HOLI Community Market Day TOMORROW. We are calling for cake donations for the cake stall at the Holi Market tomorrow (Saturday 10am-2pm). To comply with health regulations we need you to list the ingredients, so if you’re up for it please bring into the House by 10am. All funds raised are for, of course, a good [...]
SATURDAY MARCH 3 The Indian Festival of colours symbolises energy, life and joy. Who can argue with that! Join in the celebrations here at the West Footscray Learning Centre and experience the colour and energy of traditional Indian music, dancing and the traditional throwing of colours. 10.00am New Hindi books and DVDs 11.00am Hindi Bi-lingual storytime [...]
Teacher Colleen Keefe is a member of Yoga Australia and has been teaching yoga students the beautiful practice of Yoga here at the House for a while. This term, classes will commence Thursdays, beginning this THURSDAY 9th February at 6.45 – 8pm. Term price is $100 ($12.50 casual) and classes are capped at 8 which [...]
Congratulations to Liza McKay who has now completed her Cert III Qualification in Children Services. Liza is a valued member of our child care staff here at WFNH, and we know she is worth more than the piece of paper her qualification is written on… but we also know the dedication and hard work required [...]
A real life experience… OCC and kinder treated the children to an amazing experience of the real life cycle. Children were able to watch the chicks hatch and grow over 2 weeks and they then enjoyed feeding and holding them. Some families were able to adopt the chicks and take them home as pets. Lily kept with [...]
On November 13 a fundraising event called The Eureka Climb was held to raise money for disadvantaged young people and involved participants walking or running up 88 levels or 1,642 stairs of the Eureka Tower. A West Footscray’s local Yr 8 student Hannah, who attends Footscray City College, RAN this event and raised $425! This effort placed her [...]
A group of local kids, all 11-12 yo have presented over 200 signatures to council petitioning for a local skate park to be built at Johnson Reserve… and we love community action!
Maribyrnong Council has recently worked with the Indian community to produce a DVD in Hindi about saving energy in the home. The project has been funded by the Victorian Sustainability Accord who saw a gap in the basic environmental information available for households which speak languages other than English. The DVD called ‘A Recipe For Energy Efficiency’ features local primary [...]
Meet Sarah Thanks to all that applied for the Toy Library Coordinator’s role, we are happy to introduce Sarah Widegren as the successful candidate. The Toy Library continues to be really popular open Tuesdays and Saturday morning from 10am -12pm.
