This month at the

Balmoral Early

Learning Centre It has been a fantastic start to my new role as the Balmoral Early

Learning Centre Team Leader. I have three brilliant colleagues and an

exceptional student that have welcomed me into the team and have

assisted me when needed. The Bush Nursing Centre staff have all been

just as friendly and welcoming making me feel at home right away.

Thanks ladies!

Now, for the main reason I am here, the children! The children and

staff have all been working together to change the room around

every couple of weeks. The children are enjoying all the different

experiences; the moon sand, slime and puff paintings have been

favourites the past few weeks along with open-ended craft activities,

the “under the sea” theme area and the indoor ball pit.

The children have been participating in ‘progressive group time’

after morning tea each week. They may listen to a story together and

discuss their ideas, thoughts and opinions in a group. The theme in the

centre currently is ‘Winter’, the children have all been

discussing the seasons, the weather and what winter means.

A special thank you to the Vansomeren family for providing the

ingredients for the children to make slime! We welcome all family

contributions and it is great to see the families, staff and children

working collaboratively.

The Balmoral Early Learning Centre is very close to opening a third day

of care for the community. Unfortunately, there are still a few

vacancies. If you are interested or have any questions about our third

day of care please call us on 03 5570 1304 or 0448 980 027.

Kiera Dickinson

Childcare Team Leader

BBNC NEWS

Board Contacts

President

Mr. Neville Trotman

Vice President

Mrs. Georgie Leeming

Members

Mr. Dan Pekin

Mr. Ryan Lloyd-Jones

Mr. Geoff Barcham

Mrs. Dani Smith

Mrs. Katie Little

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 133 | JULY 2016

How it All Works

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 5570 1304.

The Bush Nursing Centre is a not for profit incorporated organisation. We receive an

allocation of State Government funding that allows for a range of flexible core services

to be provided. As clients become more complex, hospital stays shorter in duration and

the range of services that can be provided close to the clients home continues to

expand, we rely on a sound business model and community generosity to ensure we

can keep doing what we do.

Post Acute Care services offered by referring public hospitals will fund us to deliver

nursing and support service care during the immediate post hospital period. It is

important that clients being discharged back to our community say yes to Post Acute

Care. This allows us to allocate the additional nursing hours required to ensure you

receive the best care possible.

It is membership time and regular members of the service should have received your

renewal in the mail by now. We are very grateful for those that have paid their

membership promptly and extra special thanks for the many kind donations we have

received so far. Donations make a world of difference as we have limited access to

grant opportunities for capital through the Department of Health.

I would like to particularly thank the Balmoral Opportunity Shop ladies for their kind

donation of $5440.00 all to be used to replace depreciated equipment and provide a

new procedure light for our treatment area. Thank you very much .

Lisa Hutchins

Centre Manager

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 31 1

Sth West Dental

KyShen

2

3 4 5

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Dr. Tan

2pm - 4:45

6

Dr. Slabbert (Videolink)

7

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Mens Shed

12 noon BBQ Lunch

8

Community Bus >

Horsham Leave

Centre @ 10am

$10 return trip

9

10 11

WDHS Psychologist

9am - 3pm

Diabetes Educator

10:20am - 2:50pm

Podiatrist

10:20 - 2:50pm

12

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Dr. Coulson & Dr. Chen

10am - 4:45

13 14

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Mens Shed 1:30pm

15

Paygroup 10am

Sth West Dental

Dr. Gove

16

17 18 19

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Dr. Prozesky & Dr. Tan

2pm - 4:45pm

20

Dr. Slabbert (Videolink)

21

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Mens Shed 1:30pm

Continence Nurse

22

Community Bus >

Hamilton Leave Centre

@ 10am $10 return trip

23

24 25

Podiatrist

10:20 - 2:50pm

26

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Dr. Coulson & Dr. Aung

10am - 4:45

27

M&CHN 9:30 - 11:30am

28

Pathology 9 - 10am $4.00

Mens Shed 1:30pm

29

Sth West Dental

KyShen

30

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 2422

Field Name Availability

Doctor Dr. Jan Slabbert Alternate Wednesdays

Doctor Dr Brian Coulson Alternate Tuesdays

Doctor Dr. Greta Prozesky Alternate Tuesdays

Psychologist Angela O ’Brien One Monday per month

Maternal & Child

Health Nurse Judy Joyce 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 of the month

South West Dental Dr. Craig Gove &

KyShen Tang Alternate Fridays

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

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

If you would like any more

information regarding these

activities please don’t hesitate to

call the Centre

Tallies' Terrific

Tuesdays Every Tuesday during the school term

10am - 11am

Cost: $3.00 per session

Venue: BBNC

Strength Training with a

Touch of HIIT (High—

Intensive Interval Training)…that you can do at your own pace!!!

An overall workout with barbell and

dumbbells. In-between each body part

we work, we do 40 seconds of cardio

(HIIT). Just to get that heart rate up. Great

for fat burning. So it is just a short burst of

cardio (HIIT) that you can do at your own

pace. The benefits are amazing. The

increased bursts of cardio (HIIT) burn

calories during your workout and even

keeps going after you have finished your

workout

Strength Training

Mondays & Wednesdays

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Cost: $5 per session

Venue: BBNC

Public & Private dental care is available once a

fortnight at BBNC.

No need to travel out of town for dental care.

Thanks to everyone who braved the cold to help

kick off playgroup for 2016.

We had a great turn out. It was good to see so

many faces. The children had a great time

creating with a craft activity and enjoying

morning tea.

We ventured down the street to visit the library

bus. Jenny was kind enough to read us a story.

We are fortunate to have access to such a great

service.

Being part of a rural community it can be difficult

to provide our children with social interaction.

Playgroup is a great way to help develop social

skills at such a young age.

We will be meeting again on Friday 15th July at

10am here at the Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre

Hope to see you there!!

Planned Activity Group Quilts and more Quilts, we were very

pleased to have Marg bring lots of

her handmade quilts to the Centre

for everyone to see. Every Quilt has a

story, where the material had come

from, the colours used and lots of

other things that are involved in

putting a quilt together.

Patchwork and quilting have been

practised as both practical and

decorative crafts for centuries. Their

popularity has fluctuated according

to changes in society and styles

have developed according to

resources available and the social

status of the maker. Through a rich

and interesting history the crafts

have emerged as popular, relevant

and widely practised in the 21st

century, building on traditional skills

and experimenting with

contemporary artistic techniques.

Special thank you to Marg for

sharing her Quilts with us all.

Our trip to Pigeon Ponds to support

the Cuppa for Cancer Research was

a very enjoyable morning. We

retured to Balmoral for lunch and a

tour of Neville and Cheryl Troman’s

garden. What a fantastic setting and

well kept garden to enjoy. If the

garden walk was not enough Neville

had many of his painting on display

which were all amazing a very gifted

person. Great afternoon had by all,

everyone felt very privileged to visit

the Trotman garden and be made

feel so welcome.

Men’s Shed started off our June

program with our monthly BBQ. We

had the Casterton PAG group join us

for a meal and a look around our

shed. It is always great to meet other

groups and make new connections

in our community.

Our guided history tour of Hamilton

had to be cancelled due to the

dreaded bug that has been doing

the rounds. We have rescheduled

this trip for the 22nd of August.

We visited the school to catch up

with the Grade 6 students and an

afternoon with Joy and Betty “Art is

Us” project. We always enjoy our

time with the students at the school.

Lyn Iredell & Bec Kearns

Community Services

Date Event

Monday 4th Lunch at the Centre. Fire Safety presentation with Lisa

Parker then holiday program with library and children

Tuesday 5th The Normie Rowe Show, leaving centre at 9:30am and

lunch in Mt Gambier

Monday 11th NO PAG TODAY

Tuesday 12th Lunch at the Centre, Orchestra Victoria in Hamilton

Monday 18th Lunch at the Centre and Movie afternoon

Monday 25th Lunch at the Centre. What's new in Avon

July Program

Men’s Shed Dates

Thursday 7th

Thursday 14th

Thursday 21st

Thursday 28th

Tallie Talay

Respite Carer & Case Management

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.

Family Single

The Winter Walking Challenge is back!!! Who

will bring home the prestigious

Golden Sneaker award in 2016??

Again the same 4 teams will be competing for the coveted award, but wait… we have

new opposition!! This year we have 2 teams from Harrow who will fight for the right to be

crowned the 2016 Walk-the-most team!

Date: To be advised, stay tuned for further details

Cost: Nothing except the need for a pedometer

6 weeks program

Sitting in that office chair non-stop could be killing you. Failing to move

regularly throughout your day can be a contributor to a range of

diseases affecting your heart, circulation and respiratory systems.

Moreover, a general lack of fitness caused by a sedentary lifestyle can

hamper your daily life by causing low energy levels, reducing your

strength and causing you to become overweight. It's important to in-

clude regular exercise into your life but excuses abound––a lack of time,

money or motivation are often used as reasons for remaining sedentary.

Fortunately, there is a way around this and it's something that almost

every person can do––move and walk more each day. And a special

initiative known as "10,000 steps" has been developed to provide an

achievable goal that will ensure you move and walk enough each day

to stay fit. With the simple addition of a pedometer and some walking

shoes, following the 10,000 steps method will increase your fitness and

improve your health.

Get motivated

Purchase a pedometer (can be purchased at any sports store)

Choose a goal

Divide your daily walking between active walking and incidental

walking and movement

Plan daily walks

Increase the intensity of your walks

Set reminders to move

Keep a log of your daily actions