Find a Parent-Child Mother Goose program near you
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Below you will find details of all the current Parent-Child Mother Goose programs in Australia that we know about.
We are pretty sure this list is incomplete! If you are running a Parent-Child Mother Goose program in Australia that is not listed here, please provide us with your program details so we can add it to the listing here. If you need to update details of an existing program that you manage or help to facilitate, click the "Review/update" link for your program below. Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, the programs listed below have either ceased operation entirely, or are providing aspects of their service remotely. We all look forward to the day when we can get back to meeting each other face-to-face! In the meantime, if you'd like to post a question or suggestion relating to Parent-Child Mother Goose, you might like to visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/parentchildmothergooseaustralia/ |
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Location
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Details
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When
(school term only) |
Contact
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Ascot Vale VIC
With support from RCH Early Childhood Intervention Service (ECIS) and Ascot Vale Maternal and Child Health Centre and UBC (formerly Uncle Bobs Club).
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0 - 5 year old group
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Wednesday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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Erin Bainbridge
Ph: (03) 9345 6395 Erin.Bainbridge@rch.org.au Facilitator: Rosie Beaton Co-facilitator: Trudy van Meggelen |
Ashburton VIC
With support from City of Boroondara Maternal and Child Health Service.
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0 - 3 year old
The group is open to families in the City of Boroondara who have a special need. Referral is via Boroondara Maternal and Child Health Service. |
Thursday 9:30 am - 10:30 am
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Anne Ferrie
Ph: (03) 9835 7850 Ashburton.machs@boroondara.vic.gov.au Co-facilitator: Wanda Romanovski |
Balwyn North VIC
With support from City of Boroondara Maternal and Child Health Service.
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0 - 4 year old group
This is a Mandarin-based program. |
Friday 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Bankstown NSW
With support from The Smith Family.
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0 - 4 years
This program is for Vietnamese families. |
Monday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Baynton WA
With support from Regional Development Australia.
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0 - 5 years
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Thursday 9:00 am - 10:30 am
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Renee Woolcott/Belinda Quinn
Ph: (08) 9185 6605 info@karrathacommunityhouse.org.au Co-facilitator: Belinda Quinn |
Bendigo VIC
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0 - 4 years
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Thursday 9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Jane Worthington
Ph: 0439 038 140 jworthington@baptcare.org.au Facilitator: Tiffany Sulman Co-facilitator: Helen Coy |
Bendigo VIC
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0 - 4 years
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Tuesday 9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Jane Worthington
Ph: 0439 038 140 jworthington@baptcare.org.au Facilitator: Tiffany Sulman Co-facilitator: Helen Coy |
Blackburn VIC
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0 - 4 years
Group for Taralye families with hearing impaired children. Siblings welcome. Non Taralye enrolled families should contact Margaret Charlton. |
Friday 9:45 am - 11:45 am
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Margaret Charlton
Ph: (03) 9877 1300 margaretc@taralye.vic.edu.au Facilitator: Jenny Tuck Co-facilitator: Marilyn Dann |
Blackett NSW
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0 - 5 years
P-CMG is included in our regular playgroup program. Program operates school terms. |
Thursday 9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Box Hill VIC
With support from Eastern Health Mental Health Program and City of Whitehorse Enhanced Maternal and Child Health and Kara House Family Violence Service.
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0 - 5 years
This program welcomes families where a parent has experience of mental health challenges or of family violence. |
Thursday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Georgia Cripps
Ph: 0432 850 076 georgia.cripps@easternhealth.org.au Facilitator: Georgia Cripps Co-facilitator: Jane Powley-Deo |
Bulleen VIC
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Toddlers (18 months - 3 years)
Bookings are essential. Clients must live in Manningham area. Eligibility criteria apply. |
Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Burnie TAS
With support from Department of Education.
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0 - 4 years
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Wednesday 10:30 am - 11:30 am
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Collingwood VIC
With support from Cohealth.
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0 - 4 years
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Friday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Cooma NSW
With support from Monaro Family Support Service and Department of Social Services.
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0 - 4 years
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Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Yvi Henderson
Ph: (02) 6452 3450 yvi.henderson@monarofss.ngo.org.au Co-facilitator: Heather VanderPlaat |
Corowa NSW
With support from Intereach.
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0 - 4 years
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Monday 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Dandenong South VIC
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0 - 5 years
Music, stories and fun for young children and their caregivers from multicultural backgrounds. |
Friday 9:15 am - 9:45 am
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Sarah Baxter
Ph: (03) 9792 3726 Baxter.Sarah.A@edumail.vic.gov.au Facilitator: Sarah Baxter Co-facilitator: Deborah Handley |
Docklands VIC
With support from City of Melbourne.
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0 - 3 years
By referral only. |
Tuesday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Anita Marsden
Ph: (03) 9320 4718 anita.marsden@melbourne.vic.gov.au Facilitator: Vanessa O'Toole Co-facilitator: Deb Sedlarevic |
East Keilor VIC
With support from RCH Early Childhood Intervention Service.
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0 - 5 years
Next door to kindergarten. |
Tuesday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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Erin Bainbridge
Ph: (03) 9345 6395 Erin.Bainbridge@rch.org.au Facilitator: Liat Sifris Co-facilitator: Joanne Madaffari |
Fawkner VIC
With support from Melbourne City Mission.
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0 - 2 year old group
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Monday 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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Fawkner VIC
With support from Melbourne City Mission.
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2 - 4 year old group
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Monday 9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Fitzroy VIC
With support from City of Yarra.
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0 - 3 years
Older siblings also welcomed. By referral from City of Yarra MCH/Family Support/Allied Health Services only. |
Tuesday 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Hamilton VIC
With support from Hamilton Uniting Church.
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0 - 4 year old group
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Thursday 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Hebersham NSW
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0 - 5 years
Runs for eight weeks during school term only. |
Wednesday 9:15 am - 11:00 am
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Heidelberg West VIC
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0 - 4 years
Our playgroup combines Parent-Child Mother Goose with My Time. After our song circle, one of our facilitators leads a parenting session. |
Monday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Lalor VIC
With support from Aurora School.
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0 - 4 years
This bilingual Auslan/English program is held fortnightly with a Teacher of the Deaf, a Deaf co-facilitator and an Auslan interpreter. |
Monday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Catherine Stevenson
Ph: 0439 383 853 stevenson.catherine.j@edumail.vic.gov.au Co-facilitator: Kylie Beasley |
Lower Templestowe VIC
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Toddlers (18 months – 3 years)
Bookings are essential. Clients must live in Manningham area. Eligibility criteria apply. |
Friday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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Malvern VIC
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12 months to 4 years
Currently running via Zoom Meeting until COVID-19 restrictions permit groups to be held in one location again. |
Thursday 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
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Malvern VIC
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0 - 12 months
Currently running via Zoom Meeting until COVID-19 restrictions permit groups to be held in one location again. |
Tuesday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Mannum SA
With support from Communities for Children Murraylands facilitated by ac.care Murray Bridge and Mid Murray Support Service Inc..
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0 - 4 years
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Wednesday 9:15 am - 10:00 am
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Mansfield VIC
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3 months - 4 years
Parents and carers with newborns are invited to join us on an ad hoc basis between 10.15-10.45 am to learn about Parent-Child Mother Goose. |
Thursday 9:30 am - 10:15 am
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Maribyrnong VIC
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0 - 5 years
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Thursday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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Erin Bainbridge
Ph: (03) 9345 6395 Erin.Bainbridge@rch.org.au Facilitator: Sally Fleming Co-facilitator: Joanne Madaffari |
Millgrove VIC
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0 - 5 years
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Wednesday 9:15 am - 11:15 am
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Moonee Ponds VIC
With support from Taralye.
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0 - 6 year old group Preschool
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Monday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Moonee Ponds VIC
With support from Taralye.
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0 - 5 years
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Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Mooroopna VIC
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0 - 5 year old group
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Friday 9:15 am - 10:15 am
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Karen Mitchell
Ph: 0488 567 036 karen.mitchell@shepparton.vic.gov.au Facilitator: Catherine Tricarico Co-facilitator: Karen Mitchell |
Mordialloc VIC
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0 - 4 years
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Monday 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Mt Druitt NSW
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0 - 5 years
Program operates during school terms. |
Monday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
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Murchison VIC
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0 - 5 years
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Friday 9:15 am - 10:15 am
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Karen Mitchell
Ph: 0488 567 036 karen.mitchell@shepparton.vic.gov.au Facilitator: Jo Sanderson Co-facilitator: Karen Mitchell |
Murray Bridge SA
With support from Communities for Children Murraylands facilitated by ac.care Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend Community Centre and The Rural City of Murray Bridge.
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0 - 4 years
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Monday 10:00 am - 11:15 am
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Communities for Children Murraylands Team
Ph: (08) 8531 4900 communitiesforchildren@accare.org.au Facilitator: Chelsea Co-facilitator: Kerrie |
Narre Warren South VIC
With support from Hillsmeade Early Learning Centre.
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2 - 4 years
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Friday 9:15 am - 10:30 am
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Officer VIC
With support from Monash Health Community.
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Babies 0 - 16 months
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Friday 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Officer VIC
With support from Monash Health Community.
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Toddlers 16 months - 3 years
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Friday 10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Onslow WA
With support from V Swans Ashburton.
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0 - 5 years
For more information, see Onslow Early Years on Facebook. |
Wednesday 9:30 am - 10:30 am
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Port Augusta SA
With support from Early Years Parenting Centre.
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0 - 5 years
We call this program 'Sing, Rhyme and Wiggle'. |
Monday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Chantel Brusnahan (née Glazner)
Ph: (08) 8648 5910 Chantel.Glazner@sa.gov.au Co-facilitator: Brooke Grantham |
Punchbowl NSW
With support from City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
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0 - 4 years
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Tuesday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Queanbeyan NSW
With support from Treehouse and Campbell Page Helping Hands and Schools as Community Centre Qbn (SaCC) .
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0 - 2 year old group
Baby group 9:30-10:15am. Combined morning tea 10:15-10:30am. Toddler group 10:30-11:15am. Please call to register a place. |
Monday 9:30 am - 11:15 am
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Richmond VIC
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0 - 4 years group
By referral from City of Yarra MCH/Allied Health Services only. |
Friday 10:30 am - 11:30 am
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Ringwood East VIC
With support from EACH .
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2 - 4 year old group
We support inclusion of all. |
Friday 10:15 am - 11:30 am
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Kate Adams
Ph: 1300 00 3224 cdt.info@each.com.au Facilitator: Kath Adams Co-facilitator: Sheila Ferris |
Ringwood East VIC
With support from EACH .
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0 - 2 years
We support inclusion of all. |
Monday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
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Kate Adams
Ph: 1300 00 3224 cdt.info@each.com.au Facilitator: Kate Adams Co-facilitator: Sheila Ferris |
Riverwood NSW
With support from City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
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0 - 4 years
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Thursday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Romsey VIC
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0 - 4 year old group
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Friday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Shalvey NSW
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0 - 5 years
P-CMG is included in our regular playgroup program. Program operates school terms. |
Friday 9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Shepparton VIC
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0 - 5 years
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Monday 9:15 am - 10:15 am
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Karen Mitchell
Ph: 0488 567 036 karen.mitchell@shepparton.vic.gov.au Facilitator: Felicity Hanna Co-facilitator: Karen Mitchell |
Springvale VIC
With support from Springvale Rise Primary School.
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0 - 5 years
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Monday 9:00 am - 9:45 am
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Melanie Mumford
Ph: 0432 755 010 mumford.melanie.m@edumail.vic.gov.au Facilitator: Julie Raciti Co-facilitator: Harneet Jolly |
Springvale VIC
With support from Springvale Rise Primary School.
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0 - 5 years
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Wednesday 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Sunshine VIC
With support from Melbourne City Mission and Smith Family Facilitating Partner - Communities for Children and Maternal Child Health Centre - Sunshine.
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0 - 2 years
Located beside Childcare Centre. This program is for families residing in Brimbank, and is supported by Australian Government funding. |
Friday 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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Sunshine VIC
With support from Melbourne City Mission and Smith Family Facilitating Partner - Communities for Children and Maternal Child Health Centre - Sunshine.
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2 - 4 years
Located beside Childcare Centre. For families residing in the CFC catchment area in Brimbank. Supported by Australian Government funding. |
Friday 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
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Swan Reach SA
With support from Swan Reach Area School.
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0 - 4 years
Fortnightly during school terms. Odd numbered weeks of school. |
Tuesday 10:30 am - 11:30 am
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Tailem Bend SA
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0 - 4 year old group
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Thursday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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Villawood NSW
With support from The Smith Family .
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0 - 4 years
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Wednesday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Warburton East VIC
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0 - 5 years
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Monday 9:15 am - 11:15 am
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Whalan NSW
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0 - 5 years
P-CMG is included in our regular playgroup program. Program operates school terms. |
Tuesday 9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Woodend VIC
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0 - 4 year old group
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Wednesday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Yagoona NSW
With support from The Smith Family.
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0 - 4 years
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Friday 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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This list was last updated: 14 September 2020