Yambo is a place where your baby will experience secure and caring relationships with their qualified educator. Your baby will learn to socialise with others and explore through play, with a flexible routine to suit their daily needs.
Our Yambo room caters for babies and toddlers up to 2 years of age and provides one qualified educator to every four babies to ensure your child feels cared for and safe at all times.
In the Yambo room, your baby will enjoy a nurturing, caring and safe environment with a range of stimulating experiences so they can learn and grow every day.
Routines are important for babies, so we keep to the same routines you have at home, ensuring your baby feels secure with their usual feeding and sleeping times. At pick up time, you can check the daily chart to see your baby’s meals, sleep, bottle and nappy change times, as well as our day book with photos to show you what your little one has been up to during the day.
We follow the Early Years Learning Framework, encouraging your baby to develop self-help skills as they grow from baby to toddler. Learning through play is a big part of our philosophy, and your baby will explore the natural environment them by playing with sand, mud, grass and water. In the colder months, we’ll give your child an outdoor waterproof suit so they can continue to play in all weather conditions.
In the Yambo room, we welcome your input and involvement in helping us to understand your baby’s cultural background and your family needs. We’ll work together to ensure your baby will build their confidence, interests and development through a nurturing relationship with their educator.
Our centre opens at 7:00 am, and all children gather in the Yambo room for breakfast (available before 8:00 am). At 8:00 am the older children move to their rooms with their educators to start their learning experiences. At 5:30 pm all the children come back to the Yambo room to finish off the day. (Please see specific room routines for more information)
8:00am Self-directed play
9:15am Morning tea
10:00 am Programmed experiences
11:15 am Lunch
12:00 pm Self-directed play for non-sleeping children
1:30 pm Progressive afternoon tea
4:15 pm Late snack
4:30 pm Self-directed play
5:30 pm Children combine as one group
Our individual room routines are flexible and responsive to the children’s needs, environmental challenges, and staffing arrangements. Children's individual sleep needs are catered for throughout the day.
A spare change of clothes and weather appropriate clothing such as jackets, gumboots, beanies. Hats are provided by the centre.
Please provide bottles of formula or breastmilk, with your baby’s name clearly marked.
Please provide at least six nappies for your baby each day.
Please bring your baby’s comforters as required such as a dummy, teddy bear or sleeping bag.
