Campbelltown Community Children's Centre Inc

There is something about gathering around a fire that humans have done for thousands of years.

This Thursday our Blue Gum children get to feel exactly why. 🔥

This Thursday 11th June at 9:30am our Blue Gum children will gather around a real winter campfire and we could not be more excited for them.

This is not a worksheet about fire safety. It is a lived experience.

Around that fire they will learn to respect and understand fire safety in the most real and meaningful way possible. They will warm their hands, listen to stories, sip Billy Tea, make damper and roast marshmallows together. They will feel the crackle of the flames, smell the wood smoke and experience something that connects them to the natural world in a way that no indoor activity ever could.

This is what outdoor education looks like when it is done with intention. Not managed risk avoidance but thoughtful, supervised, genuinely rich experience that builds confidence, curiosity and a deep respect for nature.

A risk assessment for the Winter Campfire will be available for families to review at the front office. 💛

Just a little reminder that Campbelltown Community Children's Centre will be closed this Monday 8th June for the King's Birthday public holiday.

We hope you enjoy a lovely long weekend with your little ones, we will be back and ready to go on Tuesday morning! 🙌

National Reconciliation Week 2026 has come to a close and our hearts are full.

This week, our children did something that no worksheet, no poster and no passive display could ever achieve. They lived it.

They gathered around a table laid with eucalyptus leaves, clay, natural materials and photographs of real Ganyas, traditional shelters built by Aboriginal peoples for thousands of years, and they asked questions. They touched, explored, built and wondered. They connected their small hands to a story that stretches back longer than any of us can fully comprehend.

They explored Aboriginal instruments and symbols, learning the language of a culture that has cared for this land since the beginning. They created their own artwork on our ALL IN wall, every circle a tiny declaration that we are all in for a reconciled Australia. Friendship. Family. Hearts. Each one drawn by a child who is just beginning to understand what it means to belong to something bigger than themselves.

And they listened to a story.
This year's National Simultaneous Storytime brought us Luna Roo: the Kangaroo Baller. a beautiful, inspiring tale about courage, teamwork and believing in yourself even when the odds feel impossible.
Reconciliation is a practice. A daily choice to learn, to listen, to acknowledge and to raise children who grow up understanding that this country's story belongs to all of us but that it begins with the oldest living culture on earth.

We are proud to be ALL IN. 💛🖤❤️

We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the land on which Campbelltown Community Children's Centre stands. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We want to tell you about the kind of Thursday that reminds us why this work matters so much.

Sharmane and Sarvia spent the day at the Flying Start Leaders Forum, a gathering of over 400 leaders from services right across our state. People who have dedicated their careers to giving young children the best possible start in life.

Sharmane was invited to be part of the panel discussion. To sit alongside other leaders and speak honestly about something she believes in deeply, professional development. Why it is not a nice to have. Why it is the difference between a program that exists on paper and one that actually changes outcomes for children.

If you have ever wondered why we talk so much about investing in our educators, this is exactly why. Because the quality of what happens in our rooms every single day is directly connected to how much the people leading those rooms are growing, learning and being challenged.

The day also brought the chance to be in the same room as the incredible Anthony Semann and to hear exciting news and new initiatives from the Honourable Minister Lucy Hood.

Sarvia and Sharmane came back energised. Full of ideas. Ready to bring everything they heard and felt that day back into the walls of this Centre and into the hands of the children we care for.

From intent to impact 🙌🤝

This Thursday 28th May our entrance is transforming into a beautiful Pop Up Café and we cannot wait to welcome you!

Here is the best part, your barista coffee has never meant more. ☕

Every single cent raised will be donated directly to the Cancer Council. Not a percentage. Not most of it. Every. Single. Cent.

Come and grab your morning coffee, treat yourself to something delicious and help us make a real difference for Australians affected by cancer.

Thursday 28th May 2026
⏰ From 7:30am
📍 Campbelltown Community Children's Centre, our entrance

We would absolutely love to see you there, pop by on your way to work, stay for a chat or simply show your support for this incredible cause. 💛

Please share this with your friends, family and colleagues, the more the merrier!

The CCCC Team ☕🌸

Cancer touches almost every family in some way. A parent. A grandparent. A friend. A colleague. Someone who fought hard. Someone we still miss and while we cannot always do the big things, we can do the small ones.
That is exactly what the Biggest Morning Tea is all about.
On Thursday 28th May we are turning Campbelltown Community Children's Centre into a pop up café and every single dollar raised goes directly to the Cancer Council Australia.

☕ Barista made coffee
🥪 Toasties
🧁 Delicious treats
📅 Thursday 28th May
⏰ 7:30am — 9:30am
📍 Campbelltown Community Children's Centre

Here is the thing about this one.
You do not have to donate a lot to make a difference. The cost of your morning coffee, five dollars, ten dollars , fully donated to the people who need it most right now. The ones going through treatment. The ones sitting in waiting rooms. The ones holding the hands of someone they love through the hardest season of their life.
Every single dollar counts. Every single one.
Last year our community showed up and together we raised over $800. This year our goal is $1000. And we know we can get there — but only with you.

Come for the coffee. Stay for the community. Leave knowing you did something good today.
🔗 Cannot make it in person? You can still support us by donating directly through the link below.

https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/s/92504/160488

Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a real difference.

Tag someone who loves a good barista coffee and an even better cause ☕👇