THE Jan Juc Playgroup celebrated another successful year at its Christmas party last week.<\/p>\n
The group gathered at the usual place at Bob Pettit Pavilion for two hours of fun, including a disco with Willow Star, rides on the Lions Train, face painting, a lucky dip, craft, and special visits from the Playgroup Victoria bear and Santa.<\/p>\n
Playgroup president Sarah Minter said the playgroup was going from strength to strength, with membership rising to about 80 members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got four sessions a week going, from Monday to Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople join up and they can come to as many or as few sessions as they want to for the year, so we find some people are here four days a week and some people are here once a month, and we\u2019re happy either way.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the playgroup was hoping to increase its membership (which includes dads, grandparents and blended families) in 2019 and potentially start a toy library.<\/p>\n
Kate Eddiehausen has only recently moved to the area, and is now on the playgroup committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve moved around a lot \u2013 we\u2019ve just moved from South Australia \u2013 and we\u2019ve joined a lot of playgroups as we\u2019ve moved in small towns,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe moment I emailed to inquire, they were super-welcoming; not just like the one-line reply, you felt like they actually wanted you to come with your kids, which is good. You come to a new town, you don\u2019t know anyone, but they made sure someone was here to meet me on the first day to show me around, and all the mums \u2013 even the mums not on the committee \u2013 were super-welcoming and made an effort to talk to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Jan Juc Playgroup celebrated another successful year at its Christmas party last week. The group gathered at the usual place at Bob Pettit Pavilion for two hours of fun, including a disco with Willow Star, rides on the Lions Train, face painting, a lucky dip, craft, and special visits from the Playgroup Victoria bear […]<\/p>\n