CELC September Newsletter Our Program • • • • • • •
Messages from Emily Early Childhood Educators Day Important Dates SunSmart Season Did you know…? Reminders Question Time!
Early Childhood Educators Day Wednesday 4 September
Message From Emily Hello everyone, I’d like to introduce myself – I’m Emily. You may have seen me around before at Carinya in the admin space, I’m now a team leader over at the Moe Early Learning Centre and have been asked to spend a short period of time at Carinya again. Maddi’s expertise has been called on to support our Family Health team. Don’t worry! She’ll be back and in the mean time you might see her around at one of your maternal health appointments or at the community immunisation sessions. Please continue to contact the centre as normal (Megan will still be here) and if you need to talk to me personally, you can reach me at Emily.vanderpluym@latrobe.vic.gov.au or stop in at my office. Looking forward to meeting you/seeing you again! -
Emily
Carinya Early Learning Centre 33-39 Rintoull Street, Morwell 5128 5722
Early Childhood Educators Day is a meaningful celebration to a large community of Australians at the national level, as well as on a very personal level. Not just today but every day, we say... thank you!!! Snapshot of Australia: ♥ Over 1.2 million children attend Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services ♥ Over 843,000 families have children attending ECEC services ♥ Over 194,000 people are employed in the ECEC sector Early Childhood Educators' Day recognises and celebrates the work of Australia's educators in early learning services for their wonderful contribution to the wellbeing and healthy development of the young children in their care. You may have seen our “Appreciation Wall” at the entrance of the centre… Please take the time yourself or with your children to leave a message or a picture for your Early Childhood Educators here at Carinya Early Learning Centre!! #LoveMyECE #EarlyChildhoodEducatorsDay
Important Dates Monday 2 September
Story Time with Morwell Library at CELC, 11:00 AM
Wednesday 4 September
Early Childhood Educators Day
SunSmart Season Spring time is here! This means we need to follow our Sun Smart practices. All children and educators are required to wear hats that protect their face, neck and ears, i.e. legionnaire, bucket or broad-brimmed hats.
Crazy Hair Day
Friday 6 September
White Balloon Day –
Thursday 12 September
R U OK? Day –
Monday 16 September
Playdough Day –
Wednesday 18 September
Monday 21 October to Friday 25 October
Dress in YELLOW, fairy bread making with yellow sprinkles, discussions about kindness and checking in with friends and family.
Playdough making with the children- hands on fun!
Did You Know…? •
Footy Day Dress Up – Come dressed in your team colours and have a kick of the footy. Parents and family members are welcome!
Pretend play and the imagination are important for cognitive development. In the early years of education, pretend play (such as pretend tea parties, dress ups and pretend mum’s and dad’s) helps children to reflect upon and regulate their own cognitive behaviour, and to reflect upon and gain a deeper understanding of the mind. Pretending is more effective when carried out with other children and when scaffolded by adults.
Children’s Week – Special days TBC Enviro Week – Latrobe Valley Bee Keepers visit & Latrobe City Recycling visit TBC
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Protective clothing is also recommended for outdoor play. We recommend clothing to be loose fitting clothing that protects as much of the children’s skin as possible during outdoor play, i.e. sleeves, no singlets.
Crazy Hair Day / Wear WHITE to recognise Child Protection Week.
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Babies whose parents talk to them frequently know 300 more words by age 2 than babies whose parents rarely speak to them.
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Toddlers can hear everything with their shiny new ears; in fact toddlers have far better hearing than adults. Due to ageing and noise pollution, your ears naturally decrease in sharpness over the years. Plus, adults tune
out certain high frequencies that children have not learned to block out yet. •
Let your little one teach you a thing or two about comedy. Kids laugh on average 300 times each day while adults only laugh 60 times a day on average. Laughter is the best medicine after all!
Reminders •
Immunisation Records At the time of enrolment, we asked you to provide a copy of your child’s Immunisation History accessible through Medicare / MyGov app. If your child has had any recent Immunisations, It is important that you please forward a copy of the updated Immunisation History through to our CELC email: CarinyaELC@latrobe.vic.gov.au
Get to know your CELC Educators through…
QUESTION TIME!
6. What is an interesting fact about you or hidden talent? I have a very good memory, I remember everything! 7. What is your favouite way to relax? Read a book or lay in the bath 8. What is your biggest achievement? Completing my Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care 9. If you won the lottery, what would you do with it? Explore the world and visit many different countries 10. Do you have any pets? If so, what and how many? 3. 2 Labrador dogs, Ollie and Freddy and a Cat called Tiger 11. What football team do you go for? Collingwood 12. If you could have 1 super power, what would it be?\ I would love to fly!
With: Gemma Albanese 1. How long have your worked for Latrobe City Council’s Family Services? 7 years 2. How long have you worked within the Early Years Sector? 7 years 3. Where were you born? The old Traralgon Hospital 4. What are your favourite hobbies? Love going for walks and swimming 5. Have you been overseas? If so where? Fiji, Greece and Hawaii
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Turn over the page to see some happy snaps from some of our special days from the last month!!
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