Cuddly Bear

Templestowe, VIC, 3106

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Templestowe, VIC, 3106

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About Cuddly Bear

Templestowe, VIC, 3106

Cuddly Bear Templestowe Early Learning Centre is a privately owned and operated long day care centre and Government Funded Kindergarten. We provide care and education for children aged from 6 weeks old to 6 years. Our centre is open weekdays between the hours of 7.00am and 6.30pm except public holidays.

We have highly qualified, experienced, and trained educators.  Our program extends on the principles and practices of Australia’s National Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Education: EYLF (Early Years Learning Framework).  Our educational programs cultivate self-esteem, encourages independence and creativity, and initiates respect for self and others. We teach cooperation and encourage the love of learning and the expression of curiosity.

Cuddly Bear Templestowe Early Learning Centre offers a high quality School readiness program provided by a Bachelor trained Kindergarten Teacher.

Cuddly Bear Templestowe Early Learning Centre is a 55 place centre: 

  • 15 children in (4 year old) Funded Kindergarten Room
  • 15 in Pre-Kinder Program (3 year old)
  • 15 children in Toddlers Room
  • 10 Children in Babies Room

We are open Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:00am and 6:30pm, 51 weeks of the year. We are closed on public holidays and for one week at Christmas time.

Cuddly Bear Templestowe Early Learning Centre is a privately owned and operated long day care centre in Templestowe, which provides care and education for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.

Our aim is to provide an environment where families feel Cuddly Bear is their home away from home. Our friendly, dedicated long term professional educators and Pre School Teachers warmly welcome children and their families each day.

Every child has the right to positive experiences throughout their childhood.

Our philosophy is to provide a safe, happy, secure and stimulating environment for the children which encourages a positive attitude towards learning.

This will be done in a variety of ways, which enhances each individual child’s self-esteem and eagerness to learn, taking into consideration the holistic needs of the individual child.

We have an open door policy as we promote collaborative partnerships with families and the community - Families are always welcome to visit and get involved. We invite you to take a look …..

Swimming and Aquatic Education Classes

Children enrolled at Cuddly Bear Templestowe are offered weekly swimming classes at the indoor heated, swimming centre – Westerfold Swim Centre during your child’s attendance. This program saves families time, it frees up your weekend and takes pressure of families to take part in extra curriculum programs.

This program is an excursion, families are asked to complete excursion forms, Cuddly Bear Templestowe completes a detailed risk assessment which can be accessed at any time.

When your child is 3yrs or over and is fully toilet trained, you can enrol them to have weekly 30 minute swimming classes during the day they attend Cuddly Bear.

The preschool classes are all about water confidence and then gaining the subsequent skills to move independently and most importantly, confidently through the water. The friendly, qualified teachers use flotation intermittently throughout the class to assist the kids in this process. Jumping in, dog paddling, facial submersion, blowing bubbles and back floats are what the teachers are looking to see before they start teaching the four main swimming strokes.

Limit of 4 children per class. We currently offer the program 2 days per week. Enrolments are taken at the beginning of each term. Please enquire at Cuddly Bear for more information.

Come for a tour!

We invite you and your family to come and tour our centre at any time, feel free to call the centre to make an appointment on 98464011 , please bring your child so they can have a play and meet their educators too.

On the tour we will answer all your questions. We know choosing an early learning centre or kindergarten is not an easy decision, there is so many centres out in the community, and we want you to feel safe and secure with leaving your children with our amazing educators.

We are here to help you, so if you feel more comfortable bring a list of questions, we will answer each one for you.

To secure an enrolment, we will request forms to be filled out and some legal documents such as birth certificate, Immunisation Certificate stating your child’s immunisation is up to date on enrolment. We will also request a deposit for holding your child’s position.

Orientation is an important starting point for your child and family members to connect to our service.

We encourage each child to attend the Service in the company of a family member three times for a maximum of 3 hours at a time before there official start date with us. This needs to be organised in conjunction with management, as orientation sessions need to be booked in.

This gives you and your child the opportunity to gain an understanding of our program, the lay out of the room, where to find things, provide educators with additional information about your child and how we can best support their transition and settling period. Please fill out the below form, as soon as we receive your form we will be in contact with you to organise a tour.

Address

8 Swilk St, Templestowe, VIC, 3106

Operating times

Long Day Care: 7:00am - 6:30pm

Website

Year established

1999

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Templestowe, VIC, 3106

Long Day Care Fees

Age
Fee
inclusions
6 weeks - 2 years
Fee
$121.00 per day
Inclusions
Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Education Programs, Excursions / Incursions, Lunch, Morning Tea, Other Meals
2 - 3 years
Fee
$121.00 per day
Inclusions
Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Education Programs, Excursions / Incursions, Lunch, Morning Tea, Other Meals
3 - 4 years
Fee
$121.00 per day
Inclusions
Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Education Programs, Excursions / Incursions, Lunch, Morning Tea, Other Meals
4 - 5 years
Fee
$121.00 per day
Inclusions
Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Education Programs, Excursions / Incursions, Lunch, Morning Tea, Other Meals

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Provider Reviews

Testimonials

 After my daughter Charlotte turned 1 we had to make the difficult choice of finding an early learning centre as we needed to return to full time work.  From the outset the staff at Cuddly Bear Templestowe made the choice far less overwhelming and set our mind at ease.  I have found the staff to be incredibly friendly, professional and they always put the needs of the children at the forefront.  Now well into her second year of attendance we have never had any regrets in making this decision. 

My daughter loves her days at Cuddly Bear Templestowe, she loves the yummy food and regales me with tales of the activities she has taken part in.  The staff always keep me updated on her day’s activities, whether when I call to check on her, or through the daily updates online via Story Park.

I couldn’t recommend Cuddly Bear Templestowe any higher, and I’d like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all the hard working staff who take care of my little girl and fill her days with fun and learning.

Karl, Charlotte’s Dad

My daughter used to attend to cuddly bear and now my 9months boy goes to the centre too.
We absolutely love cuddly bear. The staff are very kind and very attentive to the kids. 

Stella Ada and Max Mum.

My daughter has been attending here since she was 5 months old and it was the best decision I made for her. She's now in her last year and all ready for school. The management and staff have always been helpful and very attentive to the children. Having the swim school next door has also been a great perk as they had programs during childcare hours each term. Can't speak more highly of them and will be coming back for visits once my daughter is at school.

Catherine, Portia’s Mum

Thank you so much for the joy and passion you bring while caring for my boys.

Tracey, Mekhi and Dilan’s Mum

To the wonderful friends at Cuddly bear!

I am very lucky little girl to have been looked after and cared for while mummy has been at work. I have had the best time with you all and I’m going to miss you lots and lots….Thank you for helping me on my way to being a big girl, coming from the toddlers to being thought lots of new and fun things. Not forgetting the early staff shifts who make the best cornflakes and making my hair look super pretty!!

I have made lots of friends and I will be sad to leave, but you will see me again at the Christmas concert and I promise to drop in when I’m a BIG School girl.

Jessica – aged 5

To all the wonderful staff at Cuddly bear Templestowe.

Today we come to the end of a 5 year journey which seen our son Christopher grow from a baby right through to his first day school.

Cuddly Bear staff have been there right through this journey, helping teach Christopher to be the loving, caring young boy that he is today. Knowing that a team of loving, caring ladies have always been beside us has made it a joyful and easy journey for all our family and from the bottom of our hearts we thank each and every one of you.

To Bec, Pas and Jenna and owners of Cuddly Bear, you have proven year after year that you recruit best staff and we thank you for ensuring we can have absolute trust in all your staff, we all will miss you.

Ann, Christopher Mum.

Thank you to so much for the care and dedication you’re shown Cooper over the last 3.5 years. He had so much fun and will miss you all very much.

Mel, Coopers Mum

Thanks for the journey, you guys have been instrumental in both the boys development from a young age, you’ve formed, set and reinforced an exciting & positive mindset in both the boys respectively for learning moving forward which will be detrimental to the way they view, interpret & respond to their education paths in the coming years. Most importantly though every time I pick the boys up no matter how difficult the mornings may be, they are always smiling so I can’t thank Cuddly bear enough!

So on behalf of the Andrews clan, please also pass on a massive thankyou to all of the staff (past & present) who have gone above and beyond to make this an awesome experience, we are very grateful & you guys will be dearly missed.

Jordan – Austin and Archie Dad.

Thank you for looking after me for the last 4 years, I have had so much fun at Cuddly Bear, I will miss everyone so much.

Zach, aged 5

My 2 boys (aged 4 and 2) absolutely love attending Cuddly Bear day-care and kinder.  The staff are friendly and extremely caring about the children's well-being and learning.  They have both made so many friends and have developed confidence in themselves and respect for others.  I would highly recommend Cuddly Bear to anyone.

Williams Family

I respect and applaud your professionalism and dedication to caring for children with passion and enthusiasm. Without fail I know I can walk into the centre and be greeted warmly with a smile, every staff member knows me and my children and makes us feel welcome. This is a unique quality that not all centres achieve with such success.

Megan – Mum of Matthew and Nathan.

Dear Educators, you have provided my daughter Ashleigh with the opportunity to learn valuable social skills, including respect, sharing, listening, and providing her with opportunity to participate, arming her with the best foundations in preparation for school next year, something that we would not have been able to do on our own, so thank you.

Adrian and Rebecca, parents of Ashley.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful concert and graduation you put on for the kids. I have no idea how you got the kids to cooperate on such a large scale, it must have taken so much work. You gave us a gift of such beautiful memories from the day and for that we are eternally grateful.

We were so overwhelmed with pride and emotions seeing our “babies” up on stage so grown up, it was very special.

Thank you again for all the hard work, you all put in, loved all the props too.

Bryony - Oscar Mum

Thank you for providing such a warm, welcoming and safe environment for Eamon to learn in. Thank you for your never-ending patience and numerous fun activities, not only during the year but over the past 5 years. We really appreciate the effort you put in. Lastly a special thank you to your chef for preparing great and yummy food each day, my son had great delight in telling me what he had for lunch each and every day and how delicious it was.

The Schwarz family

For the last 6 years, you have cared for both our boys, and now prepared them for both for school, we could not have asked for more as cuddly bear and wonderful carer became our home away from home.

Thank you from both of us from the bottom of our hearts for looking after our boys, we will miss you.

Baldac family.

As first time parents we were understandably nervous about sending our son to day-care, however you all have given us a priceless gift of complete peace of mind that your boy is well cared after. In fact, he is so happy to go to cuddly bear that he starts saying “ba-bye” as soon as he gets his socks on in the morning.

Thank you so much for you fantastic work.

Dhanaraj Family

Thank you so much for all the time and effort put into making me feel so welcome and part of the gang. I will miss playing with you all.

Jenson and family

Thank you all for all the effort that was put into the information evening, the extra work you do, on top of caring for my boys is always appreciated especially when it keeps you away from your own families.

Williams’s family

We are very satisfied over the past 8 years with the delivery of Cuddly bear, my two children have been extremely happy. They were confident and very prepared to commence primary school

Keep up the good work – Well Done girls.

De Melis family

Your swimming lessons have been such a valuable part of my child’s kinder years, thank you for helping Katerina with her confidence in water, going to swimming lessons each week with her friends helped her with her confidence. Olympics here we come J

Marc, Katerina’s dad.

Congratulations to your team for achieving MEETING in the quality assessment, thank you for allowing me to help with policy reviewing and reviewing your handbooks, I hope my proof reading helped in any way. J

Johnathan, Caleb’s step dad.

Thank you for inviting our family to each special event, mother’s day was beautiful, and my hubby loved his BBQ afternoon tea, I use my beautifully designed coffee mug each morning, thank you for helping Tenayah with her art skills to make my special pressie for mother’s day. My mum also thanks you for inviting her to grandparents. Special friend’s day, it was so lovely.

Brenda, Tenayah Mum

10 years ago I walked into Cuddly Bear and was looking for childcare for my unborn child. As a first time parent I was very apprehensive about putting my child in child care, but as I was returning to work I needed too.

I needn't have worried. My son started here at just 2 months old. The girls were fantastic!!! Not only did they put up with me calling 3 times a day, they took fantastic care of William.

I loved reading about his day in his communication book and I cherish all 6 communications books that I have of his. Not even as a stay at home mum do you have a day to day written collection of all the wonderful things your children gets up to, even what they ate on any given day. I'm sure they will prove useful at his 21st!!!

I have had both of my children go through Cuddly Bear, and what a delight it was to have the same girls who took care of William, take care of my other son Jakob when he was a baby. How rare it is to have a child care centre retain the same staff for years. I think that speaks for itself. Having had my boys at Cuddly Bear for a total of 7 years, I had to move house and change their child care. Having had used a different child care centre for the remainder of Jakob's care before school, they had big shoes to fill. Unfortunately nothing compared to Cuddly Bear.

I cannot speak more highly of the girls that work there. Not only did they take fantastic care of my boys but they were always there to lend an ear if I had had a bad day. They were also great at offering expert advice on raising children.

I am eternally grateful to Cuddly Bear for providing fantastic care of my boys over the years. My boys still talk about their time at Cuddly Bear, even though they are 9 and 6 years old now.

I cannot recommend them more highly to any parent who is thinking of putting their child in child care. 6 Stars all the way!!!!!!!!!

Thanks sooo much ladies, you are all awesome!!!!

xxxx

Belinda, Mum of Jacob and William

 

 

 

 

 

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National Quality Standard (NQS) ratings : Cuddly Bear

Templestowe, VIC, 3106
Overall Rating : Meeting NQS
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Ratings are given according to the National Quality Framework (NQF). The NQF is an agreement between all Australian governments to work together to provide better educational and developmental outcomes for children. Care services are reassessed approximately every 2-3 years to ensure their rating is kept Up to date.

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Educational program and practice

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Children's health and safety

Meeting NQS

Physical environment

Meeting NQS

Leadership and service management

Meeting NQS
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Significant Improvement Required
Working Towards NQS
Meeting NQS
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Excellent

Staffing arrangements

Meeting NQS

Relationships with children

Meeting NQS

Collaborative partnerships with families and communities

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Number of approved places - 55

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There are 5 long day care providers (with an average of 48.846 places) and 13 total childcare providers in Templestowe.

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There is an average of 0.4 days with vacancy at each care provider in Templestowe across all child age groups, compared to this stage last year, when there were 0.2 days vacancy available.

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For a child under 1 year old (0-12 months), the childcare availability average is 0.3 days in Templestowe, which is above this stage last year which was 0.2 days.

For a child 2 years old (13-24 months), childcare vacancy is 0.4 days, which is above the 0.2 days recorded last year.

For a child 2-3 years old (25-36 months), childcare vacancy is 0.1 days ,which is below the 0.1 days recorded last year.

For a child 3 years+ to preschool age (36 months+), childcare vacancy is 0.1 days, which is below the 0.1 days recorded last year.

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