Epping Little Sprouts Early Learning Centre
Did you know Epping Little Sprouts is now taking enrolments for 2020?
Our centre has state of the art facilities including a baby’s room, toddlers’ room, junior pre-school room and pre-school room. We help children learn and develop with activities and programs including our:
- Pre-school program
- Happy Feet dance program
- Munch & Move (to promote physical activity, healthy eating and reduced small screen time)
- Environmental sustainability practices
We have limited vacancies so call now on (02) 9876 5960 before we fill up!
I Can Read Ryde Do you have a child starting school in 2020?
Join our I Can Read Preliminary class in Top Ryde. Targeted for children in preschool, our lessons focus on listening skills, phonemic awareness and oral comprehension, all done through fun games and stories with qualified primary school teachers.
Contact us on 9809 5372 or
email to find out more details and to book a free literacy assessment.
Colour My World Children's Centre, West Ryde & Colour My World Children's Centre, Ermington focuses on becoming a “Home away from Home” for our children.
We want our children to feel safe, secure and happy…..enabling the education to follow from this. Where children learn through play and environments are another teacher. Our centre operates from 7am – 6pm : Monday – Friday for 50 weeks of the year.
Our waiting list is free of charge, located via our website www.cmwchildrenscentre.com.au Come be a part of our CMW family.
Learning Links is a not-for-profit charitable organisation with over 47 years of experience in helping kids learn. Our mission is to provide children who have difficulties learning with the skills, services and family support that enable them to reach their full potential. We work with children, parents, carers, families and professionals across Sydney and NSW.
How we can help?
Our specialist speech and occupational therapists, psychologists, teachers and early childhood professionals work with children, including those who have learning difficulties or disabilities, to address concerns with:
• Speech, language and communication
• Fine and gross motor development
• Literacy and numeracy
• Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, poor social skills and behavioural challenges
• Developmental delay, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, high functioning autism, sensory processing disorders
Our approach
We understand that every child is unique with different strengths and difficulties and that each family has their own set of challenges and goals. We tailor the best possible program for each child and offer families access to a caring and committed team of highly qualified experts across therapy, teaching and/or psychology.
Contact our Customer Care Team on 1300 003 900 to make an appointment or for more information about how we can support your family.
The Children's House Montessori School
Parent Toddler Program
Available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9.30am to 11.30am
109 Cressy Road (Off Cox’s Road) North Ryde
Parent Toddler Program from 18 months to 36 months.
Parents and toddlers can engage in a range of activities in a specially prepared environment.
“Here for the children since 1975” Phone: 9889 0400 to RSVP www.montessorinorthryde.com.au
Putney Playgrounds Kindergarten
Welcome !!! We Would Love To Hear How We Can Help You
Putney Playgrounds Kindergarten, situated on a quiet residential street is a family owned and operated centre that has been educating local children for over 50 years.
We have consistently provided children between 2 and 6 years of age with the tools to confidently learn and grow.
At Putney Playgrounds Kindergarten we aim to inspire children with a lifelong passion for learning. By providing a high-level of care and education in an environment designed to stimulate and inspire their ever-searching minds.
We make sure all our children achieve their highest potential, ensuring every child’s love of learning is nurtured.
Our educators are passionate about learning, and are carefully chosen for their strong qualifications, experience and natural flair. We take pride in our team of loyal, intelligent and nurturing educators, who inspire a passion for learning through providing stimulating environments for the children. Contact us for more information.
PARENT INFORMATION
Below is a brief guide to the Assessment and Rating process under which Child Care services are rated
What are the ratings criteria?
Early childhood education and care services (long day care, family day care, preschool/kindergarten, outside school hours care) are assessed and rated against the National Quality Standard (NQS) to:
- promote continuous improvement in the provision of quality education and care
- improve knowledge and access to information about the quality of services to help families make informed decisions about their child’s education and care.
The NQS is part of the National Regulations and includes 7 quality areas that are important to children’s learning and developmental outcomes.
- Educational program and practice
- Children's health and safety
- Physical environment
- Staffing arrangements
- Relationships with children
- Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
- Governance and leadership
Who rates services?
Services are assessed and rated against the NQS by the state or territory regulatory authority (RA) and given a rating for each of the seven quality areas and an overall rating based on these results. The quality ratings are published on the national registers on the ACECQA website and on the Starting Blocks website.
What does it mean if a service is rated Significant Improvement Required?
If a service has been rated as Significant Improvement Required, the regulatory authority has determined that there are identified risks to the safety, health and wellbeing of children. The approved provider is required to take immediate action to rectify these risks, and the RA will monitor the service closely to ensure those improvements are made.
Continuous Improvement
It may take time for new services to meet each element required in the standards, which can result in a Working Towards NQS or Meeting NQS rating. To find out more about how your child’s service is striving to achieve quality, you can ask to see the service’s Quality Improvement Plan (QIP).
A QIP is the document which records the service’s self-assessment of the quality of its practices against the NQS and National Regulations. It also identifies any areas for improvement and contains their statement of philosophy. Educators, children, families and the community should all be involved in the development and maintenance of the service’s QIP.
Why are services with no ratings operating?
Services that have not had an assessment and rating visit hold a rating of “Provisional – Not Yet Assessed”.
Education and care services must undergo many processes and approvals in order to be approved and operate under the National Quality Framework (NQF). This is also a way of ensuring quality and compliance prior to their assessment and rating.
The service will receive a rating when it is assessed and rated by the RA.
If you would like to know when the service will be assessed and rated, please contact the service directly. The RA in your state or territory, responsible for assessment and rating, may also be able to assist you.
You may also like to ask the service for their QIP and their family handbook. This will help you to make a more detailed assessment of the service’s strengths and could also help with identifying the criteria you wish to find in a service.
How often are services assessed and rated?
When regulatory authorities schedule quality rating assessments, the goal is to assess and rate the quality of services, drive continuous improvement and keep information for families and communities accurate and up to date.
To focus resources on services most in need of service improvement, the actions of the RA are responsive and risk-based. Services with a lower quality rating will be re-rated more frequently. Services with higher quality ratings will generally have a longer period of time between assessment and rating visits in recognition of their ability to meet the NQS.
RA’s consider the following factors when managing assessment and rating schedules:
- The previous quality rating of the service, including results against the quality areas, standards and at the element level.
- A change in service attributes that could be reasonably considered to affect the service’s quality – for example, changes in approved provider or service management team.
- Events that occur at the service – for example, serious incidents, complaints or non-compliance with the National Law can indicate a change in quality and a higher scheduling priority.
- The length of time since the last assessment – for example, over time a quality rating can lose its currency and value for families.
Each RA manages its assessment schedule in a responsive manner, making adjustments to the schedule as new information emerges and making best use of their available resources.
It usually takes a regulatory authority 10 weeks to assess and rate a service. The rating report or rating certificate should be made available to families.
How do RAs ensure that services keep delivering quality after receiving their rating?
RAs make unscheduled and scheduled visits to services in addition to assessment and rating visits. These include monitoring, spot check and compliance visits to ensure the service is operating within the national legislation.
Summary of the steps in the Assessment and Rating process
- Self-assessment and quality improvement
Approved provider conducts a self-assessment to determine the quality of current practices against the NQS and linked regulatory requirements.
Approved provider identifies strengths and where improvements can be made which is documented in a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP).
- Notice of visit
Regulatory authority provides written notice to approved provider that the assessment and rating process has commenced. The QIP is submitted to the regulatory authority prior to the visit, along with any additional information requested by the regulatory authority.
- Assessment and rating visit takes place at the service.
- Draft report
Regulatory authority provides the approved provider with a draft assessment and rating report.
- Feedback on draft report
Provider can give feedback on any factual inaccuracies in the report and evidence to support feedback.
- Final report and notice of final ratings is issued to the provider
Feedback considered before final report is finalised and issued.
- Final report
Approved provider may choose to apply for a review of final ratings within the set review period.
- Ratings published on national registers
Once the review period has ended, the final ratings are published on the national registers on the ACECQA website and on the Starting Blocks website.
https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/other-resources/factsheets/assessment-and-rating-process/
