Goodstart Early Learning Wantirna

THE MEN’S SOCCER WORLD CUP IS HERE! ⚽🌍

At our service, we’re getting into the soccer spirit and celebrating the excitement of the World Cup!

Our Focus Book for this month is Luna Roo. Through stories, activities, and discussions, the children will explore the world of soccer and learn about the different countries participating in the tournament.

We’ll be discovering cultures, flags, traditions, and fun facts from around the globe while celebrating the world’s biggest football event together.

We’d love to make this even more fun with our families!

⚽ Does your child have a favourite soccer team or player? Let us know in the comments!

Let’s learn, explore, and celebrate together! 💛

🫓☕ ✨ We’re gearing up for our biggest morning, and we’d love to see you there!
It’s a chance to gather, chat, laugh, and enjoy a meaningful moment together as a community.
Come join us — your presence makes all the difference.

Dear Families,

Our Biggest Morning Tea is happening next Wednesday, 10 June, and we would love for you to join us!

Come along and enjoy some delicious food and drinks, connect with other families, have a chat with our educators, and help us support a wonderful cause.

📅 Wednesday, 10 June
📍 Goodstart Wantirna

Every donation, big or small, is greatly appreciated and will help make a difference.

We look forward to coming together as a community for a morning of connection, kindness, and fundraising.

Thank you for your support, and we can't wait to see you there! 💛

Dear Families,

We are excited to invite you to our Kindergarten Information Night at Goodstart Wantirna.

Come along to learn more about our Kindergarten program and how we support children to build confidence, independence, and school readiness.

✨ Meet our Kindergarten teachers
✨ Learn about our program and learning experiences
✨ Discover how we support school transition
✨ Ask questions about your child’s learning journey

All interested families are welcome to attend.

☕🎉 You’re Invited to Our Biggest Morning Tea! 🎉☕

Join us as we come together to support an important cause and raise funds for cancer research and support services.

This is a wonderful opportunity for our families, friends, and community to connect, enjoy delicious food, share a cuppa, and make a difference together. Every donation, big or small, helps support people impacted by cancer.

💛 Donations can start from just $1 — every contribution counts! Whether you can give a little more, a little less, or simply come along to enjoy the morning tea and support the event, your presence means so much.

We encourage everyone to invite friends and family to join us in supporting this meaningful cause. Together, we can help bring hope and support to those who need it most.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 10th June
☕ Event: Biggest Morning Tea
💛 Donation Link: https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/s/76674/152579

Bring your smiles, your appetite, and your support — we look forward to sharing this special morning with you all!

Australia's Biggest Morning Tea 2026 - Goodstart Early Learning Centre's Biggest Morning Tea Join me at my Biggest Morning Tea or donate online to help me reach my fundraising goal! Together, we can help Cancer Council raise much needed funds.

📚✨ Welcome to our Community Library at Goodstart Wantirna! ✨📚

Our Kinder teachers have created a special space for families to help extend the love of literature in children. This library corner works just like a real library, where children can explore and borrow books to enjoy both at the centre and at home.

We encourage you to promote this with your children and let them enjoy the magic of borrowing and reading. You’re also very welcome to contribute to our library corner by adding books your children love, helping us grow this shared space for everyone to enjoy! 💛

Come and explore our library with your little ones and share the joy of reading together.

🐠✨ Aquarium Update from Goodstart Wantirna ✨🐢

As some families may already be aware, our long-neck turtles have passed away and will not be returning, and our much-loved “our Golden Fishes,” Ana and Elsa, have also said their final goodbye. This gives us an opportunity to reflect with the children in a gentle and age-appropriate way about caring for living things and remembering the animals who have been part of our centre. 🐢💙🐟

After their departure, our aquarium was left empty and needed a little refresh and care before welcoming new friends. We took this as a wonderful opportunity to clean, reset, and prepare a fresh new home for some special additions to our centre. 🌿

We are excited to share that we now have 6 new golden friends joining our Goodstart family! 🐠✨ They are still settling into their space, and we are currently finishing the preparation of their new home, as well as waiting to choose their names. 💛

The children are already showing so much interest and curiosity as they watch our new friends adjust to their environment, and we look forward to this becoming another meaningful learning experience in our centre.

We can’t wait to introduce them properly once everything is ready! 🌊✨

🌱✨ Did you know we have our very own Community Garden at Goodstart Wantirna? ✨🌱

This beautiful space began around three years ago through the wonderful initiative of a couple of mums, with many other families and our educators are also contributing to bring the idea to life. It has since grown into a special place for our children to learn, explore, and connect with nature. 💛🌿💛🌿

Our garden is a shared community space, and we warmly invite our families to be involved. If you have any spare seeds, seedlings, herbs, or plants, you are welcome to contribute them to help our garden grow. Families are also welcome to take something from the garden to grow at home with their children, or to share ideas to help it continue improving every day.

Gardening is a beautiful hands-on experience that families can enjoy together. It gives children the opportunity to learn about nature, responsibility, patience, and where food comes from, while spending meaningful time with their loved ones. 🌼👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

We encourage you to continue this learning journey at home and enjoy the simple joy of growing, nurturing, and discovering together. 🌱✨

Happy Mother’s Day to all our wonderful mums and mother figures! 💐💛

Today we celebrate the love, care, support, and endless encouragement you give your children every day. At Goodstart Wantirna, we have created a beautiful Mother’s Day mural filled with special photos of our children and their mums. It is a reflection of the strong bonds, precious memories, and loving connections that make our community so special.

The children were so excited to see their family photos displayed and loved talking about the people who mean so much to them. Thank you for sharing these treasured moments with us and for being such an important part of your child’s learning journey.

We hope all our families enjoy a beautiful Mother’s Day filled with love, laughter, and special memories. 🌸✨