Programs
& facilities
From six weeks to five years of age, our programs are tailored and delivered to each individual. We help you nurture them as they explore the world around them in a safe, inclusive community where they can truly belong and thrive.
Beechworth Community Early Years Learning Centre has been rated Meeting National Quality Standard under the National Quality Framework.
The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a national benchmark for the quality of children’s education and care services across Australia.
Every child is supported to grow at their own pace, in an inclusive environment where they are free to explore, experiment and challenge themselves.
Long Day Care Services
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6 Weeks to 2 years
1 educator: 4 infants ratio
Maximum of 12 infantsCare is provided by a consistent carer, who familiarises themselves with your little one. Forming a bond where your baby can feel safe and secure in their new environment. Our educators focus on developing these relationships through one-to-one interactions with your child, including care routines such as nappy changes, toileting, dressing, eating and sleeping/rest times. These times are used to talk with your child and to build positive, trusting relations with them.
Comforting and physical contact between your baby and our childcare professional - such as being cuddled and being held while having a bottle - is paramount to building an environment where your baby can feel safe. Your baby’s distress signals such as crying or becoming frustrated are responded to by the childcare professionals in ways that is timely, comforting and appropriate.
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2 years – 3 years
1 educator: 4 toddlers ratio
Maximum of 12 toddlersThe toddlers room is a hive of activity, with our experienced educators guiding the children through developmentally appropriate activities.
Activities such as outdoor play, ball games, riding bikes and climbing on equipment all extend the toddlers gross motor skills.
Pegboards, painting, play dough, drawing with crayons and puzzles are all planned for refining and developing fine motor skills.
Language and listening skills are planned for group times – stories, songs, reading books, puppets, finger plays and creative transitions between activities.
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3 years – 6 years
1 educator: 11 Preschool ratios
Maximum of 33 PreschoolersThe critical development and learning continues in our Preschool Room.
We focus on offering activities that help develop resilience, emotional regulation and pro-social choices. By the age of four children are beginning to develop friendships and are very social, they enjoy role playing and imaginative play.
Preschoolers are also eligible to enrol in our Kingergarten Program - provided to 3 and 4 year olds. See below for more information.
Beechworth Community Early Years Learning Centre provides integrated long day care 3 year old and 4 year old kindergarten program in an atmosphere that is inviting, relaxed and educational.
Our Kindergarten Program
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Our Kindergarten is a safe and a comfortable place for children to make choices that are fun and challenging. Our teacher and other educators work confidently with the children while enjoying each others company.
Our policies are child and family focused. They are sensitive to each family's cultural and social background, lifestyle, and child-rearing practices.
The Kindergarten education program is created in consultation with our families, and informed by observations of the children and their individual development and characteristics.
The Victorian Government’s Best Start, Best Life reforms provide all Victorian children — regardless of their life circumstances, background, or postcode — access to 2 years of quality kinder before they start primary school.
This means:
Beechworth Community Early Years Learning Centre offers a 15 hour fully subsidised kindergarten program to children aged 3 and 4 years, who are enrolled in the program.
Free Kinder funding is an additional payment to services to cover the part of parent fee component and will be paid on top of the other kindergarten funding streams
Our program is integrated in the long day care setting (i.e. where enrolled children also attract Commonwealth Childcare Subsidy (CCS) payments) and will attract an additional $2,050 per child savings on their out-of-pocket gap fee.
Our centre has the convenience of meals and extended hours to fit in with your busy days.
Our learning framework
Across all age groups, our educational programs enhance each child’s learning and development. The educators follow the approved Victorian Early Years Learning Framework. We utilise the curriculum framework to guide our practice in relation to each child’s learning and development outcomes, in the key areas of identity, connection with community, wellbeing, confidence as learners, and effectiveness as communicators…
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Our programs are child-centred by using each child’s current knowledge, strengths, ideas, culture, abilities, and interests to form the program. The program provides learning opportunities throughout all aspects of the program, including routines, and are organised in ways that maximise opportunities for each child’s learning.
The educators facilitate and extend each individual child’s learning and development, through intentional teaching, responsive teaching and scaffolding, child directed learning, and assessment and planning.
Our Educators and Centre Director take a planned and reflective approach to implementing the program for each child.
Our assessment and planning cycle for each child’s learning and development is assessed or evaluated as part of an ongoing cycle of observation, analysing learning, documentation, planning, implementation, and reflection.
We critically reflect on children’s learning and development, both as individuals and in groups, which drives our program planning and implementation.
The great outdoors!
We have two outdoor play spaces. A smaller outdoor space for infants, and a large play area shared between both the pre-school and toddler children. This large play area allows multi-age grouping as children relish the opportunity to play with siblings or peers of different ages. The infants play space is a fenced off area that allows the little one the space and safety to practice their skills. Both yards are specifically designed for children and have lots of beautiful natural spaces for children to engage all their senses in learning. We have climbing frames for exercising your child’s gross motors skills. Our large sandpit fosters collaborative construction and sensory play, and water play is encouraged. There are a large variety of bikes, trikes, scooters and cars for your children to exercise their larger muscles.
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