New level of child care coming to Highfields
New owner of Highfields Child Care Centre, Lauren Hall says she loves the spirit and friendliness of the Highfields community, and is enjoying every minute of her time in the area with her young son Connor and husband Damian.
The family currently split their time between Highfields and the Gold Coast and intend to move to the area in the next couple of years before Connor goes to primary school, once the family have sold other business interests on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, so getting involved in the community early was an easy decision for them.
Highfields Child Care Centre is a wellestablished local centre with highly qualified, caring early learning educators.
The centre was originally established in 2005 at 52 Diosma Dr, which is convenient directly opposite the Highfields State Primary School car park.
“I was looking for a childcare centre with a great team, and this is a large part of what made the centre and the area so appealing when we first visited earlier this year - the staff have a true care for all of the children and their families,” Lauren says.
“I am happy that each of the staff are coming on this exciting journey with us.”
The centre needed reinvigoration, which they have undertaken beginning with the children’s environments becoming more inviting to explore, with improvements and additions being made every week.
The centre has added many new learning and play resources to stimulate the minds of the children in their care.
“The Highfields Child Care Centre is also improving on all the external play areas, providing much more shade, a new play fort and new outdoor water play and natural elements for children to explore and learn within,” Lauren adds.
All of the improvements have been in collaboration with the team, with best outcomes for the children in mind.
The educational programming is a key focus for Highfields Child Care Centre, adding more Early Years Learning Framework tie-ins while being very creative in how they provide new experiences for all age groups, both indoor and outdoor.
The business now also has a more innovative approach to early learning, which will feature literacy-based curriculum, self-initiated, age appropriate play-time activities, multi-cultural learning initiatives and much more.
Communication with children and families is a large part of their philosophy.
StoryPark is an individual, online learning portfolio that each child receives on commencement in 2018.
This allows families to be more involved in their child’s day and share in their journey.
Through StoryPark your child’s educators will record and communicate learning as it happens via photos, video, audio and observations within a secure online environment.