGES - Extra non-contact time - flexible working rosters - Friendly and supportive management team - Direct career support to furthering your career - Ongoing paid learning and development opportunities - Employee benefits including paid first aid training and childcare discounts

08.01.2022 Don't forget to jump on and vote for Genius childcare Norman Gardens in the poll for best childcare in CQ. Voting closes this Monday

08.01.2022 Talk like a Pirate Day! Thankyou to all who supported talk like a Pirate Day yesterday. The children and educators alike enjoyed a day full of pirate puns, pirate activities and walking the plank. Talk Like a Pirate Day is nationally recognised as the major fundraiser for Childhood Cancer Support and is very close to our hearts

08.01.2022 The kindergarten children showed great interest in playing with the skeleton last week. To follow on their interest today we focused on learning about the skeletal system of the human body. The skeleton was displayed on the light table and the children pointed to the different bones and tried repeating each name back to the educators. Together we counted the fingers and toes. The children were also very curious to feel their own bones under their skin. To extend further on t...his interest the children were then given the opportunity to complete a cutting and pasting activity of the skeletal system. Each child showed great concentration and persistence as they carefully cut out their skeleton and pasted it in order on their paper. 2.1 - Applying knowledge in different contexts - developing awareness of science inquiry

06.01.2022 This morning Miss Dipika read a new book to the Kindy children ‘The very hungry caterpillar creepy-crawly Halloween.’ Our children were very interested in the Halloween story and were excited to visit a table set up with Halloween toys and a special skeleton. Creed then decided to take some of the toys into our cafe. What happened next was interesting to observe, as the other children knocked on the cafe wall and said Trick or treat. Creed answered by offering one of his t...oys to each of the children. The children are recalling what they already know about Halloween and putting it into their group dramatic play. Creed had a fantastic idea to have our own special tea party/picnic. He served the children a drink from the teapot and shared a platter of fruit. It was great to observe Creed serving his friends, and his friends being patient and polite when receiving their drink. What a fun activity and time for sharing conversation and food. 5.3.3 Use the creative arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, drama, dance, movement, music and storytelling to express ideas and make meaning.

06.01.2022 Our family is growing and we would love for you to join our team. We are now accepting resumes for trainee, cert 111 and diploma educators to fill a number of positions across our service. Flexible working hours and above award wage available. Please forward all enquires to [email protected]

05.01.2022 Our centre photos have arrived ! Please see Miss Chloe or Miss Julie in the babyworld office to view your photos and collect and envelope for payment.

05.01.2022 2021 will see a host of additions to our kindergarten program. Our RISE program focuses on children's wellbeing, social and emotional development. Drop by our Kinder Information Night to learn more! 15th of October at 6pm.

04.01.2022 BANDANNA DAY! Bandanna Day is the flagship fundraising and awareness campaign for Canteen. Since Bandanna Day began it has raised more than $33 million to support young people affected by cancer. It was great to see so many of our children getting involved in Bandanna Day and wearing their brightly coloured bandannas. To give all of the children an opportunity to have a bandanna we decided to make our own! Using a piece of white material and coloured paints the children each ...created their very own special bandanna. 1.4.5 Display awareness of and respect for others' perspectives.

02.01.2022 FUN IN THE SUN Puddles, spray bottles, garden sprinklers, wading pools, misting stations and endless possibilities awaited our Junior Kindy and Kindy children this morning. Water play fosters curiosity, imagination, and experimentation. Thoughtfully prepared, water activities, whether indoors or out, can foster cognitive development, teach mathematics and science concepts, enhance physical skills, promote social learning and cooperative effort, and enrich language experienc...es. Most of all water is FUN!

01.01.2022 Today our Kindy children were lucky enough to have a visit from Miss Kay a prep teacher from Glenmore State School. Ms Kay presented a special book with pictures about the school which introduced the children to the school setting and how children progress through the day at prep. Miss Kay explained each picture to the children as they became more excited and filled with questions. The children then participated in some literacy and numeracy learning activities. This experien...ce provided the children with the opportunity to demonstrate their colour, shape and word recognition skills. At the end of the session, the children watched an interesting story The Cranky Bear on the IPad. The kindergarten children were excited to have a special visitor and showed great interest in learning about big school. This experience forms part of our transition program and school readiness. As we are nearing the end of the year, we often have conversations around school with the Kindy children which will help to prepare them for their school transition. 6.2 Collaborative partnerships: Collaborative partnerships enhance children’s inclusion, learning and wellbeing.

01.01.2022 We will be celebrating Bandanna Day this THURSDAY. We still have a few beautiful bandannas left to purchase at just $5 each which are now located in the office on mainside. Please show your support for this special cause and rock your Bandannas.

01.01.2022 Thankyou to all of our wonderful families who voted for us, we greatly appreciate your love and support

01.01.2022 Are you looking to take the next step in your career? Join the Genius Family! We currently have a number of positions open at our service - trainee, cert 111 and diploma educators. Flexible working hours and above award wages available. Apply via facebook or email us [email protected]