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This centre has been nothing but welcoming and helpful from the very first email on enrolment. All staff are very fun, friendly and always welcome you with a smile and a chat. I highly recommend Grow Bundaberg. As a first time mum they made me feel very comfortable leaving my children. My boys have really come out of their shells since starting in the nursery room. We look forward to growing up with the Grow family.
Parent
We love Grow Early Education and couldn't be happier. The staff are friendly, helpful, kind and knowledgeable. The level of effort and educational activities are excellent and outdoor play areas are amazing. My children comes home talking non stop about their day, they both have learnt so much already and always feel like they belong. Centre is always kept clean and tidy and well maintained. Keep up the great work ladies.
Parent
At Grow Early Education, the Educators take a holistic and inclusive approach to educating the children. They aim to develop every child’s cognitive abilities and their physical, linguistic, and emotional skills too.
Educators provide an enriched, flexible, and differentiated curriculum, and they place great importance on utilising appropriate teaching strategies that best assist in children’s learning and development.
All children engage in a variety of activities each day which include creative arts, dancing/movement, physical play, and group learning experiences.
The children are cared for in the following classes:
The team at Grow Early Education are a group of caring and responsive Educators, who seek to ensure that each child’s transition to a new learning environment is warm and nurturing.
The children feel a real sense of belonging by actively involving them and their families in the design and delivery of the personalised curriculum.
The centre’s group of committed and dedicated staff, offer consistency of care and embody the centre’s philosophy to ‘inspire, learn, and grow’ in everything they do.
Here at Grow I am fortunate to have such a great team of Educators that are so passionate about early childhood education and care. I love supporting the Educators and encouraging them through all endeavors. A big focus is supporting families at the service also. I look forward to watching the service to continue to grow.
Mel Law - Centre Director, Grow Early Education Bundaberg North
I enjoy coming to work in a friendly environment, there is such a welcoming atmosphere the moment you walk through the door. Grow upholds the code of ethics and is supportive to all staff members. The service is well maintained and equipped with natural open-ended resources which gives us the opportunity to continue to extend on the children’s learning and interest.
Educator
I like working at Grow because every day is a new beginning. Each day I am met with smiling faces and each afternoon I leave with just as many waving little hands at the gate. I love the freedom I am given to teach the children the way they most benefit from. I am not confined to one structure of teaching and I am able to work with my children in the room and meet their learning needs. The workplace environment at Grow is amazing. The team are all here for one reason and that is providing the best care and growth we can for the children.
Educator
At Grow Early Education Bundaberg North, the children enjoy a wide variety of seasonal and local produce, with a menu that provides more than half of their daily nutrition requirements. The chef-designed meals also include many vegetables and herbs from the centre’s own vegetable gardens. The centre works in consultation with families to accommodate any child’s allergies, intolerances, their cultural background or other family preferences.
Mealtimes provide an important opportunity for children to develop good eating habits and learn about nutrition and food variety. They are also an important time for social interaction with other children and adults.
The Educators adopt meal time strategies to teach children about good nutrition. These include things like involving children in creating the menu, encouraging younger children and toddlers to talk about healthy food choices, providing children with opportunities to eat food and engage in the mealtime routines of different cultures, talking with children about nutritious food during mealtimes.
The parents don’t miss out either, with the centre’s own barista providing fresh coffee every morning upon drop-off to enjoy with a baked treat prepared by the centre chef.
Morning
Sophia is ten months old and starts her day off with her Educator, reading some new board books together. Sophia's mum enjoys a barista made coffee before she heads off to work.
Lunchtime
Sophia goes out to the vegetable garden with her Educator, where they are picking some basil for the centre chef to use in their lunch.
Afternoon
Sophia and the other nursery children are playing outside in the sandpit. Her Educator gives her some toy dinosaurs to use in her game with her friends.
Morning
Louie is two years old and likes to help the Educators look after the chickens. He collects the eggs and helps to fill their water bowls for the day.
Lunchtime
After lunch Louie is ready to play outside again. He and his friend Felix head up to the adventure fort to continue their pirate game from this morning.
Afternoon
The children come together with their Educator to take part in their sports program. This week they are taking turns kicking the soccer ball into the goal.
Morning
Ella is four years old and likes to be helpful with the centre’s vegetable garden. Today she waters the tomatoes and helps the Educator to pull out some weeds.
Lunchtime
It’s a warm day so Ella and her friends decide to play outside with the water pump. They collect some leaves to use as boats and send them down the pretend river.
Afternoon
After a busy day, Ella is happy to take part in the centre’s weekly yoga session. She finds a space and lays out her mat, ready to begin.
Care for children under school age, on premises especially built or adapted for early childhood education and care services. Private operators, local councils, community organisations, employers and non-profit organisations may run long day care centres.
Occasional, Casual or Flexible CareOccasional, Flexible or Casual Care Services provide short periods of care for children under school age. Families can access Occasional, Flexible or Casual Care on either a regular or casual basis a variety of reasons including, shift or part-time work, respite care, crisis and emergency care, shopping or attending appointments.
Pre-school / Kindergarten / PrepPre-school is a planned educational program for children in the years before a child commences school. Children are usually aged between 3 and 5 years of age. Pre-school may take place in a range of settings including a purpose built building, in a community setting, a school, as part of a long day care centre or a mobile or visiting service.
In January 2012 the National Quality Framework (NQF) came into effect across Australia.
The purpose of the NQF is to improve and standardise the quality of child care through a
range of measures including better staff to child ratios, higher staff qualifications
and an assessment and rating system designed to promote continuous improvement.
Under the NQF child care services are assessed and rated against the National Quality Standards (NQS).
The NQS measures the quality of early childhood education and care in Australia. It will cover
most long day care, family day care, preschool/kindergarten and outside school hours care services.
Under these standards child care services will be assessed and rated against the
seven quality areas, 18 standards and 58 elements that make up the NQS.