Our Service’s Transition to School begins from the moment your child enters the Service at any age and participates in the Pre School Curriculum.
The Service’s focus for a successful transition to school starts with ‘The Social Child. We aim to ensure that your child has developed a positive self esteem, confidence, independence and be actively involved as a part of a group, as the major goals for school transition
Play Based Learning
Our children learn in a number of different ways and each at a vastly different pace. Our program is specifically designed to cater for these differences and utilises highly specialised, structured and unstructured play.
The educator’s experience, and on-going training, provides each enrolled child with the opportunity to develop self-confidence and other fundamental life skills that support their social and cognitive development.
Our fun, play-based learning program – provides an environment where the principles of literacy and numeracy are seamlessly integrated with science, environmental studies, music and art and social-emotional development.
Our high quality program provides every child with plenty of interesting things to do, a stimulating environment that encourages thinking and activity and loads of space to run, jump, play and build up not only their bodies … but their imaginations too!
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating habits are formed in early childhood and children’s nutrition is important to their health and life long development. Our Healthy Eating Policy ensures that the emphasis is on fresh foods and forms part of the care and educational program.
If your child is on a special diet and/or has any specific allergies the centre requires a statement from your child’s doctor describing the type of diet needed and/or a management plan for any allergies. The centre will make the necessary arrangements to accommodate this need. We provide a ‘nut free’ environment and offer four meal opportunities per day: Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea and Late Afternoon Tea. Children will experience a diverse range of nutritious and culturally diverse meals prepared by our qualified cook.
Daily Routine
Our Daily routine is flexible and is subject to the weather, child/ren’s, families’ and community needs
7.30am-2.30pm Indoor / Outdoor Play
Indoor Play
The indoor space is designed to enhance the children’s development across all areas. Activities set up indoors will focus on:
Thinking and problem solving skills – through activities such as puzzles, sequencing games including number games and concepts.
Language and literacy skills – through drawing, writing and experiencing books
Fine motor development – through writing centre, pincer grip experiences, cutting, tearing paper.
Social and Emotional development – through play, sharing, taking turns, and working cooperatively with others.
Creative development – through art and craft experiences as well as dramatic and role play experiences.
Outdoor Play
The outdoor environment is predominately designed to enhance children’s physical development however numerous opportunities are provided to children focusing on all areas of development. Planned and spontaneous experiences occur throughout the day.
Activities set up outdoors will focus on:
Balance and Coordination – through climbing equipment, balance boards and beams, balls, hoops, trampoline. Fundamental Skills – jumping, running, galloping, hopping, leaping, side sliding, catching, kicking, bouncing and rolling balls. Outdoor play also compliments the development of social skills and sensory awareness. Intentional and Spontaneous Teaching Elements Planned or spontaneous play experiences enhancing all areas of each child’s developmental will be presented during this free play time.
9.15 – 9.45am Progressive Morning Tea A progressive morning tea caters for the individual needs of the children. The children can choose when and how long they spend having their morning tea. Children are verbally invited to have morning tea. Morning tea is always supervised by educators.
11.30am – 12.00pm Lunch Time A progressive lunch caters for the individual needs of the children. The children can choose when and how long they spend having their lunch and are encouraged to self-regulate their own appetites. Children are verbally invited to have lunch. Lunch is always supervised by educators.
12.00pm – 2.00pm Sleep/Rest Time All children are offered the opportunity to engage within sleep/rest time. We recognize that sleeping during the day cannot be limited or distinguished by age, and we provide all children with the choice whilst also respecting family values and decisions. The children’s health and well-being is of the utmost importance.
For children who choose not to sleep, spontaneous Yoga and relaxation group experiences are presented during this period of the day enhancing the children’s large motor development as well as encouraging an active lifestyle. This experience may also include balance and coordination activities, exercises as well as skills to relax the body and clear the mind. Within this time, the older children are also further challenged with a variety of school readiness experiences/ activities.
2:30pm – 3.00pm Progressive Afternoon Tea A progressive afternoon tea caters for the individual needs of the children. The children can choose when and how long they spend having their morning tea. Children are verbally invited to have morning tea. Morning tea is always supervised by educators.
3.00pm – 4.30pm Outdoor Play
4.30pm – 5.00pm Indoor Table Activities until home time.
Our Staff
Our team of qualified and trained educators have a wealth of experience in childcare and early learning programs. We are very proud of the low turnover in our team, which means we can provide a consistent and stable environment, in which your child can thrive. Staff undergo continual training, which enables them to develop innovative early childhood programs that best meet the needs of each child.
The centre has adopted the Early Years Learning and Development Framework into current practice and programming and employ additional staff above the ratio required by the Department of Community Services to assist in the integration of children with additional needs and to extend and enrich all children’s learning.
We achieved EXCEEDING at our most recent assessment and rating. We go above and beyond the expectations of the National Quality Standards.
