Murray Districts Playgroup

07/11/2026

Open tomorrow 9:30-11:30am ☀️

It’s time for some Fizzy Fun so bring your little scientist a change of clothes and let them experiment with bubbly and colourful experiments 🥼🫧

02/11/2026

Well…apparently if we want to lure families to playgroup, all we needed to do was throw some shade sails up and you’d all come running! 🏃‍♀️

We had an incredible morning at playgroup today, with new and old families coming together to play, chat, and build friendships. We had some big new feature toys that you’ll see on here later in the week, but we wanted to have a moment to show off how shaded our yard is now! We’ll have much more opportunities for outdoor play experiences over the summer. ☀️

We still encourage hats and sunscreen but at least us parents won’t shrivel up and burn while our kids play outside anymore.

31/10/2026

💚 One of the greatest parts of our move is having an unofficial partnership with Austin Lakes Common and the Early Learning Centre next door. Our playgroup is run separately so our programs themselves are not affiliated, but we love having a positive relationship with them. One of those ‘you support us, we support you’ scenarios that makes a community stronger. As such, we are happy to re-advertise these offers for both the ELC and room hire. 💚

We have received two generous offers from Discovery Cove ELC and Austin Lakes Common for our currently enrolled families to utilise.

1. Discovery Cove ELC
Anyone enrolled in MDPG will receive a $10 per day discount (lowering the full day rate to $165) for 6 months. For existing enrolled children, this will be from the date they communicate with us. For any new enrolments, it’ll be from their first day.

2. Birthday Party Hire
Anyone from the playgroup looking to Hire Austin Lakes Common can get a 6hr hire for $100.

Families wishing to take advantage of either or both offers will need to contact Discovery Cove ELC or Austin Lakes Common directly and advise that you are an enrolled member for Term 4.
Discovery Cove ELC https://www.discoverycoveelc.com.au/
Austin Lakes Common - https://www.austinlakescommon.com.au/

Please note this opportunity is strictly available to our enrolled families only and is not extended to relatives or friends of enrolled families.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to either business above.

A contemporary community function space in the heart of Austin Lakes, South Yunderup 50 chairs and 10 Trestle Tables available. Large Wall Mounted TV and optional sound system as well. NOT-FOR-PROFIT & COMMUNITY RATE MAY BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST The kitchenette includes oven, microwave, fridge, ins...

30/10/2026

WOOHOO 🥳 🎉
We have a shed AND shade sails!

Some of the committee may have some extra grey hairs and added some wrinkles with the stress of getting all this to come together, but we are so grateful to finally have somewhere to store our equipment onsite. We’ve been carting in boot loads of toys each week and taking it all back home again so playgroup could still operate in Term 3-4 and it has felt pretty exhausting. We, and our obliging husbands who did a lot of the heavy lifting, are thankful that on Monday we can load everything into the shed and go home with empty boots. 🙌

A big thank you to James and Emma at Austin Lakes Common for working with us on these projects and making it possible for us to have a new home ❤️

26/10/2026

Our unofficial Play in the Park session was fabulous. We had more than half our members, plus some lovely new families, come along to let the kids run and play for a few hours. The weather even behaved and we had some half-decent sunshine. ☀️

With the weather warming up (or at least it’s supposed to warm up at some point), we’d love to consider doing some more unofficial catch ups outside of playgroup. We’d likely look at Wednesday morning but could alternate days depending on opinions. If you have any suggestions on local, kid-oriented places you’d love for us to schedule a catch up at, let us know below. 👇

25/10/2026

Reminder for today’s session 🛝

📣 Important information for Monday’s session 📣

Our contractors have been busy building our new shed at Austin Lakes Common. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the yard will be unsafe for children, and we are unable to hold our usual playgroup session on Monday 26 October.
Instead, our committee would love to invite you to an informal Play in the Park session during our usual playgroup hours! It’s a great opportunity for the little ones to burn off some energy while we enjoy some time together outdoors.

📍 Location: Cantwell Park, Pinjarra
⏰ Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am

We’ll bring along a few mats and some baby toys to keep our youngest members entertained, too! This is an informal session so we won’t have the regular craft and sensory trays, but there is plenty for kids to explore at the park anyway.
Enrolled members and new families are still most welcome to join us. You’ll find us set up with the baby mats somewhere near the playground so don’t feel shy about coming over. 😊
We apologise for the change of plans and appreciate your understanding as we continue working on our new home at Austin Lakes Common.

25/10/2026

💲HALF PRICE MEMBERSHIP SALE 💲

We are offering a sale to celebrate the end of the year, or Halloween, or Christmas, or our new shed, or maybe even to celebrate our new shade sails. If we need to be truthful, we actually just want more friends but that doesn’t sounds quite as exciting so we’ll opt for one of the other excuses.
EITHER-WAY, we are offering our memberships at half price for the remainder of the term. Enrolments can still be done via the website with the discount already shown as ‘pro-rata’.

Don’t forget - we’re having our session at Cantwell Park in Pinjarra this week while clean up/shade sails are happening in the yard. New families are most welcome there too - and we can help with enrolments if you need it 😊

*This is a once-off sale of our membership and apply to Term 4 2026 only.

24/10/2026

Our annual Christmas raffle is coming up and we’re starting to piece it together 🎄

We’ve slowly been reaching out to some local businesses and have received some wonderful donations of vouchers/items in return. Our Christmas raffle is a fantastic source of extra income for us and 100% of the sales goes directly into keeping our playgroup going.
If you are a business or even a family wanting to support your local playgroup, we’d greatly appreciate any offered donations. Our raffle last year was incredibly enticing and we’re hoping this year will be too.
Appreciation posts and shout outs on socials will, of course, be done for business who are able to support us 😊

23/10/2026

📣 Important information for Monday’s session 📣

Our contractors have been busy building our new shed at Austin Lakes Common. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the yard will be unsafe for children, and we are unable to hold our usual playgroup session on Monday 26 October.
Instead, our committee would love to invite you to an informal Play in the Park session during our usual playgroup hours! It’s a great opportunity for the little ones to burn off some energy while we enjoy some time together outdoors.

📍 Location: Cantwell Park, Pinjarra
⏰ Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am

We’ll bring along a few mats and some baby toys to keep our youngest members entertained, too! This is an informal session so we won’t have the regular craft and sensory trays, but there is plenty for kids to explore at the park anyway.
Enrolled members and new families are still most welcome to join us. You’ll find us set up with the baby mats somewhere near the playground so don’t feel shy about coming over. 😊
We apologise for the change of plans and appreciate your understanding as we continue working on our new home at Austin Lakes Common.