Smartland Boutique Early Learning Sippy Downs

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2024

• OverallMeeting NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Nature of care

• Long day care: Yes
• Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
• Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): No
• Outside school hours care (after school): No
• Outside school hours care (before school): No
• Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
• Other: No

Hours

Approval conditions

The Approved Provider must engage an appropriate expert, such as a person/entity holding a Queensland Building and Construction Commission licence in Emergency Procedures, a fire safety advisor or fire safety engineer, to observe and report on one full rehearsal at least annually by the end of January. A copy of 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 7 days upon receipt of the report by the Approved Provider from the licensed organisation. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including over preschool age, not including school children. 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 children’s 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 112m² on Level 1 and 142.1m² on level 2 (253.1m² 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.