What is World Health Day?

World Health day is a day held by World Health Organization (WHO) which raises awareness worldwide and to take initiative in the importance of health, wellness and the medical field across the world. 

When is World Health Day?

Friday, 7 April 

Activities: 

• Organise an excursion to allow the children to get active and participate in a walk to a local park or walk track. 
• Centre project: Create a poster thanking you doctors and nurses at your local district hospital for all their hardwork and looking after patients who are unwell. 
• Promote healthy eating:
  • Discusing the food chain
  • Creating an Always and Sometimes food poster 
• Practice Mindful Meditation.
• Set up Drama play with doctors and nurse dress ups and doctor sets. 
• Reading stories about visiting your local doctor or dentist. 
• Discussing the important of hygiene practices and identify when hygiene practicie is imporatant. 

What is Standard Time Starts?

Standard time is the local time when Daylight saving time is not in use. In standard time, our clocks go backwards one hour.

When does Daylight Savings Time End?

Ends at 3:00 am on Sunday, 2 April 2022

Activities:

• Inviting all children in all age groups to make paper plates clocks where they can move the arms around clock to experiements different times. 
• Teaching preschoolers how to read time.
• Invite the childrent to play "What's the time Mr Wolf"
• Experimenting and learning how time use to be told by your shadow (Your shadow goes clockwise, from left to right, in front of you. Also, it will be shorter in the morning, longer at noon when the sun is higher in the sky, and then shorter again as the sun sets in the West (behind you to on your left).

What does World Autism Awareness Day celebrate?

World Autism Awareness Day is globally recognised and celebrated to increase awareness about people around the world born with austistic spectrum disorder and autism. 

There are many ways our communities, schools, early education and business can get involved by contributing in voicing the importance of World Autism Awaresness Day or raising funds to donate to research and campagins.

When is World Autism Awareness Day?

Sunday, 2 April

Activites:

• Invite the children to come dressed in something blue and donate a gold coin for a great cause: https://www.goblueforautism.com.au/
• Teach your children about World Autism Awareness Day and why it makes these humans so special.
• Organise an online or workplace training for your staff to further increase their understanding, skills and development in relation to working with children diagnosed with autism & austistic spectrum disorder.
• Reading children stories that teachers children about Autism & Autistic Spectrum Disorder:
  • A Friend Like Simon - Autism / ASD by by Kate Gaynor and Catriona Sweeney
  • Isaac and His Amazing Asperger Superpowers! by Melanie Walsh
  • My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete

What does April Fools' Day celebrate?

April Fools' Day is a day filled of friendly practical jokes and pranks that is celebrated by many countries around the world. The pranksters reveal their pranks ands jokes follow day and sharing laughter of the joke.  

When is April Fools' Day?

Saturday, 01 April

Activites: 

• Invite the children to a group discuss and intentional teach tp learn about the history of April Fools' Day
• Teach some funny jokes; Knock, knock jokes
• Read funny children's books. 

What does Earth Hour Celebrate?

Early Hour is a yearly event observed by the World Wide Fund For Nature which aims to encourages millions of people, communities, and business to participate in turning off non-essential lights and electricity equipment for one hour (8:30 to 9:30pm) at the end of March. This is to raise awareness to support climate change and global warming on this planet.

This event started in Australia in 2007 and was called Lights-Off and now has grown globally with more that 7,000 cities and 187 counted that take part in this special event.

When is Earth Hour Celebrate?

Saturday, 25 March

Activities

• Putting up sign around the centre to turn off lights, air conditioner or any electrical equipment when not in use.
• As a business, research the benefits and consider installing solar panels to save electricity and help our environment.
• Installing solar lights on pathways and walkways around the centre
• Sending our further information to your families regarding Earth Hour and encourage your families and children to participate
• Ask families to walk to school or travel together on the Friday or Monday after to help save our environment.
• Encourage group time and free play outdoors in natural lights.
• Make wrist bands for the children “Don’t forget Earth Hour – 8:30p.m” to remind the children to encourage their families to take place in the event.
• Group discussion on the importance of Earth Hour and why it takes place annually and how we can make our earth happy.
• Open discussion with the children regarding why it is so important to take care of our planet and ask the children what they love about our planet and how we can use electricity more smartly.