We always encourage sun safety, when outside, at Happy House. Please ensure, on arrival, your child is prepared with sunscreen (available in our front foyer), a hat and a sleeved T-shirt.
If your child arrives to care without any of these things, they will be provided when they attend, prior to going outside for their afternoon play. It is important that we teach and encourage sun safety in all our children to provide the best care in our warm environment.
Don’t forget to Login and check out what the children have been doing.
The educators have been learning more about the EarlyWorks software so things may look a little different than they have in the past.
Join us on the learning journey and check out what has been happening!
Tuesday 1st October, we held our annual Art Show Fundraiser and as usual, it was a huge success.
The children created amazing masterpieces and large canvases that were all on sale. We are going to use the funds raised to purchase resources which the children choose. Thank you to everyone who contributed and made this night a great success.
A couple of things for families to consider…..
Catchment area
Pre-prep transition programs.
Both Waterford West and Waterford State Schools have school transition programs for families to assist in the move to big school.
Here are the Catchment areas map from Education Qld
https://www.qgso.qld.gov.au/maps/edmap/
Waterford West Prep Page
https://waterfordwestss.eq.edu.au/Enrolments/Prep/Pages/Prep.aspx
Waterford State School Enrolment Page
https://waterfordss.eq.edu.au/Enrolments/Enrollingatourschool/Pages/Enrollingatourschool.aspx
This month we participated in our first ever annual colour fun run-and let me tell you, fun it was!!!
The children and staff were all splashed with bright colours as they ran through our yard. We celebrated the Spring Equinox through a rainbow of colours and we will definitely be doing this again.
Membership is free and forms can be found in the office.
We have already had a few books go out and the children have been very excited about looking through and choosing from the collection.
Language, a broad vocabulary and a love of reading can be one of the single most effective ways of supporting your children towards a successful start at school. Reading is the world of imagination, creativity as well as the world of information.
Reading with children needs to be one on one with a person to have real impact. Hearing a story read on the television or on an app has significantly less impact on a child’s learning as they are not able to participate. The back and forth between the reader and the listener and the reader is what makes the biggest difference! It is called ‘serve and return’.
This work is not for the weak or the lazy and I am so proud of our team here at Happy House for everything they do to ensure your children receive the very best of care while encouraging them to reach their potential.
Thank you all.
We had our wonderful Contractor visit us for a big thank you for the wonderful work he and his team have done on our playground along with ongoing maintenance.
Dusko has been marvellous in answering children’s questions as they have been curious about the changes.
We celebrated by giving Dusko a short concert, featuring the new classic “Baby Shark” followed by gifts and thank you cards from each of the rooms.
We can all attest that Dusko has done a fantastic job as our playground is beautiful!
As with the success we have had in the past, we were very successful in reducing the spread by following some simple hygiene practices.
We have sanitizing hand gel at the front counter as you arrive and depart.
The recommendations we made last time were to utilize the hand gel, make sure to reinforce hand washing, turning our mouths into our shoulders to cough or sneeze and to have antibacterial wipes for shopping trolleys before little ones sit in them collecting the saliva of the previous user.
The 2019 Flu needle is also available from GP’s for those who chose.
We want all our little Happy House people to stay healthy and happy this flu season!
This wonderful program finally has room for us again and we are jumping on board to offer the program to the children and families.
The cost is $10 per lesson with additional siblings $8.
Physi Kids is geared towards 2 ½ years and up.
Check your email for more information from Happy House about this program. The website link is below.
