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It will depend on which state or territory you are located in and what programs you run in your service. For educators in Long Day Care services running programs under the EYLF (for early years, preschool, kindergarten (except QLD or VIC) ) the best diary for you is the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary. 

If you require a diary that handles the admin and compliance you would be best to get the Child Care Centre Diary.

We have a Child Care Centre Diary which covers areas of compliance around the running of a Long Day Care Service like staff on duty, children away, shift changes, meetings and general correspondence. Services will often get one for the office (or one per room). 

The Childcare Centre Diary is suitable for directors and office admin of day care, preschool and kindergarten - except QLD Kindergartens which reference the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines (QKLG).

The Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary references the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and is suitable for educators in all states except QLD Kindergarten and Victoria (VEYLDF).

It will depend on which state or territory you are located in and what programs you run in your service. For educators in Long Day Care services running preschool programs under the EYLF (except Victoria) the best diary for you is the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary. 

If you require a diary that handles the admin and compliance you would be best to get the Child Care Centre Diary. 

We have a Child Care Centre Diary which covers areas of compliance around the running of a Preschool Program in a Long Day Care Service or stand alone Preschool; like staff on duty, children away, shift changes, meetings and general correspondence. Services will often get one for the office (or one per room). 

In each state of Australia, kindergarten (frequently referred to as "kinder" or "kindy") means something slightly different. In Tasmania, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, it is the first year of primary school. In Victoria, kindergarten is a form of preschool and may be referred to interchangeably as preschool or kindergarten. In Victoria and Tasmania the phrase for the first year of primary school is called Prep (short for "preparatory"), which is followed by grade one.

In Queensland, kindergarten is usually an institution for children around the age of 4 and thus it is the precursor to preschool and primary education. The year preceding the first year of primary school education in Western Australia, South Australia or the Northern Territory is referred to respectively as pre-primary, reception or transition. (Wikipedia)

The only diaries that the term Kindergarten applies to is the QLD Kindy Diary (for Director or office admin) and the QLD Kindy Weekly Programming and Reflection Dairy which both reference the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines.

The only difference in the diaries is that instead of referencing the EYLF (or VEYLDF) they reference the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines (QKLG) in the front reference section of the QLD Kindy Diary (for directors and admin) and on the actual Reflection pages of the Programming and Reflection Diaries (for educators).

It will depend on which state or territory you are located in and what programs you run in your service. For educators in Occasional Care services running programs under the EYLF (for early years, preschool, kindergarten (except QLD or VIC)) the best diary for you is the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary. 

If you require a diary that handles the admin and compliance you would be best to get the Child Care Centre Diary. 

The Family Day Care Diaries have been developed over time to meet the needs of different educators and schemes. 

We have the original Family Day Care Diary which was designed to be a one stop record keeping and planning diary for educators to record daily compliance records like children absent, daily menu, activities and EYLF outcomes, sleep times, expenses, a daily checklist, parent communication, to do list and visitor sign in. These cover off a number of compliances on one page.

We also saw the need for some educators to make records every day of the week (as some have weekend and shift-work care). We developed the Compliance Checklist diary for a detailed checklist every day to make sure most compliances are being covered off on a daily basis eg. Health and Safety, Sleep times and checks, Nappies and toileting, UV ratings and Meals. For some of the things that the Family Day Care Diary covers like visitor sign-ins, we developed our duplicate books which can be bought in a kit. The ultimate compliance tools are this Checklist Diary along with the FDC Compliance Kit duplicate books to be completely covered for compliance.

For programming and reflection we developed our Weekly Programming and Reflection diaries (sightly different for some states). These are designed for the educator to professionalise, yet simplify your workload and your ‘Creative Thinking Program’ can be displayed, each day, either as it unfolds or it can be used to pre-plan your week along with your daily visual displays for parents. With your Weekly Programs and Reflections on open spreads, it enables you to open this book at any time and view each week at a glance and follow up future programs using your notes. Educators will often purchase this diary along with one of the compliance diaries together.

Not to be forgotten are the FDC Co-ordinators who's busy schedule of home visits, approvals and professional development of educators must be documented as well. For this we created the FDC Co-ordinator Diary, the Home Visit Report Duplicate book and the Excursion Evaluation and Approval Duplicate book (to be used with the Educators' Excursion Risk Management Plan Duplicate book.)

The duplicate and triplicate books have been developed with the educator, the scheme and the families in mind. They are designed to cut down paperwork, photocopying and emailing, while ensuring that the relevant records and copies of these records are kept and held in the appropriate areas as required by the Regulations and the Law. We developed separate books with enough room and sets of duplicates to cover all of the requirements for up to a year in most cases. These can be purchased separately or you can save money and purchase most of them, conveniently housed in their own Lever Arch Folder in the FDC Compliance Kit.

They are designed to cover off the regulations and the law for each of the areas that the educator is required to document. We identified these as:

Weekly Attendance and Sign-in Duplicate Book (50 sets) 

Visitor Sign-in Duplicate Book (20 sets) 

Administration of Medication Record Triplicate Book (20 sets) 

Incident, Injury, Trauma and Illness Record Triplicate Book (20 sets) 

Excursion Risk Management Plan Duplicate Book (20 sets) 

Receipt Duplicate Book A4 - 4 receipts per page (20 sets)

And for the FDC Co-ordinator:

Family Day Care Co-ordinator Excursion Evaluation and Approval Duplicate Book A4 (20 sets).

Family Day Care Co-ordinator Home Visit Compliance Duplicate Book A4 (2 pages duplicated) (20 sets).

While it is not completely necessary to by both, many educators do as the Compliance Diaries (either the Family Day Care Diary or the Compliance Checklist Diary) covers off the business side of things and the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diaries (depending on which state or program you teach) covers off the educational side of compliance.

Many educators have different ways of doing their record keeping and programming, it all depends on what you or your scheme already have in place and what your priorities are. 

For educators in Out of School Hours Care (OSHC, OOSH, ASC) services running programs under the My Time Our Place framework the best diary for you is the OSHC Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary.

If you require a diary that handles the admin and compliance you would be best to get the The OSHC Diary. 

Nothing is more important than keeping the lines of communication open between busy families and Nanny Professionals. 

This Diary acts as that tool plus so much more. No more scraps of paper or forgotten instructions. In these pages you will find useful planning and mapping tools like the years at a glance, year planner, important dates and contacts, regulations summary and EYLF learning outcomes. 

There is space to record information about children in care and parents, supplier details and your details. Most importantly this diary is a vital communication tool between Nanny and Parent - all in one handy book. 

Each day you can record: 

• Parent communication to Nanny
• Nanny communication to Parent
• Meal and bottle details and times
• Sleep details and times
• Toileting details and times
• Activities and outings undertaken
• Observations and reflections on child’s behaviour, mood, highlights etc
• Expenses log to keep track for tax time or ask for reimbursement
• Initial box to ensure that the Parent has read and understood the content 

This Diary has templates for Injury, Incident and Medication Reports.

We suggest that each family should have a diary which stays with them. It is for the families benefit that the lines of communication are open and documented so it might be a suggestion that they purchase the dairy for you.

We ship to all over Australia (no international shipping). The price is calculated by weight. Orders under 5kg will be shipped in an air satchel and over 5kg will be boxed and shipped via road express. 

Please be assured that your items will ship out within 3-5 business days of purchase depending on stock in hand. 

Credit card authorisation and verification must be received prior to processing.

The carrier that is used is: StarTrack Couriers. 

If they are unable to deliver the parcel or leave a card, the item may be left at the nearest post office or returned back to base. To ensure a hassle free delivery, give clear instructions for the courier if your address is hard to find.There is a $10 surcharge to deliver to PO Boxes and to the Northern Territory. If your address is within a school which may be closed on school holidays, please provide an alternative address or let us know when you re-open so we can hold the delivery. StarTrack deliveries occur Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.You will be emailed or messaged your tracking number upon shipping where you can trace where your delivery is up to.  

If you have lost that email, you can sign up for an account on our site and find your order details including tracking in you account area.

Yes, we do

• We will accept returns for any reason as long as the merchandise is in perfect resalable condition.
  
  
• We will not pay for return postage except in the event that the merchandise is damaged via manufacturer or via transit.
  
  
• Before contacting us about returns or exchanges, please visit the Returns and Exchanges page and fill out the form
  
  
• Once we receive payment and we receive the returned item/s we will dispatch your replacement or issue the refund.
  
  
• Refunds will be provided as a credit to the credit card used at the time of purchase within ten (10) business days upon receipt of the returned merchandise. Alternatively, you can opt for store credit or to pay via direct deposit.
  
  

Very occasionally our distribution team may pack the incorrect item for an order. Please photograph the incorrect item/s that was sent to you and email us (or send in SMS to 0412 930 928) and we'll make sure that the correct item is sent out to you.

Payment is made via our secure server with full encryption of your credit card and PayPal details. We do not collect or record any personal banking details you may provide when purchasing products from the butler-creative.com.au website. Payment can be made with Credit Cards; via PayPal; via cheque or purchase order; or Direct Deposit.

No you don't need to set up an account to buy online from us, however if you do, you will be eligible to earn and redeem our Rewards Points. You will also be able to trace and track your orders and print your receipts for your records.

Ordering online is safe and it is the best way to order from us, however if you would like to download an orderform you can also do it that way. You can then fill out the form, print or scan and email, fax or post it to us here at info@butler-creative.com.au or PO Box 3155, Balgownie, NSW 2519.

Yes. If you wish to see how our products work, we have a range of examples available to you in the images section of each of our products.

We showcase the different types of childcare diaries and some examples of how they have been used.

Each product has images of examples of the way to use them in the product description section.

To get the best idea about the kinds of products and diaries we stock, please check out the online shop. 

Right now, Butler Creative are focusing on mainly on the design and supply of our childcare, daycare, preschool, home care, out of home school care, kindergarten and early years learning products. However, we do have a comprehensive examples section where you can have a look at how other people have used the diaries. We plan to offer a consultation service for family daycare in the future. If you would like to sign up for updates on this service, please register for our newsletter 'Blog'.

Not at this stage, no. If we find there is sufficient demand for a document writing service, Butler Creative may introduce it in future. We suggest you join our Facebook page, Twitter page and/or sign up for the newsletter called 'The Buzz'  to stay up to date with any new launches or updates as they occur.

We are not currently providing assistance with (supply in long hand) or QIP as it is otherwise known. We suggest signing up to the Butler Creative newsletter to stay informed to any further developments regarding QIP services.

There are a number of things that the assessors look for when assessing a service. The Butler Creative diaries provide evidence for some, but not all parts of the framework. 

Some assessors have indicated they appreciate having all of their information in one place and that tidy, uniform paperwork makes their ability to perform their work simpler. 

Butler Creative cannot promise our products will get you a better assessment. However, we know through years of positive feedback that they are a great tool in handling your paperwork and prompting you to record against compliance and the National Quality Framework.

Butler Creative accepts all major credit cards including Visa and MasterCard. We also accept PayPal online and direct deposit and cheques. Simply select your preferred payment option at checkout. 

To help aid childcares and early childhood organisations with timely supply of Butler Creative products, we also fulfil orders prior to payment to approved customers where an official purchase order is supplied. 

Having trouble meeting the upfront costs of your entire order? You can use Lay-Buy payment for Butler Creative products. 

Please note: In the case of direct deposit payments, orders will not be shipped until the payment has cleared in the Butler Creative bank account. Please allow an additional 3 to 5 working days for your order to be received.

Yes we do. Just select the appropriate payment method and the system will issue you an invoice on which you can give to your accounts department to pay. 

Please note: Orders will not be shipped until the payment has cleared in the Butler Creative bank account. Please allow an additional 3 to 5 working days for your order to be received.

To help meet the needs of our many customers, Butler Creative offer supplier agreements with selected larger chains. This is subject to approval and is judged on a case by case basis. If your service requires a supplier's agreement, we ask your accounts department sends us the paperwork to become a registered supplier to your organisation as well as relevant details.

For your convenience, we offer a wide range of payment options both online and off. If you would prefer not to make use of our online payment services, you can simply choose to pay with direct deposit or cheque or purchase order. You can choose these options at the Butler Creative checkout by selecting the appropriate payment options. You can also download our order form and email, fax or post the completed form to us.

Yes you can. Under each Butler Creative product, there is a link to download the order form. From there, you can use the form online and email to us. Or you can download it, print it out and fax or email the completed form to us.

Yes! To help aid with timely supply of Butler Creative products, we also fulfil orders prior to payment to approved customers where an official purchase order is supplied. We accept official purchase orders on letterhead. We will ship the order prior to payment on receipt of an official purchase order.

Yes! Simply sign in to your account or create an account (if you didn't already at checkout) using the email address that you made your order with. You can do so here. You can view all of your orders there and download the pdf to print also.

Yes you can. 

Butler Creative offer PayPal or you can select direct deposit, cheque or purchase order in the payments option in the checkout. 

Please note: All cheques and direct deposits must clear prior to your order being fulfilled. Please allow 3 to 5 extra working days to your delivery timeframe to allow for clearance.

Yes we do. At Butler Creative, we strive to provide our customers with what you need. That’s why we record and restock popular items based on demand. The system will take your order and when we have sufficient backorders, we will reorder or reprint stock and it will be sent when it's ready.

We run specials at various times throughout the year. If you wish to find out when the next sale is happening, we suggest you sign up to the official Butler Creative newsletter called 'Blog' and follow us on Facebook and Twitter! 

You may also want to watch for end of life specials of the year’s stock. These are usually held in spring of each year.

Yes! Bee Creative scales our pricing so you can benefit. For orders over 10 units, you can receive $2 off pre-GST. We also offer further price breaks for 20 and 30 unit lots. 

For larger bulk orders and pricing for units of 50 or more, please email us for a quote.

For your convenience, we’ve created bundles of some of our more popular items that are often ordered together. 

While we only have a limited amount of set bundles, we aim to please. If you require a different bundle from the ones featured on the Bee Creative shop, please email us directly and we will see what we can do for you.

You can earn points by participating in any of our Butler Creative promotions. Simply click on the 'Get Rewards' tab to view and take part in our current opportunities. Make sure to check back often, as we're adding great new ways for you to earn points all the time!

Joining is easy! Just click the ‘create an account’ button to get started. If you registered on our old site (www.bccr.com.au), you will need to register again. Once you're registered with us, you'll have the opportunity to earn points with every purchase. 

You can earn points by participating in any of our Butler Creative promotions. Simply click on the 'Earn Points' tab to view and take part in our current opportunities. Make sure to check back often, as we're adding great new ways for you to earn points all the time!

Redeeming your points for great rewards couldn’t be easier. Simply visit the ‘Get Rewards’ tab to view all of our great reward options and click redeem to redeem your reward.

Your up-to-date points balance is always displayed in the top of this popup.

Absolutely not! Sign up is 100% free. It will never cost you additional fees outside your regular purchases to participate in the Butler Creative Rewards program. Make sure to visit the ‘Earn Points’ tab to get started.

Once you register for an account, you’re all set to go. We don’t require you to register for individual promotions in order to be eligible. Just fulfil the requirements of a promotion and we’ll add the points to your account!

You should receive points in your account instantly once you complete a promotion! (Rewards earned by submitting Yotpo Reviews may take a while to come through).

Nope! Your Butler Creative points will never expire.

When you return an item, the points accrued for that item are also deducted from your Rewards total. That way, your Rewards total always reflects successful purchases of your Butler Creative items.

Our team is ready and waiting to answer your questions about our rewards program. Simply contact us via email and we’ll be in touch.

No, you cannot purchase Rewards points. They are calculated on your successful purchases and rewarded accordingly. Your reward points are only available once successful purchases of items have been made. We currently require you to have enough points to redeem any of the awards you see listed on the ‘Get Rewards’ tab.

From time to time, you’ll receive program-related emails from us. If you’d prefer to not receive those types of emails, simply click the ‘unsubscribe’ button when you receive your next email. We can also manually remove you from our mailing list if you email us with the subject header UNSUBSCRIBE ME.

Absolutely! We are happy to hear new ideas for products and/or solutions to make life in child care easier. 

Please give us your feedback!

We offer a branding and customer cover design service for orders of 30 items or more. 

Email us if you would like a larger amount and we will see what we can do. 

For very large orders we will waive the design fee - normally $199 including GST.

No we do not offer digital downloads of Butler Creative products. We do this to ensure the integrity and quality of Butler Creative products as well as ensure our intellectual property remains protected.

Butler Creative operates without a physical office space as we are a completely online business. Our main Canberra shipping and fulfilment warehouse is not accessible to the public. If you wish to see how our products work, we have a range of examples available to you in the images section of our products.

The most common reason our products won’t display is the use of pop-up blockers. Check your browser settings and allow pop-ups from the Butler Creative site and you should be good to go.

The friendly customer service team from Butler Creative is here to help! Drop us a line via email today.