Information for Parents

“Research shows children are much more likely to reach their full
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Environment & Education Program

Special world Family Day Care offers quality care, affordable & flexible to suit your requirements, and inclusive of your individual needs. Our trained and qualified educators look after children from birth to 12 years of age, providing care in a safe & secure, hygienic & healthy, interesting and stimulating environment.

Family Day Care caters to the holistic wellbeing of children. So nurturing children with attention and care, as well as supporting cognitive and physical development through learning, play, hands-on activities and building confidence & communication skills via social engagement with peers allows children the opportunity to grow independent.

Special World Family Day care is governed by a set of National Standards administered by the Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority.

Our service curriculum is based on My Time Our Place, The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia and The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework which we consider to be embedded in our practice.

The five learning outcomes we aim at achieving through our learning program are:

Incursions & Excursions

Children are given the opportunity to participate in incursions and excursions where they have the chance to explore, learn about and become part of their wider community, as these relationships are essential to growth. Therefore, our educators take children to community facilities such as local parks and libraries to play, engage, explore, read, and observe sights and sounds of their community and neighbourhood.

Special World recognises children’s rights to play and be active participants in the community, because we want to support all children to be:

Parent Involvement

We acknowledge the importance of the family as the first and most significant influence in a child’s life, and weave and incorporate their viewpoints, culturally diverse needs, individual learning modalities and children’ s own strengths in our Program planning to serve the best educational and recreational experience to the child.

We also respect and value the experience, skills, endeavours, and commitment of our professional early childhood educators. We believe and work around the values proclaimed in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. We are guided by the ACECQA & National Quality Framework. Our integrity is navigated by The Early Childhood Code of Ethics in its entirety. We abide by the Education & Care Services National Regulations 2011 and Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010.

The initial orientation & interview gives the educator and the parent the chance to share viewpoints, preferences, choices, and children’s needs and discuss the details of the specific care required. The parents also get the chance to examine and observe the family day care environment.

The collaborative relationships and active consultations between the service and families are fundamental to achieving quality outcomes for the child/children.

Respectful Communication is the key to building positive relationships with families. This can be achieved through the educator’s daily conversations with families, exchanging written messages in the communication book, via phone, SMS, WhatsApp, emails, newsletters, and the educator’s availability to families if they have a concern about their child.

We ask parents to promptly inform the educator about any allergies, sensitivities, and triggers that the child might have, or any pronounced medical requirements, any particular support need. During the interview parents will get a chance to determine whether the educator is suited to their family’s needs and the educator will assess whether she can meet and manage and accommodate this child’s care requirements satisfactorily and adequately.

We recognise the relevance of the child’s family, culture, customs, traditions, and beliefs around child rearing practices, and invite them to give their input to assist us in the planning and programming specifically for their child.

Parents are given the opportunity to contribute to their child’s learning within the program planning and the daily routines to support the child cultural identity, upbringing styles, eat, sleep, and play routines to create harmonized care plans in the best interests of the child.

Parents may ask the educator any relevant questions about the day-care like:

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why should I choose Special World Family Day Care service?

Family Day Care is a flexible and affordable education and care option that is designed to meet your child’s and your family’s specific needs. Personalised care is provided in a small group setting in a nurturing and familiar home environment.

Our qualified educators are fully supported by Special World Family Day Care ensuring they are kept up to date with training, regulations and legislation and compliance with the Early Years Framework.

As an approved service, Special World Family Day Care provides full support to families including:

Matching child to the right educator
Regular communication such as newsletters, emails, calls
Access to playgroups and community facilities and events to support children to socialise and develop
Communication regarding child assessment and development and access to program planning and child observations and learning stories

What is the benefit of Family Day care?

Your child care requirements are matched to the appropriate educator
The home-based setting provides a familiar learning environment
Family day care can provide education and care for children from babies to school age up to 12 years of age offering the possibility for siblings to be cared for together, all in one location.
Family day care’s small group environment facilitates strong bonds with the educator and promotes effective early learning and social development
Family day care can offer care during standard hours, before and/or after school, during school holidays and casual care that suit your family particular needs

How family day care is monitored?

As an approved and registered family day care service provider it is our Duty of Care to support our educators stay updated on current industry knowledge by regular follow up with them to keep them abreast of all the family day care legislative requirements, meet national standards and regulations and to deliver quality learning programs in a safe, secure child-friendly, and healthy learning environment.

How can I be sure the educator’s family day care establishment is safe?

Our educators pass through rigorous and strict safety screening assessments, training and space and setup approvals before they are given permission to open their services. Additionally, we perform regular home safety Inspections every 3-4 weeks with each educator and an annual in-depth review and examination annually.

What is the Pickup & Drop off Procedure?

We have a Duty of Care to ensure the safety and security of all children in care. Each time when your child enters or exits the educator’s family day care, they will be signed in & signed out using the Harmony Web Parent-Service Portal. This Software been developed for the early childhood sector to comply with the government regulations.

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“From our first conversation with the team I knew they were genuine and a right fit for my kids. They provided a welcoming and nurturing environment for my kids. Special World Family Day Care has fostered that in my kids and simply helped raise resilient young kids”

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“I am really comfortable with the educator, they care about the child, they are always concerned about the kids, kids are before anything, they treat them like their own. I wouldn't change it for the world”

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“I choose Special World Family Day Care because the committed to providing support and putting the needs of families, parents and children first. There very responsive of the needs of the educators, and I just love that"

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