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Goodstart Early Learning Brisbane Meeanjin

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3220 0522

Address: 192 Ann Street 4000 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 SMILE Its Friday!

25.01.2022 Mondaysssss! Who knows a song with Monday in the title?

24.01.2022 We end the week with our very own Kindergarten Teacher! Miss Lucinda! Earliest Memory: being greeted over the intercom. I already felt welcome! Fondest Memory: celebrating the graduating class of 2019. It had been a great first year and it was a bittersweet moment. ... Biggest Change: beginning the year with a new group of children and families to get to know. Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

24.01.2022 Happy #selfcaresunday What are you doing today for yourself?

24.01.2022 How cool are these! Senior Toddlers have been doing some incredible science experiments ! What started off as bare branches is now a wonderland of colour! Positions Available Now!

23.01.2022 Today we are chatting to Miss Sarah who has been a part of our community for a year now! Earliest Memory: Following Keira down the road to actually see where the centre was! I recognized her shirt and followed her! Fondest Memory: Receiving great feedback from the families!... Biggest Change: Seeing the nursery children blooming and entering my room! I wonder who tomorrow will be?

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23.01.2022 Follow the link to book a tour now! https://myservices.goodstart.org.au/Tour/Tourbooking

23.01.2022 Wow! We have had a hectic few months and now that we are all together, we have had a chance to celebrate Christmas in July (August haha) With an amazing morning tea spread and a cheeky little Secret Santa, we are set for the day!

22.01.2022 Miss Naomi joined us today to have a little chat about her last year with us! Earliest Memory My interview! I remember meeting Amy and Sienna and thinking please give me the job, I already love it here. I remember my first shift and how welcomed I felt. I love how everyone has grown to learn to put up with my random energy outbursts after having a triple shot coffee in the morning. ... Fondest Memory Signing my life away on a contract to become permanent and then soon becoming a key educator in the nursery. Its been an amazing yet wild ride meeting new families and creating these incredible bonds with the children and how amazing these little beings can be. Biggest Change Closing the nurseries. Probably the SADDEST change. I was devastated, Im still recovering from this. Luckily we were able to transfer our babies to Adelaide street and help settle them in!

22.01.2022 Thank you to all our team including our casuals who have given their all during this crazy time! Know you dont go unnoticed and are appreciated everyday #LoveMyECE #earlychildhoodeducatorsday

21.01.2022 Even though they are on hiatus, we still love and value these girls as part of our teams! Soon to make a return! Earliest Memory: My job interview with Rachael and then going for a tour of the centre. I remember it so well because I had been wearing heels and I took them off so I wouldnt wake anyone up whilst going through the rooms!... Fondest Memory: Celebrating my 21st at Ann St! Other than that, probably seeing children that I had in nursery all grown up in kindy. Or even when you get the siblings and having such a strong bond with the family that Key Educator works really well. Biggest Change: The nursery closure! Its been such a hard journey saying goodbye to families and children and reminiscing about all of the memories Ive made while I was working in the nursery. I made it 4 years strong and loved every minute of it!

20.01.2022 A special little thank you delivery from one of our amazing families. Still warm #thankyouweek #freshcookies #goodstartthankyouweek #goodvibes #friday #fridayfeels #fridaysurprise #yum #love #cookies

19.01.2022 Goodstart is going above and beyond this week to thank their teams who worked through this COVID time! Feeling appreciated

18.01.2022 Thank you for the Earth, Thank you for the Sun, Thank you for My Friends and Thank you Everyone! Yesterday we celebrated the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day. This is a very significant day and held a very significant theme - We are the Elders of tomorrow, hear our voice honours our Elders custodians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional knowledge, passed down to our children through stories and cultural practice.... Hearing childrens voices today plays a crucial role in them becoming influential Elders and leaders of the future. All the children were invited to participate in different aspects of cultural learning through the service! It was a great chance to revisit some of the reasons why we embed Indigenous and Torres Strait culture in our day to day lives~ This Friday we are celebrating Floral Friday and you might have noticed us rocking our great new Indigenous Shirts! Its so important to pay our respects and we are pleased to be able to embed this history into our future leaders!

18.01.2022 Lots of fun Christmas things happening in Brisbane https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/whats/christmas-in-brisbane

18.01.2022 Today we chatted to Miss Alexa! Earliest Memory: Trying to find the place even though I was given directions! Fondest Memory: Meeting and getting to know the Staff, Families and especially the children. ... Biggest Change: The enforcement of the old and new rules in the car-park, which caused total chaos! Also the closing of the nursery and not seeing the babies come through the car park anymore. The end of the year marks one year that Alexa has been with us and it has been a ride in her role!

16.01.2022 Happy May 1st! How are you enjoying your long weekend? Happy Birthday Glynys for today, Sarah tomorrow and Kim Monday

16.01.2022 For all those dinosaur experts we have

15.01.2022 Chapter 4 of the story of how children grow well. Each chapter is important to the story. Every person has a role to playparents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, community members, educators, and service providers.... Chapter 4: Strong connections Children’s sense of belonging is built through strong connections to family, culture and community. Knowing who you are and where you belongwith family, culture and communityis important. When children and families feel connected to community, they find friends and develop a sense of belonging and wellbeing. Queenslanders have diverse cultural backgrounds, languages, values and beliefs. When everyone is recognised, feels included and welcomed, we build a positive sense of belonging and encourage children to embrace and celebrate the diversity around them. This creates a shared understanding and respect for identity. What does this look like? Having friends and feeling connected to community is good for families. Local festivals, community gardens, sporting and cultural activities all offer opportunities to connect to community and belong. Participating in community life builds wellbeing and provides opportunities to share culture. What family or cultural traditions are important to you and your children? How can you share these with friends or neighbours? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-88DCY6-Nk&feature=youtu.be

14.01.2022 Its Friday yay check out our Smiles from this week and some of our Wonderful Floral Friday arts and crafts. This week we are sending our creations to Thursday Island Elders for them to enjoy as we learn all about their culture as we celebrate Floral Friday.

14.01.2022 A big Hello from Miss Reina! Guess what! Miss Reina will be back with us on Thursday! What a great time to look at her memories! ... Earliest Memory: Day 1: Working in the nursery and someone forgot to cover my lunch break. Not that I minded, I was excited to be part of the team :P Fondest Memory: When a child started calling me Mumma. It was so cute!! Biggest Change: Closing down the nursery rooms and working now in toddlers. I will miss the little ones very much. Excited to have you back!

14.01.2022 This week is Child Protection Week which focuses child protection being everyones business and that as adults, we have a responsibility to ensure childrens safety and wellbeing. We must always LISTEN to children, learn more about unsafe behaviours to watch out for, educate ourselves on the reasons why people harm children and most importantly, act to protect children. #ChildProtectionWeek #PuttingChildrenFirst

13.01.2022 Educators Day is this Wednesday

13.01.2022 A little look into our socially distant first aid and cpr training that we did this morning! It was a great 8am start to a Sunday and just part of our ongoing commitment to safety

13.01.2022 Funny things children says!!! We have all been there, whether its cringe worthy or pant wetting hilarious, we all have had those moments that leaves us speechless. "Have you had a babyccino today? No, I dont drink babyccino, I drink big girl ccino because I am a big girl now. "Did you know fairies are nocturnal? My dog used to be a dinosaur until we rescued him ... I once asked a child How old are you? After thinking for a while he replied mm I dont think I have an old Now its time for you to share :) See more

13.01.2022 Happy Friday! You guessed it! Its Mr. Hemi! Earliest Memory: My interview- I was really hoping that I had got the position! ... Fondest Memory: Literally too many to find a single one! Random hugs, children learning my name, funny conversations, playing music with the children, educators and sometimes parents! Watching the children woof down my cooking, parents requesting my recipes! Biggest Change: Going into my 2nd Year! I had found my feet and things were getting familiar. I was prepared for anything new to come along which was the Ukulele from Miss Rachael. The next 12 months saw myself doing the kitchen and the music!

11.01.2022 Today Adele, our Qld Teacher Program Manager came to video and have a chat with our wonderful Educational Leader Jodie to showcase our work around Key Educator relationships... Productive use of Summative Assessments between our Pre Kindy to Kindy room transitions and our conversations with families! Everyone here knows we love a chat with our families

11.01.2022 Did You Know: This week is National Science Week. National Science Week is Australias annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science centres.... The school theme of National Science Week 2020 is Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans and features the establishment of the Blue Economy CRC. With this in mind, the theme embraces the innovative technologies, capabilities and skills needed to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability of our oceans. It features insights and inquiries into workable solutions that generate healthy oceans, healthy economies and healthy communities. Drop in and see our display!

11.01.2022 Holy Moly! Time just flies! Today we have a little look at Miss Kims time with us! Earliest Memory: Trying to find the entry to the lift! Fondest Memory: Seeing the children that were in the nursery when I started now in Kindy and graduating this year!... Biggest change: The move from CCB/CCR payments to now CCS payments! Who is tomorrow? Lets have a guess.... think about food..?

11.01.2022 Just one of the many projects we do at Goodstart Brisbane Meeanjin Ann St. For ANZAC day this year we invited each class to research and design a poster that pays tribute to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Soldiers. Toddlers learned about a family of 5 brothers who went to war together and all returned together. Senior Toddlers studied Uncle Harry then created a poster of "Field of Poppies" in tribute to the sacrifices he made for us. Prekindy researched the meaning of the... different colour poppies and learned that over 1000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Soldiers went to war. Our Kindergarten class learned about many Aboriginal and Torres strait men and women who served our country in the wars, they then created their own pictures to demonstrate their learning. They described their pictures to us. He’s a sad soldier. - S Poppy! - C A blue soldier - T They are fighting with their hands - M This is the garden with the plant - O The flower and the grass. - S This is a orange soldier - A These are poppies. - A The soldiers and the flowers - S

10.01.2022 Next up is Miss Cass! She started in the same year as Miss Keira, but slightly after! Earliest Memory - writing my first story park story with Amy helping and mentoring me! It was a story about building blocks! Fondest memory - seeing a lot of those firsts in the nursery, little wobbly steps from children who are now big prekindy aged! First birthdays of children now celebrating 3rd birthdays - those little moments ... Biggest change - moving back to the nursery from toddlers! I had to go back to fine tuning nonverbal communication and trusting my instincts

07.01.2022 Today we continued learning about the ocean. To start our learning the children watched snippets of a couple of documentaries, one about the deep ocean and another about coral reefs and more surface ocean environments. We saw lots of sea creatures. Afterwards I asked the children what kind of animals they had seen. To follow up our learning we created our very own ocean in a tank. First we added some sand. Then some small pebbles, the children did well in sharing this and al...l contributed to sprinkling them over the sand. Then we added rocks, shells and some grassed rocks. Last of all we added the animals! A, M, E and C all chose some ocean animals from the basket. Soon our tank was full of life! At this point S, T, T and R came in from outside to have a look. They seemed interested in what they saw as they all had a good look and a poke around. T added some more animals to the tank, including a big shrimp and some seals and T poured in some more pebbles.

07.01.2022 Today is Lovely Miss Kelli! Earliest Memory: Coming to Rachael and saying Can I finish my study and she said No, we have too many students, oh, but youre not young so itll be okay :P... Fondest Memory: Rachael and Jodie asking me if I wanted a permanent position Biggest Change: The introduction of key educator relationships Happy Wednesday!

06.01.2022 Your support on Red Nose Day helps save little lives and to us that makes you a Hero. Australian families need your help join us and together we can help stop little lives being cut short this Red Nose Day. Today we joined together to raise awareness for Red Nose Day! How Good do We Look!

06.01.2022 A very happy Sunday to all our Fathers for Fathers day, our precious bundles of joy are all growing up and have spent some quality time making special gifts this week for all the significant males in their lives. We hope you all enjoy your day

06.01.2022 Picnic in the park - we do so love getting out and about on a lovely sunny winters day. Some sandwiches to tame our growing appetites', balls game, bubble blowing and then to end the morning adventures with some cloud watching. Fun all around. Even the Educators get into a bit of mischief LOL

06.01.2022 Look who has sent in from afar! Miss Guy! Earliest memory: When I was a student at Ann Street and was offered a job after finishing my placement.... Fondest memory; When I became a lead educator in Prekindergarten room. Biggest change; From working full time to becoming a full time mum and soon will be a working mum. Happy Monday!

05.01.2022 A Lovely little Thank You from another Lovely family! It warms our hearts and brings some sparkle to our week!

05.01.2022 Don't Forget the Public Holiday! Goodstart Brisbane (Meeanjin) Ann St will be closed on Monday the 3rd of May however we look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday! Any plans for your long weekend?

04.01.2022 Hey Everyone! As you all know tomorrow is RUOK day! A friend of ours, Alex has recently opened Stoop Cafe on Queen Street and is donating $1 from every coffee sold tomorrow to those struggling with mental health!... If you felt like stopping in for a delicious coffee, supporting a local family business and donating to a great cause! This is the best bet! https://www.instagram.com/stoopcafe/

03.01.2022 Dont we feel appreciated today With our beautiful families expressing their appreciation with lots & lots & lots of Flowers and our Super Special Director who arrange some lovely yummy treats from boxed by becky..which were absolutely amazing! We then got to enjoy the live performance from the Indigenous Literacy Foundation with Jessica Mauboy, Justine Clarke, Gregg Dreise and Natalie Ahmet. What a wonderful day

02.01.2022 Get in quick! Its Toddler Time!

01.01.2022 Only one more sleep! #LoveMyECE

01.01.2022 #TriggerWarning: distressing content. In an effort to start the conversation, one of our families has shared this article that she has written. With her, we are hoping to encourage people to read, share, re-post, talk about it, do what they can to spread the message. This is a message very close to our hearts at Ann St. Together we can raise #awareness about #mentalhealth and remove the #stigma. It doesnt have to be this way. ... https://www.google.com.au//2056c74fb36374813a89ba4d62f32696

01.01.2022 Hmmm, speeding down highway as. Motorcycle cop, What about you?