Our Centre   Heather Ripley - Centre Manager Heather holds a Diploma in Child Development and Education, and has a wealth of experience in working with Children aged 0-8 years. Just prior to joining Love Kids, Heather was the Manager of a highly respected 90 place Centre in Sydney. At Love Kids we aim to support both the Child and the Family throughout their time with us, by creating a safe and secure, yet stimulating environment. We aim to nurture your child as an individual with specific needs while recognising their areas of interest and providing positive guidance. We aim to review the needs of the local community regularly and accommodate their requirements to the best of our ability. The team at Love Kids Early Learning Centre pride themselves in offering the community a welcoming, fun, and family like atmosphere. We offer play based learning experiences which are tailored to the individual needs of the children, thus assisting the children in the achievement of developmental milestones as they progress through the centre. Joey’s 6 weeks - 18 months The aim in the Joeys room is to prepare children with an enjoyable beginning in learning which will carry through the centre, and see them through to when they start school. The experiences and activities which are set out are to assist in the achievement of the Developmental Goals of the individual children as well as the group as a whole. We have an allocated cot room which allows for a restful sleep.

Koala’s

18 months - 2.5 years

Wallabies

2.5 - 3.5 years

The Wallabies have a yard all to themselves where they enjoy participating in experiences such as art work, obstacle courses, playing ball games or reading books on the stage, just to mention a few.The Wallabies have a keen interest on group times, where the children are encouraged to read stories, doing dancing, talking about child initiated areas of interest as a group.

Bilbies

3 - 4 years

The focus in the Bilbies room is preparing 3 to 4 year olds for the transition into the oldest room, the Possums. This involves beginning the Phonics program, Letterland. Letterland is delivered on a system whereby each letter has a different character and a story behind it. The children enjoy learning all of the different letters, as well as partaking in the various activities which assists in the retention of new information.The children enjoy participating in various cooking experiences, which assists the children not only by giving them a fun activity, but also by assisting will all areas of necessary development at this age.

Possums

4 - 5 years

As a lot of the Possums will be heading off to school next year, there is a keen focus on School Readiness. This involves becoming familiar with letters and numbers. The children discover literacy via the Letterland program, and numbers are found through various group time experiences, and much more. The children become familiar with the structure of a Prep Program as the Possums room runs to a structured routine. By doing this, the transition to school is an exciting one, rather than daunting.