We will be holding the following emergency drills at the kindy:

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• 21st – Bomb Threat Evacuation

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We have prepared the children for these drills, however, please continue the discussions at home so they can be better prepared.

LOUD shirt day is the perfect excuse to be bold and bright by wearing it LOUD and raising funds in support of children with hearing loss. Come to school in your brightest and loudest t-shirt or full attire and don’t forget to bring in a gold coin donation.

Join us for grandparents’ day, bring along some snacks for a picnic, enjoy a wander through your grandchild’s classroom, enjoy an ice cream from the ice cream truck and let the grandkids jump around on the jumping castle. This is an RSVP event so please ensure to let Miss Stefanie know if you are attending.

Join us as we learn all about space and space education, this includes the solar system and astronauts, what do you know about space?

Event's on for the month of September:

- ​Family Fun Day: 5th October, 10am to 3pm at Voyager Park, Voyager Point.

- Prestons Community Spring Fair: 19th October, 10am to 4pm at Prestons Public School

- Primavera Latin American Festival: 27th October, 5pm to 10pm at Macquarie Mall Liverpool

Come celebrate Halloween at HDK as we dress up in our cool spooky outfits and plan a fun day of games and messy play!!

The Shake show consists mainly of marionette puppets, using the topic of healthy eating as its core message. The show will start at 10am and is open for all children. The cost for this show is $10.50 per child.

Permission slips to follow soon on OWNA, if your child does not attend this day but you would like them to be a part of the performance. They are more than welcome to stay however for ratio purposes an adult will need to be with them at all times. Please note no cash will be accepted as payment will get added to your OWNA account.

The team at HDK often follow many early childhood social media pages to ensure they keep up to date within the industry and a term that has often been brought up is “off the grid”. I’m sure no matter what time you have walked in during morning drop off you have seen all educators with either an iPad or laptop in hand ready to capture as many moments as they can so that they can then upload them to our program Xplor so that you can stay up to date with what your children are doing whilst in our care. As you know technology has taken over a huge chunk of our lives, it’s how we communicate and complete our work and when we get some spare time it's what we use to wind down. Being that technology is such a big part of our lives it is only expected that our children are introduced to it at such a young age. Here at HDK and in many childcare centre’s technology is how we communicate with you regarding your children, which means technology is eating up a big part of the educator's time instead of spending it one on one with your children. Many centres are now going off the grid once or twice a month so that they can maximise their time with your children, forming relationships and just playing. It’s a spontaneous day where the decisions are left up to the children and what they feel like doing for the whole day whether it be painting with their feet, cooking, building castles and forts using furniture, the ideas are endless and completely up to the children. When “off the grid” takes place educators are to put away all technology iPads and laptops and no photos will be taken, no updates will be uploaded to Xplor except for mealtimes, sleep, and nappy change. “Off-the-grid” days will change every month so that every child gets to experience such a fun day and if you would like to know what we got up to feel free to speak to an educator or simply just ask your children. “Off the grid” will take place on Tuesday the 15th and Tuesday 29th of October. We would love to hear your feedback on what you think about being “off the grid” twice a month.