Here at Kidz Retreat our standards are set very high and we understand the most important factor in caring for your child is their sense of feeling secure and safe within their environment as well as offering the highest Education we can provided to each individual child within our care. We therefore go to great lengths to attract and retain the best Early Childhood Educators your child deserves. Our Educators hold a range of Early Childhood Teaching degrees, diplomas and Certificates.
All Educators must be 19 years plus and agree at employment to undergo random drug and alcohol testing before they commence working alongside children and during their employment.
All Educators must hold;
Provide a first aid response in an education and care setting (HLTAID004), Child Protection Certificate, Anaphylaxis Certificate, Asthma Certificate, Food Safety Certificate and Safe Sleeping Certificate.
Daneale Buckley
Centre Owner
The wider the possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences!!
Qualifications: Diploma of Children’s Services, Working towards Bachelor in Early Childhood Education, Type 1 Child Car Restraint Fitter, Protective Behaviours
Courtney Gould
Assistant Centre Manager and Educational Leader
Together may we give our children the roots to GROW and the wings to FLY!
Qualifications: Diploma of Children’s Services
Wayan Horner
Food Coordinator
Train a child in the way they should go, and when they are older they will not depart from it.
Qualifications: Certificate II in Food Preparation
Nella Canaveera
Early Childhood Team Leader
Each child is unique with different interests, cultural backgrounds and developmental stages. Children need the assurance of being, loved and cared for them to building good relationships.
Qualifications: Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Claire Mooney
Early Childhood Team Leader and OH&S Representative
It doesn’t matter how slowly a child learns, as long as we are encouraging them not to stop.
Qualifications: Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Maddi Blakeney
Early Childhood Team Leader and RAP Representative
I believe that children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.
Qualifications: Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Belinda MacDonald
Early Childhood Team Leader
New beginning, hope for the future, support for their individuality and uniqueness.
Qualifications: Diploma of Children’s Services
Jo-Anna Breen
Early Childhood Team Leader
Children are the future, Believe in the beauty of DREAMS.
Qualifications: Diploma of Community Services (Children's Services)
Sammy Carter
Early Childhood Team Leader
Please excuse the chaos, noise and mess, we are busy learning and making memories.
Qualifications: Traineeship Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Aimee Crombie
Early Childhood Team Leader
Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical people on earth, for what they believe is what they will become.
Qualifications: Traineeship Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Leonie Trenaman
Early Childhood Teacher and Kitchen Garden Teacher
Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. Childhood is a small window of time to learn and develop at a pace right for each individual child.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Learning Management (Early Childhood)
Cassandra Cohen
Early Childhood Teacher
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Education (Foundation and Early Childhood Development)
Chanae Gibson
Early Childhood Educator
Every child is born a naturalist. his eyes are, by nature, open to the stars, the beauty of the flowers and the mystery of life.
Qualifications: Certificate III in Children Services
Maea Cater
Early Childhood Educator
While we try to teach our children all about life our children teach us what life is all about.
Qualifications: Traineeship Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Lexi Alford
Early Childhood Educator and Sustainability Officer
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
Qualifications: Traineeship Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Katrina Gorton
Early Childhood Educator
Children want the same thing as we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.
Qualifications: Studying Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Holly Ripper
Casual Early Childhood Team Leader
Our task is to help children communicate with the world using their potential, strengths and languages, and to overcome any obstacle presented by our culture.
Qualifications: Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Alysse Kelly
Casual Early Childhood Team Leader
Every Child is a different kind of flower, and all together, make this world a Beautiful Garden.
Qualifications: Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Kylie Latham
Casual Early Childhood Team Leader
I believe in building strong, trusting relationships with the children in my care. This ensures they have a strong foundation for their learning in an environment they feel safe, secure and supported in.
Qualifications: Advanced Diploma of Children's Services
Melissa Urquhart
Casual Early Childhood Educator
Play is essential to childhood, it's like love, sunshine and broccoli all juiced together.
Qualifications: Studying Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
Nikita Biancuzzo
Casual Early Childhood Educator
All children need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
Shelby Jones
Casual Early Childhood Educator
Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
Ellen Mahoney
Volunteer