| Wombats Room |
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Age: 0 - 18 months approximately Number of Children in room: 10 daily Staff Ratios: We exceed regulatory requirements with a 1:3.3 ratio of staff to children
Welcome to the Wombats room We are aged from approximately 6 weeks to 18 months in this room (although it is not uncommon for children to be using the Wombats room when they are 2 years old). Obviously we require a lot of care and attention. Whether your child is the youngest or oldest child in our room, your needs are always catered for by our very dedicated staff. Our room is located to the right of the Centre’s front door, along the rampway and right at the top. We are the room located to the right of the main childcare building – that’s where you’ll find us all day! Our room opens at 7.00am and closes at 6.00pm daily. We are lucky to share some time in the morning and evenings with older and younger children for “family grouping”. This is a great time for us to see our siblings and experience some time with other age groups – good practice! We also welcome siblings to visit our room during quiet time in our day, and sometimes we even visit other rooms too. All of the Wombat children like to sleep each day and the length of these sleeps depends on our age and stage. There are some children who will require more than one sleep in the day, so please advise the staff or your child’s requirements and we will do our very best to ensure that happens. Please respect our need for some solitude by opening/closing the gate gently and minding your voice when entering our room – thanks. We are very friendly and love to catch up with our parents as often as possible, so please don’t be a stranger. We will provide some opportunities during the year for social get togethers, so please watch out for notices about these early in the year.
“On paper” familiarization The Wombats room is located in the top building to the right of the front door along the rampway and right at the gate. We have our own facilities including a bathroom, storeroom, outdoor area and sleep room for younger children. In order for staff to create safe play spaces, we can offer an indoor/outdoor program which allows smaller groups to be using the indoor or outdoor area separately. We can provide excellent supervision if the group using the outdoor space is smaller. On occasion you will see all of us outside together, probably a result of the weather allowing us only small periods of time in the yard!! We sleep either in our playroom on the carpet area after all of the morning activities are packed away, or if we are younger then in the sleep room in a cot. The Centre provides all linen and bedding for your Wombat child, but you are welcome to provide a special blanket for the cot if you prefer. We will not allow any toys or other comfort items in the cot with a sleeping child aside from a dummy/pacifier. Our bathroom contains a nappy change area as well as hand washing sinks and potty and toilet facilities for older children who are showing an interest in toilet training. Folders for individual children and the sign in sheet are also located in the Wombats bathroom. Each child has a named hook and basket in our bathroom. |
