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Samaritans Early Learning Centre, Newcastle
Samaritans Early Learning Centre is a fully accreditated, non profit community based child care centre located in the Newcastle CBD. We are licensed to care for 53 children daily; 10 babies, 16 toddlers and 27 children aged 3 – 5 years. We are open from 7.45 – 6.00 pm 5 days per week and 49 weeks per year. The Centre caters for permanent enrolments and also occasional care enrolments.
Our centre has three play rooms and children are grouped according to age. This allows for a much more flexible environment for the older children and a safer environment for the younger children. We family group the children in the mornings and the afternoons to allow siblings to play together.
Our centre provides caring challenging and stimulating environment with activities that allow children to develop to their full potential.
We provide children with nutritious meals which are prepared in our kitchen by a qualified cook. We follow the “Good for Kids, Good for Life” guidelines, providing for 50% of the recommended daily intake.
Our centre is staffed by a dedicated team who are committed to providing high quality child care for your children. We incorporate the NSW Curriculum Framework in our daily programme, where children are free to choose from a range of activities following their own interests. In addition our centre provides a school readiness programme which we offer the children the opportunity to develop skills which will take them forward to their next step in their education.
We look forward to the opportunity to show you through our centre and explain in detail what we offer. Please contact the centre to arrange for an appointment.
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Samaritans Early Learning Centre, Woodberry
Woodberry Early Learning Centre is a non-profit community-based child care service, sponsored and managed by Samaritans, the welfare arm of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of Newcastle.
We provide high quality care for children aged from 6 weeks to 5 years. We are open 8.30am – to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday 49 weeks per year.
We are licenced to cater for 30 children a day, 5 aged under 2 years, 5 aged 2-3 years and 19 aged 3-5 years.
Our centre’s programme is based on the NSW Curriculum Framework. The children are encouraged to choose from a different range of activities for development and learning while stimulating and challenging their mind and development skills in a fun and enjoyable atmosphere. We incorporate an Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander perspective into our programme.
We offer a school readiness programme for 3-5 year olds, encouraging their skills and knowledge to further prepare them for school.
The centre has 2 playrooms. The room for 0-3 year olds is called Jarjums and the room for 3-5 year olds is called Booris.
The Centre is situated opposite Francis Greenway High School and is in the Woodberry Family Centre, sharing the building with Ben Soc and Catholic Care.
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