Kookaburra Playgroup in Lawson, New South Wales | Community organisation

Kookaburra Playgroup

Locality: Lawson, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4759 2592

Address: New Street 2783 Lawson, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Hello Kookaburra families, It's been a long time between visits and we wanted to take a moment to let you know we haven't forgotten you and update you on our plans. Unfortunately playgroup will not resume in Term 4, although we are working towards being able to meet and play together again in February 2021. Beginning in October we'll be offering weekly online story time and a craft pack to go along with the book of the week. Craft packs will contain all the things you need fo...r the activity except for things we assume you have at home like scissors and glue. If you're interested in receiving a craft pack, or have any other questions or thoughts please email me at [email protected] or call the centre on 4759 2592 and leave a message and I'll get back to you. To give you an idea of what online story time will look like here's a video of Chris from our Lower Mountains Hub reading Oi Frog. Kerin

25.01.2022 CAT'S CRADLE Who remembers how to do this?

23.01.2022 We need to hear from community minded residents who want to take up this invitation to support child friendly communities! Talk with kids about this idea and th...en let us know where you think one can go. It could be a childcare centre, at grandparent's place, your family home. A $40 book voucher prize for the child who helps us locate the final locations. Plesae spread the word! See more

22.01.2022 Our family friendly bushwalks are back! We'll be walking in Woodford on Saturday 24th October from 9:30am. The walk will take about two hours, allowing plenty of time for morning tea breaks and exploration. We'd love for you to join us. If you're interested in booking a place or if you have any questions please do not hesitate to email [email protected] or call the centre on 4759 2592. Places are limited, however children under the age of 13 won't be counted in our overall numbers.

22.01.2022 Winter Warmers - a big thank you to Bev and all the ladies at the Winter Warmers knitting group. If you need some warm clothing for your lttle ones, please come and see us at Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre. Phone 4754 4050

21.01.2022 LOVE LOCAL Lessons These school holidays don’t miss Blue Mountain City Council's Love Local Lessons! Tuesday, 7 July - Soccer Skills: Beginner Wednesday, 8 July... - Circus Skills: Hula Hooping Saturday, 11 July Cooking Beef Burgundy Tuesday, 14 July Soccer Skills: Intermediate Wednesday, 15 July Circus Skills: Juggling Saturday, 18 July Painting The Three Sisters Tuesday, 21 July Soccer Skills: Advanced Wednesday, 22 July Circus Skills: Poi Watch eight free, online tutorials for both adults and children, featuring local talent such as Head Coach of the Young Matildas and Future Matildas Leah Blayney, hula-hooping superstar Suzy Spindoll, 8 Things chef Misha Laurent, and Pinot & Picasso’s Brock Waugh. Each video will be available from 9am on the day it has been scheduled at bmcc.nsw.gov.au/love-local-lessons See more

19.01.2022 Christopher, our Community Development Worker in Lower Mountains, has been doing online story time and craft for Play and Chat for a little while now. This term he's inviting us to join him. So here I am reading Duck in a Truck with my son James. Tomorrow you'll get the chance to watch our best attempts at this weeks craft activity - making a train picture. Each week we'll be posting a story and then a craft activity. If you'd like to follow along at home we have some craft... packs available at the centre and you can call or email [email protected] to organise to collect one. I hope you enjoy Duck In A Truck

18.01.2022 In order to best meet the needs of the health, social and community services workers across a range of professions all over Australia, Emerging Minds, with its ...delivery partners, is conducting the National Workforce Survey for Family, Parent and Child Mental Health. We believe this survey is the first of its kind and will give us a baseline measure for improving the way we support children’s mental health. If you work with adults who might be parents, with families and/or with children, we would love to hear from you! The survey is online and takes about 15 minutes to complete. We’re hoping to gain as many responses as possible so that we can better help professionals across Australia to support children’s mental health in their everyday work. There are also six iPads to be won! The first draw (3 iPads) will be in early February 2021 and the last draw in early March 2021. So be sure to complete the survey early to have a chance in both draws. Complete the survey today: http://bit.ly/3nrKXib

17.01.2022 It's Education Week and a chance to celebrate the transformational power of an education. Education opens doors, options and a world of possibility. It's the s...ilver bullet. It's essential, and completely life changing. It's also something many young people struggle to engage with for a whole range of reasons - English could be an additional language, there could be difficulty accessing resources like a computer or data, or things might not be stable at home. This Education Week we want to particularly celebrate the power of education for voices at risk of not being heard, or kids at risk at being left behind - especially this year. Everyone deserves an education #EdWeek20 #learningtogether

16.01.2022 With the weather warming up and bushfire danger period approaching Get Ready Season is here. Tomorrow and Saturday Belong Blue Mountains will be hosting Ruth Myers from Gateway's Family Services Step by Step Bush Fire Recovery to speak about helping our children prepare for the coming fire season. Details are on the flyer below. Register your interest and a link to the Zoom session will be emailed to you.

16.01.2022 James and I made a train. It was a bit of fun, even if we didn't exactly follow Chris' instructions. We used scissors, glue and textas we found in the office and coloured paper and cupcake holders from our craft pack. Our train now hangs above my desk in the office. If you're interested in a craft pack for this and other story related activities to come, please give us a call on 4759 2592 or email me at [email protected]

12.01.2022 UPDATE: We now specifically need Blue Mounatins Parents to participate on te 13th August. Than you for all who have already expressed interest. Any parents with... children up to 18, living in the Blue Mountains area to participate in a focus group on the 12th or the 13th of August from 12:30 to about 2:00pm via video conference (Zoom)? Focus group ? Parents will receive a $50 grocery voucher for their time. Researchers from the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Ingham Institute and Western Sydney University are conducting a research study to promote the use of some new guidelines in NSW public dental services. These guidelines recommend that public dental care providers assess children’s weight and height, provide dietary advice, and refer children outside a healthy weight to required services. This study involves participating in a workshop to discuss health promotion programs that you have been offered in the past and what you felt was useful to you in these programs. From this, you will help design a strategy to promote the successful use of the new guidelines. The workshop will be 1.5 hours long and will be conducted at a convenient time and place. Participation is voluntary and the information you provide will be strictly confidential. You will be reimbursed for the time and effort required from participating in this project. This study has been approved by the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee. If you would like to be involved, please contact Amy Villarosa, (Principal Investigator) Tel: 02 8738 9354 or email: [email protected]

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11.01.2022 Hi all, This is a plug for the Dads and Kids playgroup at Heatherbrae on Saturday mornings. The group has been going for many years from a few different locatio...ns and is facilitated by local dads - Simon Williams and Vasant DeMello. It's a great way to meet other Blue Mountains fathers and to spend time with your children in a lovely environment. There's a fenced outdoor area with a sand pit, garden, shade and places to sit. Inside there are great toys to play with, books to read, places to relax and tea and coffee. Heatherbrae is the old house across the road from the carpark behind Lawson Pub and the group runs every Saturday morning from 10.00-12.00. Ring 47591462 if you want to know more. See more

09.01.2022 Our friends at the Blue Mountains Womens Shed & Central Blue Mountains Mens Shed are putting together the Street Libraries to help support kids across our commu...nities. Now all we need are the suggestions for where to put them! Granparents houses? Community minded residents house? Your house? Help us support child friendly communities find out more & help spread the word https://bit.ly/30leDD6 See more

08.01.2022 My apologies for the delay in posting the next of our story time videos. Here is Nikki, one of our Community Development Workers based in Katoomba reading one my personal favourites: Dear Zoo

07.01.2022 Belong Blue Mountains exists to serve our local community. We would really like to hear about how life is for you now; what is going well for you and what your ...challenges are. By listening to what you have to say, we can better understand what we can do to help our community be safe, well and strong. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to answer 5 questions in our Belong Blue Mountains ‘Community Voice Survey’. All responses will be extremely valuable and always anonymous. www.belongbm.org.au/survey

07.01.2022 Good news! Kookaburra Playgroup is coming back. We look forward to welcoming you all back for our first session on Monday 8th March. *EDIT* Please note the new start time for playgroup will be 10:30am - NOT 10am as stated on the flyer below. Things will look a little different when you arrive. COVID restrictions on rooms at the centre are still in place. When you arrive you'll need to take a ticket from the gate, if there are no tickets left means that playgroup is full for the morning. Alternatively you can call the centre on 4759 2592 to book your place.

07.01.2022 EXTREME WEATHER WARNING!!

04.01.2022 Billy Booksie has left rocks around the Mid Mountains. Have fun finding Billy rocks these school holidays. The photos are your clues, look out for the letter... on the rocks, collect all the letters in order and see what Billy has to say! I will post a clue each day to help you on your way. Take a picture of you and the rocks and send to [email protected], so we can post on here. PLEASE LEAVE THE ROCKS FOR OTHERS TO PLAY AND Look out for rocks that you can take home and paint. "Happy Holidays" from Billy Booksie and the MOCS Team. See more

03.01.2022 We're getting ready to follow Ken Goodlet on another Bushwalk. This time we'll be following Ken to explore the Valley of the Waters. This a family friendly walk although there is one point, where we'll need to be sure to hold hands with our little walkers. We'll be heading out early to beat the crowds and the possible heat. If you'd like to join us please call the centre on 4759 2592 or email me at [email protected]