Creating Healthy Habits

Happy Feet Fitness Program

Kids on Gallaghers Child Care Centre hosts the Happy Feet Fitness program two days per week. This program is an interactive, themed, adventure class packed full of original music, costumes, props, magic, singing, dancing, games and learning. Classes provide the children with opportunities to connect with the community, improve their wellbeing, confidence, communication, health and fitness. These classes come at an extra cost to the families, paid directly to the company and participation is optional.

Please Note: Funded kindergarten children are entitled to one free Happy Feet class per week. 

 

Kelly Sports Program

The kinder children at Kids on Gallaghers Child Care Centre are also visited by the Kelly Sports program on a fortnightly basis.

Kelly Sports is a popular multi-sports incursion that teaches children valuable gross motor skills. Kelly Sports’ goal is to help children get active, develop skills and confidence, and gain a lifelong love of sports. They encourage children to have fun while teaching them fundamental movement skills through play that form an important part of a child's development and enable them to learn the skills required for sports and prepare them for a healthy, active life.

SunSmart Early Childhood Service Program

Kids on Gallaghers Child Care Centre have been recognised as a SunSmart service by SunSmart Victoria for over 16 years, continually meeting all of the guidelines and recommendations to reduce skin cancer risk.

The SunSmart Early Childhood Program was introduced by Cancer Council Victoria in 1996. By teaching sensible sun protection habits from an early age and implementing sun protection measures, schools and early childhood services can play a significant role in reducing skin cancer risk.
KOG holds a current certificate for SunSmart Victoria.

Kids on Gallaghers Child Care Centre are enrolled in the Body Blocks by Embrace Kids program.

This program aims to prevent body image issues in young people by getting in early with messages of body appreciation.

It’s the world’s first publicly available, broadly disseminated body image program for early childhood educators, and empowers young children to develop positive relationships with food, movement and their bodies from the very beginning of their lives.