Community & 

Haven Kitchen

July and August was a jammed pack month, the whole centre got involved in the following events. Head over to our Facebook Page to see highlights of our calendar of events here at Haven.

Paris Olympics 

Each 4 years when the Olympics come around it is always amazing to watch and celebrate all athletes, while providing a learning opportunity for children to discover and try sports. At Haven we embraced the Olympics with an opening ceremony and then mini Haven Olympics over the 2 weeks with the sport events including basketball, gymnastics, soccer, golf and shot put. 

Book Week 

A week of creativity, imagination and curiosity while exploring the love of reading and language. 

Science Week 

Science week is all about experimenting, hypothesising, investigating and seeing some reactions. Each room held their own science activities which included lava lamps, colour melting, sinking/ floating,  dancing milk and volcanos. 

Jeans for Genes Day

Every year at Haven, we wear our jeans in support of the ‘Jeans for Genes’ campaign which raises awareness of the daily challenges faced by those living with genetic conditions and birth defects.

September & October Events 

September brings us close to the end of Term 3 with important dates upcoming including:

6th- Early Childhood Educators Day

2nd to 8th - National Child Protection Week

12th- R U OK Day

2rd- AFL Football Week ( Public Holiday- Centre closed on 27th)

October

4th to 10th- World Space Week

14th to 20th -National Nutrition Week 

25th -World Teachers Day

31st- Halloween (Dress Up)

TBC- Grandparents/ Special Person Morning Tea

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. 

This includes using our home grown produce which will soon turn into spring vegetables including tomatoes and cucumber. 

In September we start our spring menu, are there any meals you would like to see?

Chow Mein (with hidden veg)

The secret with the Chow Mein at Haven which all the children love is that the vegetables are hidden within after being blitzed in the food processor with the meal looking like its just meat and noodles.

Vegetables- half a green cabbage, 1 onion, 2 small carrots and 1/2 bunch of celery (stalk).

*Blitz all in a food processor until fine mixture.

Sauces- 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1-2 tablespoons of curry powder (dependent on spice preference) and 2 tablespoons of Vegeta (stock powder).

Meat- 500g beef mince 

Serve with egg noodles or rice.

Steps

-In a fry pan, cook the vegetable mixture and add in the sauces & spices (1/4 cup soy sauce)

-Once fragrant, add in the mince and fry until cooked through

-Add in remaining soy sauce

-Cook egg noodles according to packet

-Add noodles into the meat and vegetable pan, stir to mix through (adding more soy sauce if preferred).

-Serve and enjoy :)

Similar recipe: https://bakeplaysmile.com/noodle-beef-chow-mein/