Your Child in Whittlesea August 2018

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Is self-care a theme coming up for you?

How to survive the cough & cold season Winter Eye Health

Volume 5

August 2018

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Edi EdittorsLetter orsLetter Welcome to the August magazine, How chilly is the weather at the moment? If you’re like me running around after little ones you will be keeping warmish! With school back in full swing and all the after school activities, it is hard to remember that you need time too. Have a look at the article on page 22 ‘Is self-care a theme coming up for you?’

Life is busy! - hopefully you can spare a few quiet minutes, to sit down and enjoy some of the fantastic reading in this months magazine. Put your money where your heart is ... Shop Local can be found on page 6. Pages 8 & 14 have helpful articles related to winter health and I found the article on page 12 Living with childhood cancer very interesting and informative.

This month we celebrate both ‘Book Week’ and ‘Science Week’. What’s On page 20 has some exciting activities for the community at your local library. Kids Corner this month is also getting into celebrating science week with a Slime recipe to make.

Hannah’s park report this month had her visiting the Stables Adventure Playground, Mill Park. Where she spent two hours creating her own little storybook adventures in the farm structure. (it is truly amazing to watch a child’s imagination blossom!)

I hope you enjoy reading the August edition,

Rachel

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h a n n a H h t i w Hanging The Stables Adventure Park Civic Drive, Mill Park

What a chilly day out - Hannah ventured to The Stables Adventure Park ... and what an adventure it was!

There are lots of rockers, 2 slides, a fireman’s pole, 2 swings, a small flying fox and climbing equipment.

Hannah’s favourite thing was playing games in the stable structure. Pretending to be the giant ... (Fe Fi Fo Fum), the 3 Li le Pigs, The Gingerbread Man and Old Mc Donald. It was fantas c to see the books we are reading at home being part of her outdoor play.

Other facili es include; 2 undercover shelters, 3 tables, a BBQ, a rubbish bin and many park benches for watching your child play. There is also a large grassed area, great for playing ball games. However, the park does not have toilets.

Hannah’s p - Don’t forget your imagina on and a warm coat!

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n e h c t i K e h t n Kids i With Joshua

Savoury PastaSauce Ingredients 500g minced beef 1 can of diced tomatoes 1 onion 1 zucchini 1 red capsicum 2 tsp minced garlic minced chilli/ground chilli or chilli akes mixed herbs/Italian herbs tomato sauce Worcestershire sauce Pasta baby spinach Parmesan cheese

Method Step 1 - Dice onions, zucchini and capsicum.

Step 2 - Brown mince in a saucepan on the stove (keep s rring so it does not burn.)

Step 3 - Mix in onion and minced garlic.

Step 4 - Mix in can of diced tomatoes.

Step 5 - Mix in zucchini, capsicum.

Step 6 - Mix in herbs, chili, tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce to taste.

Step 7 - Leave to simmer, while you boil pasta.

Step 8 - To plate up - strain pasta, and place into a bowl, top with a few spoons of Savoury Pasta Sauce. Then garnish with baby spinach and Parmesan cheese.

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What’s On in Whittlesea Revealing the Invisible Universe

CBCA Find Your Treasure Storytime Let’s celebrate Book Week with the listed books from the Children’s Book Council of Victoria.

Whittlesea Library

Join Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen from Swinburne University, to discover how Australian scientists are leading the way in probing the Universe. Explore through the use of ground-breaking Virtual Reality Technology and make new discoveries Whittlesea Library Ages 5–15 Thursday 16 August 6.30pm–8.00pm

Celebrate Science Week with fun and colourful experiments.

Techno Tots

Thursday 16 August 4.00pm–5.00pm

Turn a Sphero robot into a moving vehicle and drive around our racing track, or build, play and learn with our Edison robots.

Ages 3+ Lalor Library Tuesday 7 August 2.00pm–3.00pm

Weird Science with Makey Makey

Saturday 18 August 11.00am–11.30am Ages 5–12

Colourful Chemistry Mill Park Library Ages 5+ Tuesday 14 August 4.30pm–5.30pm

Thomastown Library

Electronic Circuits Workshop Learn about electric circuits and how they power everything from light bulbs to robots. BYO laptop/device or borrow one of ours.

Ages 7+ Lalor Library Thursday 9 August 4.00pm–5.30pm

Make a crazy invention to celebrate Science Week. Makey Makeys let you use drawings, foil, fruit and vegetables to control a computer to play music. Come and find out how! Thomastown Library Ages 8+ Wednesday 15 August 4.30pm–5.30pm 20

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Hey Kids you can be a ‘Your Child STAR’ share your jokes, recipes, puzzles, fun facts or photos with other Kids in Whittlesea Contact us: Kids Corner PO Box 280 Doreen 3754 email: info@yourchildinwhittlesea.com.au ph: 0455 312 166 0455 312and 166mention Your Child In Whittlesea27 24 Shop Local 26To advertise in Your Child in Whittlesea Call

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What you will need - 1 bo le Elmer’s white glue (the foam kind, not the gel or cream) - 1/2 cup - 1 cup of Shaving foam - Borax solu on (1 cup water & 1tsp Borax, mixed un l clear) - Food colouring/paint (op onal) - Essen al oils (op onal)

How to make Fluffy Slime Squeeze 1bo le of white glue into a medium bowl.

S r in 1/2 cup to 1 cup of shaving foam (depending on how fluffy you want your slime.)

Add food colouring to colour desired and s r.

Add Borax solu on a teaspoon at a me (un l the mixture forms a clump in the bowl.)

Knead your Fluffy Slime.

Helpful Hints & Ideas If it’s too s cky, add more Borax solu on.

If it need more glue, shaving cream or colouring you can knead that in.

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Useful Information Emergency Numbers Ambulance Fire Police Hospitals

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Northern Hospital...................................................

Austin - Heidelberg.................................................

Box Hill Hospital......................................................

Royal Children’s Hospital (Parkville).......................

8405 8000 9496 5000 9895 3333 9345 5522

Crisis Centres Poisons....................................................................

Kids Help Line..........................................................

Lifeline.....................................................................

Suicide Helpline - (Victoria only).............................

Nurse-on-Call..........................................................

Child Protection - (After Hours Service)..................

Domestic Violence Crisis Centre.............................

Sexual Assault Service (After Hours).......................

Centres Against Sexual Assault................................

Victims of Crime Helpline.......................................

LifeCircle - HOPELINE..............................................

SANDS* Vic...*Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Support Australian Breastfeeding Association Helpline

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Your Local Police Station .

Epping Police..........................................................

Kinglake Police........................................................

Mernda Police.........................................................

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Whittlesea Police ...................................................

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Other Whittlesea City Council....................................

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Contents & Index of Advertisers Your quick guide to everyone and everything in Your Child...

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6 Shop Local 8 Cough and cold season 12 Living with childhood cancer 14 Winter Eye Health 18 Questions All Parents Ask 22 Is self-care a theme coming up for you?

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