Goodstart Early Learning Aitkenvale

What a way to end the week!

Its Pyjama Day on Friday
Come dressed in your PJ'S for National Pyjama Day
National Pyjama Day (officially held on Friday 24 July, 2026) is all about wearing your favourite pair of PJs to help The Pyjama Foundation raise much-needed awareness and funds for children in foster care.

Messy Play in the Park
27th July

Check out the details below

Wear your brightest colours, we're having a rainbow themed Messy Play 🌈

📍 9 - 11am, Monday 27 July at Rupertswood Park, Alice River

You can expect:
🌈 Rainbow sensory rice
🌈 Rainbow slime
🌈 Rainbow playdough
🌈 Rainbow painting
..plus lots of other sensory, craft and baby play activities.

Mobile Library and coffee van onsite too.

View the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ak8bxFb3w

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 👇

The ripening of the passion fruits is underway!

Kindy 1 and Kindy 2 are enthusiastic about observing the ripening process and examining their passion fruits' appearance.

Good Morning
Happy Tuesday

Join us tomorrow for Songtime in Deeragun 🌳🎶

8.30 - 11am, Monday 13 July at Broadmeadows Park

Play on the playground, borrow library books, explore the toys and activities, and join in the songs from 9.30 - 10am.

No bookings required, see you there 👋

Facebook event 👉 https://www.facebook.com/share/1d6aeZzP4S/

Happy Birthday Miss Claudia,
we hope your birthday weekend is filled
with joy and celebration 🎉🎉

Wishing Miss Leah a very Happy Birthday today
We hope you have a good day 🎉

If you go down in the woods today
your sure of a big surprise
if you go down in the woods today
you better go in disguise
For every bear that ever there was
willl gather there for certain because
today's the day the teddy bear's have the picnic

🐻 Kindy 1 and Kindy 2 Teddy Bear Picnic 🐻

Children are invited to bring along a teddy to join our morning tea picnic