Community &
Haven Kitchen

September and October saw a busy schedule at Haven, we also celebrated all of our educators and teachers for Educator's Day on the 6th September. A big thankyou to all of our families who wrote some beautiful messages for all of our team and made the day special.

Remember to keep an eye out on our Facebook Page (Haven Early Learning Rowville) for upcoming events including Halloween and Diwali.

Fathers Day Afternoon Tea

Footy/Sport Week & visit from Liam Shiels

A big thankyou to Liam, Claire and Tommy, alongside helper Archer who came out and ran a little footy class with all our of children at Haven. The children learnt to stretch, kick, handball, run and practice targets with the footballs.

Across the week we had (almost) every team represented in jerseys, scarfs, drawings and also enjoyed a footy theme afternoon tea with hot dogs, party pies, sausage roll and football shaped biscuits.

R U OK Day and National Child Protection Week

Haven focused on R U Ok Day and National Child Protection week acts of kindness, trusted people that can help us, how we can express our emotions and making 'kindness trees' showing what makes us happy and how we can be kind to others.

October, November & December Events

October

14th to 20th -National Nutrition Week

25th -World Teachers Day (Aus)

31st- Halloween (Dress Up)

25th - Grandparents/ Special Person Morning Tea

November

1st- Diwali

5th - Melbourne Cup (Centre Closed)

11th to 15th -National Recycling Week

11th -Remembrance Day

25th -4 Year Old Kindergarten Graduation

December

5th - Haven Family Christmas Party (Details TBC)

25th- Christmas Day/ Hanukkah

Centre closed - 25th, 26th Dec and 1st Jan

Room changes- 6th Jan 2025

Haven's Kitchen

Haven's menu works on a 5 week rotating basis across the seasons ensuring children are exposed to a variety of foods, textures and cuisines during their days at Haven.

Some new recipes we are trying in our spring menu include:

-Mexican Rice Bake

-Bacon, Pea and Chicken Risotto

-Hidden Bean Mac and Cheese

-Chicken and Sweet Corn Pasta

-Pasta with Sweet Pea Pesto

Finding inspiration from TikTok why not try this one pan Mexican Rice Bake at home. At Haven we cook the rice separate and then mix through the meat and vegetables (due to large quantities) but this recipe can be made to cook all in one.

Mexican Rice Bake