Sweet Little Wildlings Family Daycare

14/04/2026

This ❤️

Banning smart watches. Longer risk assessments. More checks. Extra paperwork. All of these rapid changes that have been thrust upon the sector to keep children safe. Yet one of the biggest protective factors for children is having access to regulated, engaged and responsive educators.

I haven’t seen many reforms targeting this.

Where is the extra mental health support? Where is the collaboration on effective changes? Why aren’t we tackling the added stress and pressure impacting the very thing that can keep children safe.

Whilst some services make solid investments in their educators, the overarching pressure to meet regulations weighs heavy. Children under 5 are soaking up every intricate, non-verbal cue. Our tone of voice, our facial expression, our posture. What messages are we sending children when our autonomy is threatened, our experience is overlooked and our professionalism is on the line?

How are we supporting educators to be, become and belong in the sector today? I plead with policy makers and department executives to stop and consider the barrage of information, judgement and stress educators have felt in recent times. Whilst families deserve to confidently leave their child in care, educators deserve to feel safe and confident in receiving them.

Keeping children safe should never be in question but let’s not forget how this is best achieved. If educators don’t feel safe, how do they keep children safe?

02/12/2025

Our busy Bees have been busy 🐝
I have made some gift packs with 3 flavoured honeys in them.
Great teacher appreciation presents.
If you would like one, send us a DM or come grab one at
*The Billy Buttons Markets in the Park*
December 14th Paterson Park xx




Flavours are:
Raw
Ginger
Chilli
Lavender
Vanilla cinnamon creamed
Coconut creamed

31/10/2025

Our beautiful Bees continue to provide new learning opportunities. 🐝🐝🐝🐝
All of the children in care have had plenty of experience with crushing and straining honeycomb to extract honey but everyone really wanted to have a turn of harvesting using the Centrifuge.
This week we did just that.
The children took turns in helping me to carefully uncap the honey frames. The children all commented on how they enjoyed the popping noise that the wax makes when we cut it off the cells.
We then placed the frames into the centrifuge to see what happens.
They were delighted to see the honey flying out of the cells.
We let our honey settle for 2 days and then we used our honey to make some creamed honey.
The children were fascinated by how the colour and texture of the honey changed during this process.
We of course taste tested the honey at each stage to ensure it was of sound quality.
Everyone took a little jar of their prized cream honey home.
There is always something new to learn.
We have plenty of honey available if anybody would like some just DM.

EYLF learning outcomes 1.1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.5

31/10/2025

Halloween is always lots of spooky fun 🎃💀🖤

29/10/2025

Thank you to all of the beautiful families who have contacted me for spots for 2026.
At this point all of my existing children will be carrying over for 2026, and I am full for the year.
Rest assured if you have contacted me and asked to be added to my list, your name is still on there.
Please understand that I can only have 4 children under school age, per day as per regulations and most of the children in care start at a young age and carry through until they start school.
This often means some years I may not have a vacancy at all.

I would love to be able to help everyone on my list.

Thank you for all of your enquiries and if you are looking for care I recommend jumping onto the Five Star Family Day Care NSW website. Educators are listed by suburb and Educators advertise their vacancies on this site.
www.maitlandfdc.com.au

Regards
Nadine x

23/10/2025

The Colour Monster
❤💛💚💙💜🖤
What colour is your Colour Monster today?
We are learning how to name our feelings and identify feelings in others.
If we know our feelings by name we can welcome them and hold space for them.

Happy Friyay! Xx

14/10/2025

Our gorgeous honey bees are having a Spring honey flow.
If anyone would like honey please DM.
We have buckets, 1 kilo jars and medium sized jars.

25/09/2025

We have finished our beautiful recycled art project.
Thankyou to everyone who donated their recycled lids.
We love our beautiful tree.
Now to mount it in our playspace.

13/08/2025

"Quality care is not the exception, it's what we do everyday".

At Five Star Family Day Care, we understand that recent media coverage has raised concerns about the safety and quality of some Family Day Care services.

We want to reassure our families and community that Five Star Family Day Care is a not-for-profit service, proudly rated as Meeting the National Quality Standard.

Our dedicated educators work hard every day to provide safe, high-quality, nurturing environments where children can learn, grow, and thrive. We are committed to meeting and exceeding the standards set by the National Quality Framework.

To our families: thank you for trusting us with the care and education of your children. To our educators: thank you for your professionalism, dedication, and passion for early childhood education.

Quality care is not the exception it’s what we do, every day.