Centre Updates!
Family Survey/ Philosophy Review
Thankyou to all those families who contributed to our family survey. A project for us at Haven is to continue developing our service philosophy and expand our community connections. We would love to keep hearing from families about your thoughts and gather more informative data. Any responses to the below survey will be very much appreciated. https://s.surveyplanet.com/5ptcchyp
Haven Enrolments 2027
Can you believe that we have reached the middle point of the year and are now beginning our re-enrolments for 2027?
We will be aiming for the below timeframes to confirm re-enrolments and also welcome in siblings / returning families to Haven. All families will receive a re-enrolment form to confirm your current booked days for 2026 or request a change in days for 2027.
Offers will then be made via email with families having 2 weeks to confirm/accept before we look to offer to the waitlist.
Funded Kinder (Forest and Field room)
- Enrolment forms have now been handed out/ emailed, to be returned by the 13th July.
-Haven children will have their enrolment secured in our funded kindergarten programs.
-First round offers will be sent in August for children attending Haven Kinder.
-Children attending a sessional service/ non funded confirmations will be sent in October.
-Children commencing Kinder in 2028 (but remaining at Haven) are included in first round.
Sun Room
-Enrolment forms will be handed out the week commencing the 20th of July.
-Forms to then please be handed back by the 3rd August.
-First round offers will then be sent in the middle August.
River Room
-Enrolment forms to current River children who are too young to move up into the Sun Room will be handed out the week commencing the 27th of July.
-Forms to please be handed back by the 10th of August.
-First round offers will be sent by the end of August.
Siblings and New Families
Once we have confirmed all children currently enrolled at Haven we will then move onto offering spaces and confirming enrolments to siblings and our waitlist families.
We will in touch August to gather expression of interest and day information then aim to have confirmations take place across September and October.
Please note, we will be asking families to commit to their bookings by the end of Feburary to secure your place at Haven in 2027.
Victorian Child Safe Standards
Standard 9- Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed.
Have you noticed a change in Haven's Facebook posts or Storypark?
These changes ensure Haven continues to align with and strengthen our compliance with the child safe standards including online environments.
- Haven has now made the decision that we will no longer be showing front facing photos of children on our Facebook page. This includes covering their faces with stickers/ blur etc as the ability for these to be edited, removed and shared is too high. Instead our focus will be on showcasing our educational programs, staff, family businesses and centre updates.
- Marketing photographs now also require individual permission forms outlining their usage, opportunities to withdraw and are updated each time new images are captured.
- Storypark has also changed its privacy settings so that images cannot be screenshotted or saved. This feature means that even if a screenshot is accidentally taken, or a device is shared or compromised, those images can't be captured and shared outside of Storypark.
- Risk minimisation plans, digital device registers and approved websites/apps are also in place across all of Haven This includes for all of our online devices (iPads, computers, whiteboards and camera's) to identify any risks to children's online safety and clearly outline their use, who is authorised to use and how images/ videos will be stored and shared.
A note on online safety
Children are apart of a digital society with this including communication methods, supporting their learning and also being used for relaxation and fun. However, being online does pose a safety risks for children, with an online in 2025 survey finding that 74% of children have came across/seen harmful content while online. https://www.esafety.gov.au/research/the-online-experiences-of-children-in-australia
Do you know how to keep children safe online?
The E Safety commissioner is a great resource website with a huge amount of information and advice for families, children and also educators.
This includes conversation starters, child books, recommendations for online platforms, advice on parental controls, links to support services, information on warning signs and a heap of interactive games/ videos for all ages. This website does also stress the importance of reporting any concerning online behaviour or content that you may come across to protect the whole society.
Check out some of the below and please let us know if you would like further information or links.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources/mighty-heroes
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/children-under-5/picture-book-and-song
https://www.esafety.gov.au/report
Staff Updates and Achievements
We have welcomed Laura into our team at Haven who will be working 5 days a week in our Forest Room. We also look forward to welcoming back Dani B who has been abroad studying for the last 6 months Sweden.
Congratulations to the following team members on their years of service.
2 years- Paris
3 years- Chethi
5 years- Kayleigh
7 years- Nicole, Danni and Jess
15 years - Sikha
Furthermore, congratulations to the staff
members being recognised as staff member of the month:
April- Ann-Maree and Ash
May- Lauren and Issy M
June- Isabelle B and Shivi
Access Fobs
A friendly reminder to please take good care of these fobs and treat them like you would your house keys/ wallet. Fobs that are being lost/ misplaced do place a massive security risk for Haven as someone would be able to gain easy access into our service. While we have measures in place to cancel fobs and lockdown the service we need to remain proactive in reducing risks and reminding families the importance of playing your part in keeping these safe. All families at Haven will receive 2x access fobs, unfortunately we do not hand out to grandparents etc as again we need to ensure only authorised people are entering Haven. From July 26 any families who request a new fob will please need to email this with a payment of $25 for a new fob.
Extra Days
Did you know Haven offer's extra days/ casual bookings? These days are charged at your usual gap fee and can be requested in advance or even the morning of. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you need additional childcare we are here to help.
Alternatively, do you work a rotating roster and would like to discuss a fortnightly booking? Please send us an email and we will see how we can support :)
Google review
https://g.page/r/CUvmRryV45K7EBM/review
Enjoying Haven in 2026? We would love & appreciate a Google Review! :)