Yawarra Children’s Service is a community-based service incorporating the Pooraka Community Early Education and care and Kesters Road Community Early Education Care centres.

We are a not for profit organisation which means that we are;

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Caring for Children, not for profit.

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Everything we do at Yawarra Children’s Services is with children at its core, to ensure they have the best possible start in their development, learning and overall wellbeing.

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Founded over 30 years ago we have experience in providing quality Education and Care to children and their families who have chosen us over the years.

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Guided by the National Quality Standards set by The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority and the Education and Care Services National Regulations, we have provided a place for children to feel safe, secure and supported to begin their lifelong learning journeys.

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The Early Years Learning Framework, Belonging, Being and Becoming provides the foundation to our unique onsite Preschool and Kindy education programs and our early years learning program with a focus on child led emergent curriculum, which captures each child’s voice, needs, interests and experience while respecting their differences.

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OUR EDUCATORS

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Educators have an important role in your child’s development and learning.

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Family is the first and most influential teacher.

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Our educators’ value the importance of creating warm, safe and secure relationships with children that support them to become confident, actively engaged learners every day.  For children to have success, it relies on collaborative respectful relationships with families that recognises families as the first and most influential teacher in their life.

 

Diploma qualified educators

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Each day your child will be with Diploma qualified educators and supported by certificate III educators who will nurture, support and guide you child with positive interactions and experiences.

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We view our educators as life-long learners and therefore encourage them to engage in various trainings in early childhood practices and maintain relevant research into children’s development and learning.

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Our high expectations of professional standards ensures all educators on site maintain current and relevant

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• HLTAID004 – Provide an emergency First Aid response in an Education and Care setting

• Asthma

• Anaphylaxis

• CPR

• SIDS

 

OUR TEACHERS

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Both our services have University qualified Bachelor of Early Childhood Teachers who oversee the Preschool and Kindy programs.

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Our teachers are required to undertake a minimum of 60 hours of professional development for registration renewal and we aim to ensure they supersede this requirement annually.

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OUR DIRECTORS