Jackie's Family Day Care

Jackie's Family Day Care Business owner: Jac Wallace Richards. I am a passionate Diploma qualified Educator.

Wow, almost 11 years, and I have decided to leave my passion. As a kid, I wanted to be a Family Day Career. And thanks t...
22/11/2023

Wow, almost 11 years, and I have decided to leave my passion. As a kid, I wanted to be a Family Day Career. And thanks to many people supporting me, I got to live the dream. πŸ’•πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈπŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈπŸ™†β€β™€οΈπŸ™†πŸ™†β€β™‚οΈπŸ§β€β™€οΈπŸ‘©β€πŸΌ Too many children to count, have walked through our front door and some never wanting to leave. 🀣 And I felt such a beautiful connection with every single child. I just wanted them to feel loved, learn, and watch them each achieve their individual goals. Of course, there have been ups and downs along the way. There are so many beautiful families that I have built great friendships that have continued well after their child finished care with me. Of course some children and families didn't stay long for various reasons, but I believe this gave me the learning I needed at the time. I have had some truly brilliant people to learn from. From, other Educators, Mentors and coordinators, the Children and families. I have learnt so much, and now it is time to go on and put my skills to action in a different way. The universe has something new to teach me now. The right thing will be what it will be.πŸ€— To everyone who has supported me along the way. Thank youπŸ™ It is such a big thing to have people in our home and for all the parents to have trusted me with their most prized people. Their babies, who yes, grew up while they were in my care to be beautiful children. I had the privilege of having both pre-school and school-aged children, and now I am seeing some of them head off after their final years of school into the big open world 🌎. I know I have helped you achieve this, but I also can't wait to see where the world takes all these beautiful people now. Unfortunately, I never got to see one very special little girl go on to achieve these things. But I am forever grateful for knowing her and her beautiful family. And what I and my family have gained from knowing you beautiful girl we are truly blessed. πŸ’•πŸ˜‡
I have decided to have a small gathering this Sunday. If you would like to be a part of celebrating what would have been a 4th Birthday for our friend and the final goodbye for me as an FDC Educator. Please contact me privately for location and details. One door closes another opens. While this has been a very emotional time, I am excited for the next chapter. Ride the waves 🌊 and see where this chapter takes me. Forever greatful for my amazing husband, who supported me through this journey and did everything he could to ensure my business was the way I wanted it. And my children for just being them and watching them grow and learn to have patience and compassion with the FDC children, I am so proud of you both sharing your home and toys and me. I know you are both going to miss setting up activities and playing with all the children. With a tear in my eyes I have closed this chapter πŸ₯Ή I currently have the most beautiful and supportive families in my FDC at the moment and that even though they didn't want to loose me they supported me and understand my decision.
I am looking forward to the fun and friendships and doors opening for me to continue to fulfll me and for me to continue to hopefully give more back to my community.πŸ˜€

Wow, some great activities for 12 to 25 year olds. πŸ‘Œ
13/09/2023

Wow, some great activities for 12 to 25 year olds. πŸ‘Œ

**Youth School Holiday Events Hamilton**

Calling all youth aged 12 - 25! The school holiday program is here. Have a read through the program and book your space! Art, cinema, training and workshops, gaming - get your school holiday schedule ready πŸ˜€

Second week of school holidays we decided to make some connections with some of the team. In doing this I challenged mys...
07/07/2023

Second week of school holidays we decided to make some connections with some of the team. In doing this I challenged myself and took the children on some excursions and created some "first time experiences in Jac's FDC" The first and probably something I never thought of doing before joining the fabulous Foundations Family Day Care team was crossing the SA boarder to catch up with Bec (another Awesome FFDC Educator and her kids) at Echo Farm.https://www.facebook.com/EchoFarmMG?mibextid=ZbWKwL . We had so much fun exploring the farm and learning about the animals and the different foods they eat. Then Wednesday we headed for a slightly longer trip to Ballarat and caught up with the Fabulous Beck and her FDC as well as a lifelong friend of mine who is a local to the area and yet another Bec. We met at a park and the children loved spinning, running in different directions, flying fox, and jumping on the trampolines. Lots of new friends and connections made this week and has been greatly beneficial to the children and us as educators to connect. We got the opportunity to build on our knowledge face to face in what is an extraordinary workplace but often isolating if these connections are not built. To the families that allowed me and my fellow educators to connect by taking their children on an excursion to build their connection, I understand that your safety cup was of concern, and I appreciate you trusting me with your children on long trips. As a Mum, I know it can be scary.

Some wonderful learning occurred with school aged children being great helpers. We use Phoenix cups, and we filled our safety cup and connection cups by ensuring I was always accessible, and the younger children looked to the big kids as well. So much fun, and freedom allowed with the open space of the environments we entered. Lots of opportunities for Mastery weather that be learning how to act around animals or getting faster at spinning on playground equipment or climbing, balancing, or swinging.

We acknowledged the countries we were on and included some indigenous songs and books along the way.

Thanks Ladies for allowing me to share your beautiful faces and some of the photos you took as I can't take credit for all of the photos.

Lots of connections to the EYLF and MTOP 2.0
Principles 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
Practices 1,2,3,4,5,6
Outcomes1,2,3,4,5

Something for high school aged people. πŸ˜€
30/06/2023

Something for high school aged people. πŸ˜€

We are opening the Youth Cafe on Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th for the last weekend in the Holidays. Free food, Hot drinks, games and more! This is for high school aged Youth.

Says it all reallyπŸ’•πŸ’• Well done everyone πŸ‘
30/06/2023

Says it all reallyπŸ’•πŸ’• Well done everyone πŸ‘

Foundations Family Day Care is thrilled to announce that ALL of our Educators and staff, and both services have received nominations in the Excellence in Family Day Care 2023 awards.
Congratulations to:
Laura Hewitson (Coordinator - SA/WA & Vic/Tas)
Kathi Hewitson (Coordinator - SA/WA & Vic/Tas)
Lyn Rushworth (Coordinator - SA/WA)
Dani Barnes (Coordinator - Vic/Tas & Educator Vic)
Beck Baxter (Educator - Vic)
Ryoko Beesley (Educator - Vic)
Anne D'Souza (Educator - Vic)
Lateisha Gates (Educator - Vic)
Dina Hameed (Educator - Vic)
Angela Mammone (Educator - Vic)
Rebecca Paine (Educator - Vic)
Julie Parker (Educator - Vic)
Inga Phillips (Educator - Vic)
Alyce Picone (Educator - Vic)
Sam Popple (Educator - Vic)
Jac Wallace (Educator - Vic)
Jenny Wilson (Educator - Vic)
Deb Ashfield (Educator - SA)
Bec Hall (Educator - SA)
Lea Kirkbride (Educator - SA)
Rochelle Klenke (Educator - SA)
Antoinette Lines (Educator - SA)
Michelle Lissiman (Educator - SA)
Chloe Small (Educator - SA)
Rachel Smith (Educator - SA)
Sunshine Stewart (Educator - SA)
Amanda Stone (Educator - SA)
Kerrie Waters (Educator - SA)
Emily Mulholland (Educator - SA)
Foundations Family Day Care (Vic)
Foundations Family Day Care (SA)

So blessed to be part of a team that supports one another so beautifully. Congratulations everyone. 🎊
16/06/2023

So blessed to be part of a team that supports one another so beautifully. Congratulations everyone. 🎊

Thanks so much for the nomination. To get nominated again is very special. I feel a great sense of community and appreci...
16/06/2023

Thanks so much for the nomination. To get nominated again is very special. I feel a great sense of community and appreciation when I get nominated. I love my job and the challenges it brings. But being recognised for something I am so passionate about really means the world. Thank you πŸ™πŸ₯°

Dont forget there is sill time to nominate as there are lots of very deserving FDC educators.
https://www.familydaycare.com.au/promoting-you/awards

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Hamilton, VIC
3300

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm

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+61419261083

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