At Little Stars, every child’s journey is overseen by accredited, friendly, caring and attentive educators who put the children’s interests front and centre.

The team works collaboratively to provide tailored care and learning for children, and actively work to provide a safe, secure, warm and homelike environment where children can thrive.

Team members stay abreast of new development in childcare, and communicate openly with families, to ensure every child feels accepted and valued.

Little Stars recognises that parents are the first and continuing carers and educators of their children. The centre aims to function as an extended family, providing a secure and trusted environment. Educators actively build quality relationships with families, to achieve the best possible outcome for children.

Families are welcome to speak with educators at any time, and are encouraged to share information on a child's interests, culture and personal experiences. This is then used to help provide tailored experiences, and to develop inclusive care practices and play environments.

The centre has clear and easy to follow parent and guardian information. It also provides updates through the year on child activities and centre events.

The guiding principle of our service is that ‘The best interests of the child are paramount’. How do we make that happen? We begin by making the child the centre of our approach by building everything we do on our Centre philosophy.

Our philosophy is to include all children in our Little Stars family and make a positive contribution to their future success by delivering high-quality education and care. We acknowledge that contemporary research has made explicit the connection between the quality of relationships in children’s early years and their future positive cognitive and social development.

We recognise the importance of quality early childhood education and care practices and settings and acknowledge this is a priority in providing children with stimulating play experiences and learning environments which will positively enable all children to develop to their full potential.

We plan to stimulate indoor and outdoor environments based on play, children’s strengths and interests that support all aspects of children’s learning and provoke exploration, intrigue and discovery as this promotes opportunities for sustained and collaborative learning.

We work in partnership with children, families and the community to develop and plan a curriculum that supports a child’s sense of belonging, being and becoming.

Families are supported to provide their individual contributions and personal experiences as we recognise that good practice in early childhood education and care incorporates these contributions and experiences to develop inclusive care practices and play environments and build our cultural competence.

We are responsive to children’s needs and initiate positive engagement with their families to develop trust and respect to strengthen collaborative relationships.

We recognise the importance of working in partnership with families and that this enhances better outcomes for their children.

We know that children who develop good eating habits now will have better eating habits when they are older. Menus at Little Stars Childcare and Early Learning Centre are designed to promote healthy eating. The Menus have been tailored by a Nutritionist and our experienced in-house Chef prepares the meals.

Little Stars Childcare and Early Learning Centre provides nutritionally balanced meals with the dietary requirement:

• Breakfast
• Morning Snack
• Lunch
• Afternoon Tea with a snack

Our Carers ensure that mealtimes are enjoyable and an opportunity for developing healthy eating habits.

The focus of the Nursery Program is to provide warmth, love, and security. Educators work closely with families to make sure that little ones receive the care and support they need to thrive, giving you total peace of mind.

The Nursery Program includes key activities that help babies develop their:

• Physical strength and hand-eye coordination
• Senses
• Spatial orientation
• Understanding of different sights and sounds
• Social and emotional interaction skills