Whitsunday Shire Family Day Care offers families the unique opportunity to engage your child in an early childhood education and care program, in a small group within a home based setting. Children are nurtured and cared for in the homes of approved family day care educators who are resourced, supported...

The National Quality Framework introduces a new quality standard to improve education and care across long day care, family day care, preschool/kindergarten, and outside school hours care. The National Quality Standard is a key aspect of the National Quality Framework and sets a national benchmark for early childhood education and care, …

Whitsunday Shire Family Day Care follows the guidelines in the Staying Healthy in Child Care – Preventing Infectious Disease in Childcare publication. We aim to provide families with current information where possible, regarding specific illnesses and ways to minimise the spread of infection within the Service. To …

Sharing stories and rhymes, singing, talking and playing with your child is not just fun but good for little brains too! Visit your local library and join in with our free First 5 Forever children’s programs including Story Time, Baby Bounce and Little Library Play. These programs run throughout the school term …

Our local community has an abundance of activities for children and families – many of which are advertised on For the Kids Whitsundays...

This Information Booklet will assist you to understand how Whitsunday Shire Family Day Care operates and we hope that your experience with the service will be enjoyable.

This Nutritious Lunchbox Booklet has been compiled with all of our current families favourite recipes and photos, along with nutrition guides from Nutrition Australia. This will assist you with packing lunchboxes for your child to attend Whitsunday Shire Family Day Care or maybe inspire you on those weeks when you are stuck with what to pack or cook.