Coffs Harbour Family Day Care

Coffs Family Day Care Playspace Dates

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:24:53 +0000

Thursday 19th July
Tuesday 14th August
Wednesday 12th September
Wednesday 24th Ocotober – (Children’s Week)
Thursday 15th November
Thursday 6th December (Christmas Party)
Tuesday 11th December (Christmas Party)
Wednesday 12th December (Christmas Party)

From: 9.30am – 11.30am

Where: 28 Loaders Lane, Coffs Harbour

Parent Newsletter May 2012

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:08:53 +0000

Coffs Harbour Family Day Care is preparing for an assessment and rating visit with regard to the National Standard. The assessment and rating visits have been formulated as part of the National Quality Framework. To find out more about this process, our particpation in the Munch and Move program, our Family Day Care week celebrations and much more click here

Munch and Move in action

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:24:26 +0000

Coffs Harbour Family Day Care educators have embraced the Munch and Move program. 23 educators have completed the training and the remainder will complete the training sessions on Saturday 5th May. Educators will be encouraging families to assist in the process of adopting the Munch and Move program into their services. The foundation for Munch and Move is FUN. Nutrition and physical activity are promoted to children through play and FUN programs. The educators took some time out to practice some FUNdamental Movement Skills during recent training. Munch & Move is NSW Health initiaitve that supports the healthy development of children birth to 5 years by promoting physical activity, healthy eating and reduced small screen time (e.g. watching TV or DVDs, playing on computers and small hand-held games devices). Munch & Move offers training and resources to educators working in NSW early childhood services.The training assists educators to implement a fun, play-based approach to supporting healthy eating and physical activity habits in young children. The Munch & Move program fits within the new National Quality Framework and the Early Years Learning Framework. For more info go to www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au [gallery link="file" orderby="rand"]

Carer Connections

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:14:03 +0000

Carer Connections, Summer 2011

On 14 October 2011, the new National Regulations
for Early Education and Care were approved for
publication. They come into effect for all FDC
educators on 1 January 2012.

Carer Connections Summer 2011

Filling the Gaps Jan-March 2012

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:43:57 +0000

This newsletter contains reminders regarding compliance issues,payment schedules for educators, examples of Payment Advices, information regarding how to interpret your Payment Advice and an In Home Care story from Coffs Harbour Family Day Care

To view the latest newsletter click here

Buzz Lightyear visits Coffs Harbour Family Day Care

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:36:29 +0000

Buzz Lightyear and a fairy princess are coming to help Coffs Harbour Family Day Care to celebrate Family Day Care Week. Buzz Lightyear visited the family day care office last week and offered to help with our playspace for Family Day Care Week on Tuesday 15th May. Buzz and his assistant will provide the entertainment for children at the playspace with activites and lots of surprises. [gallery link="file" columns="2"]

Playspace Session Times

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:25:08 +0000

COFFS HARBOUR FAMILY DAY CARE PLAY SPACE DATES

Parent Newsletter January 2012

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:11:13 +0000

Parent Newsletter Jan 2012

Filling the Gaps Summer Edition

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:57:31 +0000

The latest NSW In Home Care newsletter with information regarding Attendance Records, reminders, reflections of a new In Home Care educator and some great truths about children.

To view the latest newsletter click here

Ann Carr -Educator for In Home Care

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:23:34 +0000

Almost all my working life of some 34 years I have worked with parents and children. The children have been of various ages: 3 months to 4 years when I was a nanny; 3 to 5 years as a Preschool Director; Kindergarten to year 6 as an OOSH worker (holiday and after school care for a short period); 17 & 18 year olds as a TVET teacher at TAFE and then with adults, teaching Child Studies at TAFE. All the years and all the experiences have brought me to this period in time when I now have the opportunity to share some of this experience and some of this knowledge with a family who is opening my eyes to first-hand experiences of being a child and growing up in a world of hardship, uncertainty and inconsequence. I am a new In Home Carer of a family with a mum and 4 children from East Africa. What a privilege it is to be a trusted part of this family. I am in awe of the drive and determination of this mother to educate herself so that she may succeed in a world vastly different from the one she was raised in. After 20 months of living in Australia as a refugee, she has learnt English to such a proficient degree, that she now has her car licence, uses a computer with considerable skill, converses with anyone – either face-to-face or on the phone, interprets for other African woman at a local Support Agency and discusses with me, numerous reflections she has about her past and hopes for her future and the future of her children(However, Australian Slang, she says is like another language and very difficult to learn!). The children I care for (and their mum) love all the activities I bring to the house. Books, paper for drawing, pasting and cutting, puzzles, playdough and everything/anything else I bring are enthusiastically examined and played with. Any cooking experiences are also a source of whole-hearted participation, the results consumed with always some left for mum to eat when she returns home. In time, mum would like to learn to cook what the children and I cook and I look forward to ensuring this happens. Excursions enable the children to interact with different and interesting people while participating in new experiences. Visits to the Library for story time and craft, the park, playgroup and any other venue which is of interest can be good fun too. I relish the opportunity to witness the blossoming of this family. Coffs Harbour Family Day Care is a wonderful support for me and together we can provide the means for all the family to grow. Mum and I are at the beginning of a partnership that can make a difference to us both.