Event Calendar

1^st

New year’s public holiday (Centre closed)

25^th

Australia Day Celebrations – Wear Red, blue, green, yellow or traditional indigenous clothing

26^th

Australia Day (Centre closed)

9^th

Chinese New Year- Year of Rabbit- Wear Traditional Chinese Clothing red/Yellow

14^th

Valentine’s day- (Wear Red or Pink)

21^st

National Pancake Day ( Children will participate in preparing cooking and tasting the pancakes.

4^th

Clean up Australia Day – (No special dress code)

18^th

St Patrick’s Day- Children to wear Green clothes/chocolate coin for treasure hunt.

21^st

Harmony Day – Children to dress up in traditional clothes and bring in a traditional dish of food for lunch

25^th

Holi- Children to wear white old clothing for throwing colored herbal powders

28^th

Easter Hat parade- children to wear an Easter hat to school

29^th

Public Holiday (Good Friday) Centre Closed

1^st

Easter Monday (Centre Closed)

15-19^th

Evacuation drills

25^th

ANZAC Day – Centre Closed

26^th

ANZAC DAY Commemoration (wear a red poppy

1-8^th

Ramadan

5^th

Orthodox Easter leading to Lent

10^th

Mothers Day Celebration – Mums and Grandmas are invited for morning/afternoon tea at the center

13-17^th

Parent Conferences. Pre-scheduled individual meetings between families & their child’s educator. Setting up of goals collectively.

20-24^th

Community Week

22^nd

National Simultaneous Storytime- (The speedy sloth- story)

27^th

National Reconciliation Week

3^rd

National Reconciliation week ends.

5^th

World Environment Day

10^th

King’s Birthday- Public Holiday (centre closed)

16-17^th

Eid

21^st

International Yoga Day

8-12^th

NAIDOC week – (No special dress code)

10^th

Teddy bear Picnic Children will enjoy the sun with the picnic with the teddy bear. They can bring their favorite teddy from home.

15^th

Backyard Birds – Winter Survey

19^th

Pajama Day – Children will dress up in cosy pajamas.

15-19^th

Evacuation drill-24th-28th

22-26^th

Mini Olympics – Children will be particiapting in various sports during the week and are encouraged to wear Jersey.

28^th

National tree day

8^th

Jeans for Genes Day- Wear Denim)

11^th

Red nose day- Wear a red nose and donate a gold coin for the foundation.

10-18^th

Emergency Evacuation Drill (14th18th)

12-16^th

National Science Week- Children will participate in science experiences throughout the week.

17^th-23^nd

Book Week – The children to bring in a book each day of the week. On Thursday the 26th the Children to dress up as their favourite book
character.

30^th

Daffodil Day – Children to dress in yellow. Gold Coin Donation in aid of the Cancer Foundation)

6^th

Father’s Day Celebration – Fathers and Grandfathers are invited to the centre for Morning / Afternoon tea

7^th

Early Childhood Educators’ Day

TBA

Photo Day

12^th

Are you ok? Day- Wear black and yellow

TBA

Steps Vision screening test for preschool 4-5 year old’s

23^rd

Backyard birds- spring survey

27^th

Save the Koala Day – Children to bring a toy Koala to school. Gold Coin Donation in aid of the Australian Koala foundation.

7^th

Labour Day- Centre closed

14-18^th

Emergency drills-9th-13th

TBA

Graduation Photo Day

16^th

National Bird Week – Backyard bird count

23^rd

Parents Confrenecs- 23rd-27th

31^st

Halloween Celebration- Children will dress up in the halloween costumes

TBA

Christmas Party/Graduation Ceremony – Details to be announced.

13^th

Diwali celebration

9-13^th

National Recycling Week

9^th

All around the world – Each child to choose a name of a country to research and dress up in the allocated country’s traditional clothes. Children to also bring in a dish of food to share

6^th

Sunnie’s for Sight Day – Children to wear a pair of Sunnie’s to school

7^th

Early Childhood Educators’ Day

13^th

Crazy Hat Day – Children to come in with a crazy hat.

25th- Centre closed, 26th- Centre closed Christmas Break- 27th, 28th,29th Centre will open on reduced hours of 8am-4pm