About Us | Kids Cottage

Why Choose Us

Kids Cottage has been a trusted part of the community for over 25 years, providing collaborative care and quality education for children from infancy through to pre-school age. Our commitment to building connections ensures a nurturing and supportive environment for every child and family we serve.

Approved Service Provider

Kids Cottage is an approved long day care service with a preschool program rated Exceeding National Quality Standard in all quality areas for Hunters Hill ECEC.

Families have peace of mind knowing and trusting Kids Cottage is regulated under the National Quality Framework (NQF) which includes: Educational and Care Services National Law. Further, Regulations under that Law and an important part of the Regulations is a National Quality Standard linked to Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) overseen by ACECQA and administered (monitored, regulated, assessed and rated) by the Early Childhood Education Directorate, NSW Department of Education.

To families using our service, being an Approved Service Provider means under the Families Assistance Law, receives and passes on Child Care Subsidy payments to eligible families to reduce the cost of child care.

Highly Qualified Educators

The following is our Philosophy regarding Professionals and Educators used to guide practice and to help support children’s well-being, learning and development in our early childhood education and care service;

Making wise decisions about children’s experiences requires deep and broad knowledge in a range of areas. Putting this knowledge into practice demands that professionals and educators have a number of skills, attitudes and sensitivities, which are gained best by completing a formal course of study in early childhood education and care.
To provide excellent children’s services requires that a significant proportion of people who work directly with young children have substantial formal qualifications.

To participate throughout their time with service in a variety of experiences that increase their knowledge and skills and help them to look critically at their practice and to improve continuously.

Play-based Curriculum and Program

Kids Cottage provides an enriching ‘play-based’ learning environment, a context for learning through which children organise and make sense of their social worlds as they engage actively with people, objects, and representations.

Through play, our formerly qualified and experienced educators at Kids Cottage focus on the holistic development of each child. We respond to their individual interests, strengths, and needs, ensuring that we optimize their learning potential. This approach gives parents the confidence that their child is growing in all aspects, not just academically.

Kids Cottage acknowledges that this process begins as early as the prenatal stage and continues through a successful Transition to School and Life. Thus, Kids Cottage’s motto is “Ready for Kindy, Ready for Life.”

Community

Kids Cottage has been delivering quality education and care programs for the community for over 25 years. Its success is built on positive interrelationships and partnerships with the community.

Education & Care Program

Kids Cottage program and dynamic and progressive curriculum approach to education is based on the approved learning framework and delivered in accordance with that framework, Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia that recognise children learn from birth.

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FAQs

2025 enrolments are open.

Given the ever-increasing demand for places at our service, we recommend that parents place their child on our waiting list as soon as possible. This involves completing an online application form at no cost.