At Fidgety Frogs we strive to provide a high quality childcare experience. Our approach is about embracing the needs of children and providing these in a safe and loving environment where they learn and play.

We have modern facilities and qualified staff who are totally committed to ensure that your child’s first educational experience is one filled with fond memories and fun.

Long Day Care

Before School

After School

Vacation Care

Rentin Pty Ltd as trustee for The Cooper Family Trust

Located in Tahmoor, New South Wales, Katie’s Kindergarten and Early Learning Centre provides a range of centre-based services, including long daycare, vacation care, and out of school hours care. 

We cater to children aged from six weeks to five years for our long daycare service, while our before and after school care programs cater to children aged from five to 12 years.

As of October 2017, Katie’s Kindergarten and Early Learning Centre holds an overall National Quality Standards rating of ‘Meeting NQS’. This rating means the centre meets early childhood care and education expectations set out by the Australian Government.

Services

At Katie’s, we’re more than a simple childcare centre—we’re an extended family. Our goal is to provide a safe, comforting, and supportive space for children that feels like a ‘home away from home’, ensuring every child is valued and respected. 

We employ a team of qualified, experienced, and dedicated early childhood educators with a passion for play-based learning. By building positive relationships with children and their families, we consistently achieve outstanding outcomes for our students.

Through play, experimentation, enjoyment, and discovery, children will develop vital skills, including:

●	Social skills
●	Interpersonal skills
●	Confidence and self-esteem
●	Intellectual skills
●	Emotional regulation
●	Physical fitness

We incorporate different cultures, religions, and traditions into our teachings, helping children expand their worldview and learn to form healthy bonds with their peers. We also support children with special needs as part of our integrated curriculum.

Alongside our everyday activities, we host several exciting events throughout the year to raise funds for our centre and strengthen our local community involvement. These events include music nights, morning teas, cultural celebrations, and much more.

Grounds

We have crafted a safe, clean, and stimulating outdoor environment that encourages children to enjoy sensory play and fully experience the world around them. 

Children will build their motor skills across our playground and wide-open spaces, play creatively with friends, and develop a more profound respect for nature.

Communication

At Katie’s, collaborative relationships with families are essential. At any time, we invite parents and caregivers to contact us via our Facebook page with questions, suggestions, and advice about our centre.


Kindergarten

Ann Antunes

Jake Child Care Services Pty Ltd

Next Step Childcare, located in Tahmoor, New South Wales, is an early learning centre offering long day care for a maximum of 122 children. The centre also provides out of school hours care and vacation care services.

At Next Step, we cater to children aged from zero to five years, providing care both before and after school. Through stimulating, hands-on education, children will take enormous strides towards a happy and prosperous future.

Services

Our qualified and experienced educators design all centre activities to nurture every child's emotional, physical, and intellectual growth. We give children the freedom to develop their unique interests and abilities, helping them become bright, cheerful, and involved members of our community.

We understand the crucial importance of choosing the right childcare centre for your child. The early years are central to a child’s future development, and at Next Step Childcare, we guarantee the very best standards of care to help your child reach their full potential.

Our educators each hold either a Certificate III, Diploma, or university-level qualification in early childhood education. We are all dedicated and motivated role models, providing the highest standards of education and care for every child.

Nutrition

Healthy eating and activity are vital to a child’s early development. Establishing positive eating habits in the early years will ensure a child develops a lifelong interest in eating well and keeping active.

At Next Step Childcare, our in-house cook prepares nutritious, home-cooked meals each day. We cater to every child's unique dietary needs, including allergies, cultural preferences, and intolerances.

Grounds

Our grounds feature an exciting playground area and open, unstructured spaces for children to ignite their curiosities and play creatively. These outdoor areas are well-shaded, ensuring sun-safe play even in the summer months.

We also have a unique climbing wall that children love to use to test their strengths, confidence, and develop their gross motor skills.

Communication

Keeping in touch with families is highly important at our centre. At any time, we encourage parents and caregivers to ask questions or offer advice. Via our website, families can contact our educators or access updates about their child’s daily activities.


Jane Underwood

Larjane Pty Ltd

Big Fat Smile Group Ltd

Cath's Kindy is licensed by the Department of Education and Care Services. The Centre is privately owned by Ms Cathryn Ivanoff. Cathryn is directly involved in the running of the Centre. Cathryn has owned and operated her own Centre's successfully since 1998.

Raymond Lee Pty Limited

Glenory Pty Ltd

At Freckles nothing matters more than providing the best early childhood education and care for your family.

At Freckles our philosophy is to:

- Provide a safe, secure, happy and loving environment where your children have a sense of belonging and are protected;
- Allow all children to be respected for their individuality, be sensitive of and accept individual differences in children and families;
- Promote relationships with children and between the children which are responsive and respectful and promote children's sense of security and belonging, allowing children to explore the environment and engage in play and learning;
- Recognise each and every child's potential and to value and nurture that potential;
- Provide opportunities for child-initiated experiences and play;
- Develop and maintain respectful and supportive relationships with families. Work as partners with the parents and families and recognise, value and respect their parenting role, their values and beliefs about childrearing, incorporating this into in Freckles programming decisions;
- Provide information, contacts and support for the children, parents and families;
- Provide a learning program of experiences which will promote the total development and well-being of each child. To implement a program which is underpinned by the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) that includes a curriculum which enhances each child's learning and development, where educators are focused, active and reflective in designing and delivery of the Freckles programs (QA1);
- Provide a system of monitoring, observing and relevant record keeping for each child's learning and development, which operates in conjunction with parents to monitor children's needs and progress on an individual basis;
- Provide up to date and progressive learning strategies in accordance with state and federal government regulation and the National Quality Framework (NQF) and in accordance with the National Quality Standards (NQS);
- Promote the health and well-being of each child incorporating healthy eating and physical activity into the Freckles program;
- Provide an environment that is rich in resources to stimulate learning and development;
- Employ staff that have strong values, are experienced in enhancing children's learning and development and ensure their safety and well-being, are respectful and ethical in their relationships with each other, the children and families. Freckles staff are selected for their nurturing, caring qualities;
- Reinforce positive social behaviour;
- Provide a service to parents and the community which reflects their needs; and
- Welcome families from a diverse range of cultures, languages and backgrounds.

Freckles Child Care Pty Ltd

Karen Robinson

Wollondilly Year Round Care is an Out of School Hours Care service providing Before and After School Care and School Holiday Care (Vacation Care) for school-aged children.  

Children enjoy a wide range of games, art/craft activities and free play programmed in a non-structured way so that they can participate at their own pace, exploring the creative opportunities of our program. 

 

Wollondilly Shire Council

Catholic Family Welfare Services

Young Men's Christian Association of Sydney

Leaping Learners Early Education Centre Pty Ltd

At Rainbow Playhouse Preschool, we provide a fun and engaging preschool program for children in a warm and family-friendly environment.

We implement the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) with the vision for all children to experience play-based learning that is engaging and builds success for life.

​Alongside the EYLF, we work in partnership with families to develop a learning program responsive to children's ideas, interests strengths, abilities and learning needs. We value families as children's first and most influential educators.

​Our program incorporates blocks of guided play, where children have the opportunity to play and explore experiences supported by purposeful interactions and intentional teaching with our educators. Our program also incorporates opportunities for learning through group experiences lead by an educator.

​Family involvement in our program is strongly encouraged. We encourage families to read our day sheets, share ideas for experiences with our educators, tell us about family experiences and volunteer to be part of the program through spending time in the service.

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Rainbow Playhouse Pre School Inc

WARDA ENTERPRISES PTY LTD

Tahmoor ELC was built to the highest standards and is designed to inspire a sense of curiosity and discovery in every child.

The  centre is  designed to facilitate different types of play, support educational milestones, achieve curriculum objectives and provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment.  See our programs

Brand new architecturally designed, purpose built childcare service.
Beautiful outdoor & indoor learning environments
3 separate large age appropriate playrooms – 0-2 yrs, 2-3 yrs and 3-5 yrs
2 outside play areas
Fully ducted air conditioning
On site kitchen for our  meal preparation by our qualified Chef.

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