Mama Bear Child Care Centre for infants aged 0-5 years & Barfa Bear Child Care Centre
Family Owned And Operated Christian Child Care Centres ”we believe as in God’s eyes, all children are to be loved and cared for as equals...”
Mama Bear caters for 0-2yrs age group and is licensed for 40 children per day, between the ages of 0yrs-5yrs. We are open 7.30am - 6pm approx. 50 weeks/year, closing at no charge to families over the Christmas/New Years period.
arfa Bear is licensed for 36 children per day, between the ages of 2yrs-5yrs. We are open 7.30am - 6.00pm approx. 50 weeks per year, closing at no charge to families over the Christmas/New Years period.
We are always working well over staff regulatory ratios, which ensures the best educational outcome for your child.
For more information visit www.bearchildcare.com.au
ENROL NOW to secure your position for 2019 and beyond . We have limited places at all locations, so book a tour today!
Contact your local Jenny’s Centre today to avoid disappointed.
www.jennyskindy.com.au
Wendy's Family Day Care, Bexley I am a Family Day Care Educator with 24+ years experience located in Bexley.
I am registered and accredited with Family Day Care Sydney Wide. I provide care for full time children (0-5yrs) and Vacation Care for School Age Children (5-12yrs).
I have a Certificate III in Children’s Services Certificate and hold a current First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis Management Certificate.
Children in my care feel safe, secure and have fun in a stimulating environment. Children develop and grow to their fullest potential through different experiences and relationships in a small group family atmosphere.
Early Years Learning Framework is the key element of programmed and spontaneous activities which are used to extend and enrich children’s learning, wellbeing and development based on their current learning and interests. Children and School age children can make decisions on things that affect them in care and have an input into the program. Contact me for more information.
Talking Heads Speech Pathology
New Children’s Book Announcement. Our Founding Director and Senior Speech Pathologist, Sonia Bestulic is releasing her second Children’s Picture Book!! Her books are super valuable, as her writing includes language features specifically designed to build attention, interaction, oral language and pre-literacy skills. Purchase or pre-order now at www.bigskypublishing.com.au/sonia-bestulic/
NOW AVAILABLE - Boost your child’s language skills with our free PDF guide on interactive book sharing; www.chataboutchildren/products/
Is your child fussy when it comes to food? Talking Heads Speech Pathology can help, with clinicians that have specific training to assist you! One of our long standing Speech Pathology team members, Angela Stankovsa has now opened availability to assist with fussy feeding!
Exciting times for Positive Thinking Clinic (PTC). Feeling grateful for the recognition and being nominated for small business finalist. Much appreciated. Its so wonderful being considered with all the diverse work that has been done with such diverse people (young and old).
PTC is currently running a “mindfulness and weight” campaign. Jump on board and receive tips on having the right mindset to help control your weight. Each week brings 2 short live videos, 2 inspirational posts, an educational article, and a blog to keep your mindset on track. Follow PTC on facebook and instagram.
During the month of April we held a number of workshops on emotional wellness for kids. A great turn out. We created a group called emotional wellness and kids. You are welcome to join via positive Thinking clinic business page.
Each month PTC promotes certain packages. In May PTC is offering packages on hypnosis for weight release; relaxation and meditation for teens; yoga and mindfulness packages for teens and kids; and single session hypnosis on depression.
Remember, I use my skills as a counsellor, hypnotherapist, NLP master, and more, to help individualise a treatment plan or program to suit each individual. If you are curious about what I do, please give me a call, or check me out on my website. Amanda Dounis Facbook @Positive Thinking Clinic : instagram@positivethinkingclinic
Learning Links
If your child is showing signs that they struggle with learning, have social, emotional or behavioural issues, or are behind their peers with speech development or fine and gross motor skills, Learning Links is here to help.
We offer a range of assessments, including cognitive/IQ, academic skills, dyslexia, autism, ADHD, behavioural, speech and language, and occupational therapy. Our professionals can determine your child’s strengths, needs, preferred learning style and any appropriate interventions – an important first step in understanding how to best support them.
Following each assessment, you’ll receive a comprehensive written report to outline results as well as recommendations for your child.
Learning Links understands that every child is unique and has different strengths and challenges. That’s why we work closely with each family to provide guidance and the best possible program and opportunities for them to reach their full learning potential now and in the future.
To find out more about assessments, contact our friendly Customer Care team on (02) 8525 8222 or visit www.learninglinks.org.au. Our Peakhurst Learning Centre is located at 12-14 Pindari Rd, Peakhurst NSW 2210.
Menai Swim Academy came about by a local family who realised the need for an aquatic facility in the Menai area. The family had extensive swimming background, which spread across generations. The involvement with competitive swimming at national levels in a number of disciplines gave the family the knowledge to create a unique teaching methodology which achieves maximum results.
The centre was established in July 2000 and as a privately owned swim school we try to keep a personal persona with every customer. Over the years the centre has grown and we offer the local community the below aquatic activities.
- Learn to Swim
- Squad Training
- Pool Parties
- Aqua Aerobics
- First Aid and Resuscitation
We believe we are in the business of saving lives. Learning how to enjoy the water is a must in Australia so play it safe and learn to swim. Contact us today.
CENTRE NEWS
At CASS Hurstville Child Care centre we have planned a large array of experiences for the rest of the year, we have packed our special events to the brim full of fun and excitement!
A few examples of some upcoming events include: An Easter party, Mother’s Day afternoon tea, dress up day & so many more!
We now incorporate targeted lessons into our program to also enhance learning, we have Chinese lessons, Cooking lessons and art classes to support children in a variety of different areas.
We have recently renovated our front garden, a new and interactive addition to the service where children can truly explore the natural environment and connect to nature.
As another mini renovation, we have spruced up our indoor environment with a wonderful paint job and have had a change up to the learning space.
We also have strong ties to the local community with regular visits from local politicians. Recently Linda Burney came in to visit us to take a look at our new garden and to meet our families.
At CASS Hurstville child care centre, we strive to support our families and children in every way that we can!
Position’s available now!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HurstvilleChildCareCentre
https://casschildcare.org.au/cass-hurstville-child-care-centre/
Happy Feet Child Care
We would love to announce that we have a new cubby house here at Happy Feet Child Care. This was requested by the children and arrived last week. The children are loving playing in the cubby house as they develop their sense of wonder, creativity and imagination. We are currently still have a few vacancies so please book yourself in to come for a tour.
Rainbow Cottage Child Care Centre
A very busy April we had at Rainbow Cottage with lots of fun experiences planned throughout the month. We love to celebrate all cultures at Rainbow, we are a community, and we share our experiences with the children at our service. We had the Easter Bunny hop by and visit our children and Educators, sharing a treat and making lots of little faces smile.
The Children and Educators were lucky to have some players & the mascot from the Cronulla Sharks visit the centre a few weeks ago. The players were introduced to the children, some avid footy lovers knowing exactly which team the boys were representing. The players showed the children how to pass, and we practised this and other footy skills. We love welcoming people from local communities down to the service, it is great to see the children get all excited. We have been really enjoying the beautiful weather outside, and have had lots of opportunities to work on our children's fundamental movement skills. Lots of balls games with throwing and catching and lots of climbing with our new climbing structure we have been focusing on children's upper body strength. It is important that children are exposed to a variety of experiences that assist them in developing skills, both gross motor and fine motor. We plan fundamental movement activities into our program over the week, but also have many opportunities for spontaneous experiences focusing on a variety of skills.
Some of our preschoolers have taken part in our monthly Emotional Intelligence workshops held at the Positive Thinking Clinic. It has been a great opportunity for them to learn new skills to take home, meet new friends and further develop their emotional intelligence. We are looking forward to continuing these workshops and linking these to our Positive Thinking Skills program and program in each of our rooms. If you would like to know more, please contact our centre or check out the Positive Thinking Clinic's website for more information.
Banbury Cottage Child Care Centre
Such a busy month of events and activities at Banbury Cottage. We love the feedback from the children in our Preschool room that have attended the monthly Emotional Intelligence workshops held at the Positive Thinking Clinic, held by Amanda Dounis. So far the children have been happy with their experience, telling us they would like to go back, and telling us all about what they did, what the room looked like and the friends they made. We also work alongside Amanda to utilise the experiences she is using with the children, to incorporate it into our day with the children. Skills take practice, and sometimes lots of practice, and we know that when we work together as a team or group great things happen. And our team or group is not just our Educators, it includes the parents, the children and of course Amanda and Educators from our other services. We are looking forward to learning more in the upcoming workshops.
Our Preschoolers have been patiently waiting daily to hear of their Teacher Jen and her location on her long long long walk through Spain. We have a huge map and a minature cut out picture of Jen whom we move to different locations on the map. Of course our children all miss her and eagerly wait her return next month, but they are also loving seeing all the wonderful scienic photos she sends us, that we print and stick to our wall displaying her adventure.
The Easter Bunny made a special visit to Banbury during our Easter Hat Parade and even got in on the dancing and singing, and all the children were very excited to go home with a yummy chocolate egg.....to eat after dinner.....and the Easter Bunny was sure to give them the chat about eating to much chocolate, and making sure they shared with their mummies and daddies.
Babyland Child Care Centre
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We are so proud to announce that our Director of Babyland childcare Centre Maria Zachariadis, has been awarded Outstanding Business Person of the Year Finalist Award!! We wish Maria all the best of luck at the business awards in May and congratulations to the other finalist and Thank you to the St George local community for supporting us.
Our Centre has been busy this month with the arrival of our chicken hatching program, we watched first hand, baby chicks hatch from eggs in an incubator and then we 
enjoyed learning about them and taking care of them for the next 2 weeks. WE have also been busy making cute Easter Bunny Paper Plate Craft for our Easter decorations. This paper Easter Bunny craft is so simple and perfect for toddlers to make! Children coloured to decorate their Easter bunny ears with crayons with all their favourite colours then we added to the paper plate and put two cotton balls , google eye, nose and the last is ears.
PARENT INFORMATION
Introducing Body Safety & Protective Behaviours – Top Tips for Parents
With around 1 in 5 children being sexually abused before their 18th birthday, it is extremely important that every parent/carer sits down with their child to discuss protective behaviours with their young children. However, most parents feel ill-equipped to do so and are still in the dark about the reality of childhood sexual abuse. Michelle Derrig, child protection advocate and author of protective behaviours picture book ‘Only For Me’ shares her top tips below:
Understand the statistics
Before introducing the topic, it is essential that you understand the reality of childhood sexual abuse. According to the Australian Criminology’s website almost 90% of victims will actually be abused by someone they know and in approximately half of these cases the child will be abused by a family member. The other key point to understand, is that not all childhood sexual abuse is perpetrated by adults, with Bravehearts now quoting that ‘somewhere between 30 to 60% of childhood abuse is perpetrated by another child or young person’. This means that abuse often occurs outside the typical environment you imagine –it could be while children are playing with their peers, on a playdate, at a park, or even whilst at school or their childcare centre.
Provide specific information
To shift the power away from perpetrators, it is important that you don’t just speak in general terms. Instead provide children with specific examples of inappropriate behaviours. For instance:
- Teach children that it is wrong for anyone to take a photograph of their private parts or show them any images of private parts on any sort of device.
- Teach children that it doesn’t matter if someone tells them that it’s a game, rewards them, or gives them treats or gifts – it is still not ok.
- Highlight that these rules apply no matter the person’s age, gender, status in the community, or their relationship to the child i.e. friend, family or stranger.
- Empower them with the knowledge that they can say ‘no’ at any point that someone’s touch doesn’t feel right - including kissing, stroking, cuddling, snuggling or tickling.
- Help children to understand the physical cues which may indicate that they’re feeling uncomfortable. i.e. sweaty palms, butterflies in their tummy, feeling sick.
- Identify that abusive behaviour is never a secret, even if someone threatens them, or if they think they are to blame;
- Remind children that no matter what, abusive behaviour is never their fault and that they won’t be in trouble.
Practice responding to unsafe situations
Initially, get the children to practice saying ‘no’ in a loud voice; for those aged 3+, also get them to practice a sentence like ‘don’t do that – I don’t like it’. If dealing with older school aged children, you should also provide them with an alternate method to extricate themselves from a situation e.g. saying that they need to go to the toilet, or they think they can hear mum calling.
Develop their network of trust
Help children identify five trusted adults that they could go to, if they were ever worried, or if someone did the wrong thing. Reinforce that nothing is ever so awful that they can’t tell someone about it; and that if they did tell someone and the adult didn’t help them, then they must keep on telling until someone does.
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For further information about having protective behaviour conversations with young children, or to learn about Michelle’s Parent Workshops, you can visit www.onlyforme.com.au
We would love to announce that we have a new cubby house here at 
The Children and Educators were lucky to have some players & the mascot from the Cronulla Sharks visit the centre a few weeks ago. The players were introduced to the children, some avid footy lovers knowing exactly which team the boys were representing. The players showed the children how to pass, and we practised this and other footy skills. We love welcoming people from local communities down to the service, it is great to see the children get all excited. We have been really enjoying the beautiful weather outside, and have had lots of opportunities to work on our children's fundamental movement skills. Lots of balls games with throwing and catching and lots of climbing with our new climbing structure we have been focusing on children's upper body strength. It is important that children are exposed to a variety of experiences that assist them in developing skills, both gross motor and fine motor. We plan fundamental movement activities into our program over the week, but also have many opportunities for spontaneous experiences focusing on a variety of skills.
Our Centre has been busy this month with the arrival of our chicken hatching program, we watched first hand, baby chicks hatch from eggs in an incubator and then we 
enjoyed learning about them and taking care of them for the next 2 weeks. WE have also been busy making cute Easter Bunny Paper Plate Craft for our Easter decorations. This paper Easter Bunny craft is so simple and perfect for toddlers to make! Children coloured to decorate their Easter bunny ears with crayons with all their favourite colours then we added to the paper plate and put two cotton balls , google eye, nose and the last is ears.
