Situation analysis
Centre
• Type of service
The centre is part of business childcare services and it is privately owned and operated by Franchisees. Each franchisees have access to the management team who contribute to the values and philosophy of the business, and the operations team that supports all operational and procedural aspects of the business, such as recruitment and retention of staff and providing opportunities for ongoing training and development.
• Setting
The centre is located in a part of large quiet commercial building at Macquarie Park, surround by other types of commercial properties, such as Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Hyundai and other business offices.
The centre has five room for 5 …show more content…
They are open 50 weeks per year, closing annually for two weeks at Christmas and all public holidays, and it offer extended hours preschool.
• Center’s information resources
The parent teacher interviews happens twice yearly, and the assisted are provide to the non-English speaking families to participate in the life of the centre through the use of interpreters, accessing information in other languages and our bilingual staff members.
The centre has app called Kinderloop for families to receive instant information on what is happening in the centre to the PC or smart-phone. Families can also accessing information in language other than English, or thorough translation from bilingual staff members.
• The program
The centre’s early learning curriculum is based upon the interests of the children within the group and the intentional teachings too, which promote specific skills (such as self-help skills) and knowledge to further develop.
Transition to School Curriculums are designed in conjunction with the ‘Early Years Learning Framework’ for Early Childhood Education, ‘My Time, Our Place’ National Framework for Primary School, and the NSW Board of Studies guidelines for …show more content…
The family choose to attend the centre because it is close to travel to from their work place.
• Children’s age
The centre includes children from 6 weeks to 5 years. The children are divide into five groups (from birth to five) according to their age stage, and each of the group has close age gap about one year’s apart. Those groups are: Nursery rooms, Toddler room, Junior Preschool and Senior preschool.
• Cultural and language groups
Families are from diverse cultural backgrounds including non-English speaking families, including Chinese, Korean and Indian.
Community
• Socio-economic
Most common occupations in Macquarie Park: Professionals 40.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, and Sales Workers 8.1% (Australia Bureau of Statistic,
Centre
• Type of service
The centre is part of business childcare services and it is privately owned and operated by Franchisees. Each franchisees have access to the management team who contribute to the values and philosophy of the business, and the operations team that supports all operational and procedural aspects of the business, such as recruitment and retention of staff and providing opportunities for ongoing training and development.
• Setting
The centre is located in a part of large quiet commercial building at Macquarie Park, surround by other types of commercial properties, such as Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Hyundai and other business offices.
The centre has five room for 5 …show more content…
They are open 50 weeks per year, closing annually for two weeks at Christmas and all public holidays, and it offer extended hours preschool.
• Center’s information resources
The parent teacher interviews happens twice yearly, and the assisted are provide to the non-English speaking families to participate in the life of the centre through the use of interpreters, accessing information in other languages and our bilingual staff members.
The centre has app called Kinderloop for families to receive instant information on what is happening in the centre to the PC or smart-phone. Families can also accessing information in language other than English, or thorough translation from bilingual staff members.
• The program
The centre’s early learning curriculum is based upon the interests of the children within the group and the intentional teachings too, which promote specific skills (such as self-help skills) and knowledge to further develop.
Transition to School Curriculums are designed in conjunction with the ‘Early Years Learning Framework’ for Early Childhood Education, ‘My Time, Our Place’ National Framework for Primary School, and the NSW Board of Studies guidelines for …show more content…
The family choose to attend the centre because it is close to travel to from their work place.
• Children’s age
The centre includes children from 6 weeks to 5 years. The children are divide into five groups (from birth to five) according to their age stage, and each of the group has close age gap about one year’s apart. Those groups are: Nursery rooms, Toddler room, Junior Preschool and Senior preschool.
• Cultural and language groups
Families are from diverse cultural backgrounds including non-English speaking families, including Chinese, Korean and Indian.
Community
• Socio-economic
Most common occupations in Macquarie Park: Professionals 40.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, and Sales Workers 8.1% (Australia Bureau of Statistic,