Fun morning for families

National Families Week will be celebrated on the Peninsula with a Family Fun Morning at Beachside Family Centre.

Free activities for children under five years will be provided at the centre in the grounds of Umina Public School, Sydney Ave, Umina.

There will be a clown with games and animal balloons, face-painting, story-telling, puppet theatre, bubble blowing, play dough and drawing.

A range of fun outdoor play equipment will also be on site.

An Aboriginal artist will involve the pre-schoolers in a community reconciliation painting to be included in the Naidoc Week exhibition at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery.

There will also be stalls manned by services for families on the Peninsula with pamphlets and a range of parenting information.

A parenting session will be held by Uniting Care Burnside on the challenges of parenting under five year olds.

This will be followed by an opportunity to have a mini-facial or hand massage while your child is being supervised by child carers.

"The Family Fun Day is a joint community effort with many services, volunteers, and high school students from Brisbane Water Senior Campus offering to run activities.

"It wouldn't happen without their assistance," said Beachside Family Centre facilitator Ms Debbie Notara.

"One of the aims of Beachside Family Centre is to run community events so that parents and carers of young children have access to information and activities and a chance to meet other families in their community."

For more information, contact 4343 1929.

Press release, May 11 Debbie Notara, Beachside Family Centre