Goodstart Early Learning Banksia Grove in Banksia Grove, Western Australia | Nursery

Goodstart Early Learning Banksia Grove

Locality: Banksia Grove, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9404 7337

Address: 10 Viridian Drive 6031 Banksia Grove, WA, Australia

Website: https://www.goodstart.org.au/centres/banksia-grove

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25.01.2022 A huge shout out to Lynne and her team at Goodstart Early Learning Banksia Grove. This week the staff stayed back after work over two nights to do a Protective ...Behaviours Professional Development workshop. On the third night the centre hosted a parent workshop. To ensure as many parents as possible could attend the centre generously offered a crèche. We love this whole of community approach to child safety. See more

25.01.2022 Djilba - Growing season (season of conception) August - September Djilba season is a time to look for the yellow and cream flowers starting on mass. Djilba is a transitional time of the year, with some very cold and clear days combining with warmer, rainy and windy days mixing with the occasional sunny day or two. This is the start of the massive flowering explosion that happens in the South West. This starts with the yellow flowering plants such as the Acacias. Also colours... that are around at this time of year are creams, combined with some vivid and striking blues. Traditionally, the main food sources included many of the land based grazing animals as in the season before. These included the Yongar (kangaroo), the Waitj (emu) and the Koomal (possum). As the days start to warm up, we start to see and hear the first of the new borns with their proud parent out and about providing them food, guiding them through foraging tasks and protecting their family units from much bigger animals, including people. The woodland birds will still be nest bound, hence the swooping protective behavior of the Koolbardi (Magpie) starts to ramp up and if watched closely, so to do the Djidi Djidi (Willy Wag Tails) and the Chuck-a-luck (Wattle Birds) to name a couple of others. As the season progresses and the temperatures continue to rise, we'll start to see the flower stalks of the Balgas (Grass Trees) emerging in preparation for the coming Kambarang season. See more

25.01.2022 At Goodstart we want to help give all of Australia’s children the best start in life and Child Protection Week is all about just that! This National Child Protection Week (6 12 September), is an opportunity for us to celebrate the many ways that everyone in the community can make a difference in the life of a child. ... Hashtags National #childprotectionweek #goodstartchildprotection #puttingchildrenfirst See more

24.01.2022 Highly recommend this 8 week parenting program. The circle of security will give families a deeper understanding of their child’s attachment, needs and how to meet them and strengthens their relationships

23.01.2022 Wow Free entry for all dads at Perth Zoo tomorrow We’re all going to the zoo tomorrow, the Zoo tomorrow, the zoo tomorrow, we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow you can come too

23.01.2022 HEAL COUNTRY: Congratulations to twenty one year old, Gubbi Gubbi artist, Maggie-Jean Douglas who has been announced as the 2021 winner of the NAIDOC poster competition for her incredibly beautiful work on the theme, 'Heal Country!' Maggie-Jean Douglas says; ‘I first thought about how Australia has a lot of natural medicines, and ways of healing. I thought about how our people have used that to heal ourselves spiritually, physically, emotionally, all those things. I resonate with that because that's the way I feel. I feel out of sorts when I haven't had enough connection to Country," Free printed copies of the 2021 National NAIDOC Poster will soon be available through the @NIAA ~ National Indigenous Australians Agency’s regional network.

22.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to everyone in a fathering role We hope you all have a lovely day x

20.01.2022 Would you like to nominate your centre? Family Nominated Category - Above and Beyond Award Every year our national awards program ‘The Goodies’ identifies the outstanding work of our educators, teachers, centre directors and support teams. This year, The Goodies includes a special category which is ‘family nominated’.... We’d like to invite our families to nominate a Goodstart centre-based individual or team, for the Goodstart 2020 ‘Above and Beyond Award’. https://www.goodstart.org.au/goodies-awards-2020

18.01.2022 Bringing a favourite children’s book to life with a planned experience is one way to promote that life long love of literacy

17.01.2022 Hi families, We are upgrading our IT system! This is really exciting for us as a team, and it will also come with some great new features for you, our families. The new system is called Xap and will connect our centre kiosks and our family information together. It will also come with a self-service portal for guardians, which will give you the ability update your personal/family data, notify us of an absence and view your fee statements from any computer or mobile device. ...Save the date: 31 May Over the coming weeks, we will ask you to update your direct debit details and personal information on the Xap portal for guardians you will also receive a new kiosk code to sign in and out with at the centre kiosk. Here is a roadmap with the steps we will complete together in May to successfully move over to Xap on 31 May. Xap will be in touch soon with your unique login information for the Xap portal for guardians, but for now, there is nothing you have to do. We’ll be with you every step of the way. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us! Thanks so much Lynne and the team See more

16.01.2022 Thank you to all our families for their continuous support in wearing masks to drop off and collect their children to and from the centre Together we ensure we are keeping our children, families, educators and our community safe https://www.health.gov.au//how-to-protect-yourself-and-oth

14.01.2022 Our Kindergarten class have been learning about emergency services through play over this term.

14.01.2022 A special half-time performance by the Banksia Grove Choir of Freo's club song in the Nyoongar language

13.01.2022 When you teach kids emotional intelligence, how to recognize their feelings, understand where they come from, and learn how to deal with those emotions, you teach them the most essential skills for their success in life. Emotion recognition activity cup Here you can see what you need to make this resource at home:... - Plastic cups from Coles - Attached a sheet of emotion faces - Scissors - Glue - Tape to stick down the edges of the photos Ideas for conversations: - How do you think this child is feeling? - Can you think of a time you felt like this? - What other words are their for scared, happy ? For older children you can add the words under the emotions to extend the learning through word recognition Thank you to eSafekids for this idea https://www.facebook.com/eSafeKids/

13.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. Always Was, Always Will Be. recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. We are spiritually and culturally connected to this country.... This country was criss-crossed by generations of brilliant Nations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists. Australia has the world’s oldest oral stories. The First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremony and invented unique technologies. We built and engineered structures - structures on Earth - predating well-known sites such as the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge. Our adaptation and intimate knowledge of Country enabled us to endure climate change, catastrophic droughts and rising sea levels. Always Was, Always Will Be. acknowledges that hundreds of Nations and our cultures covered this continent. All were managing the land - the biggest estate on earth - to sustainably provide for their future. Through ingenious land management systems like fire stick farming we transformed the harshest habitable continent into a land of bounty. NAIDOC Week 2020 acknowledges and celebrates that our nation’s story didn’t begin with documented European contact whether in 1770 or 1606 - with the arrival of the Dutch on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula. The very first footprints on this continent were those belonging to First Nations peoples. Our coastal Nations watched and interacted with at least 36 contacts made by Europeans prior to 1770. Many of them resulting in the charting of the northern, western and southern coastlines of our lands and our waters. For us, this nation’s story began at the dawn of time. NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. It’s about seeing, hearing and learning the First Nations’ 65,000+ year history of this country - which is Australian history. We want all Australians to celebrate that we have the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and to recognise that our sovereignty was never ceded. Always Was, Always Will Be.

12.01.2022 Our kindergarten children had a blast at our first excursion since the COVID restrictions were lifted Look at all those happy faces

12.01.2022 Online sleep session for families

11.01.2022 Young children sometimes express their emotions or try to meet their needs by using behaviours that others can find challenging. That’s why we’ve developed The Family Behaviour Support Kit to support parents at home in helping their children to understand these big emotions and teaching them how to communicate their needs in an effective way. The Family Behaviour Support Kit includes: A number of useful printed charts and tools focused on emotions, routines and calming do...wn strategies. Detailed guide to step parents through how to use each resource with their child. Picture cards and a first and then chart to show visually what a child should do first and then (e.g. First we go to the toilet, then we wash our hands. First, we make our bed, then we go and play). This resource is particularly useful in supporting parents to get their children to do those ‘tricky’ or ‘not fun’ tasks! Take a look at this video of Goodstart Ingle Farm Centre Director Kyla Davidson explaining what’s in the kit and how families can get the most out of it. https://youtu.be/uQDvOy9_W4c

09.01.2022 Diwali, one of the most important festivals in India, commenced Thursday, with the main festivities due to take place on Saturday, November 14. Each year, Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world celebrate Diwali. The festival symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil, and light over darkness.

04.01.2022 R U OK?Day (Thursday 10 September, 2020) 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. www.ruok.org.au

03.01.2022 For families doing it tough at the moment These guys at the pantry in Wangara are an awesome support for daily essentials

03.01.2022 Kambarang (second spring) is the Nyoongar season of birth and sees an abundance of colours and flowers exploding around us. One of the most striking displays of flowers seen during this season is the "Moodjar", or Australian Christmas Tree (nuytsia floribunda). The bright orange flowers are a signal the heat is on its way and longer dry periods accompany a definite warming trend.... The Moodjar is a powerful symbol for Noongar culture, with the spirits of ancestors resting in the branches. However, the unique, giant mistletoe has a sinister side it is the world's tallest parasitic tree that sucks moisture from other plants. Kambarang sees the yellows of acacias continue to abound, along with banksias and other smaller delicate flowering plants including kangaroo paws and orchids. Also during this time balgas will also start to flower especially if they've been burnt in the past year. October is the time of the year you'll most likely encounter a snake as the reptiles awaken from hibernation and look to make the most of the warm weather as they look for food. It's also a time many young families of birds will be singing out for their parents to feed them and koolbardies (magpies) will also be out protecting their nests and their babies. The Nyoongar calendar has six seasons, each representing the changes we see in the environment. Learn more about the six seasons on the Bureau of Meteorology's website: https://bit.ly/2rP5zbx. Bureau of Meteorology. Rachel Walmsley / Moore Catchment Council.

03.01.2022 Good Morning moves

03.01.2022 Download the Bright Tomorrows App. It’s an amazing parenting app filled full of helpful tips and information to help you through all your parenting needs https://www.brighttomorrows.org.au/

03.01.2022 Good news for families Federal Budget 2021: Government announces $1.7 billion package to ease childcare costs for working families

03.01.2022 Bush Kinder a wonderful way for children to connect to their world and develop a life long love for nature

01.01.2022 We are approach the long weekend Check out this link of places to visit to keep your little ones entertained