Goodstart Early Learning Norfolk Village in Ormeau, Queensland | Non-profit organisation

Goodstart Early Learning Norfolk Village

Locality: Ormeau, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5546 7677

Address: 166-168 Pascoe Road 4208 Ormeau, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.goodstart.org.au/centres/norfolk-village

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25.01.2022 The children in the Pre Kindy and Kindy rooms are loving our new cubby house! It has been a ice cream shop, a BBQ house, a hospital and a lolly shop!! So much fun!

24.01.2022 When we say we have the best families attending our centre, we were not kidding! We greatly appreciate these Tuesday treats.

24.01.2022 Today our babies explored the different features of their faces and how it all goes together

24.01.2022 Thank you to our local community police officers Luke and Michael for coming to visit today. They talked to the children about what they do as police officers, the different parts of the police car and the children got to become jnr police officers and try on the uniform! Thank you so much for coming to visit

24.01.2022 The kindergarten children recently wrote and illustrated a story that they now regularly read in their class. The children love to hear their story and look at the pictures that they drew. Such great imaginations

24.01.2022 A big thank you to all the beautiful families that brought in flowers today to celebrate Educators Day! We feel very privileged to care for and educate the little people in our community. Our Educators at Norfolk Village are the best of the best and make everyday a joy to come to work. Happy Educators Day to all early childhood Educators today Thank you to @floral&fern for the beautiful hand painted pictures.

24.01.2022 It's a great day to dress up!!!

24.01.2022 Today we begin to celebrate national reconciliation week. We began our day with our acknowledgment to country, with the children paying their respects to traditional owners of the land that we play and learn on.

23.01.2022 A beautiful present from one of our families to the educators at our centre. We appreciate it so much, thank you

23.01.2022 Lest we forget.

22.01.2022 Happy Easter to all of our families!!

22.01.2022 Happy 10th birthday goodstart! All of our staff enjoyed yummy treats for lunch today!!!

22.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all of our beautiful Mums and Grandmas. We hope your day is full of love and relaxation

21.01.2022 We have our local man Jay at our centre in the morning and every TUESDAY. From 8am Be sure to say hello to Seven, his really friendly dog Order your coffee as you drop your little ones off and head off to enjoy your day with a amazing warm coffee Jay has eftpos available

18.01.2022 When you try to take a cute photo of three 18 month olds wearing their favourite tshirt....

18.01.2022 Understanding the importance of our traditional owners of the land is a daily occurrence for all of the children. Today the Senior Toddler room focused on the colours of the aboriginal flag gaining knowledge of what each colour represents.

16.01.2022 Golf in the sunshine

15.01.2022 Miss Nicola is the Lead Educator in our Snr Toddlers room and has been at our centre for over 7 years. Miss Nicola has moved up from our Toddlers room to Snr Toddlers this year to provide continuity of care for our little children transitioning into a bigger sized room. Nicola provides a holistic approach to her teaching to ensure that the children are learning and developing in a caring and supportive environment. We currently have limited vacancies in our Snr Toddlers room but are currently conducting tours in all of our room for the upcoming months.

15.01.2022 Today some of our Snr Toddler children spent time shape matching by looking at the shape on the card and then matching it to the shape on the tin. This experience helps develop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and cognitive skills. So much fun!!

14.01.2022 Tomorrow starts national reconciliation week. Stay tuned to see all of the exciting experiences the whole centre will be participating in.

14.01.2022 Did you know that a 3-year old (top left image) and a 6-year old (top right image) have significantly different skeletal structure in their hands?! Notice the b...ones in the wrist of the 3-year old -- many of them are still mostly cartilage! Look at all the spaces in between the bones where muscles and tendons will change through the years. Even the difference between a 6-year old and a 14-year old (lower right) is huge! Preschoolers have SO much development to do before they can write the way school-aged children or adults can! Please do NOT stress if your preschooler does not want to write or draw. Some love it and some don't. While they are growing, strengthen those little bones and muscles! Here are some great pre-writing, muscle-strengthening activities: * painting, drawing, coloring * playdough * tearing and cutting * gluing * poking holes in things (try toothpicks and paper!) * digging in dirt * building with LEGOS, marble runs, or other blocks * beading (try beads, cut straws, or even bobbins!) * puzzles * squeezing (try stress balls, squeezing water in a sponge, or using a pipette) * picking up and throwing balls (use different sizes!) * playing with toys (watch what their little fingers do when they pick up and move little cars, marbles, action figures, etc!) . These all strengthen and help develop little hands, muscles, and bones. When they are physically ready to write, it will be so much easier than if they were pushed when they didn't want to and weren't ready! <3

14.01.2022 Working together to build a block city in the sunshine

14.01.2022 Today the Senior Toddler children explored with the coloured blocks to look at shadow on tbe paper, and how the sun shines through the colours.

13.01.2022 Why try to explain miracles to children when you can just have them plant a garden

13.01.2022 It was so great to have the local fire brigade out to talk to the children about "stop, drop and roll" and what to do in a fire. We practice our fire drills regularly at the centre to prepare the children in case there is ever a fire, so it was great for them to see the fire truck and learn about how the firemen put out the fires. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services - QFES

12.01.2022 Today the Nursery children explored with a sensory experience of cooked porridge and plain rolled oats. Some loved the smooshy porridge and others loved just eating it all!!

12.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all of our amazing Dads. Hope you have relaxing day with your families

12.01.2022 Today our Kindergarten and Pre Kindergarten children held their own ANZAC service where they pinned the poppies that they made on their chests, and laid their wreaths under the flag. We talked about the soldiers that were so brave and how we show them respect by having a minute silence while the Last Post is played

11.01.2022 Thank you to the beautiful Mum who made our educators cupcakes today. Mondays definitely need cupcakes

11.01.2022 This will be a great webinar to help families support their children with their emotions

10.01.2022 Safety is such an important part of every child's life. Today we had a visit from the Gold Coast life gaurd service who taught the children all about beach safety.

09.01.2022 Thank you to all of our wonderful families that wrote thank you notes this week. All of the staff have stopped to read your notes and have really appreciated your kind words. We love our children and families!!!

08.01.2022 Happy Easter We hope you have a lovely day with your families

07.01.2022 Our lovely Toddler children spent time today matching colours and extending on their fine motor skills with threading activities. Very clever

06.01.2022 Our Kindy children wrote a book called "Were going on a Gruffalo hunt!". After writing and illustrating the book the children got to go on a Gruffalo hunt. They were so excited to finally find the gruffalo hiding in a cave!!

06.01.2022 NAIDOC week 2020. Always Was, Always Will Be.

06.01.2022 Miss Dallas tried to join the baby train...turns out the baby train wasnt designed for adults

06.01.2022 Our Toddler children have been looking at different animals and what sound they make. Today they also spent time drawing their favourite animals with their friends

06.01.2022 Chemistry with our Kindy children

05.01.2022 Lest we forget

04.01.2022 Our toddler children love story time with Miss Nicola, reading books help the children to develop their colour recognition, counting and language skills. Before long we burst into song, singing a range of nursery rhymes.

04.01.2022 Today we had our op shop Melbourne Cup fashion parade and got cheered on by all the children! After our parade the Kindy children went and got dressed up in their room and wanted to have their own fashion parade for the teachers. So much fun!!!

02.01.2022 Yesterday while exploring the Kindy gardens I came across the cutest little animals

02.01.2022 Painting nature pictures in the winter sunshine

02.01.2022 Today the Kindergarten children took turns in completing science experiments with water, oil and vinegar. They measured, smelt, mixed and observed the reactions of the different substances together.

01.01.2022 Cubby house fun with the Toddlers

01.01.2022 Today our Pre Kindy children collected items from our garden and then used recycled boxes to make bird feeders. Once they were finished they found the perfect places to put their bird feeders to feed all the birds that have made our gardens their home.