Hill Street Children's Centre

Our early learning environments

Nurture One Hill Street Children’s Centre in Orange provides a nurturing and enriching early learning environment that fosters exploration and curiosity.

The outdoor environments at our Orange child care centre include sandpits, bike tracks, slides, a climbing fort, a vegetable garden and more. Our outdoor learning program focuses on the development of your child’s strength, balance, and self-confidence.

Our indoor learning spaces offer a variety of engaging resources including a sensory space, creativity space, role play corner and cooking corner, all carefully designed for children to learn and grow. Our experienced educators and teachers use these to design various age-appropriate play-based experiences.

We tailor our preschool program to meet your child’s individual needs across numeracy, literacy, emotional and social development, resilience, and self-regulation. Our government-approved preschool program offers extended opening hours and is open all year round (excluding public holidays) for added convenience. Our Orange centre is participating in NSW ‘Start Strong’, preschool program. Talk to us about how this reduces your out-of-pocket costs.

Our longstanding team of Educators and Teachers:

At the heart of the centre in Orange is our longstanding team of early childhood educators and teachers with some team members at the centre for over 5 years.

Our team of passionate and qualified early childhood teachers and educators are dedicated to ensuring every child feels safe, nurtured, and inspired throughout their early education journey.

Health and Nutrition

Our Orange child care centre provides children with nutritious, unprocessed, and seasonal whole foods. Our menu rotates every four weeks to cater to diverse dietary requirements including Halal. We actively involve children in food preparation to promote healthy eating. Additionally, we offer a grab-and-go breakfast snack and coffee for families.

We look forward to partnering with you and your family to provide information, support, and high-quality early education and care in your child’s formative years. Contact our Family Support Team to start your journey with us today.  

At Nurture One Hill Street Children’s Centre in Orange, we recognise the importance of play in a child’s learning and development journey. Our team tailors play-based learning activities in line with national standards, specifically the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), helping prepare them for kindergarten and school readiness.

We also offer the following enriching learning experiences:

• Sustainability Program: Helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, growing food and the importance of protecting our planet.
• Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment. We regularly welcome the eye screening, hearing screening and emergency services to the centre.
• Music & Movement Program: Designed to develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self-regulation, memory, and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music – and of course, have fun.

Our Orange early learning centre offers the NSW Government-approved, ‘Start Strong’ Program.

At Nurture One Hill Street Children’s Centre in Orange, your child will benefit from the NSW Start Strong program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our Preschool program will support your child’s learning, development, and well-being for now, at school and beyond. We tailor our Preschool program across:

• Numeracy
• Literacy
• Emotional and Social Development
• Self regulation
• Healthy minds and bodies

The added benefits of our Preschool (NSW) program include:

• NSW’s ‘Start Strong’, Government-approved program
• Extended opening hours
• Open all year round (excl public holidays)
• Programs developed and delivered by our Early Childhood Teachers
• Exclusive music and movement program for self-regulation

Rooms

Our centre provides care for the following age groups:

Facilities

Our service provides the following facilities:

• Nappies included
• Breakfast
• Morning tea
• Lunch
• Afternoon tea
• Other meals – Late afternoon snack
• Sustainability program
• Veggie garden
• On-site parking
• SMART Interactive Whiteboard
• In-house cook
• Large, natural play environments
• Early Childhood Teacher
• Excursions

Monique

I began my career in 2015. I joined Hill Street Children’s Centre in 2022. I hold a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.

Working with children in early education has been incredibly rewarding for me, as I can witness their growth and learning firsthand. It’s truly inspiring to be a part of their development and see the impact you have on their lives. Children in early childhood education have the power to inspire us with their curiosity, creativity, and endless potential. We embrace a holistic approach that considers all aspects of a child’s growth and nurtures their physical, emotional, social and cognitive development. We aim to support them in becoming well-rounded individuals here at Hill Street Children’s Centre.

Attending a dedicated early childhood centre offers numerous learning benefits for children. Our centre provides a structured learning environment that focuses on play-based learning. Our children have access to incredible educators who can create tailored learning experiences to support their growth and learning journey. Our expansive outdoor area offers children ample opportunities to delve deeper into their learning with various sensory experiences.

I strongly believe in partnering with families and their children to attain optimal results and create a top-notch, inclusive, and caring learning atmosphere. We communicate openly with all our families, and our team is approachable and able to offer support to all our families. We ensure that we collaborate with our families by creating a supportive and enriching learning environment for all children.

A centre tour is a convenient way to experience the centre of your choice and meet with our qualified educators at a time suitable to your family schedule. Nurture One also offers the virtual tour option in all our centres. Click here to book a tour online.

On the day of the tour, you’ll have the opportunity to observe practices and interactions within the centre environment. You’ll be able to see all the rooms and playgrounds, ask the team members any questions you have in mind, and get all the information you need to make the best decision for your child.

Nurture One’s Family Support team will add your child’s name to our waitlist if one of our centres is currently full in your child’s age group. We will then contact you as soon as a place becomes available.

We also do monthly check-ins to review the availability, and you will receive a text message confirming if you’re still happy to remain on the waitlist each month. If you would like to get an update at any point, you’re welcome to reach out on our Web Chat or give us a call.

Our Family Support team can also help you find more G8 early learning centres near you, with the same offerings at the Nurture One centre you are interested in that have immediate availability.

It’s common for a child to experience separation anxiety when they first start child care. When you’re getting ready to start child care, you can help your child overcome anxieties by visiting the child care centre together for a Stay and Play session, and easing into new routines at home.

Click here to read more tips about how to make the transition easier for your child.

Most of our Nurture One child care and early education centres offer the following:

• Nappies and wipes
• Sunscreen and hats
• Nutritious meals prepared by our in-house cook

Some centres also provide sheets and formula, so you may not need to remember to pack them.

For nursery children, be sure to bring: nappy rash cream, dummies, bottles and teats, comfort toys or blankets, three spare outfits, spare socks and a plastic bag for wet clothes.

For toddlers and preschool or kindergarten-aged children, it’s best to bring: spare underwear, water bottle or sippy cup, sun hat, closed-toe shoes, two spare outfits, spare socks and a plastic bag for wet clothes.

Plus anything else your individual child may need, such as breast milk, a sleeping bag, a comforter or medication.

It’s best to speak to your centre of choice for a full list of everything included.

Nurture One uses Xplor Home as our family communication app. It is the best and easiest way to keep track of your child’s day. After you enrol your child with the centre, you can utilise Xplor Home to book child care days, manage your account, receive the photographs that capture your child’s learning, learn about your child’s progress, as well as keep up-to-date with upcoming centre events and important information.

If your child shows signs of an infectious illness when they arrive at the centre or becomes sick during the day, you may be notified that you need to make alternative arrangements or pick up your child from the centre, and keep them home until they are no longer infectious. While we understand that this can be inconvenient, Nurture One is committed to maintaining a healthy environment and reducing the risk of infection for all children.

Under the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), families are allowed 42 absence days per child, per financial year. These can be taken for any reason, including public holidays and when children are sick, without the need for families to provide documentation.