FAQs

All our services run in accordance to the needs of the community. Please see below our individual centres operating hours.

Little Buckets Kinross: 6:30am till 6:00pm (Monday to Friday)

Little Buckets Warwick: 7:00am – 6:00pm (Monday to Friday)

Little Buckets Whitfords OSHC: 6:30am till 6:00pm (Monday to Friday)

We have made paying your fees easy by using a direct debit system through your allocated bank account or credit card.

We charge families fortnightly and fees are deducted upfront on a Friday.

Our fees vary between our services so we encourage families to contact your nearest Centre directly for more information.

As per our policy all public holidays and absent days are charged for taking into account all benefit and rebate entitlements.

In accordance to our Centre policies we ask families to give a full two weeks written notice when making any changes to your bookings.

We will endeavor to offer extra days, where possible, at short notice.

Our long day care services have experienced food coordinators that offer a four week rotational spring/summer and autumn/winter menu.

Each day offers well balanced meals that meet the recommended daily intake of each food group.

All our meals are cooked fresh daily.

We are allergy aware and will cater for medical, dietary and cultural needs of all our families.

Little Buckets has two beautiful Out of School Hours services which are both north of the river.

Our long day care services offer before and after school care to children from local schools in the community.

Please contact your nearest Centre for more information.

Our long day care Centres have qualified Early Years Teachers who run our Preschool program, while each room has a Diploma qualified Educator along with Certificate 3 (or working towards) educators who together provide a rich program and excellent care for your children.

All our staff have working with children checks, are medically cleared and also hold First Aid (incl. Asthma & Anaphylaxis training)

We offer care in our long day care services from 4months to 5years.

We have a Babies Room (4months to 2years) a Toddler Room (2years to 3years) and a Preschool Room (3years to 5years).

These are approximate age groups as we will also take into consideration the developmental and emotional readiness of each individual child and transition them to the next room while, also taking the requests of our parents into account.

Our services follow the national Early Years Learning Framework as well as the My Time Our Place Framework for our Out of School services.

All our Educators take an active role in providing an educational program that is play based with activities that are both child initiated and intentional taught.

We also recognise the environment as the “third teacher” so, therefore, ensure that learning opportunities are available in all the different areas within our Centres.

Our long day care centres also offer a school readiness program to help your child transition into school with the greatest of ease and confidence.

Each of our rooms has a learning journal which highlights the events of the day along with still images of the children within the group.

We also use Storypark, an online ePortfolio that travels with your child through their learning journey.

Storypark also offers you the opportunity to communicate with your educators and share in your child’s learning from anywhere with an internet connection.

All our staff are trained on behavior management and have access to information offering advice and guidance on how to best manage any behavioral issues.

We believe in working closely in partnership with our families to ensure consistent responses to any reoccurring issues and also offer support to families who need it.