Our comprehensive safety framework includes the following key measures, however, please know we have an open door policy and welcome questions from parents/guardians:
Supervision, Risk, and Environment
Active Supervision: Clear policies and procedures ensure children are adequately and actively supervised at all times.
Risk Assessment & Management: Regular risk assessments are conducted to identify and mitigate potential hazards. Building Design & Safety: Facilities are designed to support supervision, safety, and accessibility, including safe access to toilets and outdoor spaces.
Policies, Procedures & Compliance
Comprehensive Policies: Maintained detailed policies and procedures addressing child safety, incident response, online safety, and risk mitigation, supported and delivered by our dedicated team of caring early childhood educators.
Compliance Monitoring: Our services are regularly reviewed by the Regulatory Authority to ensure adherence to all legislative and safety standards. Statement of Shared Commitment: Our guiding statement affirms our dedication to creating safe, positive experiences for all children in our care. Every interaction counts!
Staff Screening & Professional Development
Blue Card System (Working with Children): All staff must hold a current Blue Card (working with children check that includes National Police Check (criminal history record check) and a review of reportable workplace misconduct).
Mandatory Training: Staff complete approved child protection courses and ongoing training at least annually in child safety and wellbeing.
Professional Development: ongoing learning and skill building opportunities to improve teaching and learning outcomes, ensuring compliance, supporting child safety and wellbeing, fostering reflective practice and continuous improvement.
Professional and comprehensive reference checks: for all educators and ensure prohibited person (ACECQA) is completed
Health, Hygiene & Wellbeing
Health Controls: Strict measures are in place for immunisation, allergy and medical management, food safety, and infectious disease prevention. Sun Protection & Safe Transport: Services follow best practice guidelines to ensure safety during outdoor activities and transportation.
Prohibition of Substances: Tobacco, including vaping devices, alcohol and drugs are not permitted under any circumstances.
Employee Assistance Program; available to all educators (staff) free of charge
Digital Safety & Technology Use Device Use Policy: Staff are prohibited from using personal devices to photograph or film children. Only service issued devices may be used, with strict privacy and consent protocols.
National Standards & Ongoing Improvement National Quality Standard (NQS): Child safety is embedded throughout all areas of the National Quality Standard, ensuring an ongoing focus across operations.
Child Safe Culture: All educators (staff) are expected to uphold and promote a strong culture of child safety, wellbeing, and respect. See it, Say it, Report it!
Child Protection & Reporting
Incident Prevention and Management: Protocols are in place to proactively prevent incidents and manage them effectively when they occur.
Mandatory Reporting: All educators and staff are required to report any suspected or known child abuse or neglect to the families and relevant authorities. 24-Hour Incident Reporting: Allegations, complaints, or incidents involving physical or sexual abuse must be reported within 24 hours.

Natural Elements Early Learning Centre bases programs on the new Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and provides tailored play-based activities for holistic development.

Kindergarten transition

The centre provides a kindergarten transition program that introduces a diverse range of subjects including numeracy, literacy, art, music and science. By responding to children's unique interests and strengths, educators tailor activities to help children build important cognitive, motor, social and emotional skills, and make a seamless transition to primary school.

Extra curricular activities

The centre focuses on holistic development with a range of exciting extracurricular activities including gardening, yoga and computers. These help foster not just the important skills needed for school, but creativity, self-esteem and wellbeing.  

Incursions

Occasionally, the centre organises visits from community visits from nurses, dentists, a local animal farm, firefighters, police and people from different cultures backgrounds. This helps children discover the world around them, while building a sense of community and belonging.

At Natural Elements Eagleby, the fully qualified and experienced staff ensure that each and every child receives the highest quality care and learning. All Educators are mature, highly qualified and have been hand-picked and chosen with great care to give children every chance to reach their optimum potential. 

The Lead Educators are fully qualified with either a Diploma in Childcare or a Bachelor in Education and Daycare. All Assistant Educators are either Certificate III qualified or studying toward this.

Staff also attend regular professional development training throughout the year to up-skill qualifications and increase knowledge of current teaching practices.

The centre builds strong relations with families, recognising the importance their roles play on the children and our centre as a whole. Educators view parents as partners, working with them  to provide enriching care for every child. The centre actively encourages family input into programs, policy, procedures and decision making.

The centre keeps families up to date with Kindyhub, a digital communication tool where educators share information on children’s activities as well as photos, notes and stories.

The centre bases its curriculum on the new Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). The framework focuses on delivering a child's learning based on each child’s interests and abilities.

The early years learning framework describes childhood as a time of belonging, being and becoming.

• Belonging - To my family, friends and the community
• Being - Learning through play
• Becoming - A valued member of society; all that I can be
• Through the framework’s five learning goals, educators assist every child to develop:
• A strong sense of their identity
• Connections with their world
• A strong sense of wellbeing
• Confidence & involvement in their learning; and
• Effective communication skills

Learning is based on play and using the child’s interests to expand their play into exploring, discovering, creating, learning social skills and learning all about themselves and the world they live in.

Children’s language and literacy skills are developed by involving children in storytelling, drama, poems and games. Music also plays a role in the curriculum, and children are able to experiment with dancing, singing and exercising their bodies.

Children have the opportunity for both indoor and outdoor play as part of each group‘s routine. The outdoor area is an essential part of the learning environment for children. All age groups utilise specifically designed playgrounds to test their coordination, balance, skills and strength.

Outdoor play involves climbing on our many different play gyms, bikes, ball games, sand-pit play, water play, doll and prams, scooters, swings, balancing beams, growing plants and learning about all the natural elements.