What is International Eat and Apple Day?

International Eat An Apple Day is celebrated on the Third Saturday of September. International Eat An Apple Day has its roots in thousands of cultural celebrations around the globe where the apple is honored.

When is International Eat and Apple Day?

Saturday, 16 September

Activities: 

• Eat an apple! - Bring in an apple from home for morning tea.
• Learning about how apples grow and how good they're for our bodies.
  • They’re full of fibre, which means they can help you have a healthy digestive system.
• Learning fun facts about apples - Apples come from the same family as strawberries, roses, raspberries, pears, plums and apricots.
• Cooking experience - Making an apple pie or apple crumble with the children for afternoon tea.
• Planting an apple tree for the service to grow your own produce.
• Implementing sliced apples to encourse the children to have after meals to clean their teeth.

What is Australian Citizenship Day?

Australian Citizenship Day is celebrated each year. Managed by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Australian Citizenship Day is an opportunity for all Australian citizens, whether by birth or by choice, to reflect on the meaning and importance of their citizenship.

When is Australian Citizenship Day?

Sunday, 17 September 

Activities: 

• Display a multicultural flag display outside your service
• Inviting your parents or grandparents who have migrated from countries around the world to share their stories why they moved from their homeland to make Australia their home.
• Group discussion of why 'Australian Citizenship Day' is a special day in our community.
• Children bringing in an item from their home that they can share with their peers about their culture
• Learning the Australian Anthem.
• Having a multcultural feast for lunch for the children to experience different foods from around the world that our citizens would have learnt from back home.

What is National Asthma Awareness Week?

National Asthma week which aims to promote awareness of asthma to the general population and highlight ways to help people manage asthma.

When is National Asthma Awareness Week?

From Monday, 1st to the 7th September

Activities:

• Group time: Learning about what is asthma, how it affects the lungs when certain triggers cause swelling and a narrowing of the airways and ways to prevent it.
• Have a display puffer for the children to be familiar with and their peers who have to carry one with them. 
• Setting up drama play area as a hospital for children to role play medical scenarios
• Centre's can focus during the week to ensure families have provided an up-to-date copy their child’s Asthma Action Plan
• Grouptime: Picture stories for children regarding Asthma
  
  • The Lion Who Had Asthma by Jonathan London, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
  • I Have Asthma, What Does That Mean? By Wendy Chen
  • I Have Asthma (What Do You Know About? Books) by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
  • Taking Asthma to School (Special Kids in School Series) (Special Kids in Schools Series) by Barbara Mitchell
  • Zooallergy : A Fun Story About Allergy and Asthma Triggers by Terry Ravanelli

What is National Wattle Day?

Wattle Day is a day of celebration in Australia on the first day of September each year, which is the official start of the Australian spring. This is the time when many Acacia species (commonly called wattles in Australia), are in flower. So, people wear a sprig of the flowers and leaves to celebrate the day.

The day was originally intended to promote patriotism for the new nation of Australia.

When is National Wattle Day?

Friday, 1 September

Activities:

• Grouptime Stories:
  • Possum And Wattle: Little Hare Books by Bronwyn Bancroft
  • Why I Love Australia: Little Hare Books by Bronwyn Bancroft
• Colour in your own Wattle Day badge
• Children to bring in an old what shirt to paint green and gold of the wattle and wear it on National Wattle Day
• Group movement activity in learining "Folk dancing"
• Learning and listening to Wattle Day Songs
  • Wattle Day Song by David & Jan Raff
  • Where the Wattles Bloom by John Williams

What is World Humanitarian Day?

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world.

When is World Humanitarian Day?

Saturday, 19 August

Activities:

• Do a Good Deed on World Humanitarian Day
  • Ask families and staff to bring in food and items to donate to the poor
  • Donate items you no longer need to the homeless and less fortunate for them to have.
• Bring in a gold coin and raise money to donate to the World Humanitarian Day - https://support.savethechildren.org/site/Donation2?df_id=1631&1631.donation=form1