This month at the

Balmoral Early

Learning Centre

For the month of February at the Balmoral Early Learning Centre,

the children have been busily making new friends and happily

engaging in social interactions as we have now welcomed three

new families to our humble centre. The children have been

learning all about frogs; what they eat, where they live and other

interesting facts after opening up the centre one morning to find

a few frogs hiding around the room! The children were very

interested in the frogs and spent quite awhile watching them

jump around in the bucket. Dress-ups have been another interest

of the children’s this month, so we decided to bring out a clothes

stand to hang all the dress ups on. That way the children can

choose what they want to wear at anytime of the day. By being

able to choose what dress-ups to wear and what they want to

play, the children are able to build a strong identity giving them

independence, self-confidence and a sense of agency.

On Monday the 20th of February, the centre had its first off-site

evacuation drill for the year. Firstly, I spoke to the children in a

group time to refresh their memories about what happens during

an evacuation drill. The children all listened intently and when it

came time to complete the drill the children all evacuated the

building in a calm and orderly fashion not letting go of the red

rope that we all must hold onto. All staff were very proud of the

children as they did an excellent job completing the drill safely.

For the next few weeks, The Balmoral Early Learning Centre will be

learning about all the colours. If any families have any donations

they would like to contribute to the centre regarding our

“colours” theme please let us know!

Kiera Dickerson

Childcare Team Leader

BBNC NEWS

Board Contacts

President

Mr. Neville Trotman

Vice President

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

Issue 140 | MARCH 2017

Strategic Plan

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.

Our new strategic plan is the result of consultation and team work by the Board

and staff. It is based on grass roots community knowledge and a realistic vision

of what is ahead in health care.

Our focus is on continued and measurable clinical governance and safety.

Other key priorities are linking with and knowing our local community and

strategic sourcing of funding.

The first steps are for us to define what quality and safety looks like at our service

and client feedback will be key in this process. Please join us as we adopt and

pursue this plan so we can continue to deliver the services you know and

expect from your local health care facility.

Our new plan can be found on our website, we will circulate it via social media

or pop in and pick one up from the front desk. We will be at the Balmoral Show

on the 18th of March with our men’s

shed stall and our nurses will be there

undertaking health assessments. Pop

in and say “hello”. We would love to

discuss the new plan with you then.

Lisa Hutchins

Centre Manager

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 12noon

3

Community Bus

—Horsham

4

5 6

PAG

7

NO DOCTOR

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

8

WDHS Psychologist

9am - 3pm

9

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Broadband for Seniors from

10am

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

10 11

12 13

CENTRE CLOSED

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

14

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Podiatrist 10:20am - 3:30pm

NO DOCTOR

15 16

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

17

Community Bus

—Hamilton

18

Balmoral

Show

19 20

PAG

Diabetes Educator

10:20am - 3:20pm

21

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Dr. Coulson 10am - 4:45pm

Spot Check Clinic 6 - 8pm

22 23

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

24 25

26 27

PAG

Podiatrist

10:20am - 3:20pm

28

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

29 30

Pathology 9-9:45am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

31

Community Bus

—Horsham

Visiting Services 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

Field Name Availability

Doctor Dr. Jan Slabbert Alternate Wednesdays

(via video link)

Doctor Dr Brian Coulson Alternate Tuesdays

Doctor Dr. Greta Prozesky Alternate Tuesdays

Psychologist Angela O ’Brien One Monday per month

Maternal & Child

Health Nurse Danielle Hobbs 2nd and 4th Wed

Diabetes Educator Megan McLeish One Monday per month

Optometrist Glenn Howell May & October

Podiatry Phuong Hung Two visits per month.

Masseur Darcy Penrose Thursdays

Continence Nurse Annabelle Wilson 3rd Thursday

South West Dental Dr. Macardo &

KyShen Alternate Months

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

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

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.

Balmoral Playgroup Playgroup is for children from

newborn to 4 years.

Parents are asked to bring their

children along to enjoy a relaxed

morning of activities and have the

chance to meet other parents in the

community.

As with last year we will be coinciding

playgroup with the Hamilton Library

bus every fortnight.

For more information regarding

playgroup please call the Centre

on 5570 1304

Public & Private dental care is

available once a month at BBNC.

No need to travel out of town for

dental care.

BBNC Spot Check Clinic

Dr. Brian Coulson will be conducting a clinic to check

any unusual spots on

Tuesday 21st March 2017 from 6:00pm

Please bring your Medicare card with you. For an

appointment please call 5570 1304

Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in

the world. At least two in three Australians will be

diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70

Monday & Wednesdays

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Cost: $5 per session

Where: BBNC Function Room

The National Shingles

Vaccination Program

A vaccine to prevent the shingles infection will be available to

70-year-olds free of charge.

A single catch up dose will be funded for 71-79 year olds

until 2021.

Shingles is a painful blistering rash caused by the same virus

that causes chickenpox.

As a person gets older the risk of developing shingles and

complications increase.

One in three people will develop shingles in their lifetime.

Vaccination is still recommended for those who have had shingles in

the past, however you should wait at least a year between an

episode of shingles and the vaccine.

Please contact the BBNC on 5570 1304 if you would like more

information regarding this vaccination.

Netty’s

Strength

Training

Planned Activity Group We had a Movie afternoon and

watched “Brooklyn” Two countries,

two loves, one heart.

In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish

girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored

by Father Flood, she is assured to find

a full-time job there. She

nevertheless manages to find her

footing by adapting to her job as a

salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at

Brooklyn College. Not only does

graduation follow but love shows its

face in Tony, an Italian-American

plumber, full of adoration and

respect for her. They end up

marrying, although keeping the thing

secret. It is at that point that tragedy

strikes inciting Eilis to return to

Enniscorthy to support her mother.

Morally, she must choose between

two countries and the lives that exist

within.

Quiz’s, Crossword’s & word searches

filled in another afternoon. There

were lots of talking and large

discussions about the old man emu,

the World’s second-largest living bird.

The emu can sprint up to 70Km per

hour and can swim across

fast-flowing rivers. Emus can survive

above the snowline and out in the

desert.

Guest speaker Louise Le Nay spoke

about the importance of Bushfire

Safety. We were asked to consider

who we think would benefit from fire

safety information. To help support

the community we will be

conducting a pass the parcel which

will conatin more information within.

Parcels will be tracked as they move

around.

Craft under the guidance of Betty

was Decoupage—from the French

word découper, meaning to cut

out—is a craft or art form that entails

pasting cut-outs (typically

paper) to an object and then

covering them with several coats of

varnish or lacquer.

To complete the month we have our

special guest Heather Napier to talk

about her world travels.

Men’s Shed members have been

very busy getting ready for the show

again this year. Lots of work goes into

getting the show project ready for

the children on show day.

Lyn Iredell & Bec Kearns

Community Services

March Program Date Event

Monday 6th Lunch at the Centre. Visit the Balmoral Op Shop

Thursday 9th Presentation by Broadband for Seniors from 10am.

Come along and see what your computer can do.

Friday 10 Lunch in Hamilton, leaving Centre at 10:30am. Then,

‘The Magic of Fred Astaire’ at the PAC from 1:30pm

Monday 13th PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 14th Lunch at Millard's Garden in Hamilton, leaving Centre

at 10:30am

Monday 20th Lunch at the Centre, afternoon tea out and about

Monday 27th Lunch at the Centre, visit to the school

Men’s Shed

Dates

2nd March BBQ Lunch from 12 noon

9th March

23rd March

30th March

Swimming with the Stars With the days getting shorter and the start of Autumn upon us it is the end of another

wonderful aquatic exercise program. Over the 7 weeks we’ve had many laughs,

met new friends and enjoyed one another’s company all at the same time exercising.

The weather has been extremely kind, very rarely not giving us the motivation

to get in and have a paddle.

This year we welcomed our awesome lifeguard, Sheree McPhee who kept a very

watchful eye on all of us making sure we didn't get too carried away in the water.

Lifeguard, DJ (music coordinator), move demonstrator are just a few of the roles that

this woman took on so a huge thanks must go to Sheree for volunteering her time

to help make this year another successful season.

Thanks to the Balmoral and District Swimming Pool

Committee for overseeing this fantastic facility

which allows the people of our region the opportunity

to utilise a swimming pool for so many

varying reasons.

And finally a big thank you to everyone

that came along and supported the

program, our weekly fun and laughs

will be sadly missed!

The formulation of the flu

vaccine for the use in

Australia is based on

information and

recommendations from the

World Health Organisation

(WHO)

The release of the 2017 flu

vaccine has not been

announced yet…

Watch this space!

Flu

Vaccine

2017

Tallie Talay

Live Active

COME SEE WHAT OUR

Resources & your Computer

CAN DO FOR YOU

Thursday 9th

March 2017 starting 10.00am

Come along to BBNC For an information session

Presentation will cover:

Exploring Broadband for Seniors website

Online courses

Resources ..

Presented by: Junita Lyon Broadband for Seniors Victorian Networker