BAYSIDE PARK EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE

Although our required documentation records children as being in allocated Activity Rooms, children have a degree of flexibility to move through the Centre to participate in activities and experiences that may be of a particular interest to them on any given day. For example, if a child expresses an interest to be in a room other than their usual allocated Activity Room because they want to be with a friend or sibling, consideration will be given to risks, resources and facilities in that room, and if deemed safe and appropriate, the child will be escorted to the desired Activity Room by their Educator. It is not a requirement for the child’s Key Educator to remain in the room with the child, as long as the Key Educator remains on the premises and/or Educator:Child ratios throughout the Centre as a whole are not compromised. This is referred to as "Across the Service". Whilst this can be beneficial to children, and provides us with flexibility to provide a more helpful service to parents, BPEEC operates both the "old" Staff:Room:Maximum Children configuration as well as the Across the Service configuration on any given day, according to the needs of our children and their families.