As December is fast approaching us, 2016 has nearly come to an

end! The year has flown by and we are now busily preparing for

Christmas and the New Year. We have finally received some

warmer weather and the children have been thoroughly enjoying

water play outside each day. The strawberry and pea patches in

our garden have suddenly ripened all ready for tiny fingers to pick

and enjoy, which they most certainly have been doing!

The children have been participating in many experiences lately

including the opportunity to do some paper mache. It was fantastic

to see the children dropping their newspaper pieces in the glue,

some worried about getting glue on their hands – others not so

much! Those that wanted to, covered a balloon with their paper

mache and hung it up to dry. Threading has also been an interest

with the majority of the children, who used coloured beads, pasta,

paper and cellophane to fill up their string in any type of pattern

they could think of. The threading creations were then hung from

the windows of the centre where they could catch the daily

sunshine.

A science experiment was conducted with the children on the 9th of

November. Julie had generously brought in some white flowers for

us so we could see if we could change their colour with food dye.

The children were extremely engaged with the experience and the

conversations that were flowing between the children and staff

were fantastic. All five flowers changed colour over time; however,

the blue flower seemed to be the winner, changing from white to

blue within the hour!

From myself and all the staff at The Balmoral Early Learning Centre

we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and

Happy New Year. I look forward to seeing both familiar and new

faces in 2017 and we wish all our children off to Kinder next year the

best of luck!

We will be finishing the year on Wednesday 21st December 2016

and the New Year will commence on Monday 23rd of January 2017.

The Christmas Party will be held on Monday 19th of December at

4:30pm, we welcome all families to come and participate.

Enrolment forms are available at The Balmoral Early Learning Centre

so please drop in and grab one for 2017.

Kiera Dickerson

Childcare Team Leader

This month at the

Balmoral Early

Learning Centre

The Board and senior staff have recently

completed a strategic planning session

with governance consultant Fi Mercer. Fi

works with a broad range of health,

community and business organisations.

We are very excited with our new draft

plan and look forward to sharing the final

details with you in the New Year

Property Purchase

The Board are pleased to advise that the

Bush Nursing Centre has purchased 32

Stirling St Balmoral. We look forward to

presenting our master plan for the site in

the new year.

Staff Changes

This month we welcome Nicole Lease to

the Environmental Services team.

Welcome Nicole, we look forward to the

contribution you will make to our team.

The Year is Over

It is hard to believe this is our final bulletin

for 2016.

This year the seasons have been kind to us,

the dams are full and feed plentiful. As a

community however, it has been a

particularly tough year. We have said

goodbye to way too many good people.

It is in times like these we must value most

the small community in which we live. We

are here to support and care for each

other, in good times and in sad.

This festive season, please take the time to

ask your neighbour “are you ok?”. Take the

time to stop and talk, share a story, a beer,

a bit of fruit cake. Be kind to yourself and

lets be kind to each other.

The Board and Staff would like to pass on

our thanks to our amazing volunteers and

the community that continues to support

us year after year.

We wish a safe and happy Christmas to

all.

Lisa Hutchins

Centre

Manager

Board Contacts

President

Mr. Neville Trotman

Vice Presidents

Mrs. Georgie Leeming

Mrs. Katie Little

Members

Mr. Dan Pekin

Mr. Ryan Lloyd-Jones

Mr. Daniel Thomson

Mrs. Dani Smith

Executive Administration

Mrs. Sabrina Watt

Centre Contacts

Centre Manager

Lisa Hutchins

Clinical Nurse

Coordinator

Kim Dufty

Community Services

Coordinator

Lyn Iredell

Administration

Coordinator

Jodie Russell

Quality & Risk

Coordinator

Anita Weaver

BBNC NEWS Issue 138 | DECEMBER 2016

Strategic Planning

Visit us online at www.balmoralbnc.com.au

Contact Details

PO Box 20 Balmoral, VIC 3407

Email: bbnc.admin@swarh.vic.gov.au

Web: www.balmoralbnc.com.au

Ph: (03) 5570 1304 Fax: (03) 5570 1482

Centre Hours

Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm,

Closed weekends & Public Holidays

"Connecting people, promoting knowledge,

investing in the health and wellbeing of our

community for the future"

We value your

feedback

To do our utmost to improve our

services to you, your feedback is

important to us. If you have a

complaint, compliment,

suggestion or concern we urge

you to let us know. Forms are

available at the Centre or

alternatively phone the Centre

on 55701304.

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

2

Playgroup

S/W Dental - Dentist

Pap Smear Clinic

10am - 3:30pm

Community Bus > Horsham

3

4 5 6

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

Dr. Prozesky & Dr. Julia

2 - 4:45pm

7

Dr Slabbert (via video link)

8

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

9 10

11 12

WDHS Psychologist

9:30am - 3pm

13

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

Dr. Coulson & Dr. David

10am - 4:45pm

14

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

M&CHN

9:30 - 11:30am

15

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

16

Community Bus >

Hamilton$10 return trip

17

18 19

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

20

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

Dr. Prozesky

2 - 4:45pm

21

Dr Slabbert (via video link)

22

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

23 24

25

X-MAS

DAY

26

BOXING DAY

27

X-MAS HOLIDAY

28

29

Pathology 9 - 10am $4

30 31

Dates of Interest for

January 2017 After Hours

Health Advice

National Nurse on Call

Is a phone service that provides

immediate, expert health advice from

registered nurses, 24 hours a day, 7 days

a week. Call 1300 60 60 24 for the cost of

a local call from anywhere in Victoria

Coleraine Medical Centre

NON URGENT OUTPATIENTS will be seen

by the doctor on call Saturdays, Sundays

& Public Holidays at 9am. Clinic phone

5553 2045 will be answered by a triage

nurse after hours.

Hamilton Medical Group

After Hours Clinic Service 8pm

weeknights. Clinic open 4pm Saturdays.

Sundays & Public Holidays 10am & 4pm

AH: 5572 2422

Payments can be made by cash, cheque, EFTPOS or direct deposit into our bank account

BSB: 083 440 Account: 515592666 Pease include your name as a reference Need to make a payment?

Centre Closures:

Monday 2nd January, New Years Day

Thursday 26th January, Australia Day

Friday 27th January

Field Name Jan 2017 Dates

Maternal & Child Health Nurse

Danielle Wednesday 11th &

Wednesday 23rd

Psychologist Angela O'Brien Monday 9th

Podiatrist Phuong Hung Monday 9th & Monday 23rd

Doctor Dr. Brian Coulson Tuesday 10th &

Tuesday 24th

Doctor Dr. Greta Prozesky Tuesday 3rd & Tuesday 17th

Visiting Services In January

Swimming with the stars

is back in 2017

Strength Training Monday & Wednesdays

From: 6:30 - 7:30pm

Cost: $5 per session

Tallies Terrific Tuesdays Every Tuesday during the school term

From10 - 11am

Cost: $3 per session

If you would like any more information

regarding these activities please don’t

hesitate to call the Centre

Final sessions for Live Active 2016 will be on

Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th

We would like to thank you for your continued

support of our exercise classes and hope to see

you all in 2017. Have a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

Tallie & Netty

Public & Private dental care is available

once a fortnight at BBNC.

No need to travel out of town for

dental care.

Balmoral Playgroup Term 4

On Friday 18th November we had South west

Dental come and see us. All the kids had

heaps of fun watching a video on how to

brush their teeth. They were singing the song

all day. Thank you Karol and KyShen for ex-

plaining the importance of ‘sometimes’ foods

and drinks and the techniques on how to

brush your teeth correctly. The kids we excited

when they got their freebies including tooth

brushes and stickers.

Don’t forget that the team from South West

Dental visit the BBNC every 2 weeks on a

Friday. To make an appointment please call

5551 8347

We have one more playgroup for the year on

the 2nd December. Sue Watt from WDHS will

be coming along to have a talk about

women’s health.

Aquatic exercise program

aimed at everybody!!!

Aquatic exercise is a low impact activity that

takes the pressure of your bones, joints and

muscles. Water also offers natural resistance,

which can help strengthen your muscles.

Exercising in the water can be a great way to

include physical activity in your life.

Starts: Tuesday 10th January

(Tuesday & Friday every week)

Time: 10:00 - 11:00am

Cost: $3.00 per session

Where: Balmoral & District Swimming Pool

If you would like more information regarding

this activity please contact Tallie at the

Centre on 5570 1304

Movie time “What we did on our

holidays”. Billy Connolly leads a

wonderful cast in a family comedy.

Doug and Abi are taking their three

children on a trip to Scotland for a

big family gathering. They are in the

midst of a difficult divorce, and have

asked the kids to keep it a secret

from their extended family. But as

the inevitable feuds kick in, a

completely unexpected turn of

events involving the children causes

further tensions to rise to the surface.

With the repercussions that

ensue - hilarious and emotional in

equal measure - the family are

forced to put aside their differences

and work together or else risk losing

what they hold most dear. A great

movie we all enjoyed.

Visit to Stanton’s Garden at

Wootong Vale to support the Brit Brit

Red Cross was a great morning with

lots to eat and see.

John Williamson in concert at the

PAC Hamilton, John Williamson is

truly an Aussie icon. His name is firmly

cemented in the culture and fabric

of the country he loves.

Craft day we decorated plant pots

and some tried their hand at rock

painting again with a fun filled

afternoon had by all.

Trip to Hamilton to see the hay bale

art at Tarrington, then a tour around

lake Hamilton. The man made lake is

38 hectare, built in 1977 by damming

the Grange Burn creek. Then it was

off to the Botanic Garden for lunch.

The Hamilton Botanic Gardens is one

of the earliest botanic gardens in

Victoria set in 4 acres.

The men’s group visited the Coastal

Seafarms abalone farm in Portland. It

takes around three years for the farm

to grow an abalone to harvest size.

On our tour we were able to see the

different sizes of abalone and all

the tanks that they live in, learn

about the feeding, cleaning and the

water pumping system that is

required to grow the abalone.

Our final PAG event for the year will

be on Monday 12th with luncheon

and Guest Speaker Tracey Kruger.

Wishing everyone a safe Christmas

and looking forward the New Year

2017

Lyn Iredell & Bec Kearns

Community Services

Planned Activity Group

December Program Date Event

Thursday 1 Men’s Shed BBQ lunch at the Club Rooms starting at

12noon

Monday 5th

Trip to Heywood, visit Tom & Lyn Benbow’s garden to see

the day lilies. Picnic lunch in the garden and time to walk

around

Monday 12th Final get together luncheon for the year. Guest speaker:

Tracey Kruger

Thursday 15th Final day for Men’s Shed. Mystery trip for lunch. Leaving

Centre at 11am

Men’s Shed

Dates

Thursday 1st BBQ Lunch from 12noon

Thursday 8th

Thursday 15th Final Men’s Shed Day,

mystery trip for lunch

The challenge encouraged

people to walk and track their

steps, aiming for the ideal 10,000

steps per day.

Our walking challenge

commenced not at the

scheduled season of winter due to

a delay in the update of the

10000 steps website. We decided

to go ahead hoping the update

didn’t happen during the

challenge. This year saw an extra

2 teams coming on board from

the Harrow region making a total

of 6 teams who completed the

challenge. We commenced on

Monday 3rd October and finished

on Sunday 13th November and

had a total of 89 participants

aging from 13 to 82 years. Walkers

joined from as far as Edenhope

and spanned the Balmoral and

Harrow districts.

For some people, it really comes

down to a need for a lifestyle and

attitude change. Try and slow

down your life a bit and do things

step by step. The human body is

designed to move, so you should

move it.

At the end of the day, there will

always be times when we’re feel-

ing lazy. But if for every reason not

to get up and walk about, you

can think of two good reasons

why you should, then hopefully

you can see the brighter side of

things!

Don’t “Fall” out of the

Routine.

Movement is an opportunity not

an inconvenience.

Challenge Results

Winter Walking Challenge

Account fees

We wish to remind clients that due to the rising cost of administration there has been a $5 per

month account fee introduced for the provision of account services.

Please arrange payment for goods and services received at BBNC prior to the end of month

processing to avoid incurring the $5 account fee.

Team Average Total Steps Placing

Loren Linto Personal Training 12,356 8,809,718 1st

Chicks, Hens & Tough Old Birds

(Balmoral Community) 11,835 6,676,196 2nd

Balmoral Community College 11,749 4,527,906 3rd

Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre 6,318,361 10,516 4th

Harrow Bush Nursing Centre 4,589,765 10,277 5th

Balmoral Golf Club 3,259,623 10,135 6th

Overview: 89 Participants

Total Steps Walked for the 6 weeks - 34,181,569

25,565 total kms travelled (walking to Perth from Balmoral 8 times)

Tallie Talay

Live Active