January News

Welcome to our first newsletter of the year! We have so much planned and very excited to start your child's early learning journey together.

Upcoming Events 

Parent Meeting 

Carpark 

CWA 

All families upon enrolment are required to sign a CWA form. A CWA is an agreement between you and our service to give care in return for fees. We can only pay Child Care Subsidy when you've confirmed your child's enrolment details.  If you have not yet signed your CWA please come to the office to sign your form, to avoid full fees.

Arrival Times 

Our Learning Programs commence at 9am every day. We ask that children arrive by this time - (at the latest 9:30am)

Arrival time is important for many reasons but most importantly to ensure all children are settled and the rooms are not disrupted from their learning.

We also need to ensure our cook is aware of how many children she will need to prepare meals for each day.

So, we ask that all arrival times are by 9am - 9:30am at the latest. If you have an appointment on the odd occasion and need to drop off after 9:30am, please ensure you email the centre to let us know.

Room Allocations & Changes 

Room changes will commence from Monday 25 January. As previously mentioned, room requests are unable to be honoured. We currently have close to a full service with 180 families in attendance. It is impossible to meet all requests of families. I have made the room allocations and our Educator's will support children to settle and make new friends.

It is beneficial for children to manage and build their own relationships, even though as parents and carers we may want to take responsibility or interfere. But there are ways we can help our children navigate friendships, become more confident and help to build and develop thier social skills.

• Help your child to develop positive social skills from an early age. Help them to understand the importance of sharing, taking someone else's feelings into account and listening to each other. These can be supported by organising plenty of opportunities for your child to meet lots of different people
• Demonstrate to your child how friendships work by letting them see how you behave with your friends
• Help your child find other children with similar interests, such as through a swimming club, dance class, footy team or theatre group – children choose friends based on similar and shared hobbies
• For older children who may be feeling shy or anxious offer them some icebreakers to start conversations with others and role-play what they may say to someone
• Help them to find new areas of interest or help to boost their confidence in everyday situations.

Meals