Goodstart Early Learning Plan of Management Elara 2- Blackstone Rd - Revision 3, July 2020
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Goodstart Early Learning
Plan of Management
Elara 2- Blackstone Rd
Revision 3, July 2020INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 CONTEXT
2. CHILD CARE CENTRE OPERATIONS
2.1 AIM OF THE CHILD CARE CENTRE
2.2 NUMBER OF CHILDREN
2.3 PARENTS AND FAMILIES
2.4 COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY
2.5 NUMBER OF CHILDREN
2.6 HOURS OF OPERATION
2.7 ACCESS AND PARKING
2.8 EGRESS
2.9 STAFFING
2.10 INDOOR AREAS
2.11 OUTDOOR PLAY AREAS
2.12 KITCHEN FACILITIES
2.13 LAUNDRY FACILITIES
2.14 STAFF ROOM
2.15 SECURITY
2.16 NOISE MANAGEMENT
3. ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
4. MAINTENANCE
5. WASTE MANAGEMENT
6. NATIONAL QUALITY FRAMEWORK1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Context
Stockland is seeking to build a second ELC within its Elara estate in Marsden Park. Goodstart has an
agreement to lease the first ELC and is expected to be complete within 24 months. This second ELC is
expected to be completed 12 months later.
Site 2 is across Northbourne Drive from a proposed 1,000 student state primary school, which has a
targeted opening in 2021.
Within the Elara estate, there will be approximately 4,400 homes, of which 3,000 sites have been sold to
date, and 1,700 houses build. Within the broader Marsden Park precinct, Stockland anticipate
approximately 12,000 new homes will be delivered.
In preparing this document consideration has been given to the requirements of:
• Education and Care Services National Regulation 2011
• National Quality Framework
• List of relevant Planning Controls:
❖ Blacktown City Council Development Control Plan (DCP) – Part 8, Centre-based Child Care Facilities
❖ Access DCP 2004;
❖ Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005;
❖ Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005;
❖ Telecommunications and Radio communications DCP 2006;
11.2 Project Description
Broadly the project will include:
A new building
• Single Storey Ground Floor – Childcare centre entrance, with sufficient drop off and accessibility
provisions;
• Centre to house administration and staff areas, indoor play areas and amenities, cot room, staff
areas, kitchen, laundry, and storerooms.
Outdoor Playground
• Children’s playground to contain a variety of play areas – active, quiet, sensory,
learning and imaginative;
• Secure children’s outdoor activity area with direct access to the childcare centre;
• Create a natural outlook and garden connection from the building;
• Provide new fencing, landscaping and lighting, along the perimeter of the
playground;
• Provide storage for external play equipment;
• Provide shading, integral with the architectural concept for the building.
Surrounds
• Perimeter fence for security of children and after hours.
22 CHILD CARE CENTRE OPERATIONS
2.1 Aim of the Child Care Centre
Stockland is developing a new 121 place centre in its Elara Estate in Marsden Park approximately
50km NW of Sydney’s CBD, and 28km NW of Paramatta. The aim of the development is for Stockland
to provide a facility for Goodstart Early Learning to inhabit whilst meeting all of the statutory,
regulatory and advisory criteria for design and construction of a child care centre.
Key project objectives and directions are to provide a childcare centre:
• For 121 places;
• That complies with Education and Care Services National Regulations and the
National Quality Standards;
• Capable of being licensed;
• And long day centre that caters for children aged from 6 weeks to 5 years of age;
• With well-connected indoor and outdoor play areas;
• Which is accessible, safe and is a needs-based community facility;
• Which improves the public domain, including local safety;
• Which activates the site for use by the local community and assist in keeping the area safe by
completing landscaping, lighting and paving improvements to areas adjacent to the childcare
centre that have been affected by the works.
2.2 Children
The aims of the centre in relation to children include:
• To provide a safe, secure and functional space for children to grow and learn;
• To provide a variety of areas including active, quiet, sensory, learning and imaginative;
• To provide amenities and facilities with required access, connection and provision to cater for
the volume of children and their needs;
• To provide access to a variety of indoor and outdoor play areas with the inclusion of natural
surfaces and landscaping;
• To provide designated inning hub area;
• To provide a program based on the Early Years Learning Framework.
• To create a safe environment that supports children’s relationships and healthy development.
32.3 Parents and Families
The aims of the centre in relation to parents and families include:-
• Provide a facility that is accessible to parent and families in delivering and pickup of their
children.
• Provide a facility meeting the current regulations codes and recommendations for the care of
children.
• Provide suitable amenity for parents to provide and store goods for the care of their children
• Provide suitable amenity for the storage of some equipment used in the drop-off/ pick up of
children to the facility e.g. adequate parent parking.
• Provision of a program based on the Early Years Leaning Framework
• Creation of a safe environment that supports children’s relationships and healthy development
2.4 Community and Society
The aims of the centre in relation to the community/society include:
• Provide better access to child care to meet the demand of volume and location for childcare in
the proposed location;
• Provide a facility that allows for the best possible care and education of children highlighting
elements of sustainability and supporting best practice childcare requirements;
• Provision of a program based on the Early Years Leaning Framework;
• Creation of a safe environment that supports children’s relationships and healthy development;
• The centre will be the only one in the estate, and it is across the road from a planned state
primary school.
2.5 Number of Children
This will cater for a total of 121 children across 8 learning spaces. Cot rooms and bottle preparation
facilities are available for the younger children.
Room Ages Staffing Ratio Room capacity
Nursery 0-1yrs 1:4 12
Nursery 1-2yrs 1:4 12
Nursery 1-2yrs 1:4 12
Toddler 2-3yrs 1:5 10
Toddler 2-3yrs 1:5 15
Preschool 3-5yrs 1:10 20
Preschool 3-5yrs 1:10 20
Preschool 3-5yrs 1:10 20
Total 121
The Centre has the capacity to accommodate 121 children. The above table indicates the maximum
room capacities.
4Nappy Change facilities are available for children in all age groups. Children’s bathroom facilities are
easily accessed from the indoor and outdoor environment.
2.6 Hours of Operation & Daily Routine
The Child Care Centre will operate from 7am-6pm Monday to Friday. The Facility will be closed on
Public Holidays.
DAILY ROUTINE (Varies on a day to day basis and operational requirements)
• Staff enters the building, de-activate alarm and do a general inspection
• Switch on electrical equipment and mechanical services
• General landscaping inspection and removal of sandpit covers
• Staff briefing
• Welcome parents and children into learning spaces and ensure children are signed in
• General consumables check
• Food prep for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
• Children education and wellbeing activities
• Rest time
• Administration and reporting
• Cleaning and waste disposal throughout the day
• Ensure children are signed out
• General tidy up and switch off electrical and mechanical services
• Lock up and activate security alarm
2.7 Access, Traffic and Parking
The Child Care Centre will be accessed via Blackstone Rd and provide a total of 43 onsite parking
spaces for visitors and staff. All traffic in and out of the carpark will be forward facing and provision
for vehicular turning provided within the carpark. Parents and visitors will park in the designated
visitor spots and accompany their child into and out of the centre. Refer Section 2.15 for security
provisions to ensure safe and authorized access into the centre.
2.8 Egress
Egress in case of Emergency will be in accordance with BCA requirements via the nominated Exit
Doors.
An emergency evacuation plan for the centre considering specific site conditions will be prepared
and installed as a condition of the Occupancy certificate.
2.9 Staffing
Staff numbers will be in accordance with current regulations.
TOTAL STAFF- 20 Educators, 1 CD and 1 Cook (22 in total)
Education staff
9.0 educators for 0-2 years @ 1 per 4 children
5.0 educators for 2-3 years @ 1 per 5 children
5Education staff
6.0 educators for 3-5 years @ 1 per 10 children
Administration staff
1.0 Centre Director
1.0 Cook
2.10 Indoor Areas
Indoor areas are provided so that there is a minimum of 3.25 square metres of unencumbered indoor
play space per child. All children will be fully supervised at any given time and viewing glass panels
and openings in walls and glass inserts in all doors leading into the classroom/cot room/nappy
change room will assist. The use of ½ height doors or gates is also implemented in the design to
provide security to children access areas whilst allowing visibility and communication.
Indoor Play Areas will include the following:
• Learning spaces;
• Bottle preparation sink and bench;
• Craft preparation sink and bench;
• Storage;
• Children’s amenities and change areas;
• Separate play areas for babies and older children;
• Learning spaces which support small group experiences with an educator;
• Connection to outdoor play;
• Natural light;
• Resilient Flooring;
• Air conditioning;
• Fly screens and slim line roller blinds.
2.11 Outdoor Play Areas
Play areas are provided so there is the minimum required 7square metres of unencumbered outdoor
play space per child. Children shall be supervised fully at all times with clear lines of sight to ensure
full supervision is enabled.
Features will be in alignment with GSEL design guidelines and will include the following:
• Natural features;
• Sandpits;
• Planting beds;
6• Minimum of 50% shade and shelter;
• Soft fall areas;
• Fencing;
• Outdoor storage;
• Wet play area;
• Digging patches;
• Vegetable patch;
• Shaded veranda areas (for art and craft);
• Mud kitchens.
The play area environment will be a spacious and comfortable area that allows children to explore
the natural environment at their own pace. The environment will boasts many types of natural
resources such as sand, garden beds, vegetable beds, potted plants, natural wood, leaves, to name a
few and a balance of natural sunlight and shaded areas.
The outdoor environment also promotes the use of recyclable products and sustainable practices.
Including a worm farm, compost bin, all of which the children and educators help maintain. Raised
flower bed boxes will house potted plants and herbs.
The outdoor environment will be designed to allow the children to manipulate a mixture of natural
environment and resources along with a large variety of gross motor, fine motor and cognitive
activities to challenge their minds and curiosity.
Play areas will be safely fenced and secure see section 2.15 for Security measures implemented to
the site.
2.12 Kitchen Facilities
The Centre includes a kitchen. GSEL will employ a cook to manage the kitchen and prepare meals for
the children. The kitchen will meet commercial grade standards fitted out in accordance with AS
4674 requirements.
It is vital that all children from birth to five years receive the correct daily nutritional requirements in
order to maintain healthy growth and development. Menus will be prepared in accordance with the
daily recommended intake for children in preschool.
The facilities provided will accommodate hot and cold food preparation ample storage both
refrigerated and dry store as well as quick dishwashing facilities including:
• Commercial kitchen space to include fridge, freezer, sinks, dishwasher, cooktop, oven,
microwave oven, etc;
• Hot and cold food preparation areas, bench space, servery;
• Dedicated hand wash basin;
• Recycling and rubbish disposal facilities;
• First aid lockable cupboard;
7• Pantry with shelving;
• Store;
• Delivery store space;
• Food trolley storage.
2.13 Laundry Facilities
The Centre includes a laundry. The laundry facilities will be operated by the Centre Staff. Linen, face
cloths and bibs will be washed and dried on a daily basis. The laundry is not accessible to children
and is remained securely locked at all times. The laundry will be maintained to the highest standard
of cleanliness at all times in relation to the WHS guidelines.
Staff will routinely take turns in using the appliances and laundry facilities including:
• Washing machine and Commercial dryer
• Shelves
• Linen store
• Sink for toy wash
• Chemical dispensing unit.
2.14 Staff Room
The Staff Room facilities provided are intended for the use of staff while on lunch breaks as well as to
provide a quiet area for staff to work on documentation such as children’s portfolios.
The staff room will be maintained to ensure it is left clean and tidy at all times. The staff room will be
a relaxing and inviting environment where staff are able to unwind and enjoy their breaks. It will also
provide them with a wealth of information about the service, policies and procedures, reminders,
events, team building ideas, information newsletters from various organizations and community
events.
The staff room will include:
• Seating and a table for the staff to use along with shelving for storage;
• Lounge;
• Seating;
• Lockers (childcare and kitchen staff);
• Inaccessible to children;
• Kitchenette with sink, full size refrigerator, cupboards, food storage, tea/ coffee making
facilities, microwave, instantaneous hot water boiling unit, dishwasher.
2.15 Security
There a number of security measures integrated into the design of the facility. These include the
following features:
8• Child proof secure access gates surrounding the site;
• Pin code entry to access the building with a door bell and intercom system for use by visitors.
The intercom system will link into the office and learning spaces;
• Viewing panel from office into foyer and entrance in order that staff working in the office can
see who is arriving;
• Sufficient lighting surrounding site both in and out of operation hours to deter any lingering in
adjacent public access spaces;
• Single entry and exit point for drop off and pickup;
• Emergency evacuation and lockdown procedures will be in place for the site.
Lobby Entry features included:
• Safe and secure approach to the building and lobby achieved by design;
• Intercom keypad system with camera to main entry, accessible from multiple interior locations;
• Passive surveillance to entry and lobby from the manager’s office;
• Good cross visibility to childcare facility from the manager’s office.
2.16 Noise Management
The centre’s operational hours will be in accordance with the hours noted in Section 2.6. The operation of
building services, equipment, vehicles and ancillary fittings will not emit ‘offensive’ noise as defined in the
NSW Noise Policy for Industry (2017). The operation of the centre will not exceed the noise criteria
outlined in the NSW Industrial Noise Policy.
93 ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
The facility is as environmentally sustainable as possible and will assist to role model to our children
and educate families, educators, management, children, local communities and the greater
community in appreciating, preserving and sustaining our environment to the best of our abilities.
A commercially viable sustainable outcome for this Project has considered the following;
• Management – Environmental Management System, Waste Management;
• Indoor Environment Quality – Ventilation, Daylight, Daylight Glare Control, Efficient Electric
Lighting, External Views, Thermal Comfort, Internal Noise Levels, Low Volatile Organic
Compounds, Formaldehyde Minimisation, Mould Prevention;
• Energy – Energy efficiency, Sub-metering, Electric Lighting Zoning, Peak Energy Demand
Reduction, energy efficient air conditioning systems;
• Transport – Cyclist Facilities;
• Water – Potable Water Efficiency, Water Management, Water Meters;
• Materials – Recycled materials or recycled content materials will be considered;
• Emissions – Refrigerant ODP, Refrigerant GWP, Refrigerant Leak Detection.
104 MAINTENANCE
The buildings, equipment and finishes shall be maintained in a safe and hygienic condition at all times
by GSEL. They will be kept in good repair at all times.
The centre will be cleaned every evening by external cleaners. Contractors will attend the centre
fortnightly for routine maintenance checks along with grounds maintenance. Staff will report any
maintenance issues to the nominated supervisor so action can be taken to fix the problem.
115 WASTE MANAGEMENT
Protective and preventative measures to maintain a high level of hygiene and safety in the centres
environment shall be implemented by the operator. GSEL are in the process of finalizing an
agreement with a licensed authorized contractor who will be responsible for collection of waste and
including recycling, on a regular basis, from the centre.
GSEL will also provide free standing general waste and recycling bins to play areas and outdoor areas
as appropriate to their operation of the centre.
The following table represents an approximation of the waste removal services that will be required
for the centers. These recommendations are based on an attendance of 121 children including 36
children under the age of 2 years.
The refuse truck will need to use the 2 staff parking spaces on the eastern end of the carpark, to turn
around and exit the carpark in a forward direction. The collection times will be outside of operating hours
or outside of peak pick up and drop off times. If required, these 2 staff parking spaces will be sign posted
to ensure no cars are parked during scheduled waste collection times.
Waste Type Number Bin size Collection
of bins
General waste 7 240L 2 times a week
(assessed to be increased
as required with occupancy)
Recycling 7 240L Once a week
(commingled) (assessed to be increased
as required with occupancy)
126 NATIONAL QUALITY FRAMEWORK
The proposed Centre has been reviewed and designed with the requirements for best practice
detailed by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority in the National Quality
Framework. (NQF)
The NQF encompasses the Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011 (Regulations) and
the National Quality Standard (Standard). The proposed centre has been designed and reviewed
against the elements for best practice that are detailed in the Regulations and the Standard.
Features within the building design will allow for the requirements of the Regulation and Standard to
be implemented in regard to supervision of children at all times of the day, caring for children’s
health and safety and centre administration. A commercial style kitchen will allow for nutritious
meals to be prepared and served to children. The centre design is adequate for staff to be able to
create an environment that contributes to a quality educational program for children.
Best practice policies are implemented for protecting children. Supervision in play, supervision in
sleep and rest periods will be in accordance with the NQF.
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