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Welcome to July!
I would like to acknowledge the Dharug people, the Traditional custodians of the lands on which I live and work today. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hope of Aboriginal Australians.
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What's on in July!
NAIDOC WEEK
7-11 July
This year’s NAIDOC Week theme: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy
We celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. You can support and get to know your local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities through activities and events held across the country.
At Happy Days, we will be doing just that. Learning about the aboriginals rich culture and celebrations.
Pyjama day
Friday 25 July
National Pyjama Day (officially held on Friday 25 July, 2025) 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.
With the money raised from National Pyjama Day, you’ll be helping us offer learning skills to more than 800 children, fund educational resources and help provide stable, positive relationships.
Dog Safety visit
Wednesday 23 July
Dog safety is crucial for both the well-being of the dog and the safety of people around them. It involves understanding dog behavior, practicing responsible dog ownership, and taking precautions to prevent bites and other injuries. Supervision, particularly with children, and creating a safe environment for dogs are key aspects of dog safety.
If you do not wish for your child to participate please let the staff or myself know.
Puppet Show
Wednesday 30 July
Date: Jul 30 - 9:30am
Description: Jeral puppet show will be attending Happy Days at 9:45am. please be here by 9:30am if you child is participating.
Please RSVP
$12 Fee will be charged to Account.
National Tree day
Friday 25 July
Planet Ark's National Tree Day started in 1996 and has grown into Australia's largest community tree planting and nature care event.
It's a call to action for all Australians to get their hands dirty and give back to the community.
Happy Days will be planting a new tree or plants in our garden.
Evacuation and Lockdown Week
14-18 & 21-25
July
Happy Days will be participating in Evacuations and lock downs during the 2 weeks. We will role play and experience different scenarios.
Important Reminders
Fob (DOOR) Key
Please speak with Miss Ashleigh or the other Educators if you have not received a key. There us a charge of $25 per key, refunded at the end of your child's enrolment, once returned.
Car Park Etiquette
Onsite parking is something for all of us to share. Please follow these simple car park rules for everyone's safety:
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PARK AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE COLOURBOND FENCE to allow another vehicle to park behind you. We can safely fit 4 vehicles at any time during drop off and pick up times if everyone is parked appropriately.
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DO NOT PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THE CENTRE, this is the thoroughfare to allow vehicles to enter and exit safely at Happy Days.
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MAKE YOUR DROP-OFF/PICK UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE if you have parked someone in. If you’re planning on talking with an educator, we advise you to park on the curb side instead.
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DO NOT PARK IN THE STAFF CAR PARK.
Collection of Children by Others
You must call the Centre or inform educators if somebody else is collecting your children from Happy Days.
Children under the age of 18 are no permitted to drop off or pick up your child. An adult must always be present.
A valid ID from the person picking up your child is required to be presented to one of our educators for photocopying.
Policy Review
Every month we review a set of policies to ensure that they are relevant and up to date according to regulations.
You are invited to provide feedback on our policy of the month below (send your feedback to blacktown@happydayskindy.com):
Communication
OWNA is our main source of communication. If you have yet to set up your notification's please do.
All events, announcements and and reminders will be posted and sent in OWNA.
Clothing & Sunscreen
Please ensure your child has a bag which contains SPARE CLOTHES which includes shorts ,pants, shirts, jumpers, socks and underwear. We understand that your child may not have accidents however spare clothes are required for those times your child may have an accident or gets wet or dirty.
As the weather is beginning to change, please bring Warmer clothes in your child's bag for weather changes such as a long/short sleeve shirt, a pair of shorts and pants/tights, spare socks and a jumper.
SUNSCREEN MUST BE APPLIED BEFORE OR UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CENTRE. You will find our sunscreen on the sunscreen table in the classroom just outside the foyer.
Sleep Sheets
SLEEP SHEETS ARE REQUIRED for all children 2-4yrs who are not in the Mighty Mangoes room.
These must be CLEARLY LABELLED with your child’s name and placed in a labeled pillow case. Your child may not have a sleep however it is our duty of care to allow your child to have a rest for 10min listening to soothing music while the room is cleaned after lunch. Your child will then be invited to participate in quiet activities with the educators.
Open and closing Hours
Please be reminded that Happy Days opens at 7am. Educators will not allow any child to enter the centre before 7am.
We close at 6pm. Parents must collect their child before 5:55pm as this time will allow staff to close the centre and go home to their own families on time. A late fee of $15 per 15 minute Block (eg if you are 5 minutes late you will be charged the $15) will be applied to your account for any late pick-ups. To ensure this doesn't occur please have an emergency contact on standby to pick up your child.
What we got up to last month...
Dinosaur Day
For Dinosaur Day the children participated in a ROAR-iety of themed activities including a dinosaur sensory tray that has coloured pasta with the toy dinosaurs, a train set up with dinosaurs, cutting out dinosaur skeletons developing their fine motor skills, dinosaur themed pencil control worksheets and a sensory experience in the big tuff tray including salt, rice and sand that the children really enjoyed getting their hands in. Overall the children had plenty of fun with lots of T-REXIFIC themed activities throughout the day!
World environment day
The children learned about how the earth looks and what it consists of . This was extended by children engaging in Playdough activity where they attempted to create Earth with green and blue Playdough in a plate..
The children gathered to learn about different kinds of bins. WE discussed how to keep our environment clean by placing the rubbish in bins and not litter around. The children participated in sorting the rubbish into respective bins. This helped them understand what each bins stand for.
Donut Day
National Donut Day started in 1938 as a fundraiser for Chicago's The Salvation Army. Their goal was to help those in need during the Great Depression, and to honour the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served donuts to soldiers. The children participated in some experiences to match the donuts, create their own donuts through drawing, making donuts with pool noodles and shaving foam this was a big hit. I don't think we've eaten that many "donuts" ever.
Miss Ashleigh bought some special donuts for educators and children to enjoy for afternoon tea
First Responders Day
For First Responders Day the children had a range of different costumes to dress up in including firefighters, police, doctors and army. They enjoyed doing this and engaging in imaginative play with their peers such as pretending there were fires to be put out and while inside they played doctors and treated their sick friends. They participated in a craft where they decorated 000 using glue and collage paper which they enjoyed exploring their creative skills. During the day the children also used coloured pencils and markers to decorate some pages to go towards our First Responders and appreciating what they do for us.
Water Safety Week
During this month we participated in Water Safety Week.
While diving deep into this topic the children were beginning to show their knowledge about being safe in different areas of water. They were involved in discussions about being safe at the beach, at the pool, while on a boat and while at home. They are learning about the job of lifeguards at the beach, the colours of the flags to swim between, and were able to try on a life jacket. The children were looking at books about water safety, and had provocation pictures to promote discussion, as well as practicing their swimming skills and talking about the importance of learning to swim. Many experiences were set up for children to role play while learning about water safety.
Focus Learning Programs
Happy Days Social Skills Program
This month children focused on learning about identifying feelings. During a group time we discussed all different types of feelings .This was further extended through expressing different kinds of feelings by performing yoga poses.The children could associate different yoga asanas to certain feelings.
Another interesting experience was when children identified pictures of different feelings and then made same facial expressions.This was further extended as children wanted to draw their feelings on the paper.In another activity children participated in match the feelings/ expressions.This led to discussion what makes them happy , sad or excited.
Playing And Learning to Socialise (PALS)
Happy Days Sustainability Program
Eco-Warriors
The educators and children continue to reflect on how we are using resources and materials, and what can be reused, repurposed and recycled at our centre. The children are showing their imagination and creativity, as we introduce different resources to our loose parts area, where the children can use these materials in different ways. Bottle lids are great for counting, the children gathered nuts outside for pretend cooking, plastic crates make a great table in the sandpit, and children are able to practice cutting old magazines using scissors. And have a look at our “Recycled Art” project, with the children making a fantastic creation using materials from our sustainability area.
Thanks to our community donations of some pop-its and fidgets, the children can refine their motor skills.
Miss Mel had some fantastic helpers on Weed your garden Day, with the children learning the different between weeds and plants, helping to tidy our yard, as well as continuing to look after our gardens and plants.
Munch and Move
Happy Days Health & Fitness Program
During June we focused on Choosing Water As A Drink where there were dinosaurs set out who had dirty teeth and the children were able to use toothbrushes and containers of water to help clean the dirt off. The children contributed to the conversation of why we need to clean our teeth and what will happen if we don’t which was a great and engaging activity. The Fundamental Movement Skill this month was Kicking which we focused on by playing ‘Kick The Ball Over The Line’ where children enjoyed using those leg movements and muscles to kick the soccer ball and make it under the obstacle course. They loved kicking the ball and then watching to make sure it made it and then cheered for themselves afterwards as well as encouraging their kicking skills in a fun way.
Community Engagement
Happy Days Community Initiatives.
Ronald McDonald House charity initiative. Thankyou to Mason and his family for their recent donation to this amazing cause.
Happy Days Culture Program
Culture & Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander topic
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander- This month the children learnt about Australian animals. The koala seemed to be the most popular among the children, where they used different colours to paint the koala, we listened to the sound that they make and that they are not cuddly teddy bears. The children also enjoyed the facts about Emu through watching an educational video. The children re-enacted Emus and also joined in on wombat wobble. The children’s interest was extended through participating in a feather craft to create Emus.
Culture:For June Culture, we looked at the Dano festival, held in Korea. In the morning the children created some plate drums out of paper plates, and some beads. The children chose some nice designs to paint over them, and once they were dry, tried them out in the afternoon. We also observed Matariki, the Māori new year, for Culture. We decorated our own stars to be displayed on the wall in a cluster, with their names. We also had a small discussion on the story behind Matariki and the children’s names.
Classroom Updates
Happy Days Preschool/School Readiness Program
BRIGHT BUG BUGS
Bright Bug bugs school readiness :
School readiness- The Bug Bug group have been practicing their numeracy skills, through different games and experiences, learning concepts such as counting one to one correspondence, writing numerals and sequencing numbers. We have also begun to learn simple addition and subtraction concepts as well, adding more challenge for the children.
Knowing that most of our group will be headed to school next year, self help skills and developing independence are a much needed part of children’s development. The children have been using the busy boards, as well as different clothing, to practice fasteners such as buttons, zippers and Velcro.
We have been learning about patterns and design, using paddle pop sticks to recreate a design and following a sequence of colours to create a pattern. The children are learning various cognitive concepts, following a set of instructions, and extending visual skills.
Bright Bug bugs project: Continuing our animals and habitats plan, the month of June we looked at the Desert and the Jungle. We explored this through a range of things, such as discussion, craft and games of course. Our Desert topic allowed us to explore the way it looked, with the children learning a lot of new things about the cactus! Our Jungle was jam packed with fun, as we made paper link snakes, played a lion feeding ball game and even painted our own face photos to be different types of jungle animals. Over a few days we observed the difference of carnivores and herbivores. The children picked up this knowledge quickly, as they applied it to play during the topic.
Magical Malya's
Learning Group for 3 to 4 year olds
During the month of June the Magical Malaya’s focused on the topic of Insects. This included observing a range of videos that showed facts about bees, spiders and ladybugs. This encouraged the children to voice their opinions as Miss Sascha documented them down as mind maps. They also participated in a range of crafts including bee handprints, ladybug handprints and drawing our own spiderwebs. The children really enjoyed being creative and using paint especially on their hands as well as some sensory activities like insects trapped in jelly, insect paint footprints and insect exploration set ups. Lastly the children engaged in insect themed yoga as well as dancing where they got to join in and move their bodies with both letting out energy with dancing with their friends or winding down and relaxing their bodies with insect yoga which they also found super fun! For the month of July we will be venturing into Colours Of The Rainbow which will hopefully be a hit!
Learning Program for 2 to 3 year olds
BOUNCING BOO ROO'S
In the month of June the Boo Roo’s focused on reptiles!
We did lots of fun and exciting activities to help the children’s knowledge of what reptiles are. This month the children really enjoyed doing lots of craft and sensory play activities, such as exploring in tapioca pearls. The children also engaged in fine motor activities to making some snakes with pipe cleaners and beads and using them to thread. through this experience the children really worked and developed their and eye coordination, the children also utilised their hand eye coordination by making turtles and using their pincer grips to pick to the little pom poms and popping them in the bottle. The bouncing Boo Roos really enjoyed having visual activities such as pictures and videos of the reptiles to see what they really are.
