Discover the Best Preschool Program near Strathfield for Your Child’s Early Education
As a parent, one of the most important decisions you will make for your child is where they will attend preschool. At a young age, children are like sponges, absorbing new information and skills at an incredible rate. Therefore, it’s crucial to choose a preschool program that will provide your child with a solid foundation for their future academic and social learning. At Active Kids Homebush, our childcare centre near Strathfield, we are proud to offer a comprehensive preschool program that is designed to give children the best start in life.
Our preschool program is geared towards children aged three to five years old, and it’s designed to support the growth and development of each child. Our curriculum is based on the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), which is a nationally recognized program that promotes learning through play. The EYLF is a comprehensive guide that outlines the key outcomes that children should achieve by the time they reach the end of their preschool years.
At our Strathfield childcare centre, we use a play-based approach to teaching, which means that learning is integrated into everyday activities and experiences. Through play, children can develop their social skills, emotional regulation, and problem-solving abilities. Our childcare in Sydney’s Western Suburbs is structured to provide children with a balance of structured activities and free play, so they can learn at their own pace and in their own way.
Our team of experienced educators works closely with each child to provide individualized support and guidance. We believe that every child is unique, and we strive to create a safe and nurturing environment where they can explore their interests and abilities. Our educators regularly observe and document each child’s progress, and we use this information to create personalized learning plans for each child.
In addition to our play-based curriculum, we also offer a range of extra-curricular activities to enhance each child’s learning experience. These activities include music and movement, art and craft, and outdoor play. We also organize excursions around Homebush and Strathfield to expose children to new experiences and broaden their horizons.
At our childcare centre near Strathfield, we understand the importance of creating a strong partnership with parents and caregivers. We regularly communicate with families to keep them informed about their child’s progress and to involve them in their child’s learning journey. We also encourage parents to participate in centre activities and events, so they can become part of our vibrant and supportive community.
In conclusion, our preschool program at our childcare centre near Strathfield is designed to provide children with a strong foundation for their future academic and social success. Through a play-based approach to learning, individualized support, and a range of extra-curricular activities, we strive to help each child reach their full potential. If you’re looking for a high-quality preschool program for your child, we invite you to visit our childcare centre by contacting us today.
Top-rated Childcare Centre near Neutral Bay – Enrol Your Child Today!
At Rhondas Cottage, our childcare centre near Neutral Bay, we know how important it is to create a warm and inviting environment that fosters growth and development in young children. That’s why we are always looking for ways to improve our daycare centre and make it the best possible place for children to learn and grow. And now, with our recent renovations, we’ve taken a major step forward in achieving that goal.
The new renovations to our Neutral bay childcare centre have transformed the space into a bright, modern, and welcoming environment that is sure to delight both children and parents. Here are just a few of the updates that we’ve made:
New learning environments: We have created new childcare rooms where students will partake in arts and crafts, science, reading and other learning activities.
Updated decor: We’ve added new furniture, decorations, and artwork to the space to create a fun and engaging environment that inspires creativity and imagination.
Improved lighting: We’ve installed new lighting fixtures in these new rooms throughout the childcare centre to brighten up the space and create a more cheerful and welcoming atmosphere.
Expanded outdoor play areas: We have extended the outdoor layout of the daycare centre to create more space for children to play and explore, with new play areas that encourage physical activity, socialization, and learning.
All of these updates have come together to create a truly exceptional childcare centre near Neutral Bay that will improve the overall experience for both children and parents.
If you’re looking for a Childcare Centre near Neutral Bay that is committed to providing the best possible environment for children to learn and grow, look no further than our newly renovated Rhondas Cottage. With a focus on safety, creativity, and fun, we’re confident that your child will thrive under our care and guidance. Contact us today to learn more and schedule a tour of our childcare centre.
Start Strong Childcare Program
Save up to $2110 per year for your preschooler at our childcare centres in Sydney with the Start Strong Program!
The NSW Government has introduced a new preschool fee relief program through the Start Strong Affordable Preschool initiative in 2023 as part of its $1.3 billion Affordable Preschool program from the start of 2023.
Families attending a preschool program at a long day care service will receive up to $2110 per year subsidy for every child, who is at least 4 years old, on or before 31 July 2023 and enrolled in a long day care preschool program.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Start Strong Affordable Preschool fee relief program, a child will need to be at least 4 years old on or before 31 July 2023 and not be receiving the fee relief from another service.
All NSW families are eligible regardless of Citizenship or residency status. The Start Strong funding is additional to and will not affect families’ Child Care Subsidy (CCS) payments.
How will it work?
The fee relief payment is an annual flat rate of $2110 per eligible child. You can break this down to a weekly fee relief of $40.57 ($2110/52 weeks) which will be applied to your family’s account as a fortnightly credit.
How do I access the fee relief?
If you are wondering how to claim the Start Strong Affordable Preschool fee relief, contact our Family Relations Team to receive the fee relief declaration form. Families are required to complete a declaration form to nominate the long daycare centre they would like to receive fee relief from.
You can only receive this fee relief at one centre at a time. This is confirmed by the completion of the declaration form.
To find out more about the Start Strong Preschool program, head to our Start Strong Page.
If you have any questions or would like to tour one of our 15 centres please contact our family relations team today!
Healthy Pizza Snacks For Childcares
Our Childcare Healthy Living Ambassador Libby Babet has another delicious, quick and easy recipe for you to try at home. Read below as she teaches you to make some healthy pizza snacks for you child. These pizza pockets only have a few ingredients and are so healthy that you and your kids can enjoy them for a snack or even for dinner.
The three simple ingredients are:
- Pita Bread or Wraps
- Tomato Paste
- Carrot
- Zucchini
- Cheese
- Optional: Your choice of protein
Step 1: Spead the tomato paste on your pita bread.
Step 2: Finely chop the carrot and zucchini, drain out all the excess water and place onto your pita bread.
Step 3: Sprinkle on some cheese
Step 4: Add your choice of protein (optional)
Step 5: Cook in the oven for a few minutes
Make sure you try making these delicious pizza pockets at home and don’t be afraid to add any extra ingredients! Watch the full video on our Instagram by clicking here.
If you have any questions for our childcare healthy living ambassador or would like to enquire about our daycare vacancies for 2023, make sure you get in touch with our childcare enrolment team today.
Healthy Christmas Cookies For Your Childcare
Come to the Kitchen with our Childcare Healthy Living Ambassador Libby Babet as she prepares some delicious Christmas Cookies that you can easily make for your whole family. These cookies only have 3 ingredients and are so healthy that you and your kids can enjoy them for breakfast or for a tasty treat at your childcare centre.
The three simple ingredients are:
- Bananas
- Oats
- Milk (or water)
Step 1: Mash your banana in a bowl with a fork. You can use either one large or 2 small bananas to make around 5 medium sized cookies.
Step 2: Add a cup of oats (quick oats are the best).
Step 3: Add a ÂĽ cup of milk or water and stir
Step 4: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius fan forced
Step 5: While your oven is preheating, choose your cookie cutters and pop your mixture inside.
Step 6: Bake for 10 to 15 minutes and you have some delicious super healthy cookies to take to your daycare centre.
Make sure you try making these delicious cookies and don’t be afraid to add any extra ingredients like honey or cinnamon to enhance the flavour! Watch the full video on our Instagram by clicking here.
If you have any questions for our childcare healthy living ambassador or would like to enquire about our daycare vacancies for 2023, make sure you get in touch with our childcare enrolment team today.
Healthy Fairy Bread For Your Child
It’s National Fairy Bread Day at your childcare centre! How can we not celebrate such an iconic kids party snack, right? Our Childcare Healthy Living Ambassador, Libby Babet, has created some recipes for you to try that makes these fun rainbow slices of happiness healthier. Check out some different recipes below:
Sesame Seed Fairy Bread:
First star with some whole meal bread and salt reduced butter with no vegetable oils. Libby recommends using ‘Mainland Buttersoft’ butter. After spreading the butter on the bread, it’s best to spread some sesame seeds over the bread so you don’t have to use so many sprinkles. Once you have covered the bread in sesame seeds it’s time to add a few sprinkles to finish off this healthy fairy bread alternative.
Grated Dark Chocolate Fairy Bread
For this child care friendly alternative all you have to do is swap out the sprinkles for dark chocolate. Once again use your whole meal bread, butter and sesame seeds but instead of sprinkles, grate some dark chocolate over the bread. This healthy fairy bread option has a lot less sugar than regular fairy bread and is still super delicious.
Collagen Cookie Fairy Bread
Last but not least, try Libby Babet’s very own ‘Beauty Food’ Collagen Cookie Fairy Bread. Once again use whole meal bread and butter, however swap out the Sesame Seeds for our childcare healthy living ambassadors very own collagen cookies which come in chocolate, berry and peanut butter flavour. You can purchase these Beauty Food Collagen Cookies at your local Woolworths centre or by clicking here.
Check out how these fun and healthy fairy bread alternatives turned out by visiting our daycare Instagram Page.
Don’t forget to contact us if you are currently looking for child care positions as we have 15 locations available over Sydney.
Help Your Kids Fall In Love With Fitness
Our childcare Healthy Living Ambassador, Libby Babet, has come up with some fun fitness ideas for you to try out. Check out what Libby had to say to get your kids moving when they’re not at one of our childcare centres:
“Here are some tips to help you help your kids fall in love with fitness, and that by the way, this is really important! Kids are hardwired for rewards, so make exercise something fun, exciting, adventurous and something that feels like a reward for them. Hot tip, what you don’t want to do is tell them that they had to do exercise as a break from TV because that is a way to get them hating on it pretty quickly.
Some ways that we turn our family walks into adventures are to take the kids on what we call ‘Night Walks’. We get really pumped, we might bring a glow stick, or a sparkler/torch and we take the kids for a night walk after dinner.
Another cool way to spice up a walk is to go on “Walk About Sundays”, where we all pack a backpack, put our swimmers in it, put a book in it, put some toys in it it and we just head out and we go for a walk. We can stop at a cafe, go for a swim, play in a new park. All these things that really make it so much fun to be out and together as a family.”
Some other suggestions from Libby include “Holiday at Home”, “Active Game Breaks”, “Family Dance Off” and a “Playground Obstacle Course”. To learn more about these fun fitness ideas, check out the full video here on Instagram.
Don’t forget that we also run our Learn and Grow Fitness Classes in our child care centres, so make sure to enrol you child in one of our day care centres today by contacting us here.
Reflective practice at Active Kids Moore Park
Recently our Moore Park Childcare Centre had a story created by BeYou in regards to our statement of Philosophy. Be You is the national mental health in education initiative that equips educators at our childcare centres in Sydney with knowledge, tools and resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people from birth to 18 years.
Here is the article about our childcare centre in Zetland:
‘When the team at Active Kids Moore Park reviewed their service’s Statement of Philosophy, the voices of the whole learning community guided the review process.
A community shared vision
The review process started with the educator team dedicating time during staff meetings to reflect on why and what they do, how they came to early childhood education and unpacking the impact of their values and beliefs on their practice.
A goal-oriented process
Reflective practice at Active Kids Moore Park is considered critical for taking informed actions. The educators, the children, families and wider learning community were involved.
Everyone’s active participation in reviewing the philosophy ensured its alignment with their commitment to respecting, valuing and responding appropriately to all voices.
Families and members of the wider learning community were invited to contribute their ideas.
Suzie Braumann, Service Coordinator at Active Kids Moore Park contacted their Be You Consultant, Carmen Huser for support.
Carmen highlighted Be You resources and tools the Be You Statement of Commitment and Planning for Empowerment to incorporate a strong mental health lens in the review process. Carmen offered guidance on involving young children in it to enable the connection between children’s rights to participation and their mental health.
The children’s voices
“Involving the children was also the most rewarding and satisfying part of the review process”, says Suzie.
Whilst the leadership team sought involvement of key community stakeholders, the children’s voices were the most crucial.
Suzie drew on their regular practice of children contributing to the educational program, daily routines, and their Quality Improvement Plan. After speaking to Carmen, Suzie took inspiration from the Be You Implementation story, Including young children’s voices.
With small groups of pre-school children, Suzie led conversations using big boards, visual aids and photos to drive the conversation. Soon children led the conversations.
Children’s authentic participation
The current philosophy statement had headings, such as vision, goals, and the stakeholders: educators, children, families, community. These headings, as well as, the principles underpinning the National Quality Standard formed the basis for the conversations with the children.
They provoked the children to talk about the diversity of families in the community; friendships; their rights; everyone’s feelings and wellbeing. The children’s interpretation of these significantly contributed to the new statement.
Positive relationships, knowing the children, trust and child-friendly time frames made this review process so successful.
The statement is now framed and proudly displayed at the early learning service for everyone to see.
Consider the voices in your service’s Statement of Philosophy: Listen and reflect on the In Focus webinar The voice of the child. ‘
Take a look at the article here and visit the Be You website for more information: https://beyou.edu.au/stories/implementation-support/does-your-statement-of-philosophy-reflect-childrens-voices
To book a tour at our Moore Park daycare centre located in Zetland, please contact us today!
Vaucluse – $99 Fridays
Need child care on a Friday at Active Kids Vaucluse?
Book your child in on a Friday at our Vaucluse Child Care Centre for only $99. Limited childcare positions available.*
Terms and conditions:
- Effective from the 9th of September 2022
- Offer ends 31st December 2022
- Special rate applies to permanent positions on Fridays
- This offer must be mentioned at time of booking for redemption
- Does not apply to extra days or casual days
- Subject to availability
- Must enroll for a minimum of 2 days
- If you are a current family the special rate only applies when increasing days, does not apply when swapping days
- From 1st January 2023, the fee will be in line with the standard daily rate for that age group.
Contact our family relations team to book your additional day of care now and make the most of this amazing childcare offer.
Phone: 02 8362 3000
Email: [email protected]
Receive 2 Weeks Free Childcare at Narwee
Receive 2 weeks free when you enrol at our Narwee child care centre before the 31st of August 2022*.
Terms and conditions:
This offer must be mentioned at time of enrolment for redemption
Minimum 2 days a week enrolment and commence prior to 31st of August 2022
New enrolments only
Free weeks will apply to the 9th week of care
Offer valid from 24th June 2022
Offer valid until 31st August 2022
Phone: 02 8362 3000
Email: [email protected]