Children & Families

Children at Holdsworth Community Centre Holdsworth provides a range of services to families with young children with the aim of assisting them to deal effectively with the daily demands of parenting. We seek to promote effective parenting skills through building on strengths and social supports. We offer parents the chance to grow in their role and cherish the joys that their child can bring. First-time parents and parents with babies and toddlers find the services particularly useful, but we regularly welcome back many parents with their second and third child and many grandparents who have been long term friends of the Centre.

We have a dynamic and vibrant Playgroup that operates on weekday mornings during school terms. There are additional groups available that engage parents and children together through a variety of programs, such as exercises and games. Ask our Playgroup Team Leader for information or download the Playgroup Information Sheet and the Playgroup Calendar Term 1 2009 (Jan - Apr 2009)
(NB: this program is still being finalised so please check again closer to our re-opening date of 27th January).
Send us your feedback and ideas!.

Parenting Courses run on a sessional basis during the year with the aim of providing parents wth management strategies which make parenting easier and more enjoyable. This Triple P program helps make life easier as a family, shows parents how to encourage their children to learn and helps them encourage positive behaviour, through learning positive discipline approaches and setting rules. Other one-off sessions are run on key issues for parents of babies and young children. We have Baby Days, tailored for the under ones in the Hall each Wednesday and Thursday. See Baby Day Flyer or ask our Parent Support Worker for details.

We also have Music and Movement, Storytime and the new initiative PlayGroup Plus, which offers opportunity for parents of children with special needs to meet and discuss parenting. See Flyer (PDF).

Information on any forthcoming special events appear on our News page

Our children’s services are inclusive and welcoming to all young children but we have additional services for families who have a child with disabilities and these can be seen on our Living with disabilities page.

As with all of the Centre’s programs, we offer referral services for support and assistance that may be offered elsewhere or by one of our partner organisations.

For more information about our Services for Children and Families you can download a
Family Services Brochure (PDF) or contact us at (02) 9302 3600 or info@holdsworth.org.au

For information about day care and other children's services in the area see the Woollahra Council site

Tell us about your involvement with Playgroup and Family Services! Let us know what other services you would like to see at Holdsworth. Download our short Survey Form, which you can complete on-screen and email back to us here.