Starting a centre-based ECE service

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Developing a schedule

Developing schedules is quite tricky and you may need to try lots of versions before you find one that suits your service. 

Use the example schedule as a guide and carry out the following steps:

Step one

Fill in the number of children (over 2 or under 2) that you have planned will be at the service every half hour (right hand column). Note that, at the start and end of the day, there are often fewer children attending. If this is the case, fewer adults may be needed at these times.
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Lighting, ventilation, acoustics and heating

Lighting and ventilationLicensing criterion PF12 

Lighting must be appropriate to the activities offered or purpose of each room.
Check the lighting requirements in the Building Code.
Consider if additional windows or skylights are required.
Clothes dryers should be vented to the outdoors.
Bathrooms, nappy change areas and laundries need to be well ventilated. If these rooms are internal, mechanical ventilation is required. Seek advice from your local health or building authority.
Sleep areas m…

Fences, gates, windows and handrails

FencesEducation (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 regulation 45 and licensing criterion PF13

Outdoor activity space needs to be enclosed by structures and/or fences and gates designed to ensure that children are not able to leave the premises without the knowledge of adults providing education and care.

Height and aestheticsFences of less than 1.2 metres high are unlikely to be high enough to prevent children from climbing over them. A safer height is 1.5 metres, and 1.8 metres may b…