Goodstart Early Learning Marleston

This morning, our Leadership Team participated in a thought-provoking professional learning session exploring the fundamentals of play. Facilitated by Hourglass Time Education, the training highlighted the complexity and depth behind the concept of “play” and its vital role in children’s learning and development.

Funded by Preschool Boost, this professional learning experience will further strengthen our leadership capacity to advocate for, support, and protect children’s right to play, ensuring we continue to provide rich and meaningful learning opportunities for all children.

We are closed on Monday 8th for kings Birthday. Enjoy your long weekend 😀

Yesterday, our centre had a wonderful visit from Peter at the Australian Worm Farm, where children engaged in hands-on learning experiences about composting and sustainability.

Our sustainability journey began early last year when KESAB supported us in establishing our compost bin and raising awareness among children and educators about the importance of composting.

During yesterday’s visit, Peter guided us in reflecting on our composting progress and encouraged children from our Toddler room through to Preschool to actively contribute to the process. It was incredible to see the children’s growing knowledge and understanding of how to care for compost and protect our environment through sustainable practices.

We’d like to thank City of West Torrens for supporting us through KESAB environmental solutions programs.

This week, our team engaged in a reflective staff meeting where we critically reflected on the Goodstart READY principles — Relationships with children, Enabling environments, Attentiveness, Dialogue, and Young citizens. Together, we explored how we embed the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations into our daily practices to ensure children’s safety, wellbeing, and sense of belonging remain at the heart of all we do.

As a team, we also explored the Goodstart Protective Strategies Kit to strengthen our knowledge and empower children by building their protective factors from an early age. Through our play-based curriculum across the centre, we intentionally embed these strategies while respecting, valuing, and acknowledging each child holistically.