Only About Children Hornsby
Only About Children Hornsby Centre overview
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(02) 9139 9969Welcome to Only About Children Hornsby!
At Only About Children Hornsby, we believe that our holistic approach to childcare gives every child the best opportunity to reach their full potential. Our quality early learning programs are innovative, with a focus on health, wellbeing and education.
Our purpose-built Campus is intimate and homely. We are conveniently located at 90 Balmoral Street, just a short walk from Waitara Public School and Hornsby Hospital. With onsite parking available, families can enjoy a smooth drop off and pick up each time they visit. We are uniquely situated between a number of fantastic local reserves, parks and playgrounds with plenty to offer the whole family. Hornsby Station is a 16-minute walk in one direction and Waitara Station is a 14-minute walk in the other. We have bus stops nearby that connect to the wider area in both directions.
With a naturally shaded, dedicated outdoor play area – featuring bike tracks and a slide – children enjoy the space to create, explore and lead their own play. Our two age-based indoor spaces have been designed specifically to encourage children’s learning and growth through a focus on safety and natural elements. We love to connect with our local area and community through excursions and activities that feed into children’s interests and learning. At our Hornsby childcare centre these include regular trips to local parks and our nearby Only About Children Wahroonga Campus.
When your child is enrolled at Only About Children childcare Hornsby, they are included in our Health Program, offering specialist screening and support in Nutrition, Vision, Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology. Each day your child will enjoy nourishing and freshly prepared, seasonal, meals designed by a qualified Dietitian.
At our Hornsby early learning centre you will find a team of qualified and passionate Educators ready to help your child feel stimulated, safe, nurtured and happy. Our educational curriculum, known as Oac Grow, specifically supports the development of growing minds in Nursery and Preschool aged children. We cover numeracy and literacy, technology, creative expression, exploration and sustainability. Every day, your child will take part in a range of experiences exclusive to Only About Children. Our teaching is delivered in a fun, inclusive environment. Our ‘Active’ program helps children learn gross motor skills and improve their strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination.
Our play-based curriculum allows us to deliver considered teaching in dynamic small group learning environments where we regularly monitor children’s challenges, successes and skills.
Fees & Vacancies
Only About Children Hornsby Service features
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Looking to commence care in 2024 or 2025? Come meet the team, explore our learning environments and rooms and discover how our unique approach to childcare goes beyond education to encompass the health, wellbeing and total social development of every child in our care!
Tours available every morning and afternoon plus Saturday 18th morning
Special Enrolment Offer - Enrol before 30 June and receive $1,000 Fee Credit & $0 Enrolment Fee.
Get to know us
About the curriculum
About the curriculum
Only About Children consider themselves much more than just child care. They are a place for children to grow, learn, make friends, explore the world and become school-ready.
The Grow Curriculum is the centre’s unique educational framework and the basis for essential early years learning and development. It includes core practices and programs that children are immersed in daily, through a balance of structured and unstructured play-based learning. It is guided by the Australian Early Years Learning Framework and is designed by the in-house Education and Health Specialists and tailored for toddler and preschool.
The curriculum has a focus on left brain logic and right brain creativity and encompasses the social development, health & wellbeing of every child.
- Left Brain Logic – Literacy & Language, Exploration & STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering & Math) and Sustainability
- Right Brain Creativity – Music, Dramatic Play and Art
- Health and Wellbeing – Physical Activity and Nutrition
- Social Development, Trust, Respect & Relationships and Resilience & Mindfulness
To support the Grow Curriculum, the centre also has relationships with local schools to help with the transition to school, including school readiness workshops for families.
Programs
Programs
Morning
Alex is two and a half years old and loves to join his fellow room friends for breakfast before heading out to the toddler play environment for an abundance of open ended materials and experiences. Alex and his mates are free to discover the space safely and independently with educator supervision.
The educators like to arrange activities in small groups in intentional teaching settings to support the children with their growing curiosity and sense of self. Today Alex’s group is collecting different shaped leaves that they will use in a creative project.
Lunch & Rest Time
Alex loves to help the educators weed and water the herb garden. Today he picks some of the mint to taste. He takes the rest inside to the campus cook to use in the cacao mint muffins for afternoon tea. For lunch Alex eats his favourite Chicken and Mushroom Risotto.
Busy toddlers need time to rest so this is integrated into every day. Alex has dropped his day sleep so enjoys quiet reading and relaxation.
Afternoon
The children are sitting on the mat with their educator to enjoy some nursery. Alex sings along to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and copies the educator’s hand movements.
Morning
Tess is 5 years old and likes to start her day with her Educator and small group playing numeracy and literacy activities as part of the broader campus school readiness program.
Lunch & Learn
The educators discuss ways that children can contribute to reducing climate change. Tess suggests that people could take shorter showers to save water, and her friends agree that they will try that too. Sustainability practices are so embedded in the day that Tess’s group empty the water cups straight into the garden after lunch.
Afternoon
Tess loves the friendships she has made at the centre, and gets great joy out of sharing their creative passions through daily music and drama. These programs also support Tess in her social, emotional and physical wellbeing too. All of which are so important for their next stage in life - school!
Health & Nutrition
Health & Nutrition
Only About Children offers a seasonal menu designed by a dietitian. All meals and snacks are prepared fresh daily in the centre, including breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a late snack. The centre’s nutrition program is designed to meet individual dietary requirements.
The centre offers a health program which supports each child’s physical health and emotional wellbeing. Children are supported with allied health professionals in areas such as Nutrition, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy & Vision.
Meet the team
Meet the team
At Only About Children, the qualified and passionate educators seek to create a nurturing learning environment for children across toddler and preschool programs. They are committed to helping each child reach their full potential.
The educators are also supported by an in-house team of education, health and nutrition specialists to support the overall learning, health & development of every child in their care.
At Only About Children Hornsby we value our nurturing relationships with children and families. We believe that caregivers and families know their children best. Because of this we aim to collaborate with caregivers and families to formulate a curriculum which considers matters which are of high importance to families.
- Only About Children Hornsby Campus Director
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Centre Reviews
My daughter loved her time here and she absolutely loved her educators. Such a kind, caring and nurturing environment. Thank you Zoe, Chris,... Read more
My daughter chose OAC Hornsby herself after we toured 4 centers in Hornsby area. It was a wise decision. The educators there are very nice... Read more
Hi Jin, thanks for your wonderful review of Only About Children Hornsby and for being part of the Only About Children family. Thanks for sharing your experience, we love hearing that your daughter chose this campus and that she has formed great bonds with the Educators. Kind regards Fiona
My son gets high quality caring and education in OAC Hornsby! He really learned a lot in this centre. Educaters and his friends are all... Read more
Hi Chen, thanks for your wonderful review of Only About Children Hornsby and for being part of the Only About Children family. We love reading about the experiences of children in our care and about the skills they have learnt for school and beyond, including hygiene habits! Cheers Fiona