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Goodstart Early Learning Warragul

Locality: Warragul, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5622 0900

Address: 201 Sutton Street 3820 Warragul, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 The Kinder Children have had a blast exploring this warm, sensory rich home corner. The mortar and pestles have provided a new and exciting element for children to explore. I wonder what will be added next to this beautiful space?

25.01.2022 BAW BAW FOOD RELIEF. By now most of our families have seen the abundance of food that Baw Baw Food relief provide us on a weekly basis. We know that some families my not feel comfortable taking food from our service and may even not feel comfortable to go directly into Baw Baw food relief either. The kind team at Baw Baw food relief are still here to help. If you need assistance you can call them on 56223891 to organise a private chat to organise a box of items over the phon...e! We are so incredible lucky to be able to connect with Baw Baw Food relief and know that it is making a huge difference in many of our families lives. The video below is something we have put together to show behind the scenes at Baw Baw Food Relief.

24.01.2022 Lucy is excited about our new chickens

23.01.2022 ELISSAS FAREWELL MORNING TEA From now until 10:00 were hosting a farewell morning tea to say goodbye to our much loved centre director, Elissa! We would love to see as many people as possible coming to say goodbye

23.01.2022 Hello to all our wonderful families, A reminder to all families that if you would like to see your childs beautiful face appear on our Facebook page to please fill out one of our Image and Media consent forms. Please find hard copies located in the foyer near the sign in area or print a copy yourself at home sign and bring back using the image attached! ... We hope you have a lovely Thursday

23.01.2022 Hello everyone, if you dont already know me, My name is Annie and Im the Pre-Kinder Teacher here at Goodstart Sutton Street and now the face behind our Facebook page which I aim to give a little refresh! Here I hope to share with you our educational programs in action, reminders of upcoming events, information regarding child development and any changes or updates regarding the centre! I also hope to add a little positivity to your news feed ... I cant wait for you all to see what we all have been up to! -Annie

22.01.2022 Bowling! Our Pre-Kinder children love playing group games together. Recently they have enjoyed our outdoor bowling! As well as providing children with an abundance of fun, this experience is enhancing many skills for children including developing children’s hand eye coordination, gross motor skills, and turn taking skills.

22.01.2022 Good afternoon families, We hope you are all well and keeping safe! As everyone knows by now Melbourne and Mitchel Shire have been put under strict stage three restrictions. You may not know but a few of our educators are commuting from these lock down areas to Warragul. We wanted to re assure you that these educators are doing their absolute best to keep themselves and others safe. Some of the things they are doing to do this is Wearing a mask within the designated area in...cluding to and from the Centre each day, wearing a mask if they leave the centre and visit any space within the Baw Baw shire and regularly washing and sanitizing their hands. You may have also noticed a few educators have been absent this week. We can assure you that they are all ok, but due to requirements and duty of care to the children, other staff and themselves, they have stayed away from the service whilst they undergo testing. If you have any queries or concerns regarding this please feel free to have a chat with one of our friendly management staff. Have a fantastic weekend!

21.01.2022 Australia Day Good morning families, I wanted to remind everyone that our service will be closed on Monday 27th January for the Australia Day public holiday. ... We will reopen on Tuesday 28th as normal, at 6:30am. We hope you all enjoy the long weekend. If you are traveling, please stay safe on the roads. Thank you, Management and Team.

20.01.2022 This weeks menu and a taste of one of our previous and much loved meals Lentil Bolognese

20.01.2022 Shaving foam truck print painting. Our Pre-Kinder children have been exploring different styles of painting using a variety of materials. Today to combine the children’s interest in cars, trucks and art expression, we created the shaving foam truck painting experience. The children enjoyed driving the trucks through the painted foam, exploring the different patterns each of the tires made. They especially loved being able to keep a copy of their track through the printing ...process. This experience provides many moments of learning for children including exploring patterns, senses and colour mixing as they drive the cars through various colours of paint. Through this experience, children are learning skills such as turn taking and sharing as they each waited patiently for their turn. As the children move the cars around the paint and engage in the print process, they are further developing their fine motor skills. We can't wait to continue to show you more of what's on off her at Goodstart Sutton Street!

20.01.2022 THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR AFTERNOON TEA Our amazing cook Leanne has made these amazing cakes for afternoon tea to celebrate book week! We cant wait to see what other amazing afternoon teas we have in store for the rest of the week

20.01.2022 BAW BAW FOOD RELIEF UPDATE We have been contacted by Baw Baw food relief who would like to remind and reassure everyone that if you are needing any assistance, please reach out and contact them on 56223891.

20.01.2022 We love outdoor play all year round The The Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne have conducted a survey with findings that the best way to avoid catching a cold is washing hands with soap and water, watch the news story for more information

19.01.2022 BOOK WEEK 2019 Next week we are celebrating Childrens Book Council of Australia Book Week. We would love to see as many educators and children dressed as characters from their favourite book throughout the week!!... #CBCA2019

16.01.2022 Here at Goodstart Sutton Street we strive to teach our children skills to become independent learners now and for the future! One of the ways we promote independent skill building is by encouraging our children to scrape and wash their own bowls after meal times. Adding this to the children’s daily routine, provides children a sense of importance and belonging. Through providing simple and meaningful moments like this, enhances children's confidence, self-esteem and self-help skills.

16.01.2022 Happy Halloween!!! The children and educators have enjoyed dressing up and exploring some exciting sensory experiences!!

16.01.2022 Community Pantry Our community pantry is full today! Brittany has brought in some eggs from her chickens at home and weve got some bread and treats from the food bank!

16.01.2022 Good afternoon to all our wonderful families. We want to say a BIG thank you to all our families who have provided suggestions for our new Winter Menu! We are currently in our third week of new meals and the children are absolutely loving the delicious dishes being served!... One of the childrens favorite meals so far is our chicken burrito bowls! We would also like to say a HUGE thank you to our amazing Chef Leanne for creating these incredible dishes. She spends countless hours ensuring that all our meals are nutritious and tasty, whilst also factoring in any dietary requirements and allergies that the children may have. We are still open for more suggestions for our other menus so please feel free to comment below, message or let us know when you come in. Have a wonderful weekend!

15.01.2022 RED NOSE DISCO - TOMORROW Just a reminder that tomorrow we are having our Red Nose Australia dress up and disco! We would love to see as many educators and children dressed in red, donations can be made in the jar at reception with all proceeds going to Red Nose

15.01.2022 Today some of our children enjoyed setting up a supermarket! Our educators have been saving different recycled materials from food packaging to help set this space up. After exploring these items the children helped their educators in creating the space. Once the space was set, the children were quick to grab their re usable bags, trolleys and baskets to shop at the new local store! Many of our children loved being the check out person, scanning each of the bar codes and asking "cash or card". Children are learning many skills through the supermarket set up. They are able to use real life items and reenact real life situations. Through interacting with their peers, children are able to further develop their social and language skills, building upon their confidence and ever growing vocabulary.

14.01.2022 FRUIT BARK Here at Goodstart Sutton Street we provide our children with a wide variety of nutritious and delicious meals. Our cook takes on board our families and educators ideas and suggestions to provide the children with meals they love! ... Our most recent addition to the menu is fruit bark! Deliciously creamy frozen yoghurt with mixed berries throughout cut into bite size piece it’s the perfect treat to accompany a bowl of fresh fruit! The children LOVED this little snack. This beauty is perfect on a warm sunny day to keep our little ones full of energy and nice and cool

14.01.2022 Providing children moments to investigate helps them to learn how things work, what things can do and why things happen. Here at Goodstart Sutton street, we provide many opportunities each day for the children in our care to explore and enhance these skills.

14.01.2022 R E D Our nursery children have begun exploring the primary colours. To implement this area of learning the educators have created a display of all things red. The children are able to freely explore this space on their own as well as with assistance from their educators. As the children explore this space with their educators they are exploring colour recognition as well as building on their vocabulary, learning new words. We are excited to see what the next colour exploration will be!

14.01.2022 Good morning all! We hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and hope you have managed to keep warm on this freezing cold day! A friendly reminder with these cold mornings and days to please ensure you pop appropriate clothing within your childs bag so they can continue to participate within our indoor and outdoor program! ... We hope you have a wonderful Monday!

13.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all of the wonderful Goodstart Warragul Sutton Street dads! > Share your photos here!

13.01.2022 Today we are celebrating Early Childhood Educators day! To say thank you to all our beautiful educators, our management team brought some delicious snacks and an inspirational keepsake each. This afternoon at pick up, take a moment to express your gratitude and appreciation for your childs educators. ... HAPPY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR DAY!

12.01.2022 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS DAY Yesterday we celebrated Early Childhood Educators Day to show appreciation to all of the wonderful educators we have at our service

11.01.2022 MAKE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY To all our beautiful families, we know right now times are really tough, the world looks really different these days which can cause us all too feel stress and anxiety. We want to make sure that you all are keeping safe and well. Apart from looking after our physicals selves through social distancing, wearing masks and staying home, we also need to ensure we arent overlooking our own mental health and our childrens mental health. ... Please, if you are struggling dont hesitate to reach out to us for a chat OR contact the trained counsellors at Beyond Blue on 1800-512-348

11.01.2022 Each week Charissa and a member of our staff head down to the Baw Baw Food Relief where they are greeted by many friendly faces including, Jan, Tim and Val, just to name a few. Jan and her team come in each week in their own time providing much needed relief to the local community. Every week we are given an abundance of food to bring back to the service which is placed in our community pantry for our families to take as they need.... We would like to extend our thanks to all those who have and continue to give their own time at Baw Baw Food relief. The work that you do for the community is invaluable.

10.01.2022 Hoping you all enjoy your Tuesday

10.01.2022 Our community Veggie Patch! Our new community Veggie Patch is up and running! We have been so incredibly lucky to have donations from our families and educators to help in the creation of our new patch! We are excited to work with children to enhance their kowledge of planting and sustainable practices. So keep an eye out on whats new and the progress of our produce!

09.01.2022 What's in the box? The 3-5 Kinder children were given a large box of things. The children were not told what was in it and neither were the teachers. Together the children took turns to guess What’s inside the box. The children were all engaged and enjoyed having a go at guessing what was in the box. Some of the guesses were:... A cat A dog A homemade cake A Tap because the one outside is broken A pillow This experience provides children the opportunity to practice their hypothesizing skills. The children were able to make their predictions using their logical thinking of how large the box was and what could realistically fit inside it. The children were able to take turns at making their prediction, and practicing raising their hand to make their guess! After the children had their guesses we showed the children the contents which included Pebbles, feathers, pine cones, buttons, hessian and hay. These resources will be used later on in some fun and new experiences! See more

09.01.2022 We decided to start our Diwali Celebrations early this year to ensure our beautiful director Lynne got to celebrate with us before some time off. Here is a video of some of our beautiful educators performing for the children!

09.01.2022 What kind of Wednesday will you have ?

08.01.2022 Good morning to all our beautiful families! Hoping you all had a lovely weekend enjoying the sunshine ! This is a friendly reminder to ensure your child is coming to care with the things they need to be sun safe :) ... 1. Tops that cover the shoulders and back 2. Sunscreen - if your child is irritated by the services sunscreen please bring in one from home 3. A bucket or legionaries hat (a hat with a flap to cover the neck area) We hope you all have a lovely week!

08.01.2022 Within our Gumnuts room (Nursery) the team have recently implemented an open ended Teddy bears picnic learning space. The educators provided the children plates, cups and cutlery for them to explore in their own individual way. The children have responded positively to the experience enjoying engaging in dramatic play. Dramatic play encourages the development of children's social and language development. It also provides children the opportunity to learn what is real and what is fantasy.

08.01.2022 Rainbow Bear Our wonderful educator Sarah reads us a Childrens Book Council of Australia Shortlisted Book for 2019, the gorgeous story of the Rainbow Bear

08.01.2022 DINOSAURS Recently in our Wattle (toddler 2) room the children have been exploring Dinosaurs. The educators have been providing various fiction and non fiction books for children to explore with each other, as well as some open ended Dinosaur themed resources! Many of the children have loved using the Dinosaur bones to create some music! We hope you all have a RAWRsome Tuesday!!

08.01.2022 Good morning families, This Friday join us for a bit of fun, as we come dressed as a pirates. You can even talk like a pirate too, if you like. Looking forward to seeing all Ye pirates on Friday

07.01.2022 Staff Intro Saturday Courtney - Administration Assistant On the 9th July we excitedly welcomed Courtney back from maternity leave!... Courtney is a mum of two children, Matilda and Hudson, as well as a wife to David. Courtney and her family live locally on a dairy farm and on the weekend she enjoys playing netball. In any spare time that Courtney has, she loves playing xbox! Courtney will be at our service on Thursdays between 8:30am and 5:00pm. If you see Courtney at our service, please say hello and make her feel welcome

07.01.2022 Friday Positivity Its all about how we talk to children.

07.01.2022 BOOK WEEK CONTINUED This week our educators have busy creating engaging spaces and experiences for our children to further explore some of our favorite books for book week. Gumnuts (Nursery): Mummy’s Little Bush Babies. The educators provided an open ended experience for the children to explore with a variety of natural and synthetic materials... Wattle (Toddler 2): Were Going on A Bear Hunt. Our educators created sensory tubs of all the different terrains from the book for the children to investigate. Banksia (Pre-Kinder): Pete The Cat, I Love My White Shoes Our Director Lynne first shared this book and the children loved the story. From here the educators created props for the children to retell the story practicing their sequencing and story- telling. Kinder- This Little Piggy Went Dancing and "The Three Little Pigs"- The children created different houses and piggy's using a variety of materials!

06.01.2022 Were looking for another teacher to join our team! Permanent full time; 38 hours a week. 41 place 3-5 room working alongside another ECT. Great community partnerships; donations from the foodbank, lots of excursions to different places within the community and much more.... Great relationship with the KISOs (Koori Inclusion Support Officers). Above award wages. If youd like more information or to apply, head to: https://careers.goodstart.org.au//WARRAGUL-Teac/580006300/

06.01.2022 Childrens Christmas party 2019

06.01.2022 Happy Wednesday folks! Hoping you all enjoy this gorgous wheather that mother nature has on offer for us today!

05.01.2022 Ensuring that each of our educators feel welcome and have a sense of belonging to our Sutton Street family is something we strive for each and everyday. Today our educators were able to keep a quote from a childrens book that spoke to them whilst they indulge in a sweet treat!

05.01.2022 Dear families, Please have a look at Story Park to access the 2021 Care requirement and holiday forms as well as the 2021 Kindergarten information forms. Any questions or queries can be directed to our management team either in person or over the phone on 56220900

04.01.2022 Families with children enrolled in kinder programs at Victorian Goodstart centres will benefit from a saving of up to $2000 in 2021. Talk to us to understand how to use this subsidy to give your child the best outcomes.

03.01.2022 Book week in Acacia room! Each year since 1945 Children’s Book council of Australia has bought children and books together across Australia through book week! This year’s theme for book week is Curious Creatures, Wild minds! To celebrate, the Acacia room has been inspired by the popular children’s book The Gruffalo and created their own Gruffalo Cave for the children to explore. The children have also been busy creating their own curious creatures using clay!

03.01.2022 VOLCANO Within the service we provide a wide variety of experiences which are guided by children’s interest. Recently we have had a group of children interested in volcanoes. The children first showed their emerging interest of volcanoes within our sandpit where they built and created multiple volcanoes using water and sand. To extend upon their interest, our educators provided the children with the resources to create a volcano which erupts!... Whilst the experience itself seems quite simple, the learning that occurs during this experience is immense. Children are learning about scientific terminology for example, ingredients, experiment and reaction. Children are using their hypothesizing skills, observing chemical reactions and gaining further understanding of cause and effect. The video below shows the sheer excitement each of the children shared during the eruption!

03.01.2022 GREEN. Using a variety of loose parts, our Centre director Lynne has created this incredible green themed discovery table In our gathering space. Loose parts play provides opportunities for children to develop their imagination and connects children to reality and the real world. Loose parts play also provides language- rich play where vocabulary and conversation are the forefront.

03.01.2022 A great video to share with your children before the warmer weather arrives!

02.01.2022 Good afternoon families. You will have seen the trolley and the purple wheelie bin outside as you walk to the door. This is our new lost property. Please feel free to have a look through both of these for any of your child’s clothing that may have been misplaced. The educators have been adding to this regularly.

02.01.2022 OUR NEW CHICKENS Were super excited to welcome our two new silkies to the Sutton Street Team! The Black bearded silkie has been named Stella and we are still looking for suggestions for our Grey non bearded silkie so comment your suggestions!

02.01.2022 Dear families, We would officially like to welcome you to the new year! We hope you have all had or are looking forward to some time off to recoup from what was a busy 2020! Keep posted on here and on Story Park to see some amazing things that the educators have planned for the children in the year ahead!... Let us know what you have planned for this year in the comment section below!!

01.01.2022 Good afternoon, Just a friendly reminder to all our families before free childcare ends on 13th of July, please ensure your child enrollment is confirmed through Centrelink as if it isnt, you may incur full fees. Please let us know if you have any questions or queries, we will be more than happy to assist.

01.01.2022 BOOK WEEK 2019 To start bookweek, Sharee has created this amazing Were Going on a Bear Hunt experience for the Acacia Room! It looks amazing and the children are loving it