Zoey’s Helping Hand
8-year-old Zoey Hawke is not your average kidpreneur. The local student from Jordan Springs, sadly lost her friend Kellie to breast cancer last year. As a way of wanting to help and give back, she started her own business ‘Crafting for Kellie by Zoey Hawke’, making handmade necklaces and bracelets and raising money for breast […]
Education
When it comes to a positive home-school relationship, regular and constructive communication is the key. At the beginning of every school year, it is difficult to navigate the right time and place to discuss your child’s learning. By the time you ‘meet the teacher’ or initial parent teacher interviews come around, many parents are overwhelmed […]
Parents Corner
A child’s brain develops from the bottom-up. Certain parts of the brain are more active than other parts during a child’s development. They are still developing all of the parts of the brain but there are ‘hot spots’ at certain times in a child’s development. This brain activity has an impact on a child’s behaviour. […]
Paws a While
Kitten Adoption All 4 kittens we advertised last month found new homes! We were so happy when the kittens were adopted together with their litter mate. Too much fun! Staff Updates Jessica – Senior Nurse Congratulations on your fabulous wedding day. We wish Jessica years and years of joy and happiness with her new husband. […]
Who’s Ready for Big School?
The wait is almost over for thousands of children across the country, as they prepare for the start of one of the most important journeys of their life – starting school. Five-year-old Amaya Heffernan, from Jordan Springs, is all ready to go to start Kindergarten at Henry Fulton Public School this year. Amaya, who is […]
Education
Reading is a fundamental skill that involves interpreting and comprehending written words. At school, the main focus for children is to learn to read, then as children get older, the focus shifts on reading to learn. Amongst all this learning, sometimes the love of reading gets sidelined, or perhaps the spark of joy fails to […]
Paws a While
Our Kitten Adoption Program enables us to find homes for stray and unwanted kittens. Each kitten has a health check by a veterinarian to ensure they are healthy. They have had their first vaccination, been desexed, microchipped and have a product called Advocate applied, which controls fleas, intestinal worms and heartworm. We also worm them […]
Parents Corner
We set personal goals and work goals. We watch lifestyle shows on the television or scan social media to get ideas about how we want to make changes to our home and garden. We make holiday plans. How often do we take stock of what is happening within our family? What is going well? What […]
A Special Visit with the Firies
Santa Claus is getting ready to leave the North Pole this month and he plans to make a very special trip to join the Llandilo Rural Fire Brigade for their Santa Run to Jordan Springs and Llandilo. Pending the operational requirements of the brigade and their crew, the Santa Run will visit Jordan Springs in […]
Supper with Spirit a Success!
Last month the District Gazette hosted their first ever fundraising event, Supper With Spirit, raising money for Lung Foundation Australia. Guests enjoyed an evening of delight as Ghost Whisperer Suzie used her spiritual gift of psychic mediumship to relay messages to loved ones. It was an emotional night full of laughing, crying and of course, […]