Goodstart Early Learning Nightcliff in Nightcliff, Northern Territory, Australia | Nursery

Goodstart Early Learning Nightcliff

Locality: Nightcliff, Northern Territory, Australia

Phone: +61 8 8985 5622

Address: 159 Dick Ward Drive, Coconut Grove 0810 Nightcliff, NT, Australia

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25.01.2022 Wednesday was Indigenous Literacy Day! Here at Goodstart Nightcliff the children were able to watch an online event from The Indigenous Literacy Foundation. This event was hosted by Indigenous author and preformed Gregg Dreise and NITV presenter Natalie Ahmat and featured Darwin's own, Jessica Mauboy who sung The Barramundi Song in two Indigenous languages Tiwi and Mangarrayi, as well as English. Andy Griffiths who is a childrens author also made an appearance during the e...vent! The children engaged in many different activities to deepen childrens understanding of Aboriginal languages and culture during the day. Throughout the rooms children participated in the Acknowledgement of Country, learning about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags and discussing the different elements they could see on the flags. Children listened to many different stories and learnt many different words. Children were also able to explore Aboriginal symbols. #indigenousliteracy #readingopensdoor

25.01.2022 Weekly Wrap Up This week our Nursery 1 children have enjoyed engaging in water play using coloured water, exploring the colours and adding different items, such as toy ducks and frogs into the tub to explore. To extend on the animals educators sung ‘5 Little Ducks’ and ‘5 Little Speckled Frogs’. Children were also given the opportunity to develop their fine motor skills through an activity where children had to manoeuvre animals out of basket. Nursery 2 children have a grea...t week exploring their senses during some sensory activities. The Toddler Children spent time exploring their outdoor environment and engaged in water play, the children used buckets and containers of varying sizes to explore their imagination and engage in dramatic play, whilst pretending to cook and going fishing. Children also developed their fine motor skills by exploring playdough and loose parts made up of natural and non-natural materials, this provided children with open ended opportunities and supports children imagination, collaboration, sharing, thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills. The Pre-School children have also been developing their fine motor skills through exploring with playdough and loose parts. The children have been learning about space and exploring the new area in the room, ‘The Planetarium’, children are able to learn about the solar system while enhancing and developing their understanding on what they know about planets.

25.01.2022 This week we have been celebrating Book Week, this years theme is 'Curious Creatures, Wild Minds'. To support children's curious minds, our educators and children have explored a number of books in interactive ways! Creating story telling props to use during story time, and acting out different stories, such as 'We're going on a bear hunt', and letting children's imaginations explore our yard through the story. Children have also enjoyed exploring books independently, suppor...ting their literacy skills. #CBCA2020 #curiouscreatureswildminds Children's Book Council of Australia

24.01.2022 Wow, what an eventful week we have had here at Goodstart Nightcliff. To wrap up the week we had a dress up celebration for Father's Day and Book Week focused around the topic of 'Families'. Everyone was encouraged to come dressed as their Dad's profession, or any of their favourite book characters. We loved seeing everyone's different dress up's, and enjoyed learning more about our families. Thank you for everyones participation, and Happy Father's Day to all of our familie...s. #HappyFathersDay

24.01.2022 Our preschool, toddlers, nursery 2 and nursery 1 children's created an Anzac Day wall. Since we are not able to attend the ceremony and conmemorate together as in the past years, we decided to share with our community the art and craft works we created during the week, with creativity an imagination we expressed our understanding of Anzac Day. We displayed in the front of our service for everyone to remember this date. " Lest We Forget"

23.01.2022 We would like to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year!

23.01.2022 Introducing our Break Cover Staff for the year 2021 - Miss Angie - Miss Chris - Miss Natasha

23.01.2022 Thank you to all the parents, families and members of the community who have come in to visit us to read books with the children during our Goodstart Nightcliff Book Week. Book week normally happens during the last week of August but has been postponed until October. However, we didnt want to miss out on the opportunity to extend childrens literacy development. Listening and reading is an ongoing interest with our children.

22.01.2022 At Goodstart Nightcliff we have been focusing on enriching children's literacy through our everyday activities. Our educators have been brainstorming different ideas and ways to be able to provide children with a literacy rich environment. Literacy is important as it incorporates different ways of communicating, through music and movement, story telling, visual arts and different texts. This promotes children's oral language development, print awareness, phonological awareness and alphabetic principle. Everyday we provide a 'Literacy Snapshot' to our families on Storypark to make it easier for them to locate and read about what the children have done that day to promote their literacy skills.

22.01.2022 Dear Parents , Maria Baron selected as one of the finalist . Kindly please vote for her. Thank you so much for all your votes ... https://www.ntnews.com.au//dd0ad89257de1865c3c112b50c84ef18

22.01.2022 Introducing our Preschool Staff for the year 2021 - Miss Cindy - Miss Chiara - Miss Stephanie

22.01.2022 Yesterday, the Toddlers participated in amazing experience which encouraged and taught them the importance of good oral health care and hygiene. Chantelle (Dental Nurse/Assistant), one of our mum shared with children her experience by guiding them about the techniques of brushing. Children were very interested in learning and practicing these techniques. This type of activities promote oral health awareness for children. Thank you so much Chantelle for this awesome experience that you given to our Toddler's room children's.

19.01.2022 What is National Reconciliation Week? National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The dates for NRW remain the same each year - 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively. ...Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We invite you to join in the learning about National Reconciliation Week at home through Goodstart@Home which is free for Goodstart families. Listen and learn from the stories and activities on the site. Take a moment to explore how you can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia: athome.goodstart.org.au

19.01.2022 Our Toddlers are experiencing the joy of gardening. They are using their senses to explore the soils ,seeds and water. We are teaching our children the life cycles of the plants, taking care of the natural environment and healthy eating habits by planting own vegies and fruits .

18.01.2022 Preschool participating in the Acknowledgement of the Country #inthistogether2020 #nrw2020

18.01.2022 Last week The Goodies Awards were hosted virtually. We would like to share with everyone that we were nominated and received Runner Up for the Amplifying our Impact Award. We would also like to give a big thank you to everyone who nominated us for Above and Beyond Award with a massive 57 nominations!

17.01.2022 It was indeed a night to remember last Friday at Preschool Night. It was full of laughter, sharing and learning. Thank you dear families, parents, children and educators who supported this event. Looking forward to a meaningful learning journey ahead this 2021.

16.01.2022 Today is Jeans for Genes day, and here at Goodstart Nightcliff we are rocking our denim to fundraise money to help children fight genetic diseases! #jeansforgenes Thank you to everyone for your continuous support! www.myjeansforgenes.org.au/donate

16.01.2022 Weekly Highlights! This week in the Nursery 1 room the children have been learning all about frogs, using play-dough to explore the frogs further and creating rocks for the frogs to sit on and further enriching their literacy skills by learning what noises frogs make and how they move and hop. The children were provided with a sensory activity with water, oil and cornflour for the children to move the frogs through the mixture and signing 5 Little Speckled Frogs. In Nurse...ry 2 they have been focusing on sensory exploration with sand tubs and flowers from the garden to explore the different textures and smells, promoting their literacy skills by exploring the different colours. Children developed their fine motor skills as they stacked sensory bottles on top of each other. Further exploring their sensory capabilities with coloured ice and shaving cream, inspecting the different colours as the ice melted down and mixed with each other. The Toddler room have been enriching their literacy this week with their focus being on the letter S, the children all had a turn at writing the letter on the chalk board, as well as having discussions with each other whos name begins with the letter S and explored painting with items that starts with S. such as stamps and swatters. In the Preschool room the children have had a growing interest of Aboriginal Culture during their morning group time Acknowledgement of Country. The children explored different flashcards with animals and symbols, after exploring the flashcards, the children participated in a memory game with the flashcards. The children also had the opportunity to develop their self-help skills with making their own pizzas, they all took it in turns to spread the pizza sauce onto the base and choose their own toppings. Throughout all rooms the children have been taking care of the land and checking up on the progress of our gardening project, and taking in turns to water the plants and making sure they are healthy and growing!

15.01.2022 2020 has been a year like no other. A year to remind ourselves what we’re truly for. We’re excited to share with you a short TV ad we’ve put together that looks back on the year that was and how we all came together in this extraordinary year. We adapted to change, tackled a global pandemic head on and never lost sight of what really mattered early learning, care and support for children, no matter what. Because we’re Goodstart. ... Find out more about what we’re for at https://www.goodstart.org.au/because-we-are-goodstart #becausewearegoodstart #weareforchildren

15.01.2022 I would like to recognise the amazing work, commitment and passion of Lisa and Stephanie (Toddlers Room Educators) as they have created self -made books for children to explore and extend their literacy skills. Lisa has compiled and printed photos of childrens while they interact and engage in different learning experiences. She uses this resource to initiate discussions and conversations with children as they extend vocabulary and verbalise ideas and thoughts. Sthephanie has created an alphabet book which includes photos of each child in the room and the first letter of their names. The aim of this book is support childrens letter recognition and introduction of phonetics. The challenging times have not stopped Lisa and Stephanies creativity and determination. Well done ladies ! Maria Baron Educational Leader

15.01.2022 Introducing our Toddler Staff for the year 2021 - Miss Maria - Miss Jamie - Miss Lisa... - Miss Katrin See more

15.01.2022 A BIG thank you to the McIver Family for stopping by and dropping off this box of goodies to say thank you and share their appreciation for all the hard work our Educators are doing!

14.01.2022 Goodstart Awards: 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.... 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. 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 or follow this link for the quick and easy process to lodge your nomination. Nominations are open now and will remain open until 28 August 2020. Please copy the link below on your web browser and nominate our centre please. More family members nominations will give us more vote to the centre. https://www.goodstart.org.au/goodies-awards-2020 Thank you so much for your kind support Goodstart Nightcliff Team

13.01.2022 October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, this is a cause that is close to home and important to all of us here at Goodstart Nightcliff. To raise awareness and money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, we held a fundraising day last week on the 16th. We sold raffle tickets, pink slices and cakes, Pink Ribbon merchandise as well as a gold coin donation on the day! It was so amazing to see everyone sporting their best pink clothes! The children participated in many different pink themed activities throughout the day whilst extending on their understanding for the cause. We want to say a massive thank you for everyone’s support! #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #breastcancerfoundation

13.01.2022 #inthistogether2020 #nrw2020. We have officially started Reconciliation Week 2020 and a great way to do it is by implementing the Acknowledgement of country, which allow children and educators to show their respect to the traditional custodians of the land where we gather today, Larrakia. we are children at Nightcliff, and we would like to say Thank you to the Larrakia people, who let us share the land and we promise to look after it: the people, the land, and the animals. Children enjoyed singing indigenous songs like Innanay cupuana and Taba Naba.

12.01.2022 Happy Friday everyone! Here is a little snapshot of what we have been up to! This week in Nursery 1 and Nursery 2 the children have been exploring their senses through different activities, such as playdough and musical instruments. Children have still been exploring the life cycle of plants and feeling the different textures of seeds and soil. In the Toddlers room children were providing with a sea world activity, through this children were able to observe different item...s related to the ocean, such as shells, sand, rocks and water. This experience sparked conversations among children and educators about the ocean and learnt new words and concepts such as high-tide and low-tide and recreating this by moving the tub around. To support children's interest in cooking, they were provided with the opportunity to make their own juice, the children were able to explore different fruits and add them into the blender and explore and watch the whole process. Children were also given the opportunity to explore seeds and natural leaves and parts of flowers, allowing children to become familiar with their natural environments. The preschool children have been exploring their senses this week by building on their creativity and learning. Children were provided with the opportunity to making slime and adding different colours and elements into the slime to explore different textures. Children also experimented with making clouds, pouring water into cups and adding layers of shaving cream, then using drops of food colouring to stimulate the formation of rain in the clouds.

11.01.2022 Get ready for the return of the Child Care Subsidy: Three key things you need to know! https://www.goodstart.org.au//get-ready-for-the-return-of-

11.01.2022 Last Friday we celebrated National Pyjama Day at the Centre, everyone dressed up in their favourite and comfiest Pyjama to help raise funds and awareness for children in foster care. All the children had a fantastic day engaging in different activities for Pyjama Day. Throughout the Toddler and Nursery rooms children participated in cuddling up in cosy corners with pillows whilst reading stories with each other and singing songs with teddys and puppets. Inspired by Pyjamas... the Preschool children engaged in creative experiences of cutting and pasting buttons and glitter to decorate their own PJs, and also explored a painting experience with slippers, dipping the slippers into paint and press the slippers onto the paper. The Nursery 1 children explored pasting stars and moons onto origami PJs and shared books from home with their friends. Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate this wonderful and fun day!

10.01.2022 Introducing our Leadership Team for the year 2021

10.01.2022 Here at Goodstart Nightcliff we are constantly striving to create the best learning environments for our children. We make sure that both our indoor environment and outdoor environment are inclusive to all and provide equal learning experiences for the children to engage in. Our educators put a lot of time into creating their own handmade resources to not only support their educational program but also children's interest and family input. We wanted to share some photos of the set up and environments throughout our centre.

10.01.2022 Deepavali celebration in Goodstart Nightcliff

10.01.2022 Yesterday the whole centre participated in a fire drill. Once the educators and children heard the whistle being blown and alerting us of where the 'fire' was. The children were able to walk calmly to our evacuation point with educator and sit in their room groups. Children were able to sit quietly while they listened for their names being called and said 'here' whilst raising their hands. By regularly conducting fire drills, this give the children the opportunity to be more aware of their safety and wellbeing.

09.01.2022 Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Aunty June, into our Centre in celebration of NAIDOC Week! Aunty June is a Traditional Owner of Larrakia land, the land on which our centre is on today. The children welcomed her by doing the Acknowledgement of Country and Aunty June shared some beautiful stories, hand made puppets, artwork and songs with us all. Goodstart Nightcliff acknowledges all Traditional Owners across Australia and recognises all First Nations peoples continued cultural and spiritual connection to the land, sky and waterways that surround us. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC #Larrakia #LarrakiaNation #alwayswasalwayswillbe #AuntyJune

09.01.2022 Last week was Thank You Week here at Goodstart, and now it's our turn to say thank you to you all, for sharing your wonderful words and giving our educators a feeling of appreciation and spreading the kindness. Reading what everyone had to say gave us all a warm fuzzy feeling. #thankyouweek

08.01.2022 Happy Deepavali/ Diwali from our family Goodstart Nightcliff to your family

08.01.2022 Toddlers participating in the Acknowledgement of the Country #inthistogether2020 #nrw2020

07.01.2022 Nursery 2 singing the Acknowledgement of the Country #inthistogether2020 #nrw2020

07.01.2022 This week our children have been very busy engaging in many different activities. Our Nursery 1 and 2 children have been exploring their sense of touch through different sensory activities, extending their curiosity and developing their fine motor skills. Nursery 2 children have been exploring science activities and extending their knowledge of cause and effect, and trial and error.... The Toddler children have also spent some time exploring their sense of touch through different sensory and messy play activities. The Pre-School children have experimented with cause and effect as well as developing their fine motor skills through painting activities, adding in different materials to paint with. The Pre-School children participate in stretching activities every day to make sure they are taking care of their bodies.

07.01.2022 This week we had Natasha Fyles: Member for Nightcliff come in to read a story to our children for our book week celebration! Thank you for helping us enrich our children's literacy and for your continuous support!

07.01.2022 We would like to share with our Goodstart Nightcliff community the progress of our ongoing Gardening project. The preschoolers are observing how the carrots and pumpkin seeds are growing. Children are helping to look after their garden by watering the plants and making sure the area is clean, with no toys or objects inside the garden beds. The toddlers today helped to dig two holes for the bananas tree which were donated to our center by Ivone from Goodstart Moulden Temple. T...hank you Ivone. Nursery 1 and 2 children are helping to watering the plants and looking after them. We encourage all family members to share with us any tip or advice to continue growing our plants and also to come and participate with children during growing and gardening experiences. Happy Weekend

06.01.2022 Happy 10th Birthday Goodstart

06.01.2022 Dear families, 2020 has been a big year for the world, for Australia and for our Goodstart team. Over the past few months people, families and communities have been tried and tested in the most extraordinary ways.... As frontline essential workers our Goodstarters rose to this challenge, stepping up to support our 60,000 families and 71,000 children through an incredibly uncertain and challenging time. So here at Goodstart weve declared this week Thank You Week, a week in which we celebrate and recognise our 10,000+ strong team who have gone above and beyond in the face of adversity. We have already had a few surprises today with promises of more to come for our centre teams! Needless to say we are feeling very supported and super excited! Say thank you on our Thank you Wall! Well be creating a special thank you wall in the centre where we can all share messages of love, support and thanks! In the foyer you will find little blank thank you notes where you can say thanks and shout out an educator who really made a difference. From us to you From the bottom of my heart I can say its been a privilege to have been able to support our children and families over the past few months. So while this week we are focusing on our Goodstart team I also wanted to say a big thanks to all of you. Thank you for being part of our Goodstart family and thank you for your wonderful support in what has been an incredibly life-changing year.

06.01.2022 Introducing our cook and educator for 2021

05.01.2022 Our Preschool children's are learning colour recognition of primary colours and experimenting with colours this whole week.

05.01.2022 The year before school is so important for young children. It’s where they learn the skills to develop the confidence they need to make a smooth transition to school. At Goodstart the Preschool program is evidence based and is specifically designed for children aged 3-5 years. The curriculum is based on the Early Years Learning Framework, which is delivered by degree-qualified Early Childhood Teachers. This program nurtures children’s collaboration, communication, creativity ...and critical thinking skills. Our approach gives your child the full benefits of a daily learning program while you are supported with the longer care hours we provide. That means your child gets the best start to their schooling, while you juggle the day-to-day demands of life. Find out more at: https://www.goodstart.org.au/preschools

04.01.2022 Today we celebrated National Early Childhood Educators Day. Here is a little snapshot of how we, our community and our families appreciate our Early Childhood Educators! Early Childhood Educator's Day recognises and celebrates the work of Australia's educators in early learning services for their wonderful contribution to the wellbeing and healthy development of the young children in our care. Thank you to everyone for your continuous support! ... #EarlyChildhoodEducatorsDay #LoveMyECE #YouAreAwesome

04.01.2022 St Paul's Catholic Primary School Nightcliff NT are holding orientation sessions for families. If you are interested in attending any orientation sessions, please see the flyer for more details.

04.01.2022 Fathers Day is on Sunday 6 September and Goodstart@Home has some great ideas for families who are looking for a gift thats from the heart. One of the Fathers Day activities for 3-5 year olds is Building a Memory Jar. We would love to see some photos or videos of memory jars being created for the special Dads (and other males!) of the children at our centre. Other lovely activity ideas are a Do you know how much I love you? photo book for babies, or for toddlers; creat...ing a Helping hand book of coupons for help getting things done around the house or garden. We hope all the Dads have a wonderful Fathers Day!

03.01.2022 #inthistogether2020 #NRW2020

03.01.2022 Our Weekly Snapshot! Here is a look into what our children have been up to this week at Goodstart Nightcliff. The Nursery 1 & 2 Rooms have been exploring Aboriginal Musical Instruments as well as engaging in sensory play. Our Toddler Room have been engaging in sensory activities such as playdough and enhancing their fine motor skills. The Pre-School children have been developing their understanding of numeracy and geometric shapes as well as enjoying some water play too cool down in the hot weather.

02.01.2022 Happy mother's day to all the super mums and dads

02.01.2022 Yesterday was national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day, the theme this year was We are the Elders of tomorrow hear our voice. This provided an opportunity for us to show our support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, as well as learn about the crucial impact that culture, family and community play in the life of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child. Yesterday was full of activities that enriched children's understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Throughout the rooms children were provided with opportunities to explore flags, different painting activities, including dot painting and reading stories about dream time and bush tucker.

02.01.2022 Preschool Graduation! Congratulations to all the preschoolers who are now ready for Big school. Thank you dear parents and families for entrusting us your child/ren.

02.01.2022 Happy Mother's Day to all the super mums and dads.

02.01.2022 Goodstart Nightcliff wishing all of you Happy Easter . Enjoy the long weekend and Stay Safe .

02.01.2022 On Wednesday a group of children had the opportunity to observe two fire engines that were parked next to our building. At the beginning the children observed them through the fence, but through following safety precautions, educators were able to open the back fence for children to have more visibility. The children loved seeing the lights and listening to the siren from the fire engine. We all waved to the crew and wished them a good day!

02.01.2022 Weekly Recap! Last week the children participated in many different activities. Nursery 1 and Nursery 2 children had the opportunity to express their creativity through different art activities, extending on their senses. The Toddler children have been extending on their physical play through exploring their outdoor environments and engaging in singing and dancing. ... The Preschool children have been exploring literacy and numeracy, and gaining a better understanding of math's. The children have also extended on the independence, self help skills and taking responsibility in looking after their resources by washing them and making sure their clean, as well as exploring dental health.

02.01.2022 All things spooky here at Goodstart Nightcliff today as we celebrate Halloween! The week has been filled with different Halloween activities and today our children and educators put on their best costumes!

01.01.2022 It was amazing observing a group of toddlers enjoying the music and shaking their bodies as they expressed themselves through dancing.