Nature Crew Playgroups are predominantly run outdoors, connecting children to the natural environment and their local community.  Our facilitators will run activities that are designed to encourage learning through all areas of early childhood development through nature play. Please read our policies in detail before signing up for any program.  

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1. Parents/ Guardians are responsible to provide appropriate clothing and closed-toe footwear.  They should ensure children are dressed according to weather conditions.

 

2. By signing up for Nature Crew you agree and understand that the child will be exposed to mud, water or paint at different occasions. 

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3. Children should be dressed according to Sun Smart guidelines (sunscreen, hat, t-shirt etc). Its not Nature Crew staff's responsibility to provide sunscreen and constant reminders about that during the term.

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4. Parents/guardians are responsible for providing snacks and water bottles for their own children and ensure that children dont share food amongst each other because some children might be unsupervised by parents and might have food preferences or intolerances. 

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5. Bush playgroup nature hunts involve walks on uneven ground, over large rocks or running water.  With this, parents must understand that there is a level of risk associated with the activities and should only participate if they themselves or their children are capable of such activity. By enrolling your child/ren to Nature Crew, parents/guardians agree and understand that they are responsible for the safety and well-being of their child/ren during the entire duration of playgroup sessions.

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6. Our facilitators will guide you about the snake, magpie, and general bush safety tips at the start of the term but by enrolling your child/ren you assume all responsibility in the event of (not limited to): falls, cuts, bruises, snake or insect bites or serious injury. 

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7. In the event of any medical attention or costs, the parents/guardians are responsible for covering these costs (e.g., ambulance charges).

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8. By enrolling your child, parents/guardians understand and accept that in extreme weather conditions, Nature Crew may change the venue (indoors) or date of the playgroup for that particular session. Parents/guardians will be informed of the change of venue via WhatsApp group message.

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9. If however, we have to postpone the session due to extreme weather or lockdown, we will move it to the same day of the week during the school holidays. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to attend the rescheduled session. Refunds will not be issued if the child/ren are unable to attend the makeup session.

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10. In the event that we need to cancel a session i.e. not able to make it up during the school holidays, parents/guardians will be offered a refund for that session. Refunds will only be issued if a session is canceled (not rescheduled) by Nature Crew. In that case, you will allow up to 2 weeks for the refunds to be issued before reaching out to Nature Crew administration. 

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11. Refunds will not be issued for a change of mind or change of circumstances. Nature Crew offers a trial session prior to joining the term to help parents make up their minds about the term. Refunds will also not be issued if parents fail to attend the playgroup session due to sickness or other commitments.

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12. Make-up sessions are offered in place of missed sessions from throughout the paid term. Make-up sessions must be used prior to the commencement of the coming term and can be used during the school holiday sessions or sessions run on other days/locations than regular session.

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13. Nature Crew sessions cant be transferred or used for a different child than the one they are booked for. 

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14. Nature Crew staff have the right to cancel a child’s enrolment if the parent/child is unwilling to follow Nature Crew's terms and conditions. This includes destructive or reckless behavior. In this case, Nature Crew will refund the remainder of the term fees (if any).

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15. No person is permitted to attend the playgroup without a child or for observation purposes.

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16. You are also not permitted to attend the playgroup without prior submission of the enrolment form and fees for the day or term in full. Failure to do so will authorize the Nature Crew facilitator to ask you to leave.

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17. Parent involvement is a critical part of playgroup and you are responsible to help your child with different tasks and activities unless otherwise advised by the facilitator.

 

18. Siblings under 14 months of age are welcome to attend the playgroup for free under strict parental supervision.

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19. In case of a child being really sick and having a contagious sickness, Nature Crew facilitators have the authority to request the parent to take the child home in order to keep other children safe. No refund will be offered in such circumstances.

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20. Nature Crew Playgroups organize all the activities keeping our allergy children in mind. If however, you haven't disclosed the allergies on the enrolment form then Nature Crew is not responsible if your child is not able to take part in that activity or any reaction to that allergen. All parents are obliged to follow the rules regarding allergies. If Nature Crew staff informs the parents/guardians to avoid a certain allergen in the form of food, it's their responsibility to adhere to that rule. Failure to do so might result in an action taken against the parent/ guardian in order to protect the child with allergies.