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Goodstart Early Learning Ballajura

Locality: Ballajura, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9249 5737

Address: 1 Allington Avenue 6066 Ballajura, WA, Australia

Website: www.goodstart.org.au/centres/ballajura

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23.01.2022 R U OK? Day is today, Thursday 10 September 2020. It’s our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? if someone in your world is struggling with life’s ups and downs. Don’t be afraid to speak up! If you feel you are struggling remember there is always someone who cares and someone who is there to listen a simple conversation could save a life. R U Ok?

23.01.2022 Naidoc Week 2020

22.01.2022 Goodstart Awards - 2020 Family nominations are now open! This year Goodstart will host our annual awards virtually to celebrate Goodstart individuals and centres for the above and beyond support they have shown children, families and their communities.... One award is nominated by you - our wonderful families! This award is called the ‘Above and Beyond Award’ and an individual educator or an entire centre. We would love you to nominate us! If you love the work we do here at our centre, keep an eye out for an email giving you a guide on the quick and easy process to lodge your nomination. Nominations are open now and will remain open until 28 August 2020. Thanks so much for your support! Please follow link below https://www.goodstart.org.au/goodies-awards-2020

22.01.2022 Book Week This week we participated in Book Week, an annual literacy based community event celebrated each year in Australia. This year the event was pushed back due to COVID-19. We are so happy to be able to take part this year by encouraging children to dress up and bring in a book from home. The children are able to express their interests as they participate, as well as make links between various types of media. They are fostering literacy skills such as reading, print and image interpretation as they engage with books.

21.01.2022 Part 2: Educators attending after hours workshop with Autism Inclusion!

18.01.2022 Happy Educators Day 2020

18.01.2022 R U OK? R U OK?DAY is our national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? and support those struggling with life's ups and downs. To show our support for this special day, the educators and children came in this morning, all dressed up in yellow outfit. Our experience today was also related to the theme of R u ok?. The children did some drawing on yellow balloons using colourful texters. They created some beautiful artwork on the balloons and This was how we introduced the R u OK? day to the children , we talked about emotions and how to help those who are sad,After that the children took the balloons outdoor and got engaged in catching , throwing, kicking and bouncing the balloons, practicing their gross motor abilities.

15.01.2022 Mirrabooka Naidoc Event 2020

13.01.2022 Indigenous Literacy Day Today, to participate in Indigenous Literacy Day, the educator greeted everyone using amongst words, conducting an acknowledgement of country and they also shared a short video of the Dreamtime Story of the Five Islands, a story and environment about the ocean and following on from the morning meeting discussion about mermaids. As an extension to this further the children did image matching of Indigenous symbols, writing and drawing Indigenous symbols, as well as read more books associated with indigenous culture, history and symbols.

12.01.2022 Diwali / Deepavali 2020

11.01.2022 Next Wednesday 2 September is Early Childhood Educators' Day! This year it coincides with the start of spring and we thought what better way to celebrate than to say it with flowers! We are calling on our families to help fill our centres with greenery on this important day! It doesn’t matter whether you bring a plant from a shop, something from your garden or even a sneaky snip from the side of the road it will surely put a smile on the faces of our well-deserving teams!

10.01.2022 White Balloon Day WEAR WHITE & RAISE FUNDS FOR WHITE BALLOON DAY 2020. Today we Celebrated National white balloon day. Brave-hearts’ White Balloon Day is an annual day to raise funds and awareness for the prevention of child sexual assault and exploitation. White Balloon Day has helped educate the community about preventing this crime, whilst also helping to raise funds for Brave-hearts’ essential counselling and education programs. We can help PROTECT KIDS by getting involved in White Balloon Day this year and adding your voice to the thousands of people who will be BREAKING THE SILENCE on child sexual assault and exploitation on Friday 11 September 2020.

10.01.2022 Join us at Mirrabooka Naidoc Week 2020!

09.01.2022 Dear Families, Please take note that we are close on Monday 28th September 2020 for Queen's Birthday - Public Holiday! It's a long weekend. Take care and Be Safe Everyone !

09.01.2022 Thank you to our beautiful family at Goodstart Ballajura for this lovely post Educators Day gift for us!

09.01.2022 Goodstart Awards 2020 Family nominations are now open! This year Goodstart will host our annual awards virtually to celebrate Goodstart individuals and centres for the above and beyond support they have shown children, families and their communities. ... One award is nominated by you - our wonderful families! This award is called the ‘Above and Beyond Award’ and an individual educator or an entire centre. We would love you to nominate us! If you love the work we do here at our centre, keep an eye out for an email giving you a guide on the quick and easy process to lodge your nomination. Nominations are open now and will remain open until 28 August 2020. Thanks so much for your support!

09.01.2022 Halloween 2020!

08.01.2022 Children in the Toddler room did Yellow and Black feather dancing with the Educators.

08.01.2022 Part 1: Educators attending after hours workshop with Autism Inclusion!

07.01.2022 Happy Educators Day 2020 to all the amazing educators at Goodstart! Nothing without you SHOUT OUT to team Goodstart Ballajura #everydayheroes

06.01.2022 Mat session time the educator show the video to children about what’s satellite and how it help us to tell weather and maps. Telescope- The educator read a book the big book about stars and planets and talk about how telescopes work. How we can see the things that are far away we look lot bigger and clearer. Children saw through the telescope one by one. Using telescope children explore the world around them and beyond, they begin to ask questions. They want to know what they are seeing, how it was created and what it is made of. This not only boosts social skills, it also enhances vocabulary and comprehension skills. Children are also encouraged to research objects in space which expands their overall knowledge and language.

06.01.2022 Dear families, Get ready for a fun school holiday learning program! We’re excited to share our October holiday learning program with you. We’ve filled our program with lots of fun activities for children to learn, discover and explore.... To see the full program, see attached. The program has been uniquely designed to fit with the needs of every child. It’s the perfect chance for your child to build on their learning, develop new skills and try something new. We look forward to welcoming you over the holiday period. If you have any questions or want to know more details, please come and see me as I would be happy to help. Kind regards, Vicky Segaran Centre Director Goodstart Ballajura Early Learning See Less

05.01.2022 We’re open all through December and January With 80% of a child’s brain developing before they turn 5, every learning experience is valuable. The more they learn, the more they’ll love learning for life! And if your child is starting school next year, an extra month or two of learning can really help your child’s transition. During this time, they’ll continue learning and building social and emotional skills, while staying in a routine, giving them a strong foundation for nex...t year. And while they’re at it, they’ll have so much fun with their friends! We’re open every day except the public holidays. If you’re already booked in 5 days a week, you don’t need to change a thing. If you’d like more days over Summer, talk to your Centre Director.

03.01.2022 Today we celebrated Talk Like A Pirate Day by wearing pirate themed costumes. Most of the educators and children came in dressed-up like a pirate. The children in all the rooms were engaged with different learning experiences. In the Kindy room, children spend time making pirate ship using cardboards with their educators and also involved in Pirate Treasure Hunt play. Children cut the cardboard into small rectangular squares that can be tape together to made a ship with th...e help of educator and the children engaged in cardboard pirate ships and enjoyed their learning. Through arts and craft, children learn to value and appreciate artifacts and images across cultures and times. Experience in design, art, and crafts enable them to reflect critically on their own work and those by others. They learn to act and think like designers and artists, working intelligently and creatively. Pirate Treasure Hunt play is designed to improve children imagination skills and story building abilities. It will also help them with map reading and following instructions via the treasure hunts. In addition, there are elements of art and craft and visual arts via costume design and creation of props. The educator showed the children a pirate treasure map as they sat around the table. The children took turns looking at the map, and stating where to start, which path to take and where the treasure could be found. The educator hid the treasure and the children used the map to guide them as to where to find it. The educator used the positional language like on in under behind etc to describe the position of the next treasure to children. A treasure hunt play is essential to the healthy development of children; play helps them discover and explore, solve problems, test new ideas and experience friendship, cooperation and teamwork.

02.01.2022 Thank you to our beautiful families at Goodstart Ballajura for this lovely gifts for us on Educators Day 2020! #everydayheroes

02.01.2022 You know what's better than saying "this food is good for you"? Tell them what foods do in their body! Why do I keep sharing this message? Because we keep selling our children short labeling foods and good/bad, healthy/unhealthy. Here are some examples of messages I like for different ages: For 2-3yo children I usually break it down by color. Although it's not 100% accurate, it’s a good framework to get started. Red: gives you a strong heart Orange: helps ...you see in the dark Yellow: helps your body heal cuts Green: gives you super powers to fight off sickness Blue and Purple: Give you a strong brain White: gives you energy For 4s and 5s you can start being more specific - like carrots and sweet potatoes help you be able to see in the dark. Clementines help your skin heal cuts. Broccoli helps your night vision, your skin heal, AND your bones be strong. For 4s/5s and 6s you can introduce the idea that some foods do a lot of things in their bodies and some foods do a few things. For 6s and 7s you can introduce the concept of vitamins and minerals - tell them HOW carrots protect their night vision (via vitamin A). Learn about the body. For 8s and 9s - learn even more about different things in foods. And so on. All the while, model the way you want your kids to eat in your home and serve them the balanced diet you want them to eat. That's more powerful than anything you could ever tell them. See more

02.01.2022 It's Naidoc Week! This week Goodstart acknowledges the First Nations people who have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. Our centres ar...ound the country will be celebrating the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through activities and games. . At Goodstart we have an ongoing commitment to Reconciliation and have launched our Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). This launch marks our ongoing and deepening commitment to reconciliation and outlines our path forward for the next three years. #NAIDOC #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #alwayswasalwayswillbe See more

01.01.2022 One sleep to Early Childhood Educators' Day! Whether it be taking flowers and plants to your centre tomorrow, or sending them a photo of a picture your child has drawn - let's all bring a little sunshine to some very special people

01.01.2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day Today the Kindy children were recognising National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. To take part in this day the children and educators welcomed each other by saying ‘Kay’s’ a Noongar greeting, and followed it with our Acknowledgement of Country. The children listened as the educator read ’You and Me, Murrawee.’ This shared the comparison between contemporary life and life 200 years ago for the... indigenous population and way of life. This supports the children understanding of time, our history as a country, diversity and culture. To conclude the learning experience the children worked in small groups to use the rain sticks the children made last year. The Toddlers were engaged in dot painting learning experience. We used cotton tips for dipping into the red, yellow and black paint and making patterns with dots. Dot paintings are individual stories as told by the painter and the storyteller. Educators consistently strive to engage children in respectful conversations and learning experience designed to increase awareness and understanding of Aboriginal cultures.