Little Oz Kids Family Day Care Scheme

Photos, privacy, permission — what to do now. 📷🛡️
With the new safeguarding focus from 1 Sept, services have updated their policies. Always follow your service’s most recent policy and procedures.
If your service has paused/removed permission for photos of children:
Document without faces: hands at play, close-ups of learning, environment set-ups.
Use words & work samples: short learning notes, child quotes (first initial), drawings/creations.
Explain the “why” to families in simple terms and share how learning is still captured.

If your service still permits privacy-safe photos:
- Ask first (children and families): “Is it OK if…?”
- Explain where/why the photo will be used and who can see it.
- Use only service-approved processes/devices and follow storage & deletion rules.
- Minimise identifiers: no names in-frame, no location tags, avoid uniforms/house numbers.
- Share with the right people only; never to personal socials.

Small, consistent habits build big trust with families — and keep children’s rights and safety front and centre.

Children’s rights are not privileges – they are fundamental human rights that must guide every decision we make in early education.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) makes clear that children have the right to be heard, to feel safe, to thrive in supportive environments, and to be treated with dignity and respect. These rights are embedded in Australia’s National Quality Framework, which means they should be visible across every aspect of early childhood education and care.

For educators, upholding children’s rights is about:
✔ creating safe and inclusive environments
✔ listening to and valuing children’s voices
✔ reflecting regularly on practice
✔ continuing to deepen our understanding through professional learning

Our child protection ebook unpacks these principles, explores common misconceptions about children’s rights, and provides practical strategies for embedding them into everyday practice.

Download now:https://zurl.co/Wxnsc

Tomorrow is R U OK? Day. A powerful opportunity for educators to foster empathy, connection, and mental wellbeing. Explore free resources, and wellbeing activities tailored for educators: https://www.ruok.org.au/education

https://www.ruok.org.au/

👶 🏡 Build a Rewarding Career from Home with Family Day Care! 🏡 👶 Little Oz Kids Family Day Care is looking for passionate people to join our team of Educators, providing nurturing, home-based care for children aged 6 weeks to 12 years. With small group sizes and flexible work hours, you can run your own business while making a meaningful impact.
🌟 What We Offer:
✔️ No Joining Fee
✔️ Training and ongoing support
✔️ Assistance with admin and promotions
🏡 Care for up to 7 children at a time in a safe, family-style environment. Whether you’re looking to start fresh or expand your childcare career, we’ll help you succeed.
👉 Find out how you could become a Family Day Care Educator and start your journey here by calling us on 02 91130438 or email us on [email protected] for more details.
Become part of a trusted network of educators supporting over 10 years in Sydney.

START SWIMMING LESSONS. Enroll your child in swimming lessons from an early age to build confidence and introduce water safety skills. Parents who participate in swimming lessons also understand their child’s swimming abilities. This makes them even more vigilant about water safety and active supervision!

WellMob has a variety of online resources to support the health and wellbeing needs of various community members: https://wellmob.org.au/

Today is your last day to enrol!

Give us a call and get ready to learn how to conduct a comprehensive inspection of park facilities.

For information and to enrol visit our website: https://www.kidsafensw.org/services/nationally-recognised-training/playground-nationally-recognised-training/

🌱🌳 Today is World Environment Day and the focus is on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience this year. The global event helps to inspire action and awareness to protect the environment for future generations.

💡 A fun activity for today is to reuse egg cartons to do a seed experiment at your service. This is also a great healthy eating learning experience.

For more ideas and a template for your next healthy eating learning experience, go to:https://www.islhd.health.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/Health_Promotion/MunchMove/FoodLearningPlannerandActivities.pdf

🎈🎉 Check your inbox because the June Munch & Move newsletter is out now!

This month’s edition includes:
- A lovely story about the fun way staff at Pelican Pre-School and Long Day Care, at Blair Athol, are teaching the Fundamental Movement Skills.
- Tips to go green for World Environment Day.
- How to start or be part of a toy library.

The newsletter supports educators working in early education and care services in our district.

👉🏻 You can join our mailing list or encourage a colleague to subscribe here: https://greenarrow.health.nsw.gov.au/ga/front/forms/46/subscriptions/new

👉🏻 To read the June edition, go to: https://growinghealthykids.com.au/sites/default/files/2024-05/New%20GHK%20June%202024%20MM%20newsletter.pdf

🏀⚾ The Fundamental Movement Skill of the month is catching! It is a manipulative skill that involves receiving an object or ball that has been thrown, hit or kicked towards you. Your eyes follow the object and you catch it with your hands.

👉🏻 The Fundamental Movement Skills in Action resource has fun games like volleyball to help you teach catching. To learn more, go to:https://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/downloads/file/campaignsprograms/FMSinAction3-5yrolds.pdf

🥦🥕🍒 Did you know that frozen fruit and vegetables are just as healthy as fresh varieties?

Frozen fruit and vegetables contain the same nutrients as fresh produce. Fresh fruit and vegetables are snap frozen not long after being picked, which helps to preserve their vitamins and minerals. They can also be cheaper, especially if you are buying produce that is not in season. Buying frozen fruit and vegetables can also help reduce food waste because you use the amount you need and put the rest back in the freezer.

To read more, go to: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/are-frozen-fruit-and-vegetables-as-good-as-fresh/65lxdykwg