Goodstart Early Learning Craigieburn

🌸 Wishing Our Beautiful Emily All the Best! 🌸

As our wonderful Emily begins her maternity leave, we wish her a safe and smooth delivery as she welcomes her precious baby girl. 💕👶
We can’t wait to meet your little princess and wish Emily and her growing family all the love, happiness and special moments during this beautiful new chapter.

We’ll miss you, Emily!

Strong relationships are the foundation for confident, curious learners 💛

Goodstart’s key educator approach ensures every child is known, supported and feels safe - through consistent, nurturing connections with educators and meaningful partnerships with families. These bonds help build wellbeing, resilience and a true sense of belonging from day one.

Discover how this approach supports your child’s learning journey: https://brnw.ch/2

🥣 Discovering a Love for Cooking! 🥣
Our toddler children have been discovering their love for cooking as they took part in a fun scone-making experience! The children enjoyed feeling and exploring the dough before watching their scones bake. They were so excited to enjoy their delicious creations with jam for afternoon tea! 💕👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Did you know we invested $65.5M into our social purpose last year, a 14% increase on the year before? 👏 At Goodstart, we're proud of the impact we have on children, families and communities. As a not‑for‑profit, every dollar we earn is reinvested to improve outcomes – from high‑quality learning and educator development to extra support for children who need it most.
Because when we put children first, the impact goes further 💛

Our Pyjama Week at Goodstart Early Learning Craigieburn has been filled with fun, laughter and meaningful learning! 🌙💙
From our Nursery through to our Kindergarten rooms, the children enjoyed a variety of exciting activities, including creating sleep masks, sensory play, storytelling, movies, special themed meals, creative arts and crafts, and cosy group experiences. Pyjama Week was a wonderful opportunity to build friendships, spark imagination, and create lasting memories while supporting children's wellbeing and sense of belonging.
Thank you to all our families and educators for joining in the fun and helping make this week so special! 💤✨

At Goodstart Early Learning Craigieburn, keeping children safe is at the heart of everything we do.

Every day, our educators create a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment through active supervision, ongoing safeguarding practices, and strong partnerships with families. Together, we empower children to feel safe, respected, valued and heard because every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.

🧸😴 Pyjama Week Fun in the Kinder Room! 😴🧸

Our Kinder children had a wonderful time getting creative by designing and making their very own sleep masks as part of our Pyjama Week celebrations!
This hands-on activity encouraged children to express their creativity, strengthen their fine motor skills through cutting, decorating and assembling, and make choices about their unique designs. It also sparked conversations about bedtime routines, the importance of sleep, and how getting a good night's rest helps our bodies grow, learn and stay healthy.
We love seeing our little learners proudly wearing their personalised sleep masks and embracing all the fun that Pyjama Week has to offer!

We would Like to wish our wonderful educator Noura a very happy birthday for Monday! Thank you for all you do🎉

The research is clear 📚 reading aloud is one of the most powerful things we can do for our children.

When we read with a child, we’re doing far more than sharing a story. We’re building the foundations for language, confidence, curiosity and a lifelong love of learning.

Decades of research shows that children who are read to regularly:

💛 Build stronger language skills
Hearing rich varied language in books exposes children to far more words than everyday conversation alone. This growing vocabulary helps them understand, communicate and make sense of the world.

💛 Develop early literacy skills long before they learn to read
Through stories, children learn how books work – that print carries meaning, that pages turn left to right, and that stories have a beginning, middle and end. These early understandings make learning to read feel familiar and exciting.

💛 Strengthen phonological awareness
Rhymes, rhythms and playful sounds help children hear the building blocks of language.

💛 Grow their comprehension and thinking skills
Talking together about a story, predicting what might happen, wondering how a character feels, and connecting events to real life helps children develop memory, problem-solving, and higher-order thinking.

💛 Experience connection, comfort and joy
Shared reading fosters calmness, closeness, and moments of joint attention. These warm interactions support a child's sense of security and belonging.

Most importantly, children who experience positive, engaging reading moments from a young age are more likely to develop a genuine love of books - something that matters even more than early literacy skills alone.

Reading is simple, joyful, and sets children up for success in school and life.

Here is a list of some of our favourites below 👇

🧡Educator Spotlight of the Month!

Meet Eva! 🧡