What is National Grandparents Day?

Grandparents day is celebrated every year on the last Sunday in October. In 2023, Grandparents Day will be celebrated on Sunday 29th October. It's a day for Australians to say ‘thank you’ to their grandparents for their care and support and for sharing their knowledge, experience, and traditions with younger generations.

When is National Grandparents Day?

ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY

• Children bring in a picture of their grandparents as share with the educators and peers.  
• Make a Frame - Another thing most every grandparent loves is a picture of their grandchild. You can make it extra special by making them a frame. In making your frame you can get creative. You can make a frame from twigs, foam, seashells.The important thing is to make it unique and about your grandparents.
• read a book about grandparents
• create a family tree with your family and share it with your peers

What is Diwali?

Diwali is referred to as the festival of lights and is celebrated to honour Rama-Chandra, the seventh avatar. 

The festival is often celebrated through traditional Indian foods, dancing and musical performances. It's a colourful festival where it is encouraged to wear traditional Indian outfits while listening and dancing to traditional tunes. 

What is Day for Daniel?

Day for Daniel honours the memory of Daniel Morcombe, held annually on the last Friday of October. Australians are encouraged on this day to wear red, educate and donate. Day for Daniel is about educating children and adults about keeping kids safe through child safety and protection initiatives. It aims to help empower our children to Recognise, React and Report if they feel something is not right.

 
“The Daniel Morcombe Foundation was established in honour of Daniel Morcombe to make Australia a safer place for children. It was founded by parents Bruce and Denise after their son was abducted and murdered in December 2003 while waiting to catch a bus on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. The aims of the Foundation are to educate children and young people about how to stay safe in physical and online environments and to support young victims of crime.”

When is Day for Daniel? 

Friday, 27 October 

Activities:

• Early Childhood resources, lesson plans and activities from the Daniel Morcombe foundation - click here
• Wear Red and donate a gold coin - the money raised will be donated to https://danielmorcombe.com.au/donate/
• Display Day For Daniel Posters #Recognise #React #Report from the Daniel Morcombe foundation - Poster 1, Poster 2

For further resources and inforamtion, click on the following link: https://danielmorcombefoundation.com.au/day-for-daniel-resources/

What is Children's Week?

"2023 Theme: Children have the right to relax, play and take part in activities they enjoy"

Children's Week is an annual event celebrated in Australia held around the fourth Wednesday in October. In 1996 it was decided to adopt a permanent theme: "A Caring World Shares" as a reflection of Children's Week aims while at the same time acknowledging the designated year on national posters and other printed materials.

A diverse range of events and activities are organised at National, State and Local levels. These focus the attention of the wider community on children, their needs and achievements.

Children's Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood. It is also a time for children to demonstrate their talents, skills and abilities. 

Thousands of children and their families around the country are involved in activities and events during "The Week" through the participation of schools, playgroups, childcare, kindergartens, cultural groups, libraries, departments and community groups.

The mission of the Children's Week Council of Australia is to encourage, support, guide co-ordinate and monitor the widest possible participation of all States and Territories in Children's Week, ensuring that programs and activities are open to all children regardless of race, colour, sex, ability, religion, nationality or social origin. 

You might like to focus on language and literacy, health, sport and recreation, the arts or sciences, as well as children’s cultural, social and emotional needs.

When is Children's Week?

Saturday, 21 October 2023 – Sunday, 29 November 2023 in NSW

Children's Week Activities:

• Host a picnic and outdoor activity experience with the children and their families to promote the theme "Children have the right to relax, play and take part in activities they enjoy"
• Open discussions about how special and unique everybody is. Explore qualities, traits and skills. 
• Allowing the children to discover themselves in free time, participating freely

National Ride2Work Day is Australia’s largest celebration of commuter riding. Held annually 16th October, the day celebrates the benefits of riding to work and school which brings together the communities that support it.

The main objective of the day is to normalise the idea of riding to work and school. It encourages people who have never ridden to work before to give it a go, and it allows regular riders to stay motivated and encourage their work mates and peers to get involved.

Benefits of riding to work:

1. Improve you health - A regular ride to work can help reduce the risks associated with physical inactivity – including cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, obesity and depression.
2. Save time - A 5km to 10km ride to work will only take 15 to 30 minutes on average. Peak-hour city trips up to 10km are generally faster by bike than any other form of transport, door to door.
3. Save money - People who ride to work not only save time and get fit, but save from $6,000 – $15,000 which is usually spent on fuel, car repairs, public transport tickets and parking.
4. Care for the enviroment - Cycling is a zero emission transport. Riding 10km each way to work instead of driving saves 1.3 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
5. Increase porductivity - Businesses that encourage staff to cycle to work benefit from increased productivity as a result of improved fitness and mental health.
6. Make communting safer - More cyclists on the roads leads to a safer commute for everyone. It also helps increases the need for better bike facilities in general.

For further information, click on the following link https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/rides-and-events/ride2work/ride2work-day/ and register your workplace.