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Keithcot Farm Children's Centre for Early Childhood Development and Preschool

Address: 5 Keithcot Farm Drive , Wynn Vale

Phone: 8251 2700

LEARNING AND CARE

As a parent or carer of a young child, you are the main influence on your child’s development. Early childhood learning and care services exist to help you with this important role.

Learning and care services offered by Children’s Centres operate under the National Quality Framework (NQF). The NQF aims to raise the quality of services across Australia through its National Quality Standard. The standard includes the Early Years Learning Framework, a curriculum framework to guide staff in developing quality learning and care programs for children.

Long Day Care

Long Day Care is offered from Monday to Friday from 7am until 6pm and provides child care for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 6 years in a play based program using the national curriculum document, The Early Years Learning Framework. 

Our service is available for a minimum of 2 days and a maximum of 3 days care and children are integrated with the Department for Education preschool program.

Preschool

The Department for Education offers 15 hours of universal access to preschool prior to school entry. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and children who are or have been ‘In Care’ are eligible for 12 hours of preschool from 3 years of age. 

Preschool programs are play based and delivered by qualified Early Childhood Teachers using the national curriculum document, The Early Years Learning Framework.

Children’s Centres have a Community Development Coordinator who is available to support and encourage parents and families to actively participate in all aspects of the centre.

Community Development Coordinators also partner with other agencies to plan and organise a range of programs including:

  • Playgroups for parents and carers including Aboriginal families, dads, step-parents, grandparents, foster carers, family day care educators, refugees and newly arrived families and children.
  • Parenting programs: child development, early literacy, song time, music and movement, baby massage, support groups and cooking.
  • Community events: family fun days, community lunches, school holiday programmes cultural events, celebrations and BBQs.
  • Personal development: literacy, career pathways, skill development, volunteering and adult education.
  • Parents and Community: centre volunteer program, a Parent Advisory Group, engaging parents in the community.

​​​At the Children’s Centre we value your contributions and encourage you to be actively involved in your child’s learning. If you have some spare time and would like to spend it at the Centre please do not hesitate to do so. You may like to share some of your special talents with the children (art, craft, sewing, musical, cooking), play a board game with a small group of children, read a story, support children on the computer or spend some time playing with your child and getting to know his/her friends.

We also have an active ‘Governing Council’. Meetings are held approximately once a month at the Children’s Centre. At these meetings we share information about what the children have been doing at the Centre, learning programs and new developments within the Department for Education. Financial reports are shared including details of what the money is being spent on and the allocation of funds for special projects. Many decisions are made ranging from reviewing Policies and Procedures to the reviewing of fees etc. These meetings are a good avenue for parents to suggest ideas about what they would like to see happening. If you can spare some time to attend a meeting or would like to hear more about what’s happening at the Centre and would like to be involved with decision making and policy development, please speak to a staff member and/or come along to the next scheduled meeting.

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Learning Together, Every Day.

Community Children’s Centres SA (CCCSA) is a trusted network of more than 100 centres throughout South Australia. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality care and education for children aged from birth to school age, tailored to meet their individual needs.

Every Community Children’s Centre is an incorporated, not-for-profit organisation committed to developing each child’s full potential in partnership with families.