Play With Your Kids

03/09/2026

🦁 A Wild Morning of Adventure at Train Park!

Our multicultural PWYK families enjoyed a morning of imagination, nature and connection at Train Park.

We were excited to welcome a new multicultural family to PWYK who speak French at home. The children and families enjoyed learning a little more about France and sharing in each other’s cultures. 🇫🇷

There was plenty of outdoor fun with sand and water play, shell collecting, tree climbing and an ocean scavenger hunt. Our little explorers discovered shells, crab and coral along the way. 🌊🐚

We also enjoyed Disney story time under the trees, exploring interactive books with textures, buttons and sounds, followed by a game of Hide and Seek – Where is Stitch? The Stitch ball was also a big hit as the children kicked, chased and practised their gross motor skills.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Cultural awareness
• Social connection
• Gross motor development
• Early literacy

GOOD NEWS STORY 💙

Our little explorers practised their counting during our ocean play. We counted 1, 2, 3, 4 shells before placing them back into the water and watching them make a splash!

Another lovely morning of playing, learning and connecting together in the great outdoors. 🌿

03/09/2026

Yesterday at Music and Movement, we celebrated Indigenous Literacy Day with the 2026 theme, “Country Is Our Teacher” — celebrating First Nations stories, languages and the importance of literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

We explored the beautiful book Gambay Butchulla Yaa – Together Butchulla Talk, learning a few words from the Butchulla language along the way:

🐬 Buthu – dolphin
🦀 Nalwar – crab
🐋 Kondari – whale

There was plenty of creativity too! Our little artists made love-heart prints and decorated special wooden bears to create thoughtful gifts for their loved ones. ❤️

🛠️ GOOD NEWS STORY

Outside, our little helpers had a very busy day! The babies needed a bath, the playground needed some maintenance, and the tool bench was ready for action. 😂

After all that hard work, Mrs Robyn suggested the team come over and mow her lawn next... we might have created some very enthusiastic little tradies!

Another fun-filled morning of learning, creating and connecting through play. 💚

03/09/2026

Important update: Pearly Dental Van visit cancelled

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Pearly Dental has had to cancel their Dental Van visit to HBNC on Monday 7 September.

We understand this may be disappointing for families who were looking forward to accessing dental checks for their children.

If you have already booked a placement, Pearly Dental will contact you directly with further information, if they have not already been in touch.

We apologise for any inconvenience and thank our community for your understanding.

02/09/2026

🍎 Happy Early Childhood Educators' Day! 🍎

Today we're celebrating our amazing Play With Your Kids team and all early childhood educators who make a difference in the lives of children every day. 💛

Your kindness, creativity, patience, and dedication help create safe and nurturing environments where children can learn, play, grow, and thrive. We are grateful for the care, support, and positive impact you have on children and families in our community.

Thank you for all that you do! 🌟

📚 Looking for resources to help celebrate and support Early Childhood Educators' Day? Visit: https://earlychildhoodeducatorsday.org.au/resources/

💛✨

02/09/2026

We had a lovely day at PWYK Harmony Hub yesterday celebrating the special people in our lives with our Loved Ones activities.

💌 A Special Treat for Someone Special

At the craft table, the children created beautiful love heart cards using paper hearts, envelopes and stickers. They added a special treat inside the envelope to surprise someone they love.

The hardest part? Making sure we didn’t eat the treat before we got home! 😂

Not all superheroes wear capes. Some teach us, support us, hold our hands through the tough moments and wipe our tears. Every day is a day to celebrate our loved ones.

🕷️ Superhero Creations

Our little artists created their own Spider-Man artwork using recycled wrapping paper, paper plates and red paint. They glued Spider-Man into the centre and painted their very own spider webs around him. How cool!

🦄 Masks, Imagination & Creativity

The collage table was filled with Spider-Man, unicorn and pirate masks, ready to be decorated with lots of colourful loose parts.

Noah even created his own bird and bird’s nest! The feather container was definitely a favourite, with plenty of sensory exploration and fun along the way. 😂

🌈 Good News Story

We finished the day with some parachute games, but after all that activity, everyone was feeling a little tired!

So the adults transformed the parachute into a magic carpet and took the children for a ride around the room. What a fun way to finish the day!

At PWYK, we love creating opportunities for children to learn, play, explore and connect in a safe and supportive environment.

01/09/2026

It was a fun morning at Ernie Organ - Train Park with FCFK’s Beach Kindy! Our little explorers enjoyed getting stuck into sand, nature and plenty of imaginative play.

🚂 All aboard! The red train and railway track were a big hit as the children climbed aboard and set off on their adventures.

There was also plenty of play dough, Lego construction, sandcastle building and collecting shells and natural treasures. The children enjoyed digging, filling and transferring natural items from bucket to bucket.

🌊 Our ocean adventure was a favourite, with little feet splashing in the water while children explored leaves, shells and rocks. They buried their treasures in the sand and then searched to find them again.

Stacking and balancing natural materials also gave everyone a chance to practise hand-eye coordination, memory and problem-solving skills — all through play!

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Social development
• Gross and fine motor skills
• Coordination and problem-solving

Another wonderful morning of learning, exploring and making connections together! 💚

31/08/2026

📚 PWYK Playgroup Wrap-Up | A Day Out in Our Community

Today our PWYK families came together for playgroup before heading out for a special community outing — the opening of the new library! 🎉

It was wonderful to walk over together, explore the new space and celebrate this exciting addition to our local community.

Days like this are about more than just play. They give families the chance to connect with each other, meet new people and become part of the wider community. 💛

Building connections within our community helps create friendships, share resources and develop a stronger sense of belonging.

We loved being able to celebrate this special day together!

31/08/2026

What a fun-filled Book Week session we had with Music and Movement and TAFE Queensland! 🎶

The children explored some much-loved stories through creative activities, sensory play, music and plenty of imagination.

🐷 The Three Little Pigs
We built houses for the three little pigs using sticks, bricks, straw, play dough and clay.

👹 Never Touch a Monster
The children used forks to sweep paint across the page before adding monster eyes to create their very own creatures.

🔤 ABC
We made colourful fingerprint creations using paint and black paper, adding ears and whiskers with cotton buds. Although, before long, we decided using our hands was much more fun! 😂

🦖 10 Little Dinosaurs
The children built dinosaur houses with paddle pop sticks before counting to 10 as they stamped their dinosaurs.

🌈 Book Week Sensory Fun

Our sensory trays were a huge hit, with adventures including a turtle flood, rainbow birds, monster trucks and diggers, creepy crawlers and colourful ice and orange concoctions.

The sensory play then transformed into a potion-making station, with dried flowers, funnels and test tubes added to create some very imaginative potions! 🧪

💛 Good News Story

Today we had TAFE students, staff, parent Sophie and Robyn put on a special production of Wombat Stew.

With everyone dressed in costume, we re-enacted the story — complete with plenty of laughter, a few forgotten lines and some costume malfunctions! 😂 Despite it all, the performers received a wonderful round of applause from our little audience.

A huge thank you to Sue and the TAFE students for another fun-filled and action-packed PWYK session!

30/08/2026

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉

PWYK has been invited to the official opening of the Fraser Coast Libraries on Monday 31 August at 9am!

We’re thrilled to be invited to witness the ribbon‑cutting ceremony as the doors open to this fantastic new community space. There will be plenty of fun activities for children and families to enjoy throughout the morning — a perfect way to celebrate this milestone for our region.

If you wish to join us meet at PWYK - 22 Charles Street at 8:45 and we will walk over together.

📚✨ We can’t wait to see you there!

In-House Monday Playgroup will still be running if families wish not to join the library tour.

Opening in 2026 as part of the Hervey Bay Community Hub.