Our long day care service caters for children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years of age, and is divided into the following rooms:

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Babies (6 weeks – 18 months)                                          
Toddlers (18 months – 2.5 years)                                      
Younger kinder (2.5 years – 3.5 years)                         
Kindergarten (3.5 years – 5 years)            

 
Rooms

 

 

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Babies

Our baby room caters for children from 6 weeks of age to 18 months and features an open internal play area, an outdoor play area and a sleep room with cots.

The program in the baby room focusses on relationship based care to ensure children feel secure and safe.

The program and daily routines in the baby room are flexible to cater for the needs of each child.

Each child in the baby room is assigned a primary carer giving children a secure emotional base from which to learn and to make other relationships.

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Toddlers

Our toddler rooms cater for children from 18 months to 2.5 years and feature indoor and outdoor play areas including play equipment and sandpits. 

The indoor play areas are used for rest time and stretcher beds are provided for the children to sleep.

The toddler rooms combine relationship-based care that a program that encourages independence and exploration. The program is developed on a fortnightly basis to reflect the interests and development of the children in the room.

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Younger kinder

The Centre’s younger kinder room caters for children aged 2.5 years to 3.5 years and features indoor and outdoor play areas.

The indoor play areas include niches for small group play such as a craft corner, home corner and book corner.

The younger kinder program is developed on a monthly basis to reflect the interests and development of the children in the room.

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Kindergarten

A structured kindergarten program is offered to eligible children in the kindergarten room.  

The program aims to develop pre-maths and pre-literacy skills and school readiness while focussing on each child’s social development.

The program includes a rest period and operates across the whole day.

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Meals and menu

 

The Centre provides morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea that are prepared on site each day.

Our menu is healthy, fresh and culturally diverse.

The Centre is nut and egg aware and can cater for individual dietary requirements.