A big thank you to all our families for your ongoing support of our centre. The Educators and I are very appreciative of all your kind words and gestures over the past weeks as we do our best to remain open to provide care and education for your children.
We thank those families who have elected to stay at home during this time or limiting their attendance to allow for us to provide care for the children of essential workers.
Our service is working very hard to maintain a high level of hygiene at this time, and is following the guidelines below to ensure we maintain a safe and secure environment for our children and Educators:
- exclusion of unwell staff, children and visitors
- reduce mixing of children by separating cohorts (including the staggering of meal and play times)
- enhanced personal hygiene for children, staff and parents
- make sure liquid soap and running water, or alcohol-based hand sanitiser is available at the entrance of the facility and throughout
- full adherence to the NHMRC childcare cleaning guidelines, in addition:
- clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces at least daily (e.g. play gyms, tables, hard-backed chairs, doorknobs, light switches, remotes, handles, desks, toilets, sinks)
- wash and launder play items and toys including washable plush toys as appropriate in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. If possible, launder items using the warmest appropriate water setting for the items and dry items completely
- excursions other than to local parks should be discouraged, public playground equipment should not be used
- influenza vaccination for children, staff and parents.
Alternative care arrangements should be considered for those children highly vulnerable to adverse outcomes should they be infected with COVID-19. AHPPC recommends parents seek medical advice for these children.
Teddy Bear's Picnic Tuesday 21st April
All children who attend the centre on Tuesday 21st April are invited to bring along their teddy bear as we are having a Teddy Bear's Picnic.
"There will be lots of fabulous games to play and wonderful treats to eat"