Helping your child transition

Transitioning your child

The transition for children into Walkley Heights Child Care Centre is an important milestone for children and families. This transition can be challenging and emotional for both the parent and the child. Therefore, we offer you this information to help the transition process.

Partnerships with families permit educators and parents to work and communicate collaboratively to give your child the best possible outcome for development. At Walkley Heights Child Care Centre, we will share with you daily about your child and understand attitudes and expectations for your child's development.

Having transition visits also allows for your child to become familiar with the Centre, the educators and other children. If your child is in the Baby Room, you will be asked to complete a form to let us know about your child’s usual routine so that we can best accommodate your child’s needs whilst at care.

How to enrol

Once you have researched child care centres and taken centre tours, you will be in an excellent position to select the best option for your child or children.

Enrolling at Walkley Heights Child Care Centre is simple! Complete the enrolment form that is provided to you during your tour. If you have any questions or are unsure about any part of the form, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be able to assist you.

When we receive the completed the form, the information will be uploaded to the Centre’s software program (QikKids).

Before the commencement date, orientation visits can be arranged so that your child can become familiar with the educators, children, room routines and other families, and also for you to discuss any needs/requirements your child may have.

This year we celebrate our 20th anniversary!

Three kids are playing building blocks | Walkley Heights, SA | Walkley Heights

Three babies are playing building blocks | Walkley Heights, SA | Walkley Heights

How to prepare

The best way to prepare your child for child care is to be excited!

They start an amazing period of growth and development. If you are happy, then they are more likely to be satisfied. Please talk with your child about the experience, and come in for orientation visits to familiarise them with their new setting.

What to expect on the day

What to Expect on the Day

First days can be challenging for both parents and children, so it’s very natural to feel anxious about this significant change to the family routine.

Our Centre staff will be happy to explain the process of dropping off your child and saying goodbye. We encourage families to contact the Centre any time to check on their child and how their day is progressing. At the start and/or at the end of each day, you can talk to your child’s educators to find out how well your child is adapting to the change.

Centre staff will strive to ensure your child settles in as quickly as possible. Before long, your child will have made new friends and will run in without a wave goodbye! If you have any concerns that your child is having difficulty settling in, please discuss this with the educators in your child’s room.

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What parents are saying

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My daughter started here five years ago, and my son is currently here. The biggest attribute is the staff at the Centre! They are all amazing, caring, nurturing, creative and funny. The Centre keeps families informed via an app and I find this helps me interact with my son. The Centre is always celebrating something different, and everyone joins in the fun of dressing up. I trust these educators with the most precious people in my life and they are amazing at what they do! Thanks to Randall and his AMAZING staff for running a brilliant centre where my children have been given the skills to be independent and ready for school. You are all amazing!!

Jade D.
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Randall Johncock is the very caring and thoughtful owner of Walkley Heights Child Centre. As a parent I looked at four other child care centres and was not impressed by them at all. I heard Walkley Heights was opening around October 2003, so I rang and put my daughter's name on the list, went for an interview, as soon as I walked in, I knew this was the place for my daughter. Very clean and tidy place I found the staff very helpful and friendly. I liked how they cooked on the premises; menu was always out on the board. Everything was supplied within the Centre and my daughter loved bringing home drawings and crafts. Janet and Randall decorate the Centre for special occasions and always looks lovely. Overall, my child was at the Centre for three years and I knew when I left her, she would be in very good hands!

Julie S.
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If anyone is looking for a child care centre please try Walkley Heights Child Care Centre, you won't find another centre that is more caring towards your child, and they go above and beyond their duties as carers.

Rani F.
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I could not be happier with the Centre, and its team. Everyone is caring and approachable; communication is great and my little one seems happy at the end of each visit but also in no rush to leave.

Fiona M.