Leanne Beecher
Leanne has worked in Child Care for 16 years, after completing her Advanced Diploma, and working as a Group leader for 6 years, she wanted to make a bigger difference to the community and became a Centre Manager. Leanne has been at Underwood Early Learning Centre for the last 7 Years. Leanne enjoys being a part of a dynamic team and helping pa...rents nurture the best out of their loved ones. More
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June Newsletter

From The Office  Welcome to the June newsletter. As the weather is cooling down please dress your children in layers so educators can remove/ add  clothes  as the temperature changes for outside play to inside.  Book Club   Book Club orders are due this Friday 14th June, each child received the catalog in their parent pocket.  Kindergarten Excursion   Kinder...
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Family Feedback

  Download PDF File Here   The national regulations require approved early childhood education and care services to have a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) A QIP is designed to help providers self assess their performance in delivering a quality education and care service and to plan for future service improvements. The purpose of our QIP is to guide quality improvements to our service, A ...
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January News

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2019, what an exciting year a head we have planned. A big welcome also to our new families, here's to many more years in the future. We value your input and need this to improve our service you the families. so please feel free to chat to me any time or drop me a line.  National Quality Standard The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a high national bench...
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Family Feedback

File Name: Parent-Feed-back-QA-2 File Size: 14 kb Download File The national regulations require approved early childhood education and care services to have a  Quality Improvement Plan (QIP)  A QIP is designed to help providers self assess their performance in delivering a quality education and care service and to plan for future service improvements. The purpose of our QIP is to g...
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December News

Welcome to the final newsletter of 2018! Wow this year has gone fast. First off I want to thank all out wonderful families for their support and help to make this a tremendous year, none of this would be possible with our you.  If you are planning on taking holidays over Christmas new year please fill in a holiday form and if you have any holiday leave left I will apply it to your a...
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Christmas / New Year Holidays

If you are planning on taking holidays over Christmas and New Year! please remember to fill in a Reduced Holiday Rate Application Form. Allowing 2 weeks for this to be processed and added to your account. The centre will be closed on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th December and then again on Tuesday 1st January 2019. You get 2 weeks at a discounted rate every calendar year, and your...
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November Newsletter

From the Office  Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on the week 19th November. Each teacher has allocated time in the mornings and or afternoon to meet with parents for 15 minute sessions. Please check in your child's room for the times available. If the time doesn't suit you are welcome to speak to the teacher and arrange another time.     Re Enrolment Forms for 2019 ...
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Christmas & Graduation Photos

Christmas & Graduation Photos are back and ready to be picked up from the office.
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Pyjama Picnic Party

The Kindergarten children have been looking at the letter P and  they have worked out that Pyjama Party and Picnic all start with the letter P, so of course they need to have a Pyjama Picnic Party on Wednesday 7th November.  Invitations  will be sent home next week. 
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Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will start on the 19th November and run all week. Please see the timetable in your child's room for available times to book your self in.  This is a great opportunity to speak with your child's teacher and   to see the progress your child has made during the   year and what to work on in the coming weeks and months.
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QLD Kindergarten Approved Program

 Underwood Early Learning Centre will be holding an information afternoon, on Thursday 8th November 2018, starting at 5pm, for children starting in our Kindergarten room in 2019. We invite all parents from the Pre Kindy room who's children birth date falls between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 to attend.  The afternoon will give everyone  an opportunity to meet Miss Natalie...
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Re Enrolment Forms

A friendly reminder re enrolment forms are due back ASAP. These forms need to be filled out for every family,  we need to know the days you would like in 2019, when you will be taking holidays and if your child is starting school in 2019, you need to fill in a termination form, other wise you will be charged up until school starts. these forms were emailed to all families on the 2/1...
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Kindergarten Acknowledgement forms

I have placed a Kindergarten Acknowledgement form into the parent pockets of the children that are old enough to attend our Kindergarten  program in 2019. if your child was born between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 they are eligible to move up to the kindergarten room in 2019, please make sure you fill in these forms and return back to me as soon as possible so we can book your chil...
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October Newsletter

Hello and welcome to all of our families. We have had a few change over the last month with Miss Mel going on her maternity leave early due to health reasons. The Toddlers and Junior Kindy rooms have joined together to make the Tweenies  room, they use the Junior kindy room for all of the noisy and  boisterous activities each day and the Toddlers room is a more calm room for sl...
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Kindergarten Excursion

 Woolworth's Fresh Food Discovery Tour Thursday the 27th September, the Kindergarten children will be going to Woolworths Kuraby Market Place to tour the Woolworths. Permission forms are now in your child's parent pockets in the room, please read these and sign and hand back to Miss Natalie as soon as possible.  Enter your text here ...
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September Newsletter

September Newsletter
From the Office  Welcome to our Spring newsletter and welcome to our families. I cant believe it is September already, where has this year gone. I think all of the class rooms are looking great at this time of year and we are ready for the warmer weather so we can do even more activities outside.  The Kindergarten have planned an excursion to Woolworth's at Kuraby on Thursday the 27th Se...
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Kindergarten & Pre Kindy Fathers day Morning

File Name: Father-day-invit_20180827-230856_1 File Size: 102 kb Download File  Morning for Dad in the Kindergarten and Pre -Kindy rooms please see your invitation in your parent pocket  
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Pyjama Day

Together with Mr Jason & Hee Dee Ho Music we are holding a PJ Party on Thursday 30th August. so come to school in your Pyjamas  
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August News

From the Office  This month we welcome back some old and new faces of our Educators. Miss Kirston and Miss Skye have both returned from maternity leave, and Miss Natalie is joining us as our new ECT in the kindergarten room, Miss Skye will be joining her in the kindergarten room, as Miss Tracey will be heading off on a month long holiday at the end of August for her daughters wedding.  D...
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Ekka Show Day

Underwood Early Learning Centre will be closed on Monday 13th August for the Ekka Show Day, this is because we are situated in Logan. The centre will be open on Wednesday the 15th of August when Brisbane has their show day holiday. In fact we have a great Incursion planned for the children with Belinda and Gecko from Revolution Learning on the Wednesday afternoon 
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Date Night

 We are holding another Date Night on Friday the 31st August. Start time is 6.30 pm till 9.30 pm cost for 1 child $30 2 children $50, 3 children $60. Sign up sheet is in the office now if you would like your child/children to attend. 
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July Newsletter

July Newsletter
Staff Changes   This month we welcome back Miss Kirston who will be returning  to work after maternity leave on the 16th July.   Miss Andrea will be leaving us on the 24th July to further her carer in teaching, we wish her all the success in the future. We are currently looking for a replacement teacher and as soon as I have a replacement teacher I will let ...
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Welcome to our June Newsletter

Nursery Toddlers Junior Kindy  Pre-Kindy Kindergarten ​ This month in the toddler room they have been following their interests. Such as music and balls with tunnels, these have been followed through out the month and continuing. The music area have been a favourite with all the children, adding in small guitars and even a child sized piano. We hope to keep going with this for as long as they...
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Photo Day

 Don't forget photo day is this Wednesday 6th June. If its not your child's day to attend care they are still invited to come along and be in the class photo or have individual photos taken. Group photo times are as listed  Nursery - 9 am with Miss Allison & Faysha  Toddlers- 9.30 am with Miss Chloe & Kanako Junior Kindy - 10 am with Miss Mel & Kelly  Pre Kindy - 10...
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Baby Play Group

 We are holding a Baby Play Group, at Underwood Early Learning Centre starting on Monday 4th June and every Monday after. We would like mums and dads to feel that they can come together as a group for support, help, advice or just a chat in our Nursery.  Start time is 9am till 11am with light refreshments available. 
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May Newsletter

Welcome to all of our wonderful families, and our new families. I hope this cold weather is seeing you all well? We have had a very busy month here at Underwood and May is going to be no different with lots on the agenda. First off I want to say Happy Mother's Day  to all the great mums out there, Im sure you all got spoilt by your loved ones. We certainly enjoyed our waffle morning, and...
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Mothers Day Morning Tea

 We are holding a Mother's Day Morning Tea on Friday the 11th May, starting at 9.30 am. We are inviting all of our wonderful Mother's and grandmothers along to share with us. Food will be served at 9.30 am so please be on time as the young children will not wait for their food. RSVP on the parent notice in your parent pocket by the 8th May , We hope to see you all there. 
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Mother's Day Morning Tea

​We invite all the Mother's and Grandmothers to join us on Friday 11th May at 9.30 am  to share waffles with the children. Invites will be in your parent pockets, please indicate numbers coming for catering.   
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Date Night

Don't forget we have our very first Date Night this Tuesday, starting at 7 pm till 10 pm. $30 for 1 child $50 for 2 children and $60 for 3 children. Book your spot now don't miss out.  
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10 th Birthday party

Don't forget our 10th Birthday Disco this Friday night. Bring your picnic blanket or deck chairs and enjoy a fun night starts at 6.30 pm pizza and drinks provided 
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April Newsletter

Welcome to the April Newsletter, what a busy start to the year it has been.  With the Easter Bonnet parade last week and Saturday Yoga. I have attached some photos of both and I hope everyone is enjoying the extra activities. We are looking at running more yoga mornings, If you would like to take part in the Yoga sessions please let myself or Chloe know. We are keen to find the...
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Date Night

  Date Night We are holding a "Date Night" When :- Tuesday 24 th April Time :- 7pm till 10pm Where:- Underwood Early Learning Centre Cost:- $30 for 1 child $50 for 2 children $60 for 3 children Book your Child/children into the centre for the night so you can enjoy a night child free, Limited spaces so get in quick,  We will be playing movies and providing popcorn. All money raised will ...
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10th Birthday Disco

  Download PDF File Here ​Attendance forms are now in your parent  pockets. Please fill in with the number of people attending on the night for catering purposes. We are looking forward to an awesome night of dancing. 
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Street Library

This is our new street Library, we hope you will take a book, give a book, share a book. its placed on the front landing for your convenience. This library is for everyone in the community so tell your family and friends, and we hope your enjoy reading more books.   
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Tooth brushing Centre

  Dear families, We recently provided a dental program here at Underwood Early Leanring Centre with the help of Queensland Health, providing toothbrushes and toothpaste where each day children that attended care  joined their friends in learning to brush their teeth. They learnt the concenept of wiggling the brush around in their mouth, the taste and texture of the brush and toothpa...
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Free Family Yoga Class

Underwood Early Learning Centre  will be holding a free yoga class for parents and their children on Saturday morning the 7th April, starting at 9 am. the class will only run for about 20 mins.  Miss Chloe with the help of Miss Mimi will be holding the class, it will be a great opportunity to try yoga for the first time with your child.  We encourage you to ask a frie...
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Toddlers Cooking

 Today the Toddlers made home made cookies with Miss Kanako. They were involved in every step of the process, from measuring, pouring, cracking the eggs, mixing, rolling out the dough. What interdependent little human beings, the children will eat one for afternoon tea today and the rest will be sent home for mums and dads to try 
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Immunisation Up Date

  Dear Families At Underwood Early Learning Centre, we strive to provide the highest quality care to our families and the school community. As part of our regular reviews, we have noticed that we do not have current notifications of your child's immunisation status. We require this notification to be compliant under the Education and Care Services National Regulation 88; 162 (f) and (g). Wher...
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March Newsletter

From the Office  Welcome to our March Newsletter. We have a very busy time coming up at Underwood, with our 10th Birthday party in April, the Easter parade, Free Parent child Yoga sessions and date night child minding. We are also looking at adding a street library to the centre in the coming months, so keep an eye out for it out the front. it would be nice to be able to share books from...
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Parent Survey of the National Quality Standards

This Quality Area is about the Educational Program and Practice. if you could take the time to give us feed back so we can improve our service you and your family.  Quality Area 1: Educational program and practice This quality area of the National Quality Standard focuses on ensuring that the educational program and practice is stimulating and engaging and enhances children's learning and dev...
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Referral Incentive

Would you like 2 weeks free care? Dear Families, We are offering a referral incentive to our current families of two weeks free care to anyone who refers a new family to our centre The conditions are outlined as follows: In order for current parents to be eligible for two weeks free care a new family must: 1. Be referred to the centre by a current attending family 2. Be enrolled for at least two d...
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February Newsletter

From the office  Welcome to my first newsletter back at Underwood. I'm so glad to be back at this amazing centre with all our amazing families. For families that don't know me please feel free to stop in one day and say hi so I can get to know you and your child/children. I'm always available to answer any question you might have, just send me an email, call or drop in. I look forward to catc...
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Parent Information Night

 Parent Information Night. ​ Families are invited to our Parent Information night on Tuesday 20th February. We will start at 6.15pm with an address from Leanne the centre Manager. 7.30pm  Individual room information sessions with educators. We respectfully request that parents attend alone and make alternative arrangements for children so that we can all focus on information sharing. We ...
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December Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the last newsletter for 2017. what a big year it has been with many changes. I have been very lucky to share some of these changes with you all. I will be leaving Doolandella on the 9th January to go back to my centre in Underwood, Evonne will be back on Monday 8th January.  Im very excited for the year ahead with next year promising to be just as big. I would like to fir...
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Christmas Raffle

Don't forget your raffle tickets $1 each or 6 for $5. First prize is the Billy Cart, second prize is the Balance Bike prizes will be drawn at the Christmas disco this Friday 15th December starting at 6pm. Sausages and drinks will be available for $2 each , make sure you pre pay for these at the office before Friday. 
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Christmas Holidays

Can you please let the office know if you will be away over the Christmas period. Christmas day will be on Monday this year and the centre will be closed Monday and Tuesday for Boxing Day. If you would like to receive half price holiday fees you will need to give 2 weeks notice and your account must be paid up to date. Even if you are not getting half fees please let us know if you will be away so...
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Meals

Im excited to announce that starting on Tuesday 2nd January 2018, our cook Kylie will be preparing all meals for the children at the centre ( excluding the Nursery room) this includes morning tea, Lunch and afternoon tea. if your child stays later than 5pm you are welcome to bring a snack in on these days( please no food that needs to be placed in the fridge or needs heating up) If you would like ...
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Doolandella Christmas Disco

​Doolandella will be holding a Christmas Disco at the centre. We are pre selling Sausages on bread and drinks for the night, with orders and money due back on 5th December. Please pick up your order forms from your child's information pockets or from the office. All families welcome, come along bring your deck chairs and have a fun night of Christmas music and dancing.  ​Time ​ ​ 15th Decembe...
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September Newsletter

From the Office Hello and welcome to the September Newsletter, Wow the year is passing by fast. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new families. we hope your time with us will be fun and educational for your children.  August was a very busy month here at Doolandella ELC. I hope everyone can see the new areas popping up around the outside areas, the educators and children have b...
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Doolandella's 3rd Birthday Celebration

Come along on Friday the 18th August and help us celebrate our 3rd Birthday. Starting at 9am we will be cutting the cake everyone is welcome!!!
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August News

From the Office Hello and welcome to the August newsletter. My name is Leanne and I will be filling in as Centre Manager while Evonne is away on maternity leave. A big welcome also to our new families. I hope you enjoy your time here with us and that your child grows to their full potential.  I would like to remind everyone to keep your contact details up to date, you can email the centre at ...
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July News

Welcome families to our July newsletter what a great time of year, the weather is changing and it is also a wonderful time to experience these changes with the children. Just remember to layer clothing and pack extra clothes in case of accidents.   We have a couple of staff changes coming up in the next month or so. I only  ever make changes in the rooms during the middle of the yea...
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June Newsletter

From the office  Welcome to another centre newsletter and welcome to our new families, I cant believe its June already.  Currently we are selling beanies and gloves towards our fundraising, one of our wonderful grandmothers has made these for us. They are only $5 each with many colours and designs to choose from. perfect for this cold weather.  Speaking of cold weather please make s...
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Photo Day

Photo Day - Tuesday 6th June 2017 Nursery 9am  Toddlers 9.30am  Junior Kindy 10am  Kindy 10.30am  Preschool 11am  
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Morning Yoga Class

Last weekend Miss Chloe and Miss Mimi attended  weekend Yoga seminar, through this course they are now qualified to teach children's Yoga classes. So I thought I would share some wonderful pictures for this mornings yoga class, and as you can see Kabel, Thomas, Ziya and Alexis have mastered some really great poses.
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Mother's Pamper Day

Thank you to all our Mothers, Grandmothers and special carers for coming to our pamper day. Here are just a few shots from this afternoon
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May Newsletter

From the office Hello and welcome to the May addition of our newsletter. Many of you may have noticed the trees around the centre have been trimmed back, and we are enjoying a lot more sunshine at this time of year. The children have been very observant and noticed that because the trees have gone so have the birds. So to bring back the birds they have come up with the idea to introduce bird feede...
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Under 8's Day

Preschool Class You are invited to join Eight Mile Plains State School for Under 8's Day. The children will be walking to Eight Mile Plains State School from the centre ( see attached Map) the children will need to be at the centre before 8.15am and ready to leave with a back pack, closed in shoes, hat, morning tea and a drink bottle. We need parent helpers to volunteer to help on the day. If it i...
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Mother's Day

Mother's Pamper Day  An invitation to all our wonderful mothers and grandmothers to a pamper day. Come along on Friday 12th May at 2.30pm,have your nails painted, soak for tired feet or have a beauty treatment done by your children. We hope you can all make it for a fun afternoon.  Please remember not to park your car in the car park next door to our centre, your car could be towed. ...
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Easter Parade and raffle winners

Easter Parade and raffle winners Thank you to everyone for coming to our Easter Parade today. A great time was had by all, and the children just love showing off for their families.  the winners of the raffles are.... 1st prize - McBryde family  2nd prize - Matt Bairstow 3rd prize - Olivia Rose Ashcroft 4th prize - Matt Bairstow 5th prize - Laurice Green  6th prize - Howard Oberle&n...
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Underwood Early Learning - April 2017

News from the Office ​Welcome to the April newsletter and to our new families that have joined us this month at Underwood, we look forward to many educational years together. I'm glad to say our families faired well during the recent storms, and the speed at which parents were able to collect the children on Thursday was amazing. It just hi lights the need to keep your contact details up to date a...
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Underwood Early Learning - March 2017

Welcome to our new families that are just joining us at Underwood ELC. We look forward to educating your children. The centre is going through a transformation with the painting inside and outside being done and the new signs going up last week, the gardens are next. We are all very happy with the new look as I'm sure you will be as well. The weather is starting to turn cool in the mornings, pleas...
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