2012 term 1 newsletter
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Blacktown Zone Playgroups NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
Blacktown Zone Christmas Party 2011 was a success!
Submissions & Enquiries — [email protected]
Blacktown Zone Playgroups
Quarterly Newsletter Term 1 April 2012
Newsline Heading Towards a Blog...
We are hoping to move the current format of Newsline (handouts @ the Zone meetings & a link available through Playgroup NSW website) to a blog. We do this with the intent of reaching more members with relevant content and increasing the involvement from the zone.
You may ask “What is a blog”? Well blogs are like mini websites. They are
free, easy to use, update automatically and can be shared with others by simply providing the blog address. It also has the ability to allow its readers to leave comments & subscribe to emails in an interactive format. The Seven Hills Scallywags (SHS) currently have a blog which has a report on each session and is the way in which members
are kept up to date of the goings on @ “group”.
To check out the SHS blog just type this address in your browser
http://shscallywags. wordpress.com/
To share with us your thoughts please send us an email to [email protected]
Inside this issue:
Zone Information 2
Fundraising News 3
Committee Update 4
News from Play-groups NSW
5
Community News 6
Art & Craft 7
Cooking 8
Fun Things to do... 9
Who’s Part of our 10
Playgroup News 11
Playgroup News 12
Christmas Raffle 13
Session Structure 14
Our big event for the year was held on 9th December at the Bernie Mullane Complex in Kellyville. With 220 tickets sold, we were looking forward to lots of playgroup kids and carers having a great time. The venue was set up with a jumping castle, toddler play area with slides, ball pit and more, and tables for plaster painting, play dough and colouring.
The face painting fairy was popular and did a great job of turning the kids into tigers, butterflies and other animals. Out the back was the animal farm with creatures great and small, and even some whip cracking action!
After some dancing action, it was time for Santa's visit! The kids were very well behaved as they waited for him to arrive, and after the colouring in competition winners were announced, everyone lined up to talk to Santa and get a candy cane. Finally, the raffle winners were drawn, before it was time to pack up and head home for naps (for the kids and the adults!)
Thanks to Maria Webb and Lauren Wells for all their hard work in
organising the party, and to Nicole McAleer for working so hard on the day.
We're looking forward to this year's event, which will be held earlier in the
year to avoid the madness of Christmas-time! Stay tuned for more info.
Editors:
Leanne Cook
Cathy Landall
Zone Co-ord inators
Helen Wren
Jody Hardy
Secretary
Kristen Kilpatrick
Treasurer
Stephanie Walton
0425 351 080
Newsline Editors
Catherine Landall
Leanne Cook
Fundraising
Nicole McAleer
Zone Meeting
The next zone meeting will be held on
Wednesday 2nd May
@ Doonside Neighbourhood Centre.
32 Birdwood Ave Doonside (behind IGA).
All members are invited. One member
from each group is required to attend.
R.S.V.P to the Zone Secretary
Kristen
2012 Zone Event
The event for this year will be held on the
15th September rather then at Christmas time.
The details will be published in the next
quarterly Newsline.
Volunteers needed. Please contact :
Kristen - Zone Secretary
Have a look at the Playgroup NSW & Blacktown
Zone Playgroups Facebook pages!!
"Like" us to receive regular updates and be part of the Playgroup
community on Facebook.
www.facebook.com/playgroupnsw
Search for Blacktown Zone Playgroup
A word from our NEW fundraising committee
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Hi everyone, its Nicole here, your fundraising co-ordinator and as to date the ONLY member of the
fundraising committee. To be able to put on a great event we are going to need some money which is
why it’s important that we are able to fundraise as much money as possible so we do something fantastic
for the kids with as little input financially from everyone.
I am happy to do all of the administration side of things but I need people to actually help out with small
jobs on the committee, so we really need some volunteers for this position.
The idea of the fundraising committee is to raise as much funds as possible with a few big events for
maximum return. Please note what we have planned so far for this year:
Bargain Shopping Trip
A bus shopping trip to the factory outlets which will be an all day event including lunch. We will be visiting
outlets which sell kids, men’s & women’s clothing, toys, handbags, shoes, manchester & house goods just
to name a few. It will be on a Saturday in mid-June with further details to be released in the next week or
so via email & Facebook. Please start talking to your friends, family & neighbours to get as much interest as
possible. The trip works on a commission basis, the more people on the tour the bigger commission we
make so we want to get as many people as possible involved.
Ryan’s Toy Warehouse
This visit will be September/October with
further details to be released closer to
the date.
Bunning BBQ
We have a date booked for Saturday 17 November 2012 at the Norwest store. This will be discussed at
future zone meetings but we will require at least 4 people to be manning the store between 9am – 4pm.
Please discuss within your playgroup if you group would like to volunteer for an hour and let me know
what time you would prefer and we will set up a timetable, ideally if each group volunteers to provide
between 4-5 members we will be able to ensure that the day is a success but with the work being shared
by many.
Please email me if your
interested in helping,
tips / suggestions or any
questions, I would love to hear
some feedback.
A word from our NEW Committee
A note from Kristen
Who can believe that we're already so far into 2012?! After surviving the hectic time that is Christmas and New
Year, it was nice to get back into the routine of playgroup, and have our first Zone meeting in early February. I
hope you have had a chance to read the meeting minutes and share the relevant sections with your play-group. A big welcome to all of the new Committee members who are now coming to grips with their roles as
Coordinators, Secretaries and Treasurers! If you need help with your roles or have queries, get in touch with
Playgroup NSW, or with your Zone Committee.
We are working hard on better ways to communicate with all members in our Zone, starting with the Face-
book group page (search for Blacktown Zone Playgroups and then join the group). We are also planning to visit all the groups in the Zone, in person, over the coming months. Our event for this year will be held in Sep-
tember so stay tuned for more info. Our fundraising office, Nicole McAleer, is hard at work organising our ac-
tivities for the year, which will include a shopping tour and a Bunning's BBQ.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 2nd May at Doonside Neighbourhood Centre. We would love to see
you there, but in the meantime, please get in touch with us if you would like to contribute ideas, time, help or comments. The more members who participate in the Zone, the better we will be!
Kristen Kilpatrick
Blacktown Zone Secretary
A note from Jody
Hi everyone, welcome back to Playgroup 2012
and a big welcome to all our new members. As
the new zone Co-ordinator I just want to let you
all know my door is always open if you have any
questions, comments, suggestions or problem to
do with your playgroup or the zone please con-
tact me I am here to help and ensure that play-
group is fun for all.
Hope to see you all the next zone meeting, Jody.
[email protected] 0415152932.
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us that it is very difficult to
get affordable insurance
for just one group.
It is important to note
nearly all of community
venues, halls or churches in
NSW will require your play-
group to have appropriate
insurances. If your group is
a home based group you
will need insurance cover
to conduct Playgroup ac-
tivities in yours and other
members' homes. This safe-
guards you in the event of
a legal action being taken
as the household owner.
Many people mistakenly
believe that if they hire a
community venue or
church you are covered
by the venue or church
insurance. In most cases
venues have only public
liability coverage for their
hall and its committee;
meaning if you or your
child is injured or you injure
someone else you are per-
sonally liable. This also ap-
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halls property such as
breaking a window.
If the venue does not have
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group not use the premises.
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By Kate Davis B. Ed,
Mother and works for
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Babies, like older chil-dren, have their own interests emerging from a very early age. These interests could be things like animals, cars, dolls/babies or even bugs. Often these emerge from common things they have observed in their immediate environ-ment.
Another main source of interest for babies quite simply stems from their desire to be inde-pendent and learn new skills such as crawling, walking, or self feeding.
As educators, we know the best way for a child to learn is through play experiences based around their interests. Activities that encour-age a child to think, ob-serve, feel, taste, touch, manipulate and listen
are critical for babies to learn about the world around them.
Another important way we know children learn is through social interac-tions and social situa-tions. They learn by ob-serving others and imi-tating their sounds, ac-tions and behaviors. As educators and families it is beneficial for the chil-dren we care for to pro-vide activities and ex-periences which foster their development in a range of social situa-tions.
Some group activities that are appropriate for babies include:
Open shut them song with actions
Twinkle twinkle song with actions
Wheels on the bus song with actions
Row your boat song
with actions
Der glumph song with actions
If you’re happy and you know it song with ac-tions
Down in the meadow song with actions
Rock a bye your bear song with actions
Social games such as:
There is someone who is hiding
Peekaboo
I wonder what your name is
Literacy and language activities such as:
Story reading
Puppet stories
Felt story telling
Sensory activities includ-ing:
Play Ideas for babies
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Materials:
large paper plate, Styro-foam cup (you only need 1/2 a cup for each craft), paint, glue, string or ribbon, hole punch, green tissue paper .
Directions:
Paint the paper plate.
Cut the styrofoam cup in
half (an adult's job) and
paint it too . Let dry.
Glue the cup onto the
plate. Let dry.
Punch a hole in the top of
the plate.
the paper for the leaves (re-dipping in the paint
as necessary)
Materials: Paint—a mixture of
autumn colours
Directions:
Stamp the side of your hand in brown paint and
stamp it on the paper as the trunk
Stamp your index finger
in green paint and stamp it many times on
Mother’s Day Craft — HANGING FLOWER POT
Autumn Craft — FINGERPRINT TREE
(4 of each colour).
Cut out the prints and glue to form a wreath.
You can decorate the wreath further with poppies (or other appropriate pictures).
Anzac Day Craft — HANDS WREATH
Materials:
glue,
scissors,
red paint or construction paper.
Directions:
Trace child's hand or paint handprints onto paper and cut out the prints.
Make eight handprints
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“The greatness of a
craft consists firstly
in how it brings
comradeship to men.”
Antoine de Saint
Tuck these pieces into
the cup (they look like
leaves).
Cut one long strip of
green tissue paper about
4 or 5 inches wide.
Accordion fold (fan fold)
the piece as tightly as the
kids are able.
Keeping it folded, cut thin
strips
tuck them into the cup
(they look like grass).
Write HAPPY
MOTHER's DAY, the
child's name and/or the
year along the top.
Put a string or ribbon
through.
Tie the ribbon so you have a
loop that would go over a
doorknob or a pin so mum
can hang it up.
Cut pieces of green tissue
paper (about 4 inch by 4
inch pieces).
Arts and Craft
Did you or you play-
group have a go at
one of these
Arts & Crafts?
Please send us a
photo of your
creations to
Handmade Rocking Horses
for Sale
$200
Smooth gliding action. Colours
available are red and maroon.
These take about 4 weeks to
make.
Please contact Natalie at Seven
Hills Playtime Corner
0411 286 308 or
Ingredients 375 g self-raising flour,
sifted
1 tsp. baking powder
200 g caster sugar
125 ml vegetable oil
1 egg
125 ml milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
300 g blueberries, fresh or
frozen
granulated sugar, for
sprinkling
Preparation
Method
1. Preheat oven to
180C/160C fan.
2. Place the flour, bak-
ing powder and sugar in
a bowl.
Place the oil, egg, milk
and vanilla in a separate
bowl and whisk to com-
bine.
Pour the liquid ingredi-
ents into the dry ingre-
dients and mix until just
combined.
Add the blueberries and
mix to combine.
3. Spoon mixture into a
12-hole, 125ml capacity
muffin tin lined with pa-
per patty cases.
Sprinkle the tops with
sugar and bake for 30–
35 minutes or until
cooked when tested
with a skewer.
Too Easy Blueberry Muffins
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“Cooking is at
once child’s
play and adult
joy. And
cooking done
with care is an
act of love.”
Craig Claiborne
Cooking with Kids
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min, plus
cooling time
Serves: 12
Picture by: Leanne Cook
Recipe by: Donna Hay
Serves: 12
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Ever feel if your all Alone in the Zone?
Take a look at all of our Zone playgroups!
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Who’s Part of our Zone?
Blacktown Little Bunnykins
Blacktown Rugrats
Blacktown Shelley Tots
Doonside Honey Bears
Glendenning Dinosaurs
Glendenning Little Rascals
Glendenning Mozarts
Glenwood Cheeky Monkeys
Glenwood Give me a break
Glenwood Gumnuts
Glenwood Tiny Tots
Kings Langley Buddies
Kings Langley Pandas
Kings Langley Playmates
Lalor Park Teddy Bears Picnic
Marayong Cheeky Chimps
Marayong Hi Ma Wa Ri
Quakers Hill Dolphin's Den
Quakers Hill Funky Monkeys
Quakers Hill Immaculate Imps
Quakers Hill Little Friends
Quakers Hill Munchkins
Quakers Hill Muppets
Quakers Hill North West Community
Quakers Hill Q.T's
Seven Hills Playtime Corner
Seven Hills Scallywags
Stanhope Gardens Fairholme Funky Tots
Stanhope Gardens Thornbury Jellybeans
Stanhope Gardens Wiggles
The Ponds King Tots
Woodcroft Bunyips
Woodcroft Teething Terrors
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Blacktown
zone is urgently
looking for more people to be on the fundraising committee.
Currently the committee is headed by Nicole and she needs your help!
This year the zone is holding 3 fundraising events.
If you’d like more information please contact: Nicole McAleer
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What’s Happening in the Zone? Dolphins Den Playgroup,
Quakers Hill Welcome...
Baby Brayden! Congratulations Megan & Craig!
Baby Braxton! Congratulations Eleanor & Dave!
Happy Birthday from
Glendenning Dinosaurs!
Andrew 4yrs January
Suhana 3yrs December
Gursikh 3yrs April
Elisha 2yrs January
Saanvi 2yrs January
Sienna 2yrs December
Heath 1yr January
Pyper 1yr April
Congratulations to:
Estella on your baby girl
Jayda!
Racheal on your baby boy
Jamin!
Alicia baby girl Chelsea!
Harjit on your new baby!
Graduation day for Kira, Ryley, Nathan and
Brayden. Good Luck guys!
Seven Hills Playtime Corner
Would like to welcome
Jonathan, Edward, Stephanie, Kyle, Ronan, Corran, Gabriel,
Benjamin & Yves!
Congratulations Sharon on the birth of Amber!
Happy Birthday to:
January: Ava & Joel February: Kate
March: Ronan April: Jamie, Lucy, Adam & Stephanie.
Happy Birthday from
Quakers Hill Q.T`s
Jackson 3yrs in January
Connor 2yrs in March
Call for New Members @ Glenwood
Cheeky Monkeys!
Any new members interested ? Thursday
10am-12pm Glenwood community centre
( all ages welcome )
Contact: Amanda Kneen:
Glenwood Cheeky Monkeys!
Hip Hip Hooray from
the Seven Hills
Scallywags
February Babies—
Annabel
March Babies—
Emma-Lee
April Babies—
Shay, Lachlan D, Lucy K
May Babies—
Lachlan B, Ollie,
Finnbarr, O’lena, Jessie,
Archie & Jessica
CONGRATULATIONS
Cherry on beautiful baby
girl Caris Melaine
SHScallywags 2011 Christmas Party
The Seven Hills Scallywags had lots of Christmas celebrations in 2011, starting with our family day out on 26th November at Calmsley Hill Farm. Even though the day started out with pour-ing rain, it didn't dampen the spirits of all the Scallywags and their parents as we fed the animals, watched the milking dem-onstration, and ate a yummy BBQ lunch. Santa's visit was a highlight (at least for those kids not scared of him!), as were the Secret Santa gifts that the little ones received.
Our 7 proud graduates for 2011
Quakers Hill Little Friends Play-
group celebrated 2011
GRADUATION DAY on a big
scale. Seven children were very
eager to put on their hats and
gowns, for a mini graduation
ceremony. Each child took their
turn to share, with much excite-
ment, the school they were go-
ing to and what they might like
Quakers Hill Little Friends are SEEKING NEW MEMBERS. We meet Thursdays 9:30 -11:30am
@ the Goddard Crescent Community Centre, Quakers Hill. For more information, con-
tact Lianna (9837-5060) or Melinda (9837-4331). Details on Playgroup NSW website.
Quakers Hill Little Friends had an Elf come for our
END OF YEAR PARTY. She was soo much fun, face paint-
ing, balloon animals, dancing, a magic show and even
hand delivering Santa’s presents!
Christmas party – Elf style!! Birthdays for
March & April
2012. Isa-
bella 4yrs, Fraser
3yrs, Jacob 3yrs, Al-
ice 3yrs and Emaan
We would like to thank the following companies for their support of our playgroups.
Rudolf’s Warehouse Blacktown, Little Fishes Hassal Grove, Martelli’s Market Rouse Hill, Feather-dale Wildlife Park Doonside, Calmsley Hill Farm Fairfield , Powerhouse Museum, The Etta-mogah , Cake Decorating Solutions Arndell Park, Word Of Mouth
The total amount raised for last years raffle was $(not sure of total). If your company, employer or anyone you know would be interested in making a donation or if you have any ideas for any future raffles, please contact the fundraising committee. Please support the people who support us.
Thank you, Paula Bond
2011 RAFFLE WINNERS
1. 600pc Christmas Light Set Rudolf’s Warehouse
Mary Calleja Quakers Hill QT’s
2. 1 Month Swim Lessons @ Little Fishes
Julie Brunt Thornbury Jelly Beans
3. 1 Month Swim Lessons @ Little Fishes
Paula Bond Quakers Hill QT’s
4. $40 Gift Voucher for Martelli’s Rouse Hill
Helen Macri King Tots
5. 2 X Adult Pass @ Featherdale
Lianna Farchione Quakers Hill Little Friends
6. Family Pass @ Calmsley Hill Farm
Doreen Quakers Hill Little Friends
7. Family Pass @ Powerhouse Museum
Sue Quakers Hill Funky Monkeys
8. Family Pass @ Powerhouse Museum Steph Walton Quakers Hill Dolphins Den
9. $25 Gift Voucher @ The Ettamogah
Carissa Howell Doonside Honey Bears
10. $25 Gift Voucher @ The Ettamogah
Natalie Farrant Little Friends
11. $25 Gift Voucher @ Cake Decorating Solutions
Lynette Hood King Tots
12. $25 Gift Voucher @ Cake Decorating Solutions
Cathy Landall Seven Hills Playtime
13. Gift Basket From Word Of Mouth Manda Glenwood Cheeky Monkeys
Looking for New Ideas?
Session structure and ideas
A brief rundown of some group's sessions. Hopefully this information is
useful for groups looking for new ideas! Here’s what some playgroups
shared with us...
Quakers Hill Dolphins
Structured sessions with a roster for everything: clean up, safety, morning
tea, activities. Two excursions per term. Regular fundraising.
Northwest Community Playgroup
Relaxed but always a similar routine of what is done when.
Outings every term. Held a market night fundraiser with Tupperware, Enjo and others attending.
Quakers Hill Little Friends Roster for morning tea and activities. Incursions with someone visiting such as a science education
group. Recent sessions have included Kids in the Kitchen and a mini Olympics with medals & certificates.
The Ponds King Tots
A session is held every day of the week. The structure of each depends on the age group attending.
Seven Hills Playtime Corner
Sessions include craft, morning tea and group time. Themed sessions. One excursion per term and one
visit per term to the neighboring pre-school.
Jobs are allocated as per what members volunteer to assist with.
Seven Hills Scallywags
Schedule for each session with a weekly theme. Popular themes for 2011 were Masterchef, Things that
Bounce, Jakaroo’s & Jillaroo’s and Daddy show & tell. Stories and songs are as per theme. Roster for
morning tea, stories & songs. Fundraising events through out the year; shopping tour, chocolates, first
aid kits. Our last session of the year on 15th December was open to visitors, so we had grandmothers,
Mums, and even a Pop join us as we did a chocolate hunt, enjoyed everyone’s morning tea goodies, and
then put our guests to work… as our Xmas trees! The three teams were fiercely competitive as tinsel,
baubles and other decorations went flying onto the fingers, necks, ears and heads of our “trees”. After
the presentation of the Scallywags awards which celebrate what makes our kids unique and makes us
laugh every week, it was time to dance! What a fantastic way to finish a great year of Scallywag ses-
sions.
Quakers Hill Munchkins (not at meeting; provided info via email)
Rostered craft/activity and story book/sing along each week.
Rostered morning tea, with every parent bringing a piece of fruit to be shared amongst the kids.
Incursions or excursions each term, e.g. park visit, police visit.
Fundraising for mid-year visit to Featherdale or the farm or whatever the group would like to do.
Themed weeks during the term e.g. numbers, colors, seasons, NAIDOC week, kids cooking classes.
Dress up days and PJ days.