ABOUT PLAYHOUSE EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE
Playhouse Early Education and Care provides care for children aged from 6 weeks to kindergarten age. Situated in Doncaster, our Centre provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere to support young children and their families. Our purpose-built modern facilities provide inviting and engaging learning spaces that promote and enhance children’s development in both the indoor and outdoor care environments.
In our thoughtfully designed environments, children are encouraged to explore and discover through a range of engaging educational programs. Our enthusiastic and highly qualified educators create positive partnerships with children and their families to reach the best outcomes for each child.
OWNA helps us connect with our families
Our online platform OWNA allows us to collaborate and communicate effectively with our families. Regular communication and notifications are used to communicate with our families through your very own parent/carer profile.
The parent app OWNA allows you to see your child's daily engagement and learning, along with daily routines, updates and developmental information. This platform allows the service the opportunity to work together with families to improve the educational goals and overall developmental outcomes for your child.
Welcome to Playhouse Early Education and Care
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
At Playhouse Early Education and Care, we believe that every child is unique and deserves individualized attention and care. We encourage creativity, exploration, discovery and learning through play.
We strive to foster a lifelong love of learning in every child that attends our service.
Each child’s dignity and rights are respected with
At Playhouse Early Education and Care, we believe that every child is unique and deserves individualized attention and care. We encourage creativity, exploration, discovery and learning through play.
We strive to foster a lifelong love of learning in every child that attends our service.
Each child’s dignity and rights are respected with the understanding that every child is unique and has different needs.
Educators treat children with respect and care equally, learning children’s ques, personalities, routines and are responsive to children’s needs with a personalised approach
Our Teachers
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Our teachers are highly qualified and experienced professionals who are passionate about working with children in the early years.
Our team regularly undergo training to keep up-to-date with the latest teaching methods and practices, and are dedicated to providing the best possible care and education for each child within our service.
Our Curriculum
Our Philosophy
Our Curriculum
At Playhouse Early Education and Care we provide professional qualified educators, who plan and implement an effective program developed to meet each child’s individual needs. We focus on children’s interests to further their development and build trusting relationships with their educators. When a child is interested and engaged, they a
At Playhouse Early Education and Care we provide professional qualified educators, who plan and implement an effective program developed to meet each child’s individual needs. We focus on children’s interests to further their development and build trusting relationships with their educators. When a child is interested and engaged, they are more likely to learn, grow and develop.
The programming cycle is constantly evolving through critical reflection and evaluation
Our curriculum is based on the Victorian Early Years Learning Framework (VEYLF)
National Quality Framework
National Quality Framework
National Quality Framework
Our Service complies with the Australian Government’s National Quality Framework (NQF) which consists of the legislative framework of the Education and Care Services National Law and National Regulations, the National Quality Standard and a rigorous assessment and rating system.
We regularly self-assess our practices against the National Quality Standard and strive for continuous improvement through our Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). The QIP assists our service to identify quality aspects of care we are already providing and assists in developing future goals for further improvement. Families are welcome to provide feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Sustainability
National Quality Framework
National Quality Framework
Sustainability in early childhood education is an important part of the services curriculum and is incorporated into our service each and every day. Creating natural environments and proving natural materials is one way our service supports sustainability. At Playhouse early Education and care we incorporate sustainable practices within the service in many ways including teaching the children about compost use, gardening care, reusing materials for art and craft and energy conservation.
We support and imbed the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle approach for sustainability
Nutritional Menu
National Quality Framework
Indoor Environments
Our Service promotes healthy eating habits and provides delicious and nutritious food for your child each and every day. We provide a nutritionally balanced breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and supper prepared by our Onsight chef.
We follow the Australian Dietary Guidelines to ensure our meals are prepared to meet the dietary requirements for all children. Our menu is carefully planned and prepared by a qualified cook.
We cater for the dietary requirements of all children enrolled at our Service.
Indoor Environments
Outdoor Environments
Indoor Environments
We believe that the environment acts as the valuable third teacher. The indoor environment at our service creates an atmosphere that is welcoming, inviting and engaging.
For the children it is an atmosphere where they can develop their skills and interests and become independent and confident learners. The overall learning environment creates a feeling of safety and comfort- a place where all children belong
Our Modern Indoor facilities are designed to provide a comfortable and safe environment where all children can grow, learn and develop.
Outdoor Environments
Outdoor Environments
Outdoor Environments
The unstructured, flexible, open-ended and dynamic nature of our outdoor environments provide a level of unpredictability, and children’s engagement with the environment inherently involves a certain element of uncertainty or risk.
Through exploratory, challenging and risky play, children become familiar with their environment, its possibilities and boundaries, and with their own capabilities
Our Enrollments
Outdoor Environments
Outdoor Environments
We aim to ensure that all children and families receive a positive and informative enrolment and orientation process that meets their individual needs.
We strive to establish respectful and supportive relationships between families and the Service to promote positive outcomes for children whilst integrating and settling children into our service.
Our enrollment process is simple and easy, and we offer support and flexible scheduling options to meet your family's needs.
Contact us today to schedule a tour or to learn more about our enrollment process.