FEATURED SERVICES
Kinderland Academy Liverpool is a purpose built long day care centre, licensed for 29 children aged between 6 weeks to 6 years.
Our philosophy is to provide a safe, happy and nurturing environment in which children are able to develop emotionally, socially, intellectually and physically.
Our School Readiness program will ensure that your child transitions to school with confidence, self-esteem and lots of friends!!
Kinderland Academy is a family operated long daycare centre with a foundation to provide your children with the tools necessary to develop their strengths and grow. The Directors of Kinderland are parents with young children of their own, hence they understand the importance of providing quality and personalised care for the safety and wellbeing of your children. Contact us for more information.
Young Achievers Early Learning Centre
Welcome to Young Achievers Early Learning Centre. We trust that your experience at our learning centre will be one that is enriching, insightful and educational. We hope to build a strong foundation upon which your child can further develop and grow in their later years. The aim of Young Achievers is to nurture young Australian dreams and as such, we believe that a firm foundation, built in the critical years of early childhood will provide a springboard for later confidence following the ‘Early Years Learning Framework’ supporting children in Belonging, Being and Becoming. We hope that this confidence will allow the children to move into primary school with a sense of self-esteem that will allow them to perceive learning as a journey and a challenge, not something to be feared but rather, embraced.
As a working mother, I understand that parents find that their position is not very different to that of a juggler's. They have the juggler’s balls of "partners", "management", "deadlines", "finance", and most importantly, "children" constantly floating and in need of their attention. I also understand that your children are your most precious assets and their future is more important to you than all the jewels in the world, whilst I know that children are children and they are most beautiful when they laugh and play, I believe that as teachers in early childhood, we need to provide them with a stepping stone to the future they dream of. My goal for each child passing through these doors is that their time here will be filled with educational fun and through the carefully planned activities; they will grow to love learning and smile through life.
I believe that an education orientated approach to childcare, highlighting the fun in learning will be the right step in your child's educational pathway. This centre will facilitate this step. It has been my personal dream to be part of an establishment that can play an active role in nurturing young Australian dreams. I thank you for allowing me to share my love and passion for my career and hope that you will let us share part of your family's journey.
Kathy Memovic (Director of Young Achievers) contact me for more information.
Step Ahead 3 Child Care Centre
We:
• are open 7am – 6pm
• care for children 0-6 years age
• offer a safe and nurturing environment
• offer pre-school and educational programmes
• offer outdoor and indoor activities
• Have caring and experienced staff
• are affordable and high quality
• provide hot meals
High-quality service at an affordable price, childcare you can trust.
Our programs are designed to accommodate the needs of working parents by being affordable and high-quality and providing an environment that will never make you worry about the welfare of your child. We offer a variety of outdoor and indoor activities that will keep your child fit, balanced and happy. We believe that happiness is paramount to a child's well-being. Contact us for more information.
Begin Bright Term 2 Bookings
With the end of the Easter holidays approaching very quickly, now is the time to secure your child’s position in a school readiness class or a tutoring time slot. Term 2 starts Monday 29th April & runs for 10 weeks.
School Readiness Classes
Is your child heading to ‘big school’ in 2020 or 2021? Begin Bright Hoxton Park runs school readiness classes for children of this age to help with the huge transition to Kindergarten. Our school readiness lessons incorporate activities such as, learning to spell & write their own name, learning the sounds letters make, recognising letters, constructing the letters correctly & starting the reading process by learning to join sounds together to create words. We also focus on a number concept every week, learning how to count objects, add & subtract numbers & also to recognise numbers to 20.
Our fully qualified teachers encourage students to become independent learners & because the classes only run for 1hr, they are a great way to collaborate with their learning from day care.
If you’re interested in trialling one of our classes, head to our website www.beginbright.com.au/enrol/hoxtonpark or contact Emma on 0484242900. Allow your child to be prepared for Kindy by enrolling them today!
Primary Tutoring
Begin Bright offers tutoring for Primary aged students. We work with parents & the student to help develop their confidence & improve their knowledge in areas of Literacy &/or Numeracy.
This year, we started stage based group tutoring.
This allows students to work in small group situations with students at the same year level as them. The fully qualified primary school teacher will differentiate each lesson to suit individual learning styles & needs. These groups are ideal for students who need a little extra push in either Literacy, Numeracy or both. There is a maximum of 5 students per group & students can attend either the Literacy class only, the numeracy class only, or both within the week.
Bookings are essential! For more information or to have a chat with a fully qualified teacher about how we can assist your child, please call 0484242900.
For more information about any of our programs, please contact Emma on 0484242900 or email her at hoxtonpark@beginbright.com.au
Alternately, you can go to our page on the Begin Bright website to find out more about our timetables & to make a booking.
Learning Links
If your child is showing signs that they struggle with learning, have social, emotional or behavioural issues, or are behind their peers with speech development or fine and gross motor skills, Learning Links is here to help.
We offer a range of assessments, including cognitive/IQ, academic skills, dyslexia, autism, ADHD, behavioural, speech and language, and occupational therapy. Our professionals can determine your child’s strengths, needs, preferred learning style and any appropriate interventions – an important first step in understanding how to best support them.
Following each assessment, you’ll receive a comprehensive written report to outline results as well as recommendations for your child.
Learning Links understands that every child is unique and has different strengths and challenges. That’s why we work closely with each family to provide guidance and the best possible program and opportunities for them to reach their full learning potential now and in the future.
To find out more about assessments, contact our friendly Customer Care team on (02) 8525 8222 or visit www.learninglinks.org.au. Our Liverpool Learning Centre is located at Shop 2, 54-56 Macquarie St (North), Liverpool NSW 2170.
Frontrunner Learning Centres
" I can't do this... I am just too dumb!"
If your child is struggling at school in Maths, Reading, Writing or Homework we can help you.
Life-changing Tutoring Solutions. We focus on your child's motivation, confidence, anxiety, freeing them from the fear of failure, encouraging them to do their best and never give up and helping them to find the love of learning.
Book your free educational assessment with us. Over 21 years helping children get in front stay in front.
www.frontrunnerlearningcentres.com.au or 1300 851 065
PARENT INFORMATION
Introducing Body Safety & Protective Behaviours – Top Tips for Parents
With around 1 in 5 children being sexually abused before their 18th birthday, it is extremely important that every parent/carer sits down with their child to discuss protective behaviours with their young children. However, most parents feel ill-equipped to do so and are still in the dark about the reality of childhood sexual abuse. Michelle Derrig, child protection advocate and author of protective behaviours picture book ‘Only For Me’ shares her top tips below:
Understand the statistics
Before introducing the topic, it is essential that you understand the reality of childhood sexual abuse. According to the Australian Criminology’s website almost 90% of victims will actually be abused by someone they know and in approximately half of these cases the child will be abused by a family member. The other key point to understand, is that not all childhood sexual abuse is perpetrated by adults, with Bravehearts now quoting that ‘somewhere between 30 to 60% of childhood abuse is perpetrated by another child or young person’. This means that abuse often occurs outside the typical environment you imagine –it could be while children are playing with their peers, on a playdate, at a park, or even whilst at school or their childcare centre.
Provide specific information
To shift the power away from perpetrators, it is important that you don’t just speak in general terms. Instead provide children with specific examples of inappropriate behaviours. For instance:
- Teach children that it is wrong for anyone to take a photograph of their private parts or show them any images of private parts on any sort of device.
- Teach children that it doesn’t matter if someone tells them that it’s a game, rewards them, or gives them treats or gifts – it is still not ok.
- Highlight that these rules apply no matter the person’s age, gender, status in the community, or their relationship to the child i.e. friend, family or stranger.
- Empower them with the knowledge that they can say ‘no’ at any point that someone’s touch doesn’t feel right - including kissing, stroking, cuddling, snuggling or tickling.
- Help children to understand the physical cues which may indicate that they’re feeling uncomfortable. i.e. sweaty palms, butterflies in their tummy, feeling sick.
- Identify that abusive behaviour is never a secret, even if someone threatens them, or if they think they are to blame;
- Remind children that no matter what, abusive behaviour is never their fault and that they won’t be in trouble.
Practice responding to unsafe situations
Initially, get the children to practice saying ‘no’ in a loud voice; for those aged 3+, also get them to practice a sentence like ‘don’t do that – I don’t like it’. If dealing with older school aged children, you should also provide them with an alternate method to extricate themselves from a situation e.g. saying that they need to go to the toilet, or they think they can hear mum calling.
Develop their network of trust
Help children identify five trusted adults that they could go to, if they were ever worried, or if someone did the wrong thing. Reinforce that nothing is ever so awful that they can’t tell someone about it; and that if they did tell someone and the adult didn’t help them, then they must keep on telling until someone does.
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For further information about having protective behaviour conversations with young children, or to learn about Michelle’s Parent Workshops, you can visit www.onlyforme.com.au
