Rainbow Town Early Learning Centre

If you haven’t heard already this week is NAIDOC week!

This years theme is - GET UP, STAND UP, SHOW UP!

“What is NAIDOC Week? NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is celebrated by all Australians and is a great opportunity to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.”

One of the first things your can learn is… what country do I work/live on? And for us at Rainbow Town it’s the Kombumerri Country!

Want to know more?? Ask our educators what we will be exploring this week! 🔴🟡⚫️

Happy NAIDOC Week❤️💛🖤
Here on the Gold Coast we are celebrating on Kombumerri Country!
[Artwork by Rachael Sarra]

From interest to intentional teaching moments! 🙌🏻

Educators supported the children in exploring their very important role of taking care of our environment!

The children engaged in real-life play whilst developing our ever important fine-motor skills with tongs to collect the litter in the “ocean.”

Educators took this opportunity to scaffold a deeper understanding of marine life, how we can care for them and what to do with litter through meaningful conversations.

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At its heart, reconciliation is about strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, for the benefit of all Australians.—Reconciliation Australia Wingaru Education

If you are looking for a service to pay respects today this is a great list.

Full list of Anzac Day Services for the Gold Coast.

Lest we forget.

We hope everyone had a happy and safe long weekend and were ready to take on the world today!
Did the Easter Bunny visit your family? 🐰

Did you know there is lots of ways to use your child’s Easter eggs as a play based learning experience?
🐰 Sorting and categorising eggs in to size, colour and pattern etc.
🐰 1:1 correspondence counting
🐰 Addition and subtraction e.g “How many do you have after you share 2 with me?”
🐰Reusing and recycling the foil through art and craft!
🐰 Adding chocolate to baking and cooking experiences!

Here are some pics of our Easter Egg hunt on Thursday! We were so lucky for the Easter bunny to find us at Rainbow Town!

Not one but two caterpillars!
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This morning we were excited to discover that there were 2 caterpillars left to munch on the leaves over the weekend!

Throughout the morning, the Kagaru children noticed that one of the caterpillars was making a cocoon! The children began to watch the cocoon form throughout the day.

On Tuesday we observed the other caterpillar changing shape. Educators encouraged investigation and predictive thinking as to what might be happening?

👀 Keep an eye out to see what happens next...

Are you excited about the long weekend?
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Just a reminder that we are closed Good Friday and Easter Monday, opening back up for Tuesday!

Did you know that we have bush tucker throughout our gardens? 🌱🌱

Have you seen any? If so what have you found?

Including bush tucker in our environment is a great way to support the children in developing a deeper connection to country!

Exploring bush tucker through conversations, cooking and/or play, can encourage wonder and interest about our nations first people!
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Introduce students to the concept of bush tucker with one of our many lessons exploring this topic. These lessons are jam-packed with resources to have you confidently this topic with your kids, including:⁠
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⚫️ Curriculum-aligned lesson plan and outcomes⁠
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⚫️ Authentic and accurate content⁠
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🟡 Exclusive video, digital activities and printable classroom resources⁠
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🟡 Cultural guidance and ways to connect with the local Aboriginal community⁠
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🔴 Real time markbook⁠
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🔴 Engaging, interactive easy-to-use format⁠
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Don't have Wingaru Kids? Learn more about Wingaru Kids through our 10-day free trial. Sign your school up today at https://www.wingaru.com.au/wingaru-kids-trial.html and see how we can help you to include more Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspectives in your classroom.⁠
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Bush Tucker lessons are also available on Wingaru Kids for Home Education. Click more at https://www.wingaru.com.au/wingaru-home-education.html

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Learning through play at its finest!

Here we have some of the children from our Kagaru room dressed up as beautiful butterflies!

The children were encouraged to explore previously learnt knowledge about the caterpillar’s life cycle through creativty!
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Educators observed the children scaffolding their learning through role-play.

Would you like a better understanding of your child/children? How can you support them further? What are some positive ways to respond in difficult times?

The Circle of secuirty program can help you!

Check out the details below and make sure you book as spots are limited.
☎️56449100

Recently the Kagaru/Kindy room have been exploring animals and their life cycles.

To continue diving into this exciting subject, Miss Rachael was kind enough to bring in her guinea pigs from home! The children were excited to experience hands on learning in a safe and respectful environment.

Developing deeper relationships with animals provides the children with opportunities to build more care, empathy and respect towards others!
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