About Us
Our family owned and operated, purpose-built Early Learning Centre, offers premium facilities and dedicated educators.
We are excited to offer families a high-quality service that meets the growing needs of the local community.
Being part of this amazing small community is important to us and we believe that through encouraging the children’s community involvement they develop long-lasting connections.
We believe continuity of care is an essential element of children forming trusting and secure attachments to educators.
At Up ‘N’ Grow we offer a high-quality holistic learning environment in which all children will feel safe, nurtured and stimulated.
At Up ‘N’ Grow we provide:
- High quality education and care for children 6 weeks to school age
- Weekday education with extended hours. Operating Monday to Friday, 6:30am to 6:30pm. Closed on Public Holidays
- Child-centred, teacher-guided educational programs, based on the Early Years Learning Framework
- Beautifully designed indoor and outdoor spaces
- Onsite qualified cook creating delicious and nutritious menus, developed around the Australian Dietary Guidelines
- Access to the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) as an approved service provider
- Passionate and highly trained educators who are committed to providing safe, nurturing and stimulating environments
- Access to our platform with daily communication between educators and parents/caregivers, as well as access to your child’s learning portfolio
Nutrition / Sample Meal Plans
Our in-house cook will provide a nutritious and satisfying selection of meals throughout the day for your child. The menu will rotate weekly within a monthly meal plan. Nutritional needs of the children will be a priority with meals planned around the Australian Dietary Guidelines. (Quality area 2.1 of the National Quality Standards- Each child’s health and physical activity is supported and promoted).
Children will be offered morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a late snack. Breakfast will be available from 7:30-8am daily if required.
Our cook and early years educators have training in food hygiene practices and have strategies in place to ensure safe food handling. (Quality Area 2.1.2 of the National Quality Standards- Effective illness and injury management and hygiene practices are promoted and implemented).
Meal times are seen as opportunities for autonomy, provided within consistent routines.
The weekly menu will be displayed in the foyer and recipes are available on request or through our website.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | Selection of toast and cereal served between 7- 7:30am | Selection of toast and cereal served between 7- 7:30am | Selection of toast and cereal served between 7- 7:30am | Selection of toast and cereal served between 7- 7:30am | Selection of toast and cereal served between 7- 7:30am |
| Morning Tea |
Fruit platter | Fruit platter | Fruit platter | Fruit platter | Fruit platter |
| Lunch | Spaghetti Bolognese, containing pureed vegies | Vegie fried Rice | Zucchini fritters | Home-made vegie pizzas | Vegie and noodle stir fry |
| Afternoon Tea |
Pumpkin scones served with milk | Carrot cake served with milk | Wholemeal banana muffins served with milk | Cheese and crackers served with milk | Wholemeal blueberry muffins served with milk |
Meals will be adjusted to cater to dietary requirements. All meals will be served with water or milk. Water will be available throughout the day via self-serve water bottles in the toddler and kindy rooms, and offered to babies often throughout the day in the baby room.
Babies Room: Older babies will eat from the toddler/kindy menu. Younger baby’s meals will be modified to accommodate. Morning/ Afternoon tea options include strained, mashed or pureed fruit with rice cereal. Lunch options include pureed or mashed vegies (depending on age) and pureed meals from toddler/ kindy menu.