Bray Park Early Learning Centre - New Year, New Beginnings - 4 Weeks Free Childcare*

• Cooking program

• Gardening program

• Regular incursions and excursions

• Sustainability program

At Bray Park Early Learning Centre, the Educators embrace the Early Years Learning Framework’s definition of play-based learning, and the curriculum is designed to inspire delight, curiosity, and inquiry in the classroom.

The centre is structured to allow the environment to become the third educator. Children are encouraged to explore many different avenues of learning and engage in self-directed play. Educators also provide open-ended experiences to develop imagination, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

The Educators recognise that every child and their development is unique. They provide an environment that is responsive to the children’s capabilities in order for all children to experience feelings of success and accomplishment. The aim is to create a lifelong love of learning, and support a successful transition to early years schooling.

At Bray Park Early Learning Centre, the children enjoy a wide variety of seasonal and local produce, with a multicultural menu that provides more than half of their daily nutrition requirements. The chef-designed meals also include many vegetables and herbs from the centre’s own vegetable gardens. The centre works in consultation with families to accommodate any child’s allergies, intolerances, their cultural background or other family preferences. 

Mealtimes provide an important opportunity for children to develop good eating habits and learn about nutrition and food variety. They are also an important time for social interaction with other children and adults. 

The Educators adopt meal time strategies to teach children about good nutrition. These include things like involving children in creating the menu, encouraging younger children and toddlers to talk about healthy food choices, providing children with opportunities to eat food and engage in the mealtime routines of different cultures, talking with children about nutritious food during mealtimes. 

The parents don’t miss out either, with the centre’s own barista providing fresh coffee every morning upon drop-off to enjoy with a baked treat prepared by the centre chef.