Antara on Wyralla Childcare and Preschool Miranda

Welcome to Antara on Wyralla Childcare and Preschool Miranda - Winner of Sutherland Shire Small Business Awards 20222023!

Antara on Wyralla Childcare and Preschool Miranda is a privately owned and operated service by award winning operator Anastasia Papadopoulos since 2013. Our service operates between the hours of 7:30am and 5:30pm for 50 weeks of the year (closed on Public Holidays). We cater for children between the ages of 18months – 5 years. The service is licensed for 39 children and is accredited against the National Quality Framework and has received an EXCEEDING rating.

Antara on Wyralla Childcare and Preschool Miranda is a long standing establishment with in our local community and caters to the needs of children aged 18months– 5 years .

The service operates with 6 staff including, 1 Early Childhood Teacher (University Trained), 2 Diploma and 2 CERT III. We support continual education in the industry and have full time trainees and support staff. 
The centre Directors Melissa Robins and Carissa Blizard. Melissa and Carissa have over 12 years of experience in the childcare sector.

Melissa and Carissa have established many close relationships with the community around them and have lead their wonderful team of childcare workers in this centre and sister centres to be finalists in the St George Leader Small Business Awards for 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. The Little Cottage (where Melissa was Director) was also recognized as ‘Best Childcare Centre' in the 2011 Rockdale City Council awards.

Antara on Wyralla Childcare and Preschool Miranda has a very strong networking relationship with Yowie Bay Public School which is located nearby to the service. Representatives from Yowie Bay Public School are strong influences in the creation and implementation of our school readiness program. This ensures that the school program that we deliver is as current, relevant and cutting edge as it can be. We also take the children on excursions to Yowie Bay Public School as we are so conveniently located nearby. This allows the children a fantastic opportunity to assist with the transition from Preschool to Kindergarten.

We promote the involvement of our families throughout all aspects of the service. We encourage all families to be as involved in kindy life as possible. We know parents may feel anxious about leaving their children in a new environment, so we invite parents to contact us via telephone or email to check on their children at any time of the day. We provide regular updates via email about the goings on in each room as well as updates on all aspects of the service on our APP. We value our families input, ideas and values and ensure these help shape our service. We have strong bonds with our children and parents and are an extension of their family.

Antara on Wyralla Childcare and Preschool Miranda is a very family orientated care environment. Its educators have a strong connection, love and respect for nature. The children are engage in nature based play. Wyralla provides a child driven program that instills a true love of learning that we wish for them to carry on in the educational journey. 

We would love to invite you to come in and have a look around our beautiful service as it is one we are very proud of! Come in and meet are friendly staff! We look forward to welcoming you and your child/ren to our centre.

WHAT OUR PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM INCLUDES........

From January of each year, the children whom will possibly attending Kindergarten the following year will participate in a wide variety of activities, experiences, investigations and excursions to prepare for the next BIG step in their life........

The annual curriculum for the Preschool room includes:

• School Preparation program – this starts in Feb each year
• Daily recognition of PHONICS A- Z -  singing the phonics song and recognising each letters unique sounds and letter land program
• Exploring the upper and lower case format of each letter in the alphabet, by teaching the children letter of the week – starts Feb each year.
• Activities - art/craft, food, experiences that start with each specific letter are introduced.
• Two library visits scheduled (at beginning & end of year) annually from the local librarian
• School visits to the local primary school- Yowie Bay Public School – Wyralla Schoolies have a close connection with this school, which allows many opportunities for the children to become exposed and familiar with the school environments and boundaries.
• School readiness meeting – this introduces parents to their child is expected to know before they enter Kindergarten. The requirements of the child and the parents. This is held on an evening in AUGUST each year – all parents from the Preschoolers room are invited to attend the information evening. Guest from the local school attend to talk with parents.
• Graduation day – December each year, Wyralla hosts a special graduation day to say congratulations and good luck to the children that will be leaving for Kindergarten next year. Each child has a cape and graduation hat – and is awarded with a graduation certificate.