Skippy's Early Learning Gracemere
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Skippy's Early Learning Centre
- 6.30am - 6.30pm In Quiet Gracemere Neighbourhood
- Excellence In Early Years Education
- Full Meals And Nappies Provided
- Government Funded Approved Kindergarten Program
- Meals prepared onsite by a qualified chef
- Outside School Hours And Vacation Care Programs
- General Info
An extraordinary life of unlimited opportunities begins with us.
MORE THAN JUST CHILDCARE! We understand the importance of a child's early years and aim to develop confidence, self-esteem and emotional resilience in all children. We strive to create environments that inspire children to be active participants in their learning. At Skippy’s, play-based learning is supported by highly trained early childhood educators who create an environment that encourages exploration, creativity and learning through play. Our educators recognise that each child is unique and has their own way of learning, so they provide a variety of play-based activities that cater to different learning styles. Skippy’s provide an engaging and stimulating environment for children to learn through play.
Skippy's early learning centres have been providing the children of Central Queensland with care and learning opportunities since 2007. At Skippy's we have been laying the foundation for better lives through great early learning experiences from day one and we continue to provide these opportunities for today's children. From the day a child is born they are learning and our job is to create stimulating, age-appropriate learning experiences and environments that give children a secure base and the confidence to learn and explore. Our intention is to develop collaborative, respectful partnerships with families, the community and professionals to foster and sustain children's long-term learning and development. We are dynamic advocates for children of early year's education and the dedicated professionals within our field.
Our Education Program - Numeracy & Literacy Our educators expose children to stimulating literacy and numeracy environments and support them as they begin to associate sounds with letters of the alphabet. We understand that this alphabetic principle is very important for our children as it is the foundation in learning to read, write and spell. We expose children to print in their environment in magazines, posters, catalogues and books and we talk about words which have the same letters.
QLD Government Approved Kindergarten Program Skippy's offers a QLD Government approved kindergarten program delivered by a qualified Early Childhood teacher for eligible children in their year prior to attending Prep. Along with the recommended learning framework of the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline, our program includes our own designed School Readiness curriculum and the Write2Spell2Read Program. Write2Spell2Read authored by Sam Woods, a Rockhampton based OT and Certified Neurodevelopment Therapist is a multi-sensory program.
- Accreditations
Government Approved Kindergarten ProgramNQS Rated Meeting in 7 Quality Areas- Email Business
- Payment method
- eft, debit, mastercard, visa, cheque, cash
- Established
- 2007
- ABN
- 22 545 818 073
- Staff
- 21-50
- Ownership
- Locally Owned
- Service Notes
- Bus pick up from south side Rockhampton available
- Free Estimates
- Yes
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- Categories
- Keywords
- 0 - 12 Months, 1 Yr, 2 Yrs, 3 Yrs, 4 Yrs, 5 Yrs, 5+ Yrs, Childcare, Computer Education, Government Subsidy, Kindergarten, Kindy sports, Literacy, Nursery, Playground, Pre-Prep (Queensland Only), Preschool, Sandpit, School Age, Toddlers, after school care, babysitting, before school care, children, daycare, daycare gracemere, daycare north rockhampton, daycare rockhampton, early childhood, early education, early learning centres, gracemere childcare, gracemere kindy, kindergarten, kindy, north rockhampton childcare, north rockhampton kindy, nursery, outside school hours care, play based learning, rockhampton childcare, rockhampton kindy, toddler, vacation care
FAQs
What do you include in fees?
All meals & nappies for under 2 years kids are included in fees.
What are your educator's qualifications?
All of our educator's have a minimum of Certificate III in children’s services. We employ early childhood professionals who have a variety of knowledge, skills and a wide variety of experiences to help implement our centres philosophy and enhance the education and care that your child receives at Skippy's Early Learning Centres.
Do you provide nappies?
No. We understand that all parents have their own preferences regarding what nappies they use for their children and as such we do not provide nappies.
What are your fees?
The fees you pay will depend on the child care benefit, child care rebate and any other government subsidies and/or rebates you are eligible for. Your income and family circumstances will affect the subsidies and rebate you are eligible for.
What will my child do at your centre?
They will build relationships with educators & children developing a sense of Belonging (knowledge of where and with whom I belong), Being (childhood is a time to be, to seek and make meaning of the world) & Becoming (growing as they develop identities, knowledge, understandings, capacities, skills and relationships). They will play, learn, grow, laugh, dance, sing, create & construct to name just some of the things they will do during their time at Skippy's Early Learning Centres.
Do you have Early Childhood Teachers on staff?
We have a number of ECT on staff who implement our Kindergarten program and also work with our 3-4 year Junior Kindy age group. They hold Bachelor of Education with majors in Early Childhood teaching.
What government rebates do you offer?
When you enrol at our centre if eligible you will have access to the Child Care Benefit (CCB), Child Care Rebate (CCR), and Jobs Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance (JET). If you hold a valid Health Care Card and are enrolled in our kindergarten program you will be eligible for a health care card rebate.
Does my child have to be immunised?
Whilst your child does not need to be immunised to attend our centres we do encourage that you immunise your children to prevent the spread of immunisation prevented diseases. Our Immunisation Policy follows the current government recommendations and staying healthy in childcare guidelines.
Do you have a school readiness program?
Yes we do. Skippy's Early Learning Centres have developed a specialised school readiness program in conjunction with our local schools Prep Teachers.
Is your kindergarten program approved?
Yes, our kindergarten program is QLD government approved.
Do you have an approved kindergarten program?
Yes, we have a qualified teacher who teaches according to our school readiness program and curriculum. We use the Queensland kindergarten learning guidelines to plan and deliver an engaging, fun educational program.
Do you offer outdoor activities?
Yes, we offer outdoor activities.
Do you provide meals?
Yes. We provide nutritionally balanced lunch, morning and afternoon tea prepared onsite by our qualified chef.