Jenny's Kindergarten & Early Learning Lane Cove North.
This purpose built premium Centre is licensed for 56 children per day and will feature 5 specialised rooms, focusing on individualised age groups.
Our rooms are designed to specifically cater for children as young as 6 weeks of age, right up until they attend school. Our education curriculum is carefully designed to ensure that children are provided the highest quality of care, while they explore and develop in an exciting and innovative learning environment never seen before in the industry.
Throughout the day children will engage within the six key learning areas, through our Jenny’s Kindergarten Specialised Early Learning Curriculum. These include language & literacy, scientific thinking, mathematical thinking, art, music and movement, also social and emotional development. Our daily curriculum is tailored to meet the developmental needs and interests of each child individually, while also encouraging children within a group environment. Our outdoor area is large, spacious and allows children to explore the natural environment. We also have many large fixed objects which create an amazing feature for our Centre.
At Jennys, we pride ourselves in providing our families with educators who are highly experienced, highly qualified and extremely passionate about early childhood education and care. Opening hours – 7am till 6pm. Contact us for more information.
Happy Kids Early Learning
was established by the Armenian Relief Society of Australia, Sosseh Chapter in 1986. We provide quality care and education for 23 children aged 2-6 years old from 7:30am to 6 pm.
Happy Kids was originally set up to support many Armenian families that lived in Sydney. Currently we have many Armenian families, as well as non-Armenian families that send their children to our centre.
We have a team of qualified, caring and experienced Armenian and non-Armenian educators who work in partnership with you and your child in forging a sense of ‘belonging, being and becoming’.
Our educational program encompasses a contemporary view on literacy, numeracy, science, art, music and language and has a focus on social and emotional development. The Armenian culture is embraced through our daily Armenian Group times and our Special Armenian Dance Program.
To enrol or get more information please call us on 02 9427 2202 or email us
At Innovative Early Learning, everything we do is guided by your child’s needs and interests so that development and learning is enhanced. We nurture, love and educate your child in a way that gives you peace of mind while your child is in our care.
The meals we provide are healthy and delicious, made from fresh quality produce for all age groups. We also provide meals for children with allergies and vegetarian and Halal meals are available on request.
Our learning environments are enriching spaces that encourage children to play and learn happily with others and encourage a connection with their community. Our educational program is based on the Early Years Learning Framework and implemented by qualified and nurturing team members. Most importantly, we listen to any information you communicate about your child’s care and education and, in turn, inform you about your child’s day to ensure the very best outcomes for your child. Contact us for more information.
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