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28 Julie Street Blacktown NSW 2148
Ph: (02) 9622 6990 Mob: 0421920096
blacktown@happydayskindy.com
Welcome to November!
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.
Happy Days Blacktown invited the local community to visit our centre and meet our educators and management .We had arrangement of coffee van, fairy floss and jumping castle for children. This was a great effort made by the management to get involve in the community.
WE ARE TAKING ENROLMENTS FOR 2026!
What's on in November!
NATIONAL RECYCLING WEEK
3RD - 7TH NOV
This week the children will have access to a range of activities involving the space theme. This will include crafts, sensory experiences to explore, books to read and plenty of learning about the different planets and other things we find in space
SOCIAL INCLUSION WEEK
20TH NOV &
UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY
17TH - 21ST NOV
We welcome grandparents into the centre for a special morning tea of yummy foods, tea, coffee and special games and activities.We hope the children enjoy this special time to spend with their loved ones at Happy Days.
REMEMBERANCE DAY
11TH NOV
During this week the children will explore what nutrition is and how we can be healthy with what we eat and how we move our bodies. This will include discussions, outdoor activities like sports as well as some fun yoga.
GRADUATION &
CHRISTMAS PARTY
23RD NOV
Footy Colours Day is an annual Australian community fundraising event held each September by the Fight Cancer Foundation to support children with cancer and their families.
We encourage your to wear your fav teams Jerseys or colours on the day. and please bring a dollar coin donation.
WORLD KINDNESS DAY
13TH NOV
For Diwali the children will celebrate the victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. They will do this by learning the ways it is celebrated, engaging in themed crafts, listening to Diwali music and observing some media about the celebration.
FAIRY BREAD DAY
24TH NOV
We invite the children to wear colourful and bright clothing today! This is a way for us to celebrate the achievements children with hearing loss have made. If you would like to donate please bring in a gold coin and put it in the box in the foyer on the day.
Important Reminders
Fob (DOOR) Key
Please speak with Miss Harinder 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):
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.
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.
Signing Your Child In/Out & Marking Absent Days
Please remember to sign your child in and out on OWNA as it is legally required to run the centre accordingly as well as in an emergency so all children are accounted for. You can also lose your CCS when not signing them in yourself.
If your child is not going to attend the service please jump onto OWNA and mark them as absent as agin this allows us to run smoothly as well as children being accounted for.
What we got up to last month...
Loud Shirt Day
A "loud shirt" is a brightly coloured, boldly patterned shirt often worn to raise money and awareness for children with hearing loss on Loud Shirt Day.
Happy Days Blacktown celebrated on 17th Oct ,when all educators and many children arrived wearing bold and bright coloured shirts. The main highlight was when children received the opportunity to paint and design a white shirt in their own version.
Diwali
Diwali is a Hindu festival .A festival of lights and welcoming prosperity. It was so amazing to see many children and educators participating in this festival as they dressed up in their traditional clothes . Henna art was one of the most popular among children . The children also enjoyed Indian delicacies in Afternoon tea , I mean who can resist Garlic naan bread and Gulab Jamuns. Girls and educators loved to have bindi’s on their forehead . There was range of experiences implemented in relevant to Diwali like lamp craft, clay lamp painting, dancing on Indian music and short educational video on Diwali followed by discussion.
The Diwali experiences was extended through this week through rangoli pattern and play dough and drawing rangoli art .
World Space Week
Through the week the children were invited to dress up as their favourite superheroes while they learned various factors of keeping themselves safe. The major part they learned was the names of people in their lives who are called ‘safe people’. They also brainstormed and created a mind map of the people who they can approach when they feel unsafe. Along with this the children were also read some stories which explained some different situations in which children can be made not feel safe and how they can do certain things to change that and feel safe again. It was interesting to have discussions about the stories and for the children to understand that it is okay to use their voice if they do not like something and learning ways in which they can be safe also when it comes to road safety, water safety and sun safety as well.
Nutrition Week
At Happy Days Kindergarten we promote healthy eating each day, with the food we provide, as well as encouraging families to pick a healthy lunchbox. Healthy eating options are discussed with children each day, and for Nutrition week, the educators planned some more intentional teaching moments to extend these discussions, with resources and games to teach about ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ food and setting up pretend play food in the Home Corner area. The children were also learning about how healthy food and unhealthy food affects our bodies.
Halloween
The children had been very excited about this community event, involved in various experiences throughout the week leading up to Halloween. We carved a Jack-O-Lantern from a pumpkin donated from one of our families at the service, the children were able to create their own Halloween creatures from art and craft resources, they participated in various Halloween themed sensory activities using slime, jelly and rice, and made their own witches potions. The children had a great time dressing up in different costumes, and took a special Halloween treat home with them!
Focus Learning Programs
Happy Days Social Skills Program
Children were engaged in problem solving activities this month. They enhanced their problem solving skills by helping each other and engaging in activities like matching, open the twisted pipe cleaners and solving puzzles. Children helped each other in finding the matching pictures and in solving the puzzles. They enhanced their problem solving skills and also developed their helping skills. The second week they engaged in building together by making tall tower. Children were engaged in I spy game and enhanced their problem solving ability.
Playing And Learning to Socialise (PALS)
Happy Days Sustainability Program
Eco-Warriors
Our mulberry tree has flourished this month, and the children are eager everyday to pick and eat the mulberries, using our own healthy food source at Happy Days. Having this freely available fruit encourages healthy food choices as well.
Our sustainable practices are embedded everyday at our service, which includes repurposing resources such as boxes, cardboard and plastic tubes, bottle lids. As the children show more interest in using these items, the educators look to introduce more variety, where the children can use their own imagination in how to use these flexible and open ended resources.
With the change in weather and seasons, the children have been showing more interest in the natural world around them. During The Big Aussie Bird Count, the children learned more about native birds in our local area. They have also shown more interest in Australian animals and how they can continue to care for the natural world.
Munch and Move
Happy Days Health & Fitness Program
This month the key message we focused on was again 'Choose Healthier Snacks'. We did this by implementing actiities lke playdough with icecream mats and while the children engaged with this they also talked about what eating ice cream does to our teeth and what other foods we eat do to our teeth. The fundamental movement skill we focused on was Galloping which did by playing an act out game game outside where children took turns acting out different animals like a horse who gallop. They enjoyed being active and developing those gross motor skills with their friends.
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
CULTURE
Throughout this month, the children had a great time learning about different cultures through fun, hands-on activities. We celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, by decorating small the centre and dressing up in their cultural clothes. The children enjoyed talking about how people celebrate Diwali with lights sweets and family time. During music and movement celebrations, we listened to songs and danced together, and the kids were singing along with us, Everyone had lots of fun moving and singing! We also explored henna during our Diwali celebrations where the educators made simple henna-style patterns on children’s hands and learned that people use henna to decorate their hands during celebrations. Another special activity was moon cake decorating the children loved making colorful designs on their moon cakes. It was a joyful month filled with creativity, learning, and celebration!
ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
Throughout this month, the children have been engaged in reading children’s word book, “Possum and Wattle” written and illustrated by an Aboriginal artist Bronwyn Bancroft. The book contains a captivating and engaging images of Australian animals. One of the Australian animals that captured children’s interest were, possum, kookaburra and kangaroos. The children engaged in possum and kangaroo finger painting, kookaburra painting and different Australian birds collage making. They had so much fun with the activities and see them learning to explore nature wildlife is great to see while fostering their sense of identity, connection to the natural world, confidence in learning, well-being and communication skills.
Classroom Updates
Happy Days Preschool/School Readiness Program
BRIGHT BUG BUGS
The older children have been enjoying different games this month, demonstrating their cooperation with one another and turn taking, as well as learning new skills. It was great to see their persistence at taking on new challenges.
We continue to build on their literacy and numeracy skills- counting objects, number recognition and sequencing, number and alphabet writing, copying words. The children spend quite a bit of time at the drawing and writing table, with their favourite resources being pens and lined paper, which helps them keep the size of their writing a consistent size.
Cutting with scissors and plasticine provides opportunities for the children to refine their motor skills and build strength in fingers and hands. The children continue to show more confidence in using scissors, cutting out various shapes and pictures to complete tasks.
Magical Malya's
Learning Group for 3 to 4 year olds
For the month of October we looked at the topic Halloween. We did this by engaging in Halloween themed I Spy and counting which developed their cognitive skills. We also engaged in a few sensory trays themed on Halloween such as spiders in green slime and coloured water with bugs. the children got to explore their jumping skills with a Pumpkin Hop activity, a turn taking game of Pass The Pumpkin as well as joining in to carve a real pumpkin which they really enjoyed. As well as these activities we also participated in Halloween themed dancing, read some spooky stories and watched some spooky story videos. The children used their communication skills well with discussing different things they associate with Halloween which got their curiosity and thinking working. We had lots of fun with this topic and the children definitely thought it was SPOOK-TACULAR!
Learning Program for 2 to 3 year olds
BOUNCING BOO ROO'S
Throughout the month of October Bouncing Boo-Roos children were learning about the letters of the alphabet. They have been engaged in singing the ABC’s and the phonics song which is their favourite. Various activities and experiences were implemented into our program such as, capital letter A and small letters “a” tracing, collage making, coloured ice sensory writing, uppercase and lowercase matching, coloured dry rice sensory exploration with letters of the alphabet, letters on jelly, coloured cooked spaghetti with letters and many more. They have shown their active engagement and participation, demonstrating their cooperation with one another, turn sharing and turn taking as well as learning new skills of writing and practicing their pincer grip. It was great to see their growing interest in writing which offers significant cognitive, physical and emotional benefits to strengthen their school readiness learning.
