KU Moss Vale Children's Centre

Cnr Mann Crescent and Ralfe Street
MOSS VALE NSW 2577
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  • Monday to Friday 7:15am - 5:45pm
Babies Toddlers Preschoolers NSW Fee Relief – Childcare
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Our Program and Approach

At our centre childhood is celebrated. When they play and explore, children's imagination and curiosity is sparked – they enjoy learning, and are inspired to continue learning more.

At KU Moss Vale, our program reflects the principles, practices and learning outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standards. Our team of educators work with families to support children’s play, learning and development to achieve optimum outcomes for every child.

We are proud of our reputation within the local community of providing rich education and care that concentrates on individual children in a family-focussed and supportive way.

Our centre is a welcoming and nurturing space where each child is immersed in a rich tapestry of educationally interactive experiences – a space where children are supported to be their own, unique selves, growing and developing a sense of belonging and empowerment.

Our program offers children the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of learning experiences and activities, each specifically designed to promote children’s confidence as capable, active participants in their own learning. Children are presented with a range of activities including gardening, arts and crafts, music and movement, physical play, block building, sand and water play, science experiments, early numeracy activities such as counting and measurement, and early literacy activities such as reading, drawing and writing.

We greatly value the strong relationships between our staff, children and families, and we look forward to the opportunity of including your family in the life of our centre.

Our Special Interest

In addition to the high quality well-rounded programs we offer, all KU centres are also encouraged to develop an area of interest.

At KU Moss Vale, our special interest is the Circle of Security.

The Circle of Security guides our daily interactions and gives us tools to support the children in our centre environment, with the aim of educators becoming a secure base for play and a safe haven for comfort. From a relationship perspective, when a child is settling into the care environment, the responsibility of care shifts from parent to educator. The child needs to know that the educators are ready to look after them. Hence, the child is looking for an educator to connect with.

We feel that the children benefit from this interest, because it supports the transition from home to the care environment and transfers the trust from the parent to educators, enhancing each child’s learning experience and sense of trust in others as well as in themselves.

Our Quality



Our centre has been independently assessed by the NSW Department of Education under the National Quality Standards, and are proud to be rated as Exceeding the National Quality Standard.

However what matters most is what our families think...

“The entire enrollment and orientation process ran very smoothly, which left me confident of my decision to move my son from his previous childcare centre. I have met most of the staff at the centre and have found everyone to be engaging with both parents and children." - KU Moss Vale parent

"The staff remembered all our names straight away! Very impressive. The staff talk to us as soon as they notice anything different or alarming with our children." - KU Moss Vale parent

Our Environment

Each KU centre is unique. The best outcomes for children are created within relationships and interactions between children and staff, and children and their families, not within four walls. We work hard to create beautiful, interesting, homelike learning environments for children – whatever our setting.

Our centre is located in a leafy park setting in the heart of Moss Vale. Our playground is designed to maximise the use of the natural environment and allow children to play and explore as they would in their own backyard. We offer stimulating activities that arouse children’s curiosity and encourage them to choose from a variety of planned experiences, expanding their learning potential.

Our playground includes natural elements such as sand, water, grass, mud, leaves and twigs, and we also offer gross motor experiences such as climbing, jumping and physical play. We foster the holistic development of each child so they feel inspired to create, imagine and play.

Our Awards

In 2017, KU Moss Vale was recognised as being one of the best early childhood services in the Southern Highlands by the Local Business Awards, after winning the Most Outstanding Child Care Service award at the 2017 Southern Highlands Local Business Awards.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan

KU was proud to launch its inaugural Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in 2016. At KU Moss Vale, we began our journey to develop our centre’s RAP in 2018 and we are proud to present it here.

Other Features

Child Care Subsidy
Cooked Meal
Designed Centre
Extended Hours
Hat and Sunscreen
Lunch
Transition to School
Public Transport
Play-based Learning
Parking
Outdoor Play
Storypark
University Qualified Educators
Experienced Staff
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Nakita Burgoyne

Director

Nakita is a university qualified early childhood teacher with over 12 years’ experience working with children aged between birth to 6 years. She has been working at KU Moss Vale since 2018 and has been Director of this service since June 2024.

Nakita has many additional qualifications that support her role as an early childhood teacher and Director, including credentials in AUSLAN and supporting people with additional needs.

With a passion for learning from others within the community, Nakita works in partnership with many organisations in the local community to support families, children and staff within the service, whilst sharing our early education expertise with other professionals and families.

Our Team

Our team of early childhood educators are qualified, experienced, caring and highly motivated. Most of have been at the centre for over ten years and all hold specialist qualifications in early childhood education. We believe that the positive interactions children have with our staff are the most important component of our high quality program.

The daily fees for 2024 at KU Moss Vale Children's Centre are:

  • Infants: $140
  • Toddlers: $140
  • Preschoolers: $136

This is the full daily fee. If you are entitled to Child Care Subsidy, this will reduce the daily fee you are charged.

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, KU has remained very proudly a not-for-profit provider of quality education for more than 125 years. In the past, KU has taken great pride in offering the very best services with minimal increased fees wherever possible. However this year is different, escalating operating costs have meant that in 2024 we are forced to increase fees at a higher rate than we would normally.

The fee increase will ensure we can continue to improve the quality of our services and invest in our highly skilled teachers and educators. We recognise our staff are the heart of KU as they build strong nurturing relationships with children and families whilst continuing to provide a high-quality learning program. These are vital factors that contribute to what is most important to us all – the best outcomes for children.

Overall, KU services hold the highest ratings across the National Quality Standard, with 82% of our services either Excellent or Exceeding, compared to the sector benchmark of 45%.

KU does not distribute our profits to shareholders or send them offshore.

About Child Care Subsidy

Child Care Subsidy is the main payment to assist families with the costs of childcare. It is paid directly to the childcare provider and passed onto families as a fee reduction wherever families meet the criteria. The level of subsidy you receive, as well as the number of hours you will be subsidised, depends on your individual family’s circumstances.

If you do not already have one, you will need a MyGov account linked to Centrelink to claim any subsidy you may be eligible for, and to find out more information, please contact Centrelink on 136 150 or visit www.dese.gov.au.

NSW Start Strong Fee Relief

From 2024, the NSW government has provided additional fee relief funding, based on $2,110 per eligible 4 year old child attending a preschool program within a long day care service. This funding is applied as a weekly credit to the gap fee after CCS has been applied or to full fees where a family does not receive CCS. The Start Strong fee relief will not impact CCS entitlements.

If your child is 3 years old and not yet 4 years old on, or before 31 July 2024 and enrolled at an eligible long day care service, you will receive up to $500 in fee relief.

Start Strong fee relief funding is for children who are 4 years old on or before 31 July 2024, and can only be accessed in one service. This could either be in a community preschool or long day care service. If you have a child who may be eligible, please discuss this with your service Director.

The NSW Department of Education requires parents to sign the ‘Fee Relief Declaration and Consent’ form at the time of enrolment. Your eligibility for Start Strong fee relief Funding is conditional upon signing this form.

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