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Goodstart Early Learning Maida Vale

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9454 3744

Address: 268 Kalamunda Road, Maida vale 6057 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: https://www.goodstart.org.au/centres/maida-vale

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25.01.2022 To continue on about learning all things ocean in the pre-kindy room this week we did art and planned ocean themed activities. The children engaged well and enjoyed the experiences offered. This will all link in to the theme of science week which is this week where the children will enjoy plenty science experiments.

25.01.2022 Today’s Morning Tea ~ Pancakes and fruit

24.01.2022 Kindy News. We celebrated book week reading a different book each day and engaging in activities related to the book we read. We really enjoyed making wombat stew, making houses for three little pigs and plenty of role playing.

24.01.2022 Thank you to one of our lovely parents, Elizabeth Bazen, for the yummy recipe. It was a hit in the centre. Curry Sausages served with rice and Vegetables.

23.01.2022 Nursery Book week. Everyone looked super cute in their dress ups from their favourite books. We had Simba from the Lion King, a bear from the cranky bear, the green sheep from wheres the green sheep, a highland cow and Emma wiggle Books and stories are a great gateway to learning and imagination. This gives the children a great opportunity to point at the pictures and learn new words.

23.01.2022 This week toddlers showed great interest in riding the toy car on the track. They were great at taking turns and waited patiently to have a go. Most of the children seemed to enjoy this adventurous experience.

23.01.2022 NAIDOC Week 2020 will be held from Sunday 8th November to Sunday 15th November and is an opportunity for all Australians to come together to celebrate the rich history, diverse cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the oldest continuing cultures on the planet. The NAIDOC 2020 theme - Always Was, Always Will Be. - recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.

23.01.2022 We are always here to support our families!!!

22.01.2022 SEA whats happened with our wonderful Kindergarten children. We are focusing on the theme Ocean this month because of the science week coming up with the same theme. We were looking at different sea creatures and learning about them throughout the week. We had a sensory tray with shells to explore. Some of us wanted to trace them and colour them, some of us enjoyed listening to the sound of the sea from the shells, some of us liked to sort them and count them. We also had a chance to cut and paste sea animals. We practiced many literacy, numeracy and fine motor skills through these activities.

21.01.2022 We made flags! in Nursery!! Our special babies celebrating National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands Childrens day. To do this we did some sensory activities using different coloured sand and used our fingers to make different drawings. We put the red and yellow blocks out and encouraged them to get to know the colours. Sensory activities in addition to being fun and interesting for babies, encourage children to explore and investigate. It helps to build nerve con...nections in the brain. It also encourages the development of motor skills. We sang Inanay Capuana using our aboriginal rain stick. They were really captivated with the sound of the stick. They listened wide eyed and with big smiles. After the song, babies took turns to feel the rain stick and shake it. They felt the aboriginal art of embossed dots with their fingers and shook it to make music. I will make sure to include this song more often during our mat session song time. By using three different colours and making dots on our paper we made flags! Painting is a way for children to learn many important things by introducing them on how to, convey ideas, express emotion, use their senses, explore colour, whilst creating aesthetically pleasing works and experiences. See more

20.01.2022 We have celebrated science week learning about the ocean and doing several experiments helping us to learn about sea creatures, the plants living under the sea and how and why we have to protect our oceans.

20.01.2022 In kindergarten it is all about learning and making social interactions, having creative minds and joining in on activities. We learn a letter of the alphabet each week and do a activities that starts with that letter as you can see we made a Octopus and one of the letters of the week is O for octopus. This is a great opportunity for children to also engage in conversation with other children. it is also amazing to see how proud they are when they finish their art

20.01.2022 The children were intrigued with the building blocks stuck to this table. They loved banging and imitating the sound it made with their big loud voices and got to feel the sticky tape. These activities help with their Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Hand-Eye Coordination and Dexterity, Problem solving skills and beginning Math and Science

20.01.2022 Kindergarten childrens favorite activity now is our show and tell session. All children are encouraged to bring a favorite item from home and after afternoon tea every day we all gather on the mat allowing each child to come in front of everyone and show and tell about what they have bought to share. There is a question and answer session so that any two questions can be asked and answered. This allows our children to develop communication skills, be more confident and mainly develop listening skills. Through this we are also learning about different colours, learning about different objects, sharing books we like. And it is preparing them to be ready for school too.

20.01.2022 We had a fantastic holiday week with cooking , dancing, watching a movie and a visit from rescue pets .

19.01.2022 In nursery room babies are developing their fine motor skill and recognising different textures, by smashing rice bubbles and cotton ball with wooden hammer.

19.01.2022 In pre-kindy the children love bringing in books from home to share during our mat sessions. They love sitting and engaging in book time. Books are great for engaging the imaginations and travelling to so many different destinations in their minds.

19.01.2022 Welcome back after a wonderful Easter Break! Today we started our kindy holiday program. Over these 2 weeks we have lots of fun filled activities for our kindy children to participate in. We look forward to sharing some photos over the coming weeks.

18.01.2022 Last week we celebrated book week and in the pre-kindy room we used our tuff table to create different themes from different books we focused on throughout the week. Using some cut outs, we involved the children in story time by each of them holding a part in the story. The children shared some of their favourite books with us which we read at various mat times.

17.01.2022 Happy Mother’s Day To all our amazing Mums, We hope you all have a wonderful day

16.01.2022 Science education activities provide children with opportunities to develop and practice many different skills and attributes. These include communication skills, collaborative skills, team working and perseverance, as well as analytical, reasoning and problem-solving skills. We also played with our favourite monster truck in the sand. This can also improve a childs gross motor skills by using big physical movements like reaching, bending, pushing, pulling, as well as balance and co-ordination. Vehicle play also helps them learn important new concepts like: go and stop; fast and slow; up and down; left and right.

16.01.2022 With last week being Science week in the pre-kindy room, we have been exploring a different experiment each day. The children enjoyed participating in the experiments and learned about cause and effect.

16.01.2022 Farming with our Toddlers! This week children showed great interest in farm animals. They loved exploring the farm animal play station set in the outdoor area. They all took turns visiting and spending extended periods of time there. Our Toddlers are getting better playing collaboratively. These group experiences provide children the opportunities to develop their social skills through building relations.

13.01.2022 This week in toddlers, we extended childrens curiosity in the surrounding by collecting the dried leaves and twigs from or playground. Later as a group activity we used these leaves to create a natures collage. Children enthusiastically participated in this experience. This activity provided children the opportunity to develop their skills including social skills as they worked in collaboration; fine motor skills as they brushed the glue on the paper; cognitive skills as they explored the texture of the leaves and used their imagination to create the collage.

12.01.2022 In our prekindy room we have begun to introduce the mystery box for the children to explore their sense of touch. They love the mystery of reaching in and feeling their way around untill they discover the hidden item which they proudly show to educators and educators encourage them to tell their friends what they found.

12.01.2022 Family Nominated Category - Above and Beyond Award (Closes 28th August) 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. Wed like to invite our families to nominate a Goodstart centre-based individual or team, for the Goodstart 2020 Above and Beyond Award. As the Goodstart Awards will be virtual ...this year, were asking for nominations to let the judges know why you support a centre-based team or individual to win this award (addressing the below criteria). Entry is via a written submission OR a short 12 minute video. Selected submissions may be shown at the awards ceremonies, added to Goodstarts website, internal social media platform Yammer and our public Facebook page. To Nominate please click link https://www.goodstart.org.au/goodies-awards-2020 See more

11.01.2022 We had a busy week in kindy using our creative minds and body to create beautiful master pieces. We made our handprints with the colours of the aboriginal flag the colour represents Black is for the people Yellow is for the sun Red is for the land ... We had lots of fun this week learning about the indigenous culture. We also celebrated Diwali festival of life. See more

10.01.2022 Natural activity with leaf, flower and glass. Natural materials have a sensory benefit, they have different textures, sizes, colours and smells. They provide more tactile stimulation to children to help them improve their hand/finger awareness and coordination. Natural resources are easily accessible and at this age, children's critical-thinking skills and fine-motor skills are continuously developing. We also discovered magnifying glasses which helped babies see things they've never seen before, like small insect’s close-up.

10.01.2022 We are hiring Educational leader it is fulltime 38 hours position at Maida Vale it will be a float Role,If you have that leadership skills, passionte about your carrer this is the right role for you, as it comes with lots of professional development, training and benefits, to apply for this position to know more about the role contact direct to the centre on 94543744 or contact to Rachel on 93521312 https://careers.goodstart.org.au//MAIDA-VALE%2C/639441800/

08.01.2022 Nursery Room activity. We enjoyed rescuing our own water bottles along with some toys in this activity. The children are all using their strong muscles to get their own water bottles and toys from under the sticky tape. This encourages them to use their eye and hand coordination. Together they are developing social skills also. This activity is good to develop little babies fine motor skills and gross motor skills by feeling the sticky tape. It was so nice to watch them.

07.01.2022 Maida Vale are looking for an Educational Leader to join our team Are you a passionate educator with amazing knowledge around quality area 1 and would like to support a team to deliver high quality care? Apply below https://careers.goodstart.org.au//WEST-PERTH%2C/664437100/

06.01.2022 NAIDOC activities. The Pre Kindy children have been learning about the rainbow serpent, they learnt about this through reading the story about the rainbow serpent. They than did some painting and created their own rainbow serpent in the room.

05.01.2022 Last week we celebrated science week. Our toddlers enthusiastically participated in the planned experiences based on our under the water theme. These sensory experiences gave them the opportunity to explore their imagination, work in collaboration and stimulate their sense of touch. Children were engaged and occupied throughout the week.

05.01.2022 We spent time outside playing with our farm animals. We played with the balls, rode bikes and climbed an obstacle course. The children did so much physical activity outdoors. Physical activities promote healthy growth and development along with development of better motor skills and in concentration and thinking skills. It also helps build a healthier body composition, stronger bones and muscles. It also improves their cardiovascular fitness.

05.01.2022 Every month in pre-kindy we try and come up with a new theme to focus their learning on. This month we sat with the children and decided together we would focus on all things ocean so to start off together we made lovely bright blue play dough to represent the ocean and added in our ocean creatures and some shells and the children had a great engaging experience.

04.01.2022 We did a lot of discovery and inquiry learning this week. We focused on animals and colours. On par to our learning program, we also had an animal incursion happening and the toddlers loved it. They got to pet the animals and learn about how to take care of them.

04.01.2022 NAIDOC week in Nursery room.

03.01.2022 Fresh Produce In the prekindy room our new interest has been the addition of the shop. This is great for promoting role play and encouraging the development of communication skills between the children.

03.01.2022 In the Pre-Kindy room we have been practicing some auslan signs and what better way then through a song. We have been singing this song daily and the children are becoming quite confident in the signs for each colour and are enjoying the learning experience. https://youtu.be/g5m3TLBmeuc Sing a Rainbow - with all your Auslan signs Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue - I can sing a Rainbow too. Learning to sing and sign your colours with hey dee ho ...is fun. For ... youtu.be See more

02.01.2022 This week our toddlers enjoyed the playdough experience offered. They enthusiastically participated in exploring the dough and spent extended periods of time engaged in their favourite activity. To stimulate the childrens imagination and creativity we incorporated unconventional resources such as pop sticks and twigs with the dough. They all responded extremely well to these experiences.

01.01.2022 This month kindergarten children are focusing on the spring season. We have been looking at different flowers and insects. We decided to make flowers using cupcake linings, this gave the children the opportunity to practice their cutting skills. This lead to colour recognition and improving our fine motor skills.

01.01.2022 Happy Easter to all our wonderful children and families. We hope you have a lovely day with your family and friends. Stay safe

01.01.2022 In our Toddler Room Children are building relationships with peers developing strong sense of identity and learning social skills.