About Us:
St. Joseph’s Early Childhood Service – Laurieton, is a beautiful Early Childhood Education and Care service, that caters for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years. Our Educators are warm, friendly, and focused on creating a nurturing environment for each age group. As a service we are committed to consistency in staffing and focusing on delivering the best possible staffing ratio, to nurture your children.
We have an open-door policy and encourage prospective families to take service tours. Coming in and visiting our service is the best way you can meet educators and learn more about our play-based approach to Early Childhood Education. Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Contact Us
421 Ocean Drive
Laurieton NSW 2444
Phone: 02 6559 9531
Email: [email protected]
Our Governance:
We are a 64 place Early Childhood Education and Care service located in Laurieton on the beautiful Mid North Coast of NSW. We have been operating within the Camden Haven community for over 40 years. We are a community based, Not-for-Profit organisation that receives funding form both the Australian Federal government for Long Day Care and from the NSW State government for Preschool Education.
The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church – Diocese of Lismore is the Approved Provider of our service and at a local level the service is managed by the Parish of St. Peter the Fisherman. Day-to-day service management is the responsibility of the service Director.
St. Joseph’s Early Childhood Service is an approved service under the National Quality Framework (NQF). The service’s Nominated Supervisor and educators are responsible for adhering to the requirements of the NQF including compliance with the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations.
Our care options:
Our service is unique as we provide mixed care, which is two different types of care options.
- Long Day Care – Federally Funded operating between the hours 7.30am to 5.00pm catering for children six weeks to school age with Child Care Subsidy available with an up to 5-day enrolment.
- NSW State Funded Preschool – NSW State Government preschool education operating between the hours 8.30am – 4.00 pm with extended care available catering for children aged 3 – 5 years with a maximum 2-day enrolment.
The service is open Monday to Friday each weekday throughout the year, closing on Public Holidays and for approximately 2-3 weeks at Christmas.
