Welcome to the refurbished centre located on Mill St in Carlton.
Happy Feet on Mill St Has been established and operating for over 30yrs. Although it is a previously established childcare centre, Happy Feet offer families a friendly team of well qualified staff and an in depth learning curriculum to prepare children of all ages for Kindergarten.
Happy Feet is a long day care centre that caters to the needs of children aged 2– 5 years of age and thrives on community and family involvement.
Our centre is privately operated and it is the third centre to be under the new ownership of Award Winning Anastasia Papadopoulos and Simon Leverton. Additional centres include Giggles ELC at Bexley and The Little Cottage at Carlton.
Our operating hours are currently 7.30am -5.30pm but from 01/04/2011 the hours of operation will be 7am -6pm Monday to Friday, and as of 2011 we are open 52 weeks per year. The Centre closes on all Public Holidays.
Our Centre has 4 staff currently, 1 Early Childhood Teacher (university trained), 3 Diploma trained, and we support continual education in the industry and have 1 full-time trainee. There is also a full-time cook.
The centre Director is Simone Chizzoniti, an award winning childcare Director who has devoted her Full time working schedule to make Happy Feet on Mill St the place where all local families want their children to learn and develop, Simone has established many close relationships with the community around her and has lead her wonderful team of childcare workers to be finalists in the St George Leader small business awards for 2008 & 2010 and a WINNER in 2009.
Happy Feet will be providing children, with 4 nutritious meals per day, cooked and prepared by our wonderful and friendly cook – Georgina (GOGO), she has qualifications for menu planning and safe food handling.
All children need a nutritionally balanced diet for healthy growth and development. Morning tea, a hot lunch and afternoon tea and late afternoon tea are provided. Our menu follows the NSW Nutrition Departmental Guidelines which ensures we meet 50% of your child’s daily nutritional needs whilst in our care and changes seasonally. We also cater for any specific cultural or dietary requirements.
We know parents may feel anxious about leaving their children in a new environment, so we invite parents to contact us via telephone or email to check on their children.
We look forward to welcome you and your child to our centre.
WHAT OUR PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM INCLUDES........
From January of each year, the children whom will possibly attending Kindergarten the following year will participate in a wide variety of activities, experiences, investigations and excursions to prepare for the next BIG step in their life........
The annual curriculum for the Preschool room includes:
School Preparation program – this starts in Feb each year
Daily recognition of PHONICS A- Z, singing the phonics song and recognising each letters unique sounds
Exploring the upper and lower case format of each letter in the alphabet, by teaching the children letter of the week – starts Feb each year. Activities, art/craft, food, experiences that start with each specific letter are introduced.
Two library visits scheduled (at beginning & end of year) annually from the local librarian at ROCKDALE LIBRARY
Annual participating in NATIONAL BOOK WEEK – children participate in art/craft experience and have their creative pieces displayed at ROCKDALE LIBRARY- august each year.
School visits to the local primary school- CARLTON PUBLIC SCHOOL – TLC has a close connection with this school, which allows many opportunities for the children to become exposed and familiar with the school environments and boundaries.
Lunch Box week – November each year, allows opportunities for the children that will be attending school the following year to become more independent and responsible for their own belongings and food intake.
School readiness meeting – this introduces parents to their child is expected to know before they enter Kindergarten. The requirements of the child and the parents. This is held on an evening in AUGUST each year – all parents from the Butterfly room are invited to attend the information evening. Guest from the local school attend to talk with parents.
Graduation day – December each year, TLC hosts a special graduation day to say congratulations and good luck to the children that will be leaving for Kindergarten next year. Each child has a cape and graduation hat – and is awarded with a graduation certificate.
Our darling has been in Happy Feet Centre for the past almost 3 months. Almost immediately Mia was shining and telling stories to her favourite toys and all the way every night. It is such a joy to see how happy she is, making new friends and discovering new boundaries. The team are friendly and courteous and always make time to tell us about her day and the course of events. We know that without any doubt that our daughter is cared for professionally, genuinely and lovingly. Cannot wait to see what the next 3 months bring.....Thank you Happy Feet Team, you are 1 in a million! Best regards, Phil and Juanita A'Costa
Simone & Staff
I would like to express my many thanks to you and the staff for making Happy Feet not only a learning centre for children but also a place of comfort for families. Everytime i come to the centre, I not only feel welcomed but i feel very comfortable and at peace knowing that my children are going to be well looked after. Everyday you all put on happy faces and i can only say that personally i would not be able to do what you do everyday. You all do an amazing job and i know this from the looks on my children's faces when they return home, from all the talks that me and my children have during dinner about their day. Besides myself and my family, you are role models for my children and they look up to you. I have no worries at all. The centre is doing fantastic, I love helping out by fundraising and giving towards charities. I love the fact that everything is brought to the centre re: bugs, lizards, fire truck etc. Thank you all for doing a great job and most of all looking after families :) Yours Sincerely Katerina Nicholas & Family
Simone and the Team Prepare for their 100km walk
Next Friday – 26th August, Simone and her team of 4 will commence the 100km trek from the Hawkesbury
through Ku-ring-gai National park to Mosman.
Is she scared of not finishing? – “NO”
Is she afraid of never feeling her feet again? – “POSSIBLY”
Is she going to be very, very, tired, grumpy, hungry and irritable? – “OF COURSE”
Is the team and herself going to do the best they can possible do? –“ DEFINITELY “
To my wonderful families and supporters, I will not be present next Friday 26th August as I will be participating in this long awaited walk of a lifetime. When I first signed up for this walk, I thought “I’m fit and healthy, I can do anything. Especially if it’s for charity.” Little did I realise just what kind of terrain and wilderness our bodies and feet will be enduring for a maximum of 48hrs……………as we trek, crawl, climb and drag ourselves through rugged bushlands, across creeks to the a beautiful finish line on the Sydney Harbour. After lots of practice walks with my team, we are pretty confident and a fit team of girls, if anything our will power, mental strength and the scenery will gets us through this.
So while your all enjoying your coffee next Friday morning and snuggling into your warm beds on Friday night, think of me and the thousands of others that insanely decided to ‘KEEP ON WALKING’. If you would like to make a donation to my team and OXFAM please visit our team home page and make an online donation at http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/Sydney/teams/team/?team_id=9728
Alternatively you can buy a raffle ticket and be in the draw to win an amazing sail around the Harbour on a Sydney to Hobart yacht for 4hrs, worth $2500.00
Tickets are $25ea or 5 tickets for $100. It may seem expensive but the value of this wonderful prize says it all. Our supporters at the finish line will draw the raffle once we cross the finish line late Saturday night.
Please support me and my team. I greatly appreciated it. I will be keeping the centre updated throughout Friday with where we have begun.
Happy Feet On Mill Street provides a comprehensive preschool program that prepares the children for Kindergarten. This preschool program is run on a daily basis by a qualified Early Childhood Teachers in the 3-5yrs pre-school room. The program focuses on each child's self help skills, literacy/ language learning, social, emotional and academic development to prepare them for Kindergarten and future education.
The staff at Happy Feet On Mill Street
have collaborated with private and public schools in the area to establish a suitable program that provides positive guidance and meets the expectations of parents and teachers of young learners. The daily learning curriculum in this room enables the children to learn through their play experiences and enhances their knowledge by introducing children to investigations and further developmental activities based on their current interests. The teachers in the pre-school room exposes the children to Phonics, fine motor development such as writing and cutting experiences, cognitive and mathematical challenges, independence, turn taking skills and much more.
106 Mill Street
Carlton NSW 2218
Ph: (02) 9588 5533
Please feel free to contact us on the number above or fill in your details below and we will contact you as soon as possible.
