A Wyndham family day care educator has been recognised for her excellence in the field.
Julie Borneman from Wyndham Early Learning Family Day Care was last month named the Western Suburbs Educator Winner in the Excellence in Family Day Care Awards.
Ms Borneman said it was gratifying to be awarded for her work.
“I’ve been doing family day care now for 34 years and I’ve had a couple of smaller awards, but it’s quite good to be recognised with this one. To be recognised for the work you do,” she said.
To be considered for such awards, educators need to be nominated.
Ms Borneman said she wasn’t sure put one in for her, but that she had a great relationship with her clients.
“We’re a family and that’s what it’s all about. Everyone is treated like family.”
Being treated like family includes Ms Borenman looking after the children at her Hoppers Crossing home, with 10 currently on her books, but only four allowed to come at a time.
“It’s five days a week and the children can have one or two days or the full week, it depends on what the parents needs are,” she said.
“We have four pre-schoolers everyday and two schoolchildren before and after school and in school holidays.”
And rather than just baby-sitting, Ms Broenman said family day care involves preparing children for kinder.
“You’re teaching about numbers and colours, shapes, it’s an educations program. We do crafts, read books, sing songs, similar to a kinder. Writing their names, numbers, the whole range.”
“It’s a little more than just playing.”
