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Victoria Point Family Day Care

Locality: Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia

Address: Creekwood st 4165 Victoria Point, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Kids emotions about COVID-19 may look like this

25.01.2022 Give children time to play in their own way. Use the Always Be You Action Charts to find new ideas. beyou.edu.au/resources/always-be-you

24.01.2022 Today we are acknowledging the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander children forcibly removed from their families. We reflect on the painful history and hope... that this day gives us a chance to join together and work towards healing for the Stolen Generations, their families, and their communities Sasha Mortimore Photography #sorryday #valuingchildren

24.01.2022 Looking for care in 2021? I will have a vacancy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.Looking for care in 2021? I will have a vacancy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

23.01.2022 Seeking connection, trying to make their needs met, needing your calm secure place. Our Mama Village

23.01.2022 To whom it may concern, The Early Childhood Education Care Relief Package (CRP) has proven in less than 24 hours to be nothing more than a marketing ploy by the... Government to gain some extra votes and appear to be doing the right thing by Aussie families. But what is hidden behind this blanket Free Child Care for Everyone banner is the disturbing truth that Early Childhood Educators, without consultation, have been told to continue working despite isolation and social distancing rules and to do so while taking a minimum of a 50% pay cut. While there will be larger Child Care Centres who will find relief in the offer of free child care, the Family Day Care Sector will rot. Family Day Care provides childcare in smaller ratios, with flexible hours catering to those much needed essential workers such a nurses etc. who work shifts, nights and weekends. A such Family Day Care has seen a surge in enrolments since the start of March as essential workers sought flexible childcare options for their primary aged children, no longer going to school and their pre-school aged children. The industry was bolstered by Educators who were willing to support these essential workers at their own personal risk, and they were receiving the financial benefit of doing so. On Thursday 2nd April Our Prime Minister announced from his grandstand that he was providing universal free childcare and the hearts of everyone lifted. But the reality soon sunk in that that still comes at a cost and the cost is to those who are providing the care, opening their homes to families and risking the their health and that of their own families. The Government will now pay all educators based on the attendance in their Family Day Cares between 17th February and 2nd March 2020. The government will only pay 50% of the capped hourly rate of $11.10/hour/child, that equates to $5.55/hour/child. This means a reduction of income greater than 50% and families who had previously taken their children out of care for health and safety reasons, deciding to come back in droves as child care is now free. And the real kicker is that none of these new enrolments will be paid for. And all the new enrolments that educators were receiving income for between 2nd March and 5th April will not be paid for either as these apparently don’t factor in the new CRP. And still Educators are expected to work, provide care and open their homes to families during a global pandemic. To supplement this, the government is expecting Educators to apply for JobKeeper payments as a sole trader. To date no one can actually apply for JobKeeper, you can only express your interest in applying. Information on who is eligible is scarce and the fear that many Educators will not be eligible for this payment is very real. How on earth can this work? What about Educators who started their business after 2nd March, or those who were sick or away on holidays between 17th of February and 2nd March? What about those who started their business in January as a new start, who find themselves full now, but were nearly empty in their first couple of months? Or those educators who want to change services as they are uncomfortable with the support they are currently receiving? I could go on and on As approved Service Providers within Family Day Care (one of 454 FDC Service Providers across the country), we have been advised not to charge our educators the fees that keep our Service running, the service which they need to legally operate their businesses. We are now operating a business with zero income, unable to pay the rent or draw any income personally as business owners in our attempts to keep our educators operating for as long as possible. We have been advised to apply for JobKeeper to keep the business operating. The problem is JobKeeper needs to be paid to employees, but again this income from JobKeeper will not go to our own pockets to support our own families, it will have to be used to keep the business operational as without the service, our educators cannot legally operate. In addition, the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) that was in place to support Services and Educators who experienced a loss of 30% or greater in their business, was very quietly closed at 9am Friday 3rd April, just as we were all waking up to the fact we have lost so much overnight. This lifeline that is now so desperately needed in the Family Day Care Sector was right as we all needed it most. CRP is applicable to Child Care Centres aka Long Day Care and can support those centres who have experienced mass loss of enrolments and can use the JobKeeper payments to support staff wages, but it is not in any way applicable or relevant to Family Day Care. FDC needs to be viewed on its own, as a separate entity that supports approximately 170,000 children across Australia. At a time when our government is preaching that we must all come together and look after one another, they have hung Family Day Care services and educators out to dry, while expecting them to still open their arms and homes to the public at a time when that is one of the most dangerous things you can do. Please share and help us spread the word. West Coast Family Day Care Services

23.01.2022 HELPING KIDS PROCESS THEIR EMOTIONS FREE FROM SHAME Have you ever heard someone tell a child who is crying to stop? Maybe they lead with something like, What a...re you, a baby? Or maybe they add in some fear as well by saying, Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about. Oof. Most of us cringe to think these things are being said to children (and they are) but are we aware of the more subtle ways we ourselves might be dismissing children’s emotions? If you’ve ever caught yourself wanting to tell an emotional child to just stop, (so basically, if you are a human being) here are three things to keep in mind that will help you help kids process their emotions free from shame. 1) ALLOW FOR EMOTIONS: Kids can actually feel intimidated by their own emotions, especially when adults in their lives react negatively to the expression of those feelings. When we react to a child’s experience and make having big feelings wrong, no matter how inconvenient or annoying that experience might me, we are minimizing and at times denying that child the right to their own internal experience. And as tempting as dismissing and denying might seem because we think we are nipping this bad attitude in the bud, in actuality, we are likely making things worse; at times even increasing the likelihood that we will find ourselves back in this very place tomorrow. And really, who wants that? Keep reading here https://bit.ly/2CFj0xt Thanks Elizabeth Pantley & www.nocrysolution.com . . For support in your gentle parenting journey get your copy of the new Autumn Issue 38 of The Natural Parent Magazine. Available at stockists in.... New Zealand - All Countdown, Pac N Save & New World supermarkets* AND get a free Noopii Nappy Australia bit.ly/TNPAussie (out 16th April) OR Subscribe for you or a gift to anywhere in the world bit.ly/TNPSubscribe Follow The Natural Parent Magazine on Instagram bit.ly/TNPInsta , YouTube bit.ly/TNPYouTube & Podcast bit.ly/PodcastTNP Advertise in The Natural Parent Magazine, get a media pack here bit.ly/TNPAdvertise Gets your free mag from NZ midwives or send them to bit.ly/TNPMidwives and in Aussie get your free in a BaoBag *If they don't have it, ask at customer services or PM us and we will help track them down

21.01.2022 Message for Minister for child care Mr Dan Tehan and the Australian public. #thisisnotok

21.01.2022 Helpful breakdown!

20.01.2022 I've seen a thing doing the rounds about the coke bottle effect. Those of us with neurodivergent children will be aware of this concept. It serves to explain wh...y teachers say our kids are "fine" or "had a really good day" and yet the second they get home (or sometimes even before we've left the school gates) they blow up in our face. In simplicity you imagine the child is a bottle of coke. Every time some thing stressful happens the bottle is shaken. Nothing much seems to change. But the bottle is shaken and shaken. The pressure builds and builds and then once home with their parents, in their safe space with their safe people, the lid comes off the bottle. All the shaking results in a lot of mess and try as you might, once the fizzing starts, the lid is next to impossible to get back on. In the example I've seen there's a boy going through his day and we think of the stressful things he goes through. My only criticism is that I think the things are too obvious, at one point he gets sent to the head teacher's office for being "naughty". So here's my take on the things that shake children up and down the land. Let's call the child Kate, Kate is autistic, school knows she's autistic and have measures in place to help. Kate goes to a mainstream primary school just like every other primary school up and down the land. Kate arrives at school. She's excited to build a Lego model during soft start. She's been planning it all morning. Only 3 children can play with the lego at once and Jack, Zoe and Anya got there first. Kate sits at her desk and draws a picture. Her teacher congratulates her on a beautiful picture. But it wasn't a Lego model. Shake the bottle. Kate does a maths quiz. She gets 9 out of 10. Her teacher says well done. Kate can't shake the feeling she should have got them all right. Shake the bottle. The classroom is loud, the sound of chairs scraping on the floor. Those children laughing. Kate has a pair of ear defenders. She wants to wear them. She knows she's allowed. But she knows it makes her look different. So she doesn't. Shake the bottle. At break time Kate is excited to see mummy gave her a cereal bar for snack when she usually has an apple. She'll forgive the change of snack because, you know, it has chocolate chips in it. 2 bites in a child bumps into her and it falls to the ground. Kate can't eat it now it's dirty, she tries to tell the playground assistant who tells her it is fine, just brush off the dirt, it was even in a packet. But she can't. Its contaminated. So she puts it in the bin. Shake the bottle. Twice. She was excited about the chocolate and now she's also hungry. Back in the class and David accidentally bumped into Kate when he was handing out some work. She wasn't expecting to be touched. Shake the bottle. Lunch time. Kate has ordered chicken goujons, chips and beans. On getting to the front of the queue she realises there's no beans but they have peas and sweet corn. She likes peas and sweet corn but they're mixed together and anyway, it's supposed to be beans. Shake the bottle. In the afternoon, Kate has to give a presentation about wind farms. She's passionate about this presentation, she's been researching hard and got to use the class chrome books to do it. She rattles off every fact in the world about wind farms. Her teachers don't notice the anxious wobble to her voice as Kate covers the anxiety with talking a LOT. She's congratulated for an illuminating presentation but Kate is tired and can't hear it. Shake the bottle. Andrea is asked to tidy away the pencils at the end of the day. Andrea puts the pencils in the pen pot. Kate really wants to say some thing but last time she said Andrea was doing it wrong she got a row for tattling. So Kate hurries round behind Andrea separating all the pencils out. And gets a row because she's supposed to be in her seat. Shake the bottle. Now shake it twice more because a school day is tiring even of you don't have any type of neurodivergency. Kate's teacher sends a quick message to mum saying "Kate had a great day, she got 9 out of 10 in our maths quiz and she did a brilliant presentation about windfarms. And she didn't need her ear defenders at all today". Mum collects Kate and says, "hey darling, how was your day?" And so the lid comes off. And it takes a long time to let out all the fizz. And it's just as messy as if it had been a literal bottle of coke.

19.01.2022 A vacancy in 2020 has just become available. We will have a Monday , Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday vacancy.

18.01.2022 Love this from Sarah Ockwell-Smith

16.01.2022 For all my FDC industry mates..... this is for you, this is for us! Together we stand, together we will get through this!

16.01.2022 Engaged learners making magic potions this morning.

16.01.2022 We will be doing this

15.01.2022 Public Health Alert A Public Health Alert has been issued for locations in the West Moreton and Brisbane South area in relation to today’s (31 July 2020) ...confirmed case of COVID-19. Any individuals who have been in the below locations during the relevant times are asked to monitor their health and immediately present for testing if they are experiencing any relevant symptoms. 26 July 2020 (11.30-11.35am) - Caltex Goodna - Goodna 26 July 2020 (12.30-2.10pm) - Sleeman Sports Complex* - Chandler 26 July 2020 (4-7pm) - Garden City Shopping Centre - Mount Gravatt 26 July 2020 (4-5pm) - Kmart at Garden City Shopping Centre - Mount Gravatt 26 July 2020 (4.30-5pm) - JB Hi-Fi at Garden City Shopping Centre - Mount Gravatt 26 July 2020 (around 5pm) - MOS Burger at Garden City Shopping Centre - Mount Gravatt 26 July 2020 (around 6pm) - Chatime at Garden City - Mount Gravatt 27 July 2020 (10-10.30am) - Café 63 - Redbank Plains 27 July 2020 (11am-1pm) - Bunnings Springfield - Springfield 27 July 2020 (3.15-4pm) - Bunnings Oxley - Oxley 27 July 2020 (6-8.30pm) - Basketball Court Springfield Lakes* - Springfield Lakes 27 July 2020 (8.45-8.55pm) - Nando’s Kenmore - Kenmore 28 July 2020 (8.40-8.45am) - Caltex Wacol - Wacol 29 July 2020 (around 10.45am) - Richlands Medical Centre Richlands Plaza - Richlands 29 July 2020 (around 11.35am) - SNP Collection Centre Forest Lake - Forest Lake *People who are close contacts will be contacted directly by the Public Health Unit. Additionally, the Public Health Alert issued on 29 July 2020 has been amended with an updated time relating to the Primary Medical and Dental Practice at Browns Plains on 24 July 2020 to 3:30 4:30pm. If you have any concerns about your health, contact your doctor or contact 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84).

13.01.2022 Today we participated in National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) which is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. This years book was Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas written by Lucinda Gifford... We finished off by creating our own Chicken Divas.

12.01.2022 Hi everyone! Wow, what a week!! How are my fellow Australian Family Day Care educators holding up? How are you all feeling? I’ve been quiet on this page whil...e I process what this news means for my little service and the beautiful families who attend here. To anyone unaware, our government has just announced free childcare for Australian families in response to COVID19. The excitement that I felt when this came through was quickly replaced with disbelief. Parents won’t be paying childcare, but the government won’t be paying the parent portion either. So, at this stage I’ll be working for half or even less than I would normally receive. I will have to rely on government handouts to provide for my family, while still operating what was a thriving and viable business. Some of my fellow educators are in a worse situation than this, with their livelihood completely pulled out from under them. Yes, I’m grateful that I still have employment. Yes, I am thankful I still get to spend my days in our beautiful garden with my precious ones. Yes, I’m grateful that we are well and safe in our little bubble while people have lost everything. But, please when you see Free Childcare realise it’s not free at all. Someone has to foot the bill. That someone is us. Early Childhood Educators are an essential service. We care for the children of the people who are currently saving lives and keeping our country afloat. We keep little ones safe and loved while parents do what they need to do. We put ourselves and our families at risk every day - you try telling a tiny baby or an emotional toddler to physically distance - it’s impossible. My fellow ECE’s hold your heads high. We will get through this. We have some amazing people advocating for us right now. Keep doing your wonderful and important work, tomorrow is a new day. Edited to add; LDC and OSHC I am thrilled you have been given a lifeline during this difficult time.

10.01.2022 We enjoyed a lovely morning at the Loose Parts Play Session today. Exploring, investigating, being creative and enjoying outside.

10.01.2022 Graphic credit: #believephq

09.01.2022 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE Between 21 July and 28 July 2020 a confirmed COVID case visited the following locations: Parklands Christian College, Park Ridge... Madtongsan IV Restaurant, Sunnybank Heeretea Bubble Tea, Sunnybank Primary Medical Dental Practice, Browns Plains Thai Peak Restaurant, Springfield Cowch Desert Bar, Southbank P'Nut Street Noodles, Southbank African Grocery Shop (Station Road), Woodridge Primary Medical and Dental Practice, Browns Plains Chatime Grand Plaza, Browns Plains YMCA Chatswood Hills Outside School Hours Care, Logan If you've been to any of these places and are feeling unwell you need to go and get tested and isolate until you get your results. We've set up a bunch of new pop up clinics in and around Logan.

08.01.2022 I always love having this reminder nearby!

08.01.2022 It's a mudplay day

07.01.2022 We are loving mud playdough this morning

06.01.2022 Starting our day with some cake making in the mudkitchen

06.01.2022 School is officially back! Before your child heads to the classroom each day, have a conversation to see how they're feeling. If they have any signs or symp...toms of illness (even mild), please keep them home until they feel better. This is just one simple way to look out for the health and safety of yourself and those around you.

05.01.2022 "Just" scribbling... (good info via Learning Wild)

05.01.2022 We love starting our day with some messy sensory play

05.01.2022 Public Health Alert Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited. Anyone who has been to these locations ...at the times specified should monitor their health and if they develop any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild, get tested and isolate until they receive their test result. Springwood - Ikea Logan 30 August 2020 Between 9.45am and 10.15am Doolandella - Crossacres Garden Centre 30 August 2020 Between 12pm and 12.15pm Russell Island - Canaipa Nursery & Tea Centre 1 September 2020 Between 12pm and 12.30pm Russell Island - Super IGA Supermarket 1 September 2020 Between 12.40pm and 12.50pm Russell Island-Redland Bay - Passenger Ferry: Russell Island to Redland Bay 1 September 2020 Between 1.30pm and 2.10pm Redland Bay-Russell Island - Passenger Ferry: Redland Bay to Russell Island 1 September 2020 Between 4pm and 4.30pm Russell Island - Russell Island Pharmacy 2 September 2020 Morning Russell Island - Super IGA Supermarket 3 September 2020 Between 12pm and 2pm Russell Island - Super IGA Supermarket 4 September 2020 Between 8am and 8.30am The updated list is available at: https://www.qld.gov.au//cor/current-status/contact-tracing To find your nearest fever clinic, visit: https://www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing

04.01.2022 Hi I'm Kylie. I'm a qualified Educator with 25 years in the Early Childhood field and we currently have a vacancy for a new friend to join in the fun. Regist...ered with Enhance FDC- Brisbane Community . Call or message for more information or to arrange a time to visit. Www.facebook.com/victoriapointfamilydaycare See more

03.01.2022 This was too true not to share. Your children may come home with dirty knees and paint splatered clothes but please know this is because they are having fun, growing, learning and exploring they are our future let's make their present amazing

03.01.2022 Today we recognise and openly thank our dedicated and passionate Family Day Care Educators on Early Childhood Educators' Day. Our Educators educate our children... not only about the world we live in but how to live in it, to do our best and to be our best. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of our children and families. #earlychildhoodeducatorsday #LoveMyECE See more

03.01.2022 PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT 28 AUGUST Queensland Health has added the following new locations where cases of the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre cluster have visited:... COOMERA 15 August 2020, Coomera Westfield, 11:20am to 11:25am 24 August 2020, Coomera Westfield, 5:30pm to 6pm 26 August 2020, Coomera Westfield, 9:30am to 10:25am FOREST LAKE 27 August 2020, Priceline Pharmacy, 9am to 9:10am 27 August 2020, Coles Forest Lake Shopping Centre, 9:15am to 9:30am GRACEVILLE 22 August 2020, Graceville Netball Courts & Canteen, Faulkner Park, 1pm to 3pm INDOOROOPILLY 18 August 2020, Spotlight, 9am to 11am 22 August 2020, Kmart, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 3:15pm to 4:45pm LARAPINTA 18 August 2020, Logan Motorway BP and McDonalds, 3:50pm 21 August 2020, Logan Motorway BP and McDonalds, 7am 24 August 2020, Logan Motorway BP and McDonalds, 4:20pm to 4:30pm 25 August 2020, Logan Motorway BP and McDonalds, 6:40am to 6:45am 25 August 2020, Logan Motorway BP and McDonalds, 4:20pm to 4:30pm 26 August 2020, Logan Motorway BP and McDonalds, 5:45pm to 5:50pm OXENFORD 22 August 2020, Bunnings Oxenford, Noon to 12:05pm 26 August 2020, Kmart Oxenford, 11am to 11:10am 26 August 2020, Bunnings Oxenford, 11:20am to 11:50am PIMPAMA 15 August 2020, Pimpama Junction Centre, 10am to 11:50am 16 August 2020, Chemist Warehouse Pimpama City Centre, 8:20am to 8:30am 16 August 2020, Pimpama Junction Centre, 12:20pm to 12:25pm 16 August 2020, Zarraffa’s Pimpama City, 10am 17 August 2020, Zarraffa’s Pimpama City, 6:30am 17 August 2020, Coles Express Pimpama City Centre, 6:18am 17 August 2020, Coles Express Pimpama City Centre, 4:25pm 19 August 2020, Zarraffa’s Pimpama City, 6:30am 21 August 2020, Coles Express Pimpama City Centre, 9pm 22 August 2020, United Service Station Pimpama, 4:05pm to 4:20pm 22 August 2020, Pimpama McDonalds, 8:30am to 9:30am 22 August 2020, Coles Pimpama City, 1pm to 2pm 23 August 2020, Coles Pimpama City, 2:10pm to 2:20pm 23 August 2020, IGA Coomera, 2:20pm to 2:20pm 23 August 2020, Coles Pimpama City, 4:05pm to 4:20pm 26 August 2020, Woolworths Pimpama Junction, 10:40am to 10:50am 26 August 2020, Woolworths Pimpama Junction, Noon to 12:15pm 26 August 2020, Zazar’s Kebabs, 12:15am to 12:25am REDLAND BAY 21 August 2020, Southern Bay Cyclones Rugby Union (Cyclones vs Logan Saints), 8pm to 10pm SOUTHPORT 26 August 2020, GCUH Fever clinic, 7pm to 7:20pm TOOWOOMBA 16 August 2020, The Southern Hotel Toowoomba, 8:15am to 10am 16 August 2020, Queens Park Markets East Toowoomba, 10am to 11am UPPER COOMERA 17 August 2020, Coles Upper Coomera, 8pm to 8:10pm WOOLOONGABBA 27 August 2020, PAH Fever Clinic, 12:40pm to 12:55pm Anyone who has been to these locations at the times specified should monitor their health and if they develop any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild, get tested. More information about Redland Bay here https://www.facebook.com/109643080429114/posts/358283655565054/

03.01.2022 UPDATED PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT *Please Share* UPDATED 6PM SUNDAY, 23 AUGUST... #BREAKING: Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where cases of the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre cluster visited. Anyone who has been to these locations at the times specified should monitor their health and if they develop any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild, get tested. BROWNS PLAINS: 9 August - Anytime Fitness, Village Square, 11am - 12:10pm 9 August - Woolworths, Browns Plains Grand Plaza,11am - 12pm 10 August - Spotlight Browns Plains, 9:30am - 9:45am 10 August - Anytime Fitness, Village Square, 10:15am - 11:25am 10 August - Woolworths, Browns Plains Grand Plaza, 11am - 12:30pm 12 August - Coles, Browns Plains Grand Plaza, 7:15pm -unknown 14 August - OfficeWorks, 10am- 10:10am 14 August - Coles, Browns Plains Grand Plaza, after 10am - before 11am 14 August - Anytime Fitness, Village Square, 2:20pm - 3:30pm 14 August - Bunnings, 2:30pm - 3pm 15 August - K-Mart, Browns Plains Grand Plaza, 9:30am - 9:45am 15 August - Anytime Fitness, Village Square, 10:25am - 11:35am 16 August - Coles, Browns Plains Grand Plaza, 10:30am - 11am 16 August - Anytime Fitness, Village Square, 1:20pm - 2:30pm 19 August - Woolworths, Browns Plains Grand Plaza, 9:30am - unknown GREENBANK: 10 August - Greenbank Takeaway, 5:30pm - 5:40pm 17 August - Greenbank Takeaway, 6:30pm - 6:40pm IPSWICH: 16 August - Riverlink Shopping Centre, Morning 16 August - The Reject Shop, Morning 16 August - Jamaica Blue Coffee Shop, Morning 19-20 August - Ipswich Hospital ED, 11pm-6.19am BUNDAMBA: 17 August - Costco Bundamba self-service fuel, Afternoon BRASSALL: Uncle Bill's Takeaway - 5.45-6.15pm FOREST LAKE: 10 August - Woolworths, Forest Lake Shopping Centre, unknown 12 August - Woolworths, Forest Lake Shopping Centre, 4:30pm - 5pm 13 August - Australian Nails, Forest lake Shopping Centre, 11am -12am 13 August - Forest lake Shopping Centre, 11am-3pm 13 August - Nandos, Forest Lake Shopping Centre, after 12pm - unknown 14 August - Coles, Forest Lake Shopping Centre, 4pm - 4:30pm 21 August - Woolworths, Forest Lake Shopping centre, 10:30am - 10:45am WACOL: 11 August - BP Wacol (Cnr Boundary & Progress Rds), 6am - 6:15am 18 August - BP Wacol (Cnr Boundary & Progress Rds), evening MT GRAVATT: 11 August - Mt Gravatt Swimming Pool,10:30am - 11:45am 11 August - Dami Japanese Restaurant, 12pm - unknown CARINA HEIGHTS: 12 August - Thai Antique, 6pm - 6:15pm SLACKS CREEK: 14 August - Ikea, Slacks Creek,11am - 2pm MARSDEN: 14 August - Woolworths, Marsden on Fifth shopping centre, 11:15am - 11:30am 16 August - Woolworths, Marsden on Fifth shopping centre, 10am - 10:15am 20 August - Woolworths, Marsden on Fifth shopping centre, 10am - 10:15am GREENSLOPES: 18 August - BCF, Greenslopes, 12:30pm - 1pm 19 August - The Jam Pantry 10:30am - 11:45am CRESTMEAD: 18 August - Chemist Warehouse (Waratah Dr), afternoon CAMP HILL: 19 August - Baskin Robbins, Camp Hill Market Place, 5:30pm - 5:40pm 19 August - Pho Inn, Camp Hill Market Place, 5:30pm - 5:40pm BIRKDALE: 19 August - 12 RND Fitness, 8am - 9:30am CARINDALE: 19 August - Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre, 1pm - 3pm 19 August - Bras 'n' Things, Westfield Carindale, 1pm - 3pm 19 August - Ghanda clothing, Westfield Carindale, 1pm - 3pm 19 August - Myer, Westfield Carindale, 1pm - 3pm INDOOROPILLY: 17 August - Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 11am-1pm 17 August - BUPA, 11am-1pm 17 August - Origin Kebabs 11am-1pm 19 August - Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 1pm - 4pm 19 August - Myer, 1pm- 4pm 19 August - Touch of Indian - 1pm-4pm 19 August - Sweets from Heaven - 1pm-4pm Find your nearest fever clinic: https://bit.ly/3jAHCvD Source: ABC Brisbane

02.01.2022 Yes, it’s true that Kindergarten has transformed into First Grade. Yes, children will need to learn academics, listen and sit still. But that certainly doesn’t ...mean that these lessons should be straight-jacketed onto them in the toddler and preschool years. In fact, the funneling down of structured learning is all the more reason to let children play while they can. We must fiercely protect this precious, ever shrinking window of time for our children. More in Don't Let Your Preschoolers Forget How to Play: https://www.janetlansbury.com//dont-let-your-preschoolers/ Play is enough. Play is enough. Play is enough. This should be our educational mantra for the first 5 years.

02.01.2022 MEASLES ALERT - REDLANDS Brisbane’s south east region currently has 23 confirmed cases of measles from Brisbane's southside, Logan and Redland Coast areas.... Metro South Health public health physician Dr Kari Jarvinen said most cases from the past month are from two family groups as well as contacts of previous cases including a recent case from a high school in Redland. The initial symptoms of measles can include fever, lethargy, runny nose, moist cough and sore red eyes. This is followed a few days later by a blotchy, red rash which often starts on the face and then becomes widespread over the body. If you have any of the measles symptoms contact your GP it is VERY important to call the medical practice first if you think you might have measles, so that staff can take precautions to avoid spreading it to others. Anyone born after 1965 who was in these areas and who has not been fully vaccinated against measles (two doses of MMR) should contact their GP. For more information about the measles virus call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84). Source: Queensland Health

02.01.2022 . To all Educators, Happy Early Childhood Educators Day today!