Key Policies
Our commitment to children’s safety, wellbeing, and inclusion
Below is an overview of our centre’s policies, full details are available in the Kindergarten Handbook & in the policy folder in the office.
Sun safety
Children are required to wear their pre-school hat every day when playing outside to protect their face, neck and ears.
Clothes should cover the children’s backs and shoulders and sun screen should be applied before children come to kindy. Our program includes outdoor play during the cooler parts of the day.
We ask that families apply sunscreen on their children prior to arriving at preschool. We re-apply sunscreen during the day.
Healthy eating
The Kindergarten encourages parents to provide nutritional foods. Children choose when they are ready for morning tea and lunch is a shared experience with the class. Children are required to wash hands before eating. Educators ensure children do not share food or utensils.
We are a NUT FREE KINDERGARTEN. No nuts or food with nuts as an ingredient are to be brought into the centre.
The children’s food is refrigerated so any healthy food is OK to send including dairy and cold meat. Please do not send chips, lollies, soft drink, chocolate biscuits or roll-ups.
Rest time
We provide children with quiet time after lunch.
Some children may choose to have a rest in the afternoon on a day-bed. If your child does need a nap, we ask that you bring a set of cot sheets to place on our beds.
First Nations culture
Kindy provides children with positive awareness, access to information and appreciation of First Nations culture. First Nations people are invited into the centre to share aspects of their culture.
Inclusive
Our kindergarten recognises Australia as a multicultural society, where different ethnic groups co-exist harmoniously, free to maintain their language, religious beliefs and social customs and recognising that everyone is equal. Our centre follows an anti-bias curriculum and emphasises the importance of similarities as well as differences.
Parents are encouraged to participate in the preschool, sharing aspects of their culture, including celebrations, food, dance, craft and language.
Kindy uses multicultural, non-stereotypical resources including dolls, puzzles, books, songs, posters, costumes and utensils.
Discipline
Educators use a positive approach to guide and encourage children towards acceptable behaviour. No physical punishment of any kind is permitted. Limits are set and children reminded of them as necessary. Children are presented with clear alternatives to help develop their ability to make decisions and exercise self-control. If necessary educators remove a child from the situation until he/she has settled down and is able to return the activity. Educators have realistic expectations and use positive, clear and developmentally appropriate language. Educators model empathy and encourage children to empathise with others.
Library
Children can borrow a book from kindy on a weekly basis. Class educators advise parents which day is library day in your class. Please send a fabric library bag to keep the book safe. Please look after our books at home. If books are damaged or lost the parents will be asked to replace them.
We ask for a parent volunteer to assist with helping the children choose a book each week. Please let your educators know if you would like to help here.
Emergency evacuation
In case of emergency evacuation the children will be relocated to:
North Epping Public School Phone 9876 5254 (in case of internal threat e.g. fire in the centre).
Epping Public School Phone 9876 1452 (in case of external threat e.g. bushfire, chemical spill etc in the area).
Our mobile number is 0417 691 184 in case of emergencies. This number is turned off at all other times.
