Goodstart Early Learning Albury in Albury, New South Wales, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Goodstart Early Learning Albury

Locality: Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6021 1284

Address: 670-674 Banff Avenue 2640 Albury, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 Today we had a visit from 6 chicks. The children thought it was fantastic! We learnt about where chickens come from, what chickens eat and where they live.

23.01.2022 Wow what a great week!! We all added to our Auslan knowledge. We finished our week off with purple on Thursday and orange today. We are now looking forward to loud shirt day on Friday October 23rd which is a day dedicated to children who are deaf or have hearing needs. Keep eye out for further information on this event closer to the time.

23.01.2022 Here at Goodstart Albury Banff Ave we acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This week is NAIDOC week and we wanted to celebrate with the Nation's First People. The theme of NAIDOC week 2020 is 'always was, always will be'. I have included the key signs for 'always have, always will be'

23.01.2022 The joy infants experience when their educator delights in them. It is those special moments that make children feel happy, safe and supported.

21.01.2022 Goodstart Albury Banff Avenue are looking for a centre cook for our 78 place centre. Experience in a fast paced kitchen and knowledge of allergen management is preferred. https://careers.goodstart.org.au//ALBURY-Centr/723450100/

20.01.2022 Tonights staff meeting was an absolute hoot! We had our second Auslan session for the staff. At the end of the session we did Chinese whispers using Auslan. By the time the Auslan phrase got to the end of the line parts had been forgotten and signs had changed. The end phrases were hilarious when interpreted. We were laughing so hard we had tears rolling down our cheeks....we had a hoot of a time playing Auslan Chinese whispers!! We are so lucky to have our beautiful Alison to teach us the Auslan language. We decided we are going to play this again some time as it helps us learn and was so much fun. Laughing with your team is fantastic, whilst learning at the same time.

20.01.2022 The children at Goodstart Albury Banff have access to their learning journals every day. This allows the children to revisit their learning as far back as the beginning of the year. The children enjoy looking back and realising how much they have achieved and learnt throughout the year.

19.01.2022 https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=DfmMyz_HQLo

19.01.2022 We have had an unexpected talking bird visit us the past few days. He has been as interested in us, as we have in him. We were extremely impressed that he could talk (see the video in the comments). I am sure meeting a talking bird was definitely a first for majority of the children. We wanted to help him get home so posted our new friend on the lost pets page. His family came to pick him up. We learnt that his name is Craig and he is a Long Beaked Corella. Craig likes a scratch on the top of his head and likes to show off his wings. It seems Craig is a very cheeky bird as he didn't want to go home today and flew off on his owner. We will most likely have Craig back for a visit tomorrow as he quite likes the fruit tree and walking back and forth along the brick wall talking to the children.

19.01.2022 Today is Auslan Celebration Day! As part of our National Week of Deaf People today we also celebrated Auslan. The colour of the day was yellow. The amount of families going to the effort to celebrate so far is outstanding - thanks for really taking the time to celebrate and raise awareness with us. Each and everyday here at GS Banff we are learning more and more Auslan.

18.01.2022 Last week we were fortunate enough to have a lovely visitor who taught us about the Persian culture. We learnt about the Persian New Year known as Nowruz (which is the first day of spring). We listened to the traditional story of Amo Nowruz and Nane Salma and how they celebrated the New Year. The children were also able to see a Haft-Sin table which is also utilised during the Nowruz celebration. On the table were 7 symbolic items that all started with the same letter - this was known as "seen". We also got to experience Persian dance which we really loved. Even the infants were mesmorized by watching the moves of the Persian dancing.

18.01.2022 Today we kicked off our colourful week in support of National Week of Deaf People. Today's colour of the day is pink. We have included the pink sign in this post for you to practice at home.

18.01.2022 Oh so many fun centre events over the past month here at Banff! Pirates Day, Daffodil Day, Book Week!! A shout out to the parents of Banff who donated to the associated charities that these days were in support of and also for helping the children to sort out their outfits and costumes.

17.01.2022 What a great week to start our 15 week Aboriginal art curriculum program. Over the next 15 weeks the children will engaging in a art workshop every Wednesday with local Aboriginal artist David Dunn.

17.01.2022 We have been busy harvesting the plants from our vegetable and herb garden. Some of which went to the kitchen and some we used to use in our play to make "dinner" for our friends. The children enjoyed adding whatever they could find to their concoction. The children were also given the opportunity to wash and chop the carrots using the child safe knives.

16.01.2022 We value community connections here at Goodstart Albury Banff Ave. We were fortunate enough to have a Vietnamese inclusion support educator visit our centre once a week, over a series of weeks. During these visits the children created traditional Vietnamese craft and learnt basic Vietnamese words.

16.01.2022 Wishing all our Banff daddies and grandads a ripper Father's Day. Hope your day has been filled with love! It's a shame we couldn't hold our yearly Father's Day breakfast as last year was a wonderful morning, but we will make it up to you.

16.01.2022 The Nursery children have enjoyed feeding the birds. The project started when we had birds regularly visiting the Nursery yard, which sparked a lot of interest in the birds. The educators supported the children to create their birds feeders which children decorated themselves. Everyday the birds come to visit. Filling the birds feeders has been a daily ritual in the Nursery.

16.01.2022 We would like to share some of our special literacy moments that the children have engaged in with their educators here at Goodstart Albury Banff Avenue.

15.01.2022 Here at GS Albury Banff Ave we are committed to reconciliation. Each and every morning we do our Acknowledgement of Country with the children. This is an embedded morning ritual.

15.01.2022 Enteries for the family nomination for the Goodstart Goodies awards closes tomorrow if you would like to nominate a specific educator or us as a centre that would be greatly appreciated https://www.goodstart.org.au/goodies-awards-2020

15.01.2022 Today is Earth Day and this year's focus is on restoring our Earth. How are the children at your service involved in sustainability and environmental projects? #EarthDay2021 earthday.org

14.01.2022 So much new climbing equipment we couldn't even get it through the gate.....watch this space!!! Lots of physical activity will be happening here at GS Albury Banff!

13.01.2022 https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=-s1tnb4_FbI

13.01.2022 Today we recognise and celebrate the work our Early Childhood Educators do each and every day, the wonderful contribution they make to the wellbeing and healthy development of the special children in our care. Happy Early Childhood Educator Day to all our amazing Educators at Goodstart Albury Banff Ave!!

12.01.2022 Red, red and more red today in celebration of National Week of Deaf People. Once again we have included the colour of the day for you to learn with us.

12.01.2022 Photo week is done and dusted. A big shout out to Osborne Photography for a great week. We can't wait to get the rest of our photos back. Here is a little sneak peek for our families!!

11.01.2022 On Monday we practiced our off site evacuation drill. Regularly practicing our evacuation drill ensures that staff and children are prepared in the unlikely event of an emergency. In the event of a real evacuation the children will be alot calmer and confident in safely evacuating as this procedure is one which they are familiar with.

11.01.2022 Today we unpacked some new additions to the physical activity course. We were all very keen to try it out. We have been working on strengthening our upper and lower body by using our large muscle groups to manoeuvre ourselves across the equipment.

10.01.2022 Make sure you let our educators know what they mean to you next Wednesday September 2nd. September 2nd is Early Childhood Educators Day!!

09.01.2022 We wanted to share our Halloween fun with our friends and family. Here are some Halloween snaps of our day.

09.01.2022 Goodstart Albury Banff are looking for casual relief educators. Becoming a casual employee in our area means you can be part of the team in 5 of our wonderful centres in Albury, Thurgoona and Corowa. If this is of interest to you please follow the below link. https://careers.goodstart.org.au//THURGOONA%2C-/663395700/

08.01.2022 Today Luke and Alison shared 'We are going on a bear hunt' in Auslan and English. We are so very fortunate to have had these two wonderful educators join our team in the last few months.

08.01.2022 Today the Pre-school children enjoyed making their own orange juice before drinking what they had made.

07.01.2022 Today we made necklaces using the traditional colours of the Aboriginal flag. From prior learning the children were able to share with the educators what each colour of the Aboriginal flag (colours) represented. We pride ourselves on embedding Aboriginal and Torres Islander perspectives in our curriculum. It is great when children are able to share with us what we have previously taught them.

07.01.2022 The wonders of science was explored at Goodstart Banff Ave. Our inquisitive scientists have experienced a range of different science experiments throughout the week. Be sure to jump on to Story Park to see what the Children have been up to.

05.01.2022 We hope the children, families and educators at Goodstart Albury Banff Avenue had a wonderful Easter with family and friends.

04.01.2022 Together these children worked collaboratively to create a construction masterpiece.

04.01.2022 We have recently reviewed our centre goals and vision. Two of our goals are 1. To embed a daily Acknowledgement of Country everyday and 2. To use Auslan in our daily communication across the service. We are very excited to share with you our Acknowledgement of Country with Auslan incorporated.

02.01.2022 Goodstart Albury Banff Avenue regularly conduct evacuation drills to be prepared in the (unlikely) event of emergency. Rehearsing evacuation drills means the educators and children know exactly what to do and can promptly and safely evacuate the centre.

01.01.2022 Today we kicked off our NAIDOC week celebrations. Our centre cook cooked us a variety of traditional dampers which were served for our afternoon tea. Each room also had a variety of NAIDOC experiences for the children to engage in. Embedding Indigenous perspective is very important to us here at Goodstart Albury Banff Avenue - always was, always will be.