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Journey Early Learning Banyo

Locality: Banyo

Phone: +61 7 3102 1303

Address: 382 Tufnell Rd 4014 Banyo, QLD, Australia

Website: https://journey.edu.au/centre/banyo/

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25.01.2022 Weve received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from those who joined us on Tuesday night for our first Journey x Wholesome Child webinar. If you missed out on the webinar, we recorded it so you can view it at a time thats convenient for you and your family. Click here to view: https://register.gotowebinar.com/record/6618049955809212166 Wholesome Child has also just launched the Wholesome Child Academy, which offers parents a range of whole food courses developed by Founder, Mandy Sacher. For all Journey parents, Wholesome Child has generously offered a 20% discount off all Wholesome Child courses using the coupon code JOURNEY20! For more information and to sign up to the academy, visit www.wholesomechild.com

25.01.2022 Eating fresh produce is important when trying to boost veggie intake, and enjoying fresh, seasonal produce is something we focus heavily on at Journey. Making fresh produce go the distance is so important to ensure you can get the most out of your weekly shop. Our Nutrition Week hack of the day is brought to you by Wholesome Child! We hope you find these tips on how to keep produce fresher for longer helpful. If you have more tips of your own, we’d love for you to share below!

25.01.2022 This week we celebrated St Patrick's day, we had all things Irish, including having a beautiful beef stew for lunch while we learned about the language and culture.

24.01.2022 Should Mission wraps remain on the shelves or go in your trolley? Whats the healthiest option for your family? Find out from Mandy on Tuesday night which wraps Wholesome Child prefers and why. Follow this link to register: www.bit.ly/JELwebinarWC

24.01.2022 As Harmony Week draws to a close, we thought we’d share a bright orange recipe from Wholesome Child! Copy this link into your browser for a delicious Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup! www.wholesomechild.com/recip/sweet-potato-and-coconut-soup/ Wholesome Child is an invaluable resource to our centres and has a range of culturally diverse food perfect for celebrating our vibrant and multicultural country. #harmonyweek

24.01.2022 The Easter break and Term 1 School Holidays begin next week, and we understand this can be a very busy time of the year for families. This is a quick reminder that if you need extra care during the holidays, you can always quickly and easily see our upcoming vacancies and book an extra day using the KindyNow App. App Store: bit.ly/kindynowi Google Play Store: bit.ly/kindynowa

24.01.2022 Our nursery babies have recently shown lots of interest in sensory play + playing outdoors. Taking this into consideration lots more outdoor time and different sensory activities have been added to the program. These activities help to expand on the children social interactions and physical wellbeing.

24.01.2022 It’s the first day of our 5 Days of Christmas Treats with Wholesome Child and we have a delicious gingerbread granola recipe for you. Enjoy!

23.01.2022 Our favourite campaign is back, with DOUBLE the benefit! If you Refer a Friend to our amazing centre and they enrol, you will BOTH be rewarded with a $300 Journey credit. Its that simple, and theres no limit to the number of families you can refer. The enrolment credit for all new families is only valid until the end of September, so secure your enrolment today to avoid missing out. Get sharing!

23.01.2022 Parachute Fun Since the weather has began to get a cooler during the day, this week the toddler 2 children had lots of fun adding new . indoor group actives to their play experiences.

23.01.2022 Our centre leadership team have ongoing training to enhance their skills and are given the tools to lead a unified centre team. We focus on the 4 C's - Collaboration, Creativity, Communication and Critical thinking. Hazel, Cat and Natasha will be attending monthly leadership training days. Thank you to the Journey Leadership team, Ryan Meldrum, Corina Black, Brodie Tebbutt and Anthony Smith for facilitating their ongoing professional development.

23.01.2022 This week we have been focusing on setting up outdoor activities for the children to engage in. So far they have enjoyed coloured bubbles, foil painting, and track painting with rolling pins and play-dough cutters. We hope everyone enjoyed their week just as much as we did!

22.01.2022 What does Harmony Week mean to you? To us, it’s about ensuring everyone feels a sense of belonging at our centre. #harmonyweek

22.01.2022 This week we have planned activities for reconciliation week (27th May to 3rd June), which is a journey for all Australians as individuals, families, communities, organisations and importantly as a nation. At the heart of this journey are relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. During this week we have listened to lots of dream-time stories, practiced out fine motor skills and experienced some sensory activities that built on our knowledge of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture. - Toddler 1

22.01.2022 Rain rain don't go away because we love to watch and play. We love being able to experience all different types of weather and connect with nature through play.

21.01.2022 Our partnership with Wholesome Child goes beyond the kitchen at our centres. We are excited to bring to our Journey families the first Journey x Wholesome Child webinar! Focussing on the weekly shopping trip, Mandy will talk us through her top supermarket tips. Stay tuned

21.01.2022 It's National Nutrition Week! This week, we're excited to be sharing a series of recipes, tips and tricks, and fun facts brought to you by Wholesome Child. We would love to hear from you, comment below a photo of your Wholesome Child treat or maybe share your nutrition hack!

21.01.2022 Welcoming Journey Banyos newest team member; Natasha Hi, my name is Natasha Merckel and Im thrilled to join Journey Early Learning Banyo as the Centre Chef. My food philosophy is based on fresh, wholesome produce, cooking recipes from scratch and developing flavours from herbs and spices. I believe that fresh, wholesome meals are complimented by the eating experience which leads to rich social interactions we all enjoy. Im excited that Journey partners with Wholesome Chil...d as my food philosophy aligns with their mission statement. I am a qualified Food Safety Supervisor and will ensure that every child has a safe food experience. I am honoured to be part of the childrens food journey and look forward to helping the children develop their palate, develop a good relationship and understanding of food and good food behaviours to carry into their adulthood. I extend an open invitation to you to discuss your childs food needs, you are welcome anytime. See more

20.01.2022 The Nursery children have been building and developing on their sensory skills with finger painting and bubble wrap. Throughout the week educators have planned a variety of learning experience for the children with different ways to use bubble wrap.

19.01.2022 "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island." Walt Disney. We have had a wonderful week at Journey Banyo celebrating Book Week and dressing up as many different wonderful book characters. Everyone put in such a fantastic effort! We had so much fun learning while engaging in fun literacy based experiences.

19.01.2022 It’s the third day of our 5 Days of Christmas Treats with Wholesome Child and we have a handy hack for you! When baking cookies with your children, make a hole at the top of the cookie and when it’s cooked, thread ribbon through and use them as delicious decorations for the tree!

18.01.2022 It’s #harmonyweek. Join hands with us this week as we celebrate Australia’s incredible cultural diversity.

17.01.2022 Here at Journey Banyo, we love encouraging children to eat healthy and try new things. In Toddler One, we love to cook and eat all the healthy foods we make. This week, we worked together, taking turns and using our fine motor skills, to make beautiful rainbow pizzas that had lots of different coloured veggies. Who doesn't love a pizza party with friends?!

17.01.2022 We love being able to share in the family moments that our families upload onto Storypark . Here is one of our Kindy friends making our educators some very special bath salts, using lavender from their own garden, rose petals from their grandparents garden and mixing them all together with oils, salt and love. At Journey Banyo we love being sustanable wherever possible and absolutely love it when our families are too, using reclaimed itams for the wrapping and last years Christmas cards cut into gift tags in order to limit waste and the effects on the planet. On behalf of all the Educators, we would like to say thank to all our families for their memorable gifts this Christmas. May all have a lovely Christmas and enjoy time with their loved ones

17.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all of the beautiful mother figures in our lives! If you cant squeeze them today, tag them in the comments below and tell them just why you love them

16.01.2022 Stuck on gift ideas? Here are 5 delicious treats you can make with your children to give as gifts this Christmas! Thanks Wholesome Child for the idea! Click here: https://www.wholesomechild.com/5-edible-christmas-gifts-ma/

16.01.2022 The Kindergarten children who are off to school next year received their; Journey backpack, hat and water bottle last week, to help prepare them for their schooling years ahead next year!

16.01.2022 Toddler one love learning about colours, we also love painting so today we made our own interpretation of a rainbow. What beautiful creations and a great way to spark conversations about colours and allow them to be creative

16.01.2022 Were getting excited, keep watching this space!

16.01.2022 Journey Early Learning Banyo is proud to announce our 2nd Birthday! It feels like only yesterday that we opened our centre to the lovely community of Banyo, we have created some beautiful relationships with our children and their families. We are so grateful for all our families that have put their trust in us to care for their children. In addition, we would like to also thank all our wonderful staff for their love, dedication and commitment to provide the best care for all... children at Journey Banyo What's your favourite moment? Happy Birthday Banyo

14.01.2022 Partnerships with families are very important to us at Journey Banyo! One of our families provided resources for us to create ‘The Celery Experiment.’ Our little scientists set up the resources; filling jars with water and adding the food colouring and the celery stalks to the water. Together, we predicted what we thought might happen. We discovered that the celery drank the water, colouring its stalk and leaves the colour of the water, it was a great way to visually explore how plants water themselves.

14.01.2022 Show and Share Each month the children in the Pre-Kindy and Kindy Room are invited to share something that represents our topic of the month with their educators and friends. This month, the topic was "What do you want to be when you grow up?". We had an incredible Show and Share day, with many family members attending, sharing with us what they do for work.

14.01.2022 KindyNow bookings are back! When life gets a little extra busy, you can instantly secure an extra day through the KindyNow App. Whether you have last minute work to do, an appointment to attend or need to take some time out to do something for yourself, were here to lend a helping hand. With KindyNow, you can simply view our last minute vacancies from the convenience of your mobile phone and instantly book an extra day. Download the free app to get started: http://kindynow.com/download

14.01.2022 At Journey, we create an environment where everyone feels welcome and safe. You could say every week is #harmonyweek

14.01.2022 To support the Pre-Kindy/Kindy Room childrens social and emotional development, we have been exploring what kindness and friendship means. We have read lots of excellent stories like Why Cant I Play? by Elizabeth Hawkins and The Red Feather by Ben Kitchen to stimulate discussion and awareness of others and their actions. It is important to provide children with the tools they need to self-regulate and to successfully engage with others. We have also introduced Pete the Cat (created by James Dean) to assist us in learning about resilience.

14.01.2022 Welcome back for our second handy hack of Nutrition Week! Cooking with children is a brilliant way to increase their willingness to try new foods. By turning cooking into fun sensory play with no pressure to try what is made, children often surprise you with their curiosity and enthusiasm to give new foods or textures a go. But we get it, it can be messy and so is often avoided! Paediatric Nutritionist and Founder of Wholesome Child Mandy Sacher, has the following advice, when cooking with kids at home, try prep ingredients in the sink to make the clean up a breeze! This is how I love cooking with my own children and it makes the mess no fuss at all. Another fun and easy strategy to encourage fussy eaters to try new foods is by using cookie cutters to turn things like cheese slices and sandwiches into their favourite shapes.

13.01.2022 Securing an extra day has never been easier with the KindyNow App. Download the free app to instantly view vacancies in your childs room and book an extra day at the click of a button: http://kindynow.com/download

12.01.2022 Our team at Banyo are always keeping our skills up to date to ensure your children are in the best hands. Thank you to our wonderful trainers at Fire EMT and Hero Headquarters for facilitating training.

12.01.2022 I love our family connection here at Banyo. Natasha received some lovely fresh produce from a familes home garden. Some flat leaf parsley, a beautiful accompaniment to the chicken and pasta dish being served for lunch

12.01.2022 ABCits easy as 123! This week, weve been doing a variety of different experiences to help the children learn to recognise the letters of the alphabet! The Kindy children have been very engaged in exploring letters on the light box; examining their shape and tracing them with their fingers, engaging in pre-writing. Theyve also been fishing for letters using magnets!

11.01.2022 For our final post of National Nutrition Week, we’re excited to share another Wholesome Child recipe with you. We’ve gone with an absolute crowd pleaser to finish the week off chicken nuggets! This chicken nugget recipe is gluten free, dairy free, nut free and can be altered to be egg free as well. It’s also easy to turn into a vegetarian recipe, but best of all, it’s packed with wholegrains, cauliflower and full of nutrition! Thank you for tuning into our National Nutrition Week posts. Have you enjoyed our handy hacks and wholesome recipes?! As always, please reach out to us if you have any questions regarding our Wholesome Child menu in the centre.

11.01.2022 Wow do we feel special!!!! Thank you so much to all our familes for the kind words,gifts and treats provided today to celebrate Early Childhood Educator Day. It is such an honour to be part of a childs early learning journey. Thank you

11.01.2022 This month, Toddler 2 have brought back cooking experiences with a twist! The children spent the morning learning about fire safety before using the camp stove to help make some flapjacks!

10.01.2022 To support the many Journey families in lockdown across Australia, were pleased to announce two upcoming family webinars . Please see below information for each webinar and registration links. Thursday, 20 August, 1:00pm: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarWC Thursday, 27 August, 1:00pm: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarQC

10.01.2022 In Toddler one our focus is to build strong relationships with our children and our friends. We love helping our friends and cheering them up when they are sad, we make sure our friends have their belongings like their hats or their water bottles when outside. Spending time with those who make us happy and care for us make our days so wonderful.

09.01.2022 Some of you may have seen our Acknowledgement wall in the foyer with a beautiful piece of art work. This was a custom made piece for us, created by a lovely lady named Carol Ferguson. Carol is an Aboriginal woman descended from the WakkaWakka, GabbiGabbi and Bigambul tribes. She has a great love of Aboriginal art that was passed on to her from her father, Robin O'Chin, an Aboriginal artist, well known for his traditional paintings, and creation of artifacts and carvings. Haze...l met Carol 8 years ago when she lived in the beautiful opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, and have continued to be inspired by her creations, that can be seen in art galleries in NSW and Queensland. We believe as a centre that it is important to honour and acknowledge the first custodians of the land. Carol and her family have roots in Brisbane, which enabled her to create a very unique piece for us, with great meaning behind every brush stroke.

09.01.2022 Outer Space Lately we have been very interested in planets and space. The Toddler 2 children have been looking at the Solar System and the different planet sizes. We used ball rolling to make our own planets and have been painting a large box black to make into a spaceship. These activities have helped the children to extend on their fine motor skills.

08.01.2022 Reconciliation Week (27th of May - 3rd of May) "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." - https://www.reconciliation.org.au/national-reconciliation-/ To encourage the children engaged in this we set up a collage activity and they created their own look on the Aboriginal flag.

07.01.2022 This month the kindy children have been learning the cycle of a broad bean. After placing the seeds into bags of cotton wool and watching the beans sprout, the children had fun planting them into the outside gardens. This experience allows the kindy children to watch the beans grows from a seed into a plant while taking responsibility of look after them by watering and providing sunlight.

07.01.2022 The children in each group were presented with a colourful bowl of fruit and vegetables, depicting the colours of the rainbow. They were invited to create a group painting expressing their interpretation of ‘eating a rainbow’. The children were provided with various resources such as paint, edible paint (made of fruit and veggie peel) and the peel and core of an abundance of fruit and vegetables. This created beautiful colours and textures. The children worked together, encouraging each other in their ideas, inspiring each other to create, sharing resources and taking turns. The end results are so beautiful.

07.01.2022 Authentic experiences, in which the children can explore Indigenous culture, have been embedded into the Pre-Kindy/Kindy Room program. In recent months the children have used symbols in storytelling, as well as creating their own interpretations by drawing in sand/on paper and making them with play dough. We investigated animal tracks, using photos from camping trips, and had many animal hunts! We also shared some dreamtime and Indigenous stories, as well as Indigenous art pieces.

05.01.2022 Great to see so many diverse jerseys on everyone!!! All in the name of raising awareness of Organ donation!!!! For more information go to jerseyday.com.au or register at donatelife.gov.au

04.01.2022 Over the last couple of weeks the children in the Nursery have shown a great interest in puzzles. Its amazing what little minds are capable of! Puzzles help the children improve their cognitive skills, problem solving abilities and hand-eye coordination.

04.01.2022 This week in Toddler 1, the children have been taking a little extra time after meals to work on their self-help skills! A bucket of warm soapy water was filled up and the children were given a cloth to wipe down their bowls. Everyone was very eager to have a go and all were super excited to see a new activity introduced to their routine.

03.01.2022 Are you notifying absent and making bookings through the KindyNow App? If not, now is your chance! Every booking or absence notified before March 25 = one entry into the competition

03.01.2022 Here's our first Nutrition Week handy hack! Switching to whole grains is the easiest way to make a positive nutritional impact to your children’s diets. This means swapping refined grain products for whole grain alternatives and is as simple as choosing brown rice over white rice, whole grain oats instead of processed oats, or wholemeal bread instead of white bread. Always read the nutrition label and look for the word whole in front of wheat or the grain. And watch out fo...r misleading labelling such as mixed grain. To find out more about how to read nutrition labels and make some simple swaps to boost your family’s nutrition, you can sign up to The Wholesome Child Academy for free, and go through Mandy’s complimentary Wholesome Shopping course. Click here to register: www.academy.wholesomechild.com/register/ Wholesome Child

02.01.2022 #harmonyweek. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. Sounds just like us.

02.01.2022 To help support children’s self-help skills, here at Journey Banyo we offer them the opportunity to serve morning and afternoon tea themselves. Self-serving gives the children the chance to be independent, while letting them pick and choose what they would and would not like to eat.

02.01.2022 This week the nursery children enjoyed getting hands on making play-dough! To minimise the spread of germs, while still allowing the children to enjoy the sensory experience, they each had their own portions and played with it in their highchairs next to their peers.

02.01.2022 Its your final chance to register for our Wholesome Child Webinar this afternoon, beginning at 1:00pm. Click the following link to register if you havent already: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarWC

02.01.2022 One of our wonderful parent’s visited Pre-Kindy/Kindy to teach us about washing our hands. As a nurse, our parent was able to provide the children with important information about why we need to keep our hands clean. The children applied a special cream and used a black light to visually see the germs on their hands. They then washed them and checked under the black light again to see if they were using the correct hand washing technique!

01.01.2022 Its your final chance to register for our Journey x Wholesome Child webinar! Tonight, Mandy will demonstrate how to read and understand ingredient lists and nutrition panels. She will also talk us through how to make healthy snacking choices and discuss the benefits of wholegrain food . We love our partnership with Wholesome Child and look forward to sharing this with our families. Register here: www.bit.ly/JELwebinarWC to tune in at 7:30pm tonight!

01.01.2022 Only two days left and we’re excited to share with you the recipe to a Christmas favourite fruit mince pies ! Thanks Wholesome Child! Swipe for the full recipe.

01.01.2022 This week Toddler 1 explored their sense of smell by mixing spices into white paint. We used cinnamon, sweet paprika and turmeric and each of the spices turned the paint a different colour! The end result looked amazing and made the room smell incredible!

01.01.2022 We’re excited to kick off nutrition week with this easy recipe for healthy Mac ‘n’ Cheese cupcakes by our nutrition partner Wholesome Child. This week is all about focusing on supercharging our children’s meals with as much nutritional value as possible, and these are a brilliant way to get some sneaky veggies in, in a fun and child-approved way! Boosting children’s health and wellbeing through fresh, delicious and healthy meals is something we pride ourselves on at Journey, and we’re so excited to share some tips directly from our Paediatric Nutritionist, Mandy Sacher, with you this week. Stay tuned!