Only About Children Newport
Only About Children Newport Centre overview
We aim to be the leading holistic early learning provider in our community through education development and wellbeing. At Only About Children Newport we seek to empower every child to reach their full potential through a passion for learning.
We are proudly rated Exceeding National Quality Standard.
Our campus is located at 82-84 Blackshaws Road, Newport, on the corner of Blackshaws Road and Sutton Street.
We have:
- Three outdoor play spaces with plenty of great resources including: forts, other climbing equipment, sandpits and vegetable gardens
- Six age-based indoor areas with a design focus on natural elements and self-lead play
Enrolment includes:
- Health Program - with Allied Health support in Nutrition, Vision, Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology
- Daily Dietitian designed, freshly prepared meals
- All essentials from nappies, formula and cot linen to sunscreen
- Excursions and local community activities
Learning
Our play-based curriculum allows consistent teaching in small group learning environments featuring:
- Qualified and passionate Educators
- Oac Grow curriculum supporting Nursery and Preschool aged children
- Daily fun and inclusive learning in numeracy, literacy, exploration, technology, sustainability and creative expression
Only About Children is proud to display the Kinder Tick because we’re an approved provider of a Victorian Government funded kindergarten program. That means our service delivers a play-based learning program, led by a qualified early childhood teacher.
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Location
82 - 84 Blackshaws RdNewport, VIC, 3015
Centre Reviews
Never ever put your toddler at OAC Newport. The educators of their junior toddler room are unqualified, bludger and shifty, and literally out... Never ever put your toddler at OAC Newport. The educators of their junior toddler room are unqualified, bludger and shifty, and literally out of any sense of responsibility and accountability for your toddler. They do whatever they wish to make their job hassle free and constantly lie to parents. For example, those parents who have special request for their toddler, the educators of the room do what's comfortable for themselves and then cheat in Storypark app by logging wrong information under "Routines" tab so when parents read those information they feel like everything has been OK with their toddler during the day and so kind of a piece of mind for parents. But it's a lie and the educators are constantly doing this families. The parents are not stupid and soon they realise the impact of whatever the educators have done to their toddler during the day. One particular example is nap time which is very critical for those working families. If you need your toddler to be woken up after, let say 60min, they let your toddler sleep for as long as it takes until he/she wakes up by him/herself and then log the time as per your request!!! An absolute misconduct!! This gives the educators to help themselves and basically do little or nothing during kids nap time and instead ruin your kids night sleep time. Management at OAC Newport is rubbish and they constantly bring a new face to the childcare. All of the experienced and nice educators have recently resigned and left OAC Newport just because of this unstable management situation. Last but not least, the majority of the existing toddler's room educators are unqualified and casual and technically they don't know what they are doing. Their Fortnightly Grow Curriculum Plan Toddlers Room is a joke. They copy and paste from years ago and there is little attention to what they truly are expected to do with your child. Since Taegan Moor, Dipti Mishra, Inderpreet Sarao and Derya Dinler all nice and qualified educators resigned and left, OAC Newport is a chaos!! Think twice before putting your loved one at this childcare. If you found a reasonably better one a couple of kilometres away from where you live, definitely go for it as your child should receive a care and education that they deserve. This childcare robs your money plus government subsidies and do little to nothing for your child. I didn't make any comments on how they serve food but it's even a waste of typing how rubbish is their weekly menues. All the best. Read more
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hi, at Only About Children we take reviews seriously so that we can improve our service for the children in our care and their families and we would love the opportunity to discuss your review with you. Unfortunately we have been unable to find you as an enrolled family so can you please contact us 138622 to discuss Kind regards the OAC team
Have had absolutely nothing but great experiences from this place. The staff are caring and attentive towards the children creating a nurturing and... Have had absolutely nothing but great experiences from this place. The staff are caring and attentive towards the children creating a nurturing and safe environment. The variety of activities that are offered to the children, and the way that everything is explained on how and why these activities help to promote learning and development is fantastic. The facilities and centre itself is always well-maintained with an exceptional cleanliness. My son is absolutely thriving here and looks forward to coming here. The staff are friendly from the moment you walk in the door. Anyone is more than happy to help me, if I ever need it. Also - my son has NEVER had a single item of his go missing, which I think is just an added bonus I was never expecting. This place has exceeded my expectations and seems to do so more and more each day as my son continues to attend here. Lastly, I feel I need to mention this again - the staff truly do care about the children!! It's incredible and puts you right at ease when sending them off to daycare. Read more