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Welcome to Horsley Kids Early Childhood Centre. We are a privately-run long day care centre purposely built to cater for 68 children who are aged between 6 weeks and 5 years. We are situated in the civic area of Horsley Park. Horsley Kids first opened its doors back in 2005 and has been providing high quality childcare in Horsley Park and the Fairfield community for over 15 years.
We have recently relocated to our new premises situated on The Horsley Drive and the corner of Felton Street, Horsley Park. This purposely built, state-of-the-art premises reflects a home-like feel with warmth and a calm ambiance. The new centre offers light-filled classrooms, resource-rich and age-appropriate learning environments in all four classrooms. Features include surveillance and security cameras, intercom system, smartboards in all classrooms, an industrial commercial kitchen and dining area, a visible playground with natural materials, natural turf, flowering plants, trees and water features, just to name a few.
Horsley Kids has a wonderful group of educators who all build genuine and respectful relationships with families and the children they care for. Families and their children can experience continuity of education and care through familiarity with educators who enjoy longevity of employment at Horsley Kids.
Horsley Kids is the only childcare centre within the Fairfield Council area to have their own native stingless bee hive. As part of the centre’s sustainability program and dedication to looking after our world and environment, back in 2013 management and educators decided to introduce a Hive of Native Stingless Bees.
The bees have been used at Horsley Kids to assist with pollination of our gardens — both our vegetable plot and our Australian Native Garden.
The bees continue to encourage the children to learn about the life cycles of insects and have given them an up-close encounter with the role these insects play within their own natural backyard. As they are stingless bees, there is no risk to children with allergic reactions as there is no stinger to cause such a reaction.
The stingless bees have also assisted our educators and children to understand more about Aboriginal customs and cultures, as the honey produced from these insects is considered to be “bush tucker”. This has opened up the possibility of exploring bush tucker as a project, with direct access at the centre.
For more background information on stingless bees, visit www.sugarbag.net and www.aussiebee.com.au.
In 2016, Horsley Kids split their bee hive and donated the new hive of stingless bees to the local Catholic School in Horsley Park, to continue the presence of bees in the community and to further contribute to the environment and sustainable practices embedded at the centre.
Horsley Kids Director, Phoebe Speranza was interviewed by "The Australian" Newspaper.
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