Child Care Fees
Please see child care fees below.
| Age (is flexible) | Fees (as of April 29th) | Fees (as of July 1st) | Consistent, Competent Developmental Stage Achieved *Expectations for children with special needs will be discussed on a case by case basis. |
| Infants 0 to 18 months 1:4 ratio | $ 175 | $185 | No expectations other than parent agreement and cooperation with our policies and procedures |
| Walkers 18 to 24 months 1:4 ratio | $ 165 | $170 | Confident and experienced walker, maximum 2 day sleeps, eating main menu, feeding self, weaned/ing off bottles, learning to drink from a cup |
| Toddlers 2 to 3 years 1:5 ratio | $ 160 | $165 | Sits on a chair for meals, developing self-control to follow instructions, sits to read books, 1 day sleep, preparing to toilet train |
| Preschool 3+ years 1:10 ratio | $142 | $145 | Independent with toileting, basic personal hygiene, basic dressing/undressing, progressive with regulating emotions, engages in parallel play, 1 day sleep or rest without disrupting others, can follow directions from teacher |
Nursery
- Birth to 2 years
- All meals
- Nappies
- Sunscreen
- Educational program
- Digital Children’s portfolio and photo album
Toddler
- 2 to 3 years
- All meals
- Nappies
- Sunscreen
- Educational program
- Digital Children’s portfolio and photo album
Jnr Preschool
- 3 to 4 years
- All meals
- Nappies
- Sunscreen
- Educational program
- Digital Children’s portfolio and photo album
Snr Preschool
- 4 to 5 years
- All meals
- Nappies
- Sunscreen
- Educational program
- Digital Children’s portfolio and photo album
Child Care Classes
Nursery (Birth – 2.5 yrs)
- Relationships
- RIE educaring
- Being spoken with and read to
- Touch and see
- Play based responsive relationship focus
Toddlers (2 – 3.5 yrs)
- Play based responsive relationship focus
- Beginning life skills and habit forming
- Learning how to play, relate and engage
- Coping strategies
- Emotional intelligence
- Exploring boundaries
Jnr Preschool (3- 4.5 yrs)
- Life skills
- Socio dramatic play
- Literacy and numeracy awareness
- Inquiry and play based learning focus
- Social skills
- Active citizenship
- Responsibilities
- Independence and autonomy
- Critical literacy
- Design and technology immersion
- Communication
- Resilience, self-esteem and mindfulness
Snr Preschool (4 – 6 yrs)
- Life skills
- Socio dramatic play
- Literacy and numeracy awareness
- Inquiry and play based learning focus
- Social skills
- Active citizenship
- Responsibilities
- Independence and autonomy
- Critical literacy
- Design and technology immersion
- Communication
- Resilience, self-esteem and mindfulness
Child Care Education
The most important part of child care education is enabling and empowering children by providing a solid foundation of life skills. They practice applying these skills at Believe Playschool thereby ensuring smooth transitions into school and community life.
We embrace the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) curriculum and the National Childcare Laws and regulations. They create a practical starting point to plan open ended, play based programs, in safe, engaging environments with passionate teachers who advocate for health, safety and well-being.
At BELIEVE PLAYSCHOOL we use it as the spine of our approach, it links everything together. From there we create an organic evidence based program taking the best and most effective principles from global approaches. Our play based experiences are hands-on, child-directed with mess, mud, fun, and laughter.
