Smartland Boutique Early Learning Sippy Downs SIPPY DOWNS

Conditions of approval

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including over preschool age, not including school children. As part of the requirement to conduct three (3) monthly emergency and evacuation procedures rehearsals in accordance with regulation 97(3) of the Education and Care Services National Regulations the approved provider must, from the date of the initial service approval, engage an appropriate expert in emergency procedures, a fire safety advisor or fire safety engineer to observe and report on one rehearsal (including any proposed actions to improve evacuation procedures) within the first three months of the services operation, and then at least annually thereafter. A copy of the initial (within three (3) months) and the annual evacuation outcome report, including any recommendations for actioning, is to be supplied to the Regional Office of the Regulatory Authority in which the service is located within seven (7) days upon receipt of the report by the approved provider. The approved provider must ensure that the mirrors installed at the service are constantly maintained and operational. This is to ensure the facilitation of adequate supervision of children at all times they are being educated and cared for at the service, having regard to the need to maintain the rights and dignity of the children, as required under regulation 115 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. It is a condition of the service approval that an adequate amount of healthy live plants in a variety of species and sizes is maintained at all times, in the childrens outdoor play areas across all levels of the service premises, ensuring children are afforded opportunities to explore and experience the features of a natural environment as required under Regulation 113 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. It is a condition of the service waiver that the approved provider must utilise 112m on Level 1 and 142.1m on level 2 (253.1m total) of covered spaces to satisfy part of the unencumbered outdoor space requirements. It is a condition of the service waiver that each child must have daily access to outdoor space. It is a condition of the service waiver that a record must be kept to show the daily access to outdoor space for each child on level 1, including when this is not possible and why it would be reasonably considered unsafe to do so. The approved provider must ensure that at least two (2) additional staff members for each group of up to eight (8) non ambulant children on level 2, in addition to the number required to meet the educator to child ratios, must be available at all times and assist in evacuating non ambulant children during rehearsals and in the event of an emergency. The approved provider is required to upgrade the landscaping in the Level 1 covered space to increase the natural environment and include an adequate amount of healthy live plants in a variety of sizes and species, to the satisfaction of the Regulatory Authority, by 20 April 2024. This is to afford children opportunities to explore and experience the features of a natural environment as required under Regulation 113 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations.

Number of approved places - 119