Natural Choice Family Day Care

🌿 Long Weekend Reminder 🌿

NCFDC will be closed on Monday 8th June for the public holiday.

We hope all of our educators and families enjoy a safe and relaxing long weekend with their loved ones. We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday! ✨

🎉 Congratulations to Our 2026 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards Nominees 🎉

The first round of nominees for the 2026 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards has been published, and we are so proud to celebrate our nominated educators:

💙 Rachael
💙 Samantha K
💙 Stacey
💙 Stephanie
💙 Thanuja

Each of you brings something truly special to your role. The care, patience, and genuine connection you build with children and families is seen and deeply valued every single day. Being recognised in this way is a reflection of the positive impact you make across our community.

We are incredibly grateful for everything you do and so proud to see your dedication acknowledged.

✨ Voting and nominations are still open! If you would like to support an educator, coordinator, or Natural Choice Family Day Care, there is still time to place your nomination.

Congratulations again to all nominees, and best of luck! 💛

2026 Nominees The first round of nominations in the 2026 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards have been released!

❄️ Can you believe today is the first day of winter? ❄️

As we welcome a new season, take a look at our June Calendar of Events featuring some of the special days and celebrations happening this month.

🌼 May Moments at NCFDC 🌼

What a wonderful month of learning, creativity and exploration across our family day care community 💛

Whole Beginnings FDC enjoyed picking fresh oranges straight from their tree and turning them into delicious homemade orange juice 🍊

Mini Moos FDC, Little Nature Utopia FDC and Cuddly Koalas FDC have been buzzing with excitement while learning all about bees in celebration of World Bee Day 🐝 Through hands-on experiences, the children explored the important role bees play in our environment and sustainability.

The Cubby Crew FDC enjoyed sensory-based learning experiences, including embedding culture into everyday play during National Reconciliation Week and exploring literature together through weekly story experiences, with The Very Hungry Caterpillar becoming a favourite 🐛📚

At Our Little Family Day Care, the children have loved using their messy play area for imaginative potion-making experiences, encouraging creativity, sensory exploration and problem-solving ✨

Wild Meadows FDC have been enjoying their new mud kitchen 🌿

Creative Kids FDC enjoyed an excursion to their local Bunnings Warehouse 🔨🌱

At CJ’s FDC, cloud dough and natural elements were a big hit, encouraging sensory exploration, creativity and hands-on learning through play 🍃✨

Thank you to our amazing educators and families for another incredible month at NCFDC 💛

Child Protection Policies

At Natural Choice Family Day Care, our child protection policies guide everything we do. 🌱💛
These policies help us create a safe, respectful, and nurturing environment where children feel valued, supported, and protected. 🛡️✨

We regularly review our practices to ensure we continue to meet the highest standards of care and wellbeing for every child in our community. 🤝💛

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🌟 Nominations are now OPEN for the 2026 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards! 🌟

These awards are a wonderful opportunity to recognise the incredible dedication, care and passion shown within the family day care community each and every day 💛

If you would like to show your support, nominations can be made for:
✨ An Educator
✨ One of the NCFDC Coordinators
✨ Natural Choice Family Day Care as a Service

Every nomination means so much and helps acknowledge the hard work and commitment that goes into providing high quality care and education for children and families 🏡👧👦

We are incredibly grateful for the ongoing support from our families and community and would truly appreciate your nomination 💐

Please use the link below to submit your nomination ⬇️

https://www.familydaycare.com.au/promoting-you/awards

Natural Choice Family Day would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who donated and supported our Biggest Morning Tea ☕💛

We are so excited to announce that together we raised an amazing $375 for Cancer Council 🎉

Thank you to everyone who donated, contributed treats, attended, and helped make the day so special. Your kindness and support will help make a difference for those impacted by cancer 💛

At Natural Choice Family Day Care, child safety and wellbeing will always come first. As the digital world continues to grow, we believe it is important to reflect on how children’s images are shared and the long-term impact this can have on their digital footprint.

We are encouraging educators and families to think more deeply about the use of identifiable images in documentation, group posts and social media. While families naturally love seeing photos of their children, it is also our responsibility to ensure we are protecting every child’s right to privacy and digital safety.

When documentation is shared through online platforms, images can quickly reach far beyond the intended audience. Even within small communities, photos may be viewed, downloaded or forwarded to people outside of our immediate circle and unfortunately, we can never truly know the intentions of everyone who may access them.

This doesn’t mean learning can’t still be captured beautifully and meaningfully.

Some of the most powerful documentation comes from:
✨ photos of hands creating and exploring
✨ children engaged in play from behind or at a distance
✨ images of invitations to play, resources and learning environments
✨ children’s voices, conversations and learning stories
✨ documenting the process, not the pose

At Natural Choice FDC, we believe documentation should be purposeful, respectful and centred around children’s learning — not simply creating a stream of photos.

We also understand that changes like this can bring mixed emotions for families, and that’s okay. Open conversations and education are important. By sharing the “why” behind these decisions, we hope to work together with families to create safe, respectful practices that protect children both now and into the future.

Together, let’s continue advocating for children’s rights, safety and wellbeing in every space — including online.