Centre Updates
Staff Updates
Welcome tothe following staff members:
Ashley- will be joining our Forest Room having extensive experience working as a primary school teacher and early childhood educator for the past 10 years.
Unfortunately we also say goodbye to Caterina who focuses on her small business, alongside Demmi and Sok as they move closer to home.
Congratulations to the following team members on their years of service.
1 year- Shivi and Jane
8 years- Caila
Furthermore, congratulations to the staff members being recognised as staff member of the month:
September
As voted by Haven team members went to Caila for always supporting others, giving advice, offering knowledge and helping all Haven team members.
As voted by management went to Sikha for being an all round positive person, never showing stress and always smiling.
October
As voted by Haven management went to Jess for her all round positive energy, her smile and care for all children, families and staff.
As voted by Haven team members went to Charlotte for her drive to help others, care shown for the children and building relationships with team members.
Knox Community Christmas Support
As we edge closer to the end of the year, Haven will be supporting families in the local Knox community though gathering donations. Knox InfoLink supports families and individuals who may be struggling financially, have lost jobs or on a low income. We will have a donation table set up in the foyer and looking for donations for the following items:
-New Toys (of all age groups)
-Fruit cake/ Mince pies & Christmas Pudding
-Lollies/Chocolate
-Soft drink/ juice
-Spreads, Coffee, Tea and sugar
-Tinned items (fruit, tuna, vegetables)
-Long life milk & Custard 1L
-Pasta & Sauce
-Pancake shake mix
Tax deductible donations are also able to be made https://www.givenow.com.au/knoxsharethejoy
2025 Room Transitions and Orientations
As the end of the year quickly approaches, all rooms will be holding orientation sessions for children to officially begin in their new room & booked days for 2025 on the 6th January.
The way Haven runs orientations for all age groups is very flexible, progressive and supports children to develop a sense of security and comfort in their new rooms alongside their peers.
Some orientation sessions will include:
-Open gate play into each age groups yard and room
-Joining group times or meal times
-Spending the morning/afternoon in a different room
-Engaging in group experiences with the older rooms
If you have any questions or concerns around this please speak to the room leaders or myself.
Please email as soon as possible any holidays families may be taking over Christmas and into 2025.
Emergency Evacuations/ Lockdowns
Did you know that apart of our regulations and quality standards that early childhood services are required to conduct practice emergency evacuations and lockdowns every 3 months? On the Wed 23rd the whistle blew with all rooms then following evacuation plans to meet at Arcadia Reserve. For this drill it took all rooms 6 minutes and 22seconds to completely vacate the centre with all children and staff calm, happy and engaged in the drill.
Carpark
A friendly reminder to all families, visitors and staff to please slow down in our carpark. At times the area gets very busy and crowded and can make it difficult to enter and exit Haven.
Children must be holding the hand of an adult when in the carpark and should never be running/playing in the car spots.