OWNA in Dural, New South Wales, Australia | Childcare service

OWNA

Locality: Dural, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8417 5022

Address: Unit 36, 276 New Line Road 2158 Dural, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.owna.com.au

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25.01.2022 Hi everyone, our phones are down again. Just leave a message or send us an email to [email protected] and we will get back to your as soon as we can. Apologies for the inconvenience.

24.01.2022 While we are at it, don’t forget you can now edit your Staff Reflections on the App (not just the Portal now).

24.01.2022 Introducing the OWNA Form Builder feature. OWNA already has so many in-built forms such as Incident Reports, Medication, Hazard Maintenance Logs, Risk Assessments and the list goes on. We cant build every single form! So weve now allowed you to build out your very own via the Portal and it will be available for Parents and Staff to fill out on the App. All information is collated and reported on. Great for surveys, getting permissions from parents for something, staff orientation/induction and so much more.

23.01.2022 Weve made some enhancements to the Checklists to allow you to specify which staff get notified about overdue checklists as well as which staff receive emails once completed. That way those that need to be alerted can now be done so.

23.01.2022 Happy Thanksgiving Day to all our centres over in North America from all of us here at OWNA.

22.01.2022 Great time to reflect and understand that you should just do you... be who you are, operate how you want to operate! At OWNA we see YOU and work with YOU to be that light for your shadow #youdoyou... #individuality #customisation See more

21.01.2022 Great to see parents and educators making use of the OWNA Swap Shop. Buy, swap, recycle or donate! The rocking horse for free looks great

20.01.2022 For Centres using our CCS platform. Weve streamlined the submission process by highlighting any warnings for you (such as no sign in/out times, no fees etc). But weve taken it a step further by allowing you to also make modifications on that same page rather than going to the Attendances report to do so. You should be submitting your attendances with such ease when CCS kicks back in.

20.01.2022 A nice little feature on the next release due out next week allows you to View all Posts linked to a Program via the App (just like you currently can on the web portal). Always improving based on your suggestions

20.01.2022 So true.... BUT would we have it any other way?? Let OWNA manage the everyday stuff, so that you can manage EVERY OTHER DAY, HOUR, MINUTE.... SECOND

20.01.2022 Also this little beauty will available next week too - the ability to draft your Staff Reflections before you post them for review to your Team Leader/Director.

19.01.2022 While we are at it, dont forget you can now edit your Staff Reflections on the App (not just the Portal now).

19.01.2022 If you havent already seen our newsletter we will be conducting a CCS webinar next Wednesday at 12pm EST on Zoom. This will be open to only our Premium and Plus customers initially (since spaces are limited). The session will be recorded and made available afterwards. Reach out to [email protected] if you want to join.

18.01.2022 It's that time of the year!! How to Make a Christmas Stocking Got some old clothes lying around? Get creative! Here's a video on how to turn them into Christmas stockings! ... But careful - children will need supervision while working on this project as we've used a stapler. Alternatively, you can use strong glue! Happy making to our little elfs! https://youtu.be/nyx3r5jckH8 #christmascrafting #happyholidays2020 #christmasstocking

17.01.2022 We are excited to announce that we are making the OWNA platform available for businesses. "OWNA for Work" will help you to streamline Staff Communication, Timesheets, Rostering, Documentation, Meeting & Minutes, Induction, OH&S and so much more. Register your interest and we will let you know once it is available - https://www.owna.com.au/work/

16.01.2022 At OWNA we never stop. Tonight we are releasing the BETA version of OWNA for Work. Available now for iOS and Android devices. If you want access to the App for your Work Place, Office, Job Site & more, just head over to https://biz.owna.com.au/

16.01.2022 We've made some enhancements to the Checklists to allow you to specify which staff get notified about overdue checklists as well as which staff receive emails once completed. That way those that need to be alerted can now be done so.

14.01.2022 We did say we would build it into the App during our CCS webinar - and we do as we say. Going forward when Parents sign their child in/out it will prompt them to sign any previous attendances (if theyd didnt sign) as well as any outstanding Incident Reports for their child(ren). Out this week on the next version of the App.

14.01.2022 On the next version of OWNA (due out this Friday), there will be the option to upload Audio recordings to the timeline. So get your singing voices ready!!!

13.01.2022 The Swap Shop is now available on the latest OWNA release. This feature is available for both Parents and Educators to use. Its quite empty at the moment so start uploading your unwanted items on there now (Toys, Clothes, Books etc)... Apple - https://apps.apple.com/app/id1318604128 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.owna

13.01.2022 Not sure why we didn't roll this simple feature out a long time ago. Log all medication kept in the centre, who it is for, the expiry date and more. The system will alert you when these medications are about to expire or has expired.

13.01.2022 We'd decided to map out where in Australia, the OWNA platform has been deployed. Love how far afield it has spread since we first started not long ago. Most of it is via word of mouth or Facebook. Thanks for all the love everyone.

13.01.2022 ** OFFICE PHONE ISSUE ** We apologise for the inconvenience but it looks like some gremilns have eaten through our office phone lines. If you are trying to reach us today, its best to drop an email to [email protected]... Thank you!!

13.01.2022 Just wanted to mention that our phones will be under going an upgrade today to improve stability. If you call and cant get through, just send us an email or leave a message and we will get back to you right away. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

12.01.2022 To save Centres having to print out the weekly attendances roll from the Portal we have made this available on the App (in the next release).

12.01.2022 A few changes to note for our nurseries in the UK. To those reopening under strange and difficult circumstances this week we are thinking of you and we are here to help every step of the way https://www.gov.uk//early-years-foundation-stage-framework

12.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the dads, grand-dads and soon to be dads. Hope you all have a fantastic day.

11.01.2022 OWNA has you covered!

10.01.2022 Back in 2018 we signed up a small centre in Anchorage, Alaska (Our first North American customer). Remember this post - https://www.facebook.com/ownacomau/posts/1894137327274383 Today this is OWNA in North America via word of mouth. Love seeing the cluster of pins in Vancouver (the power of one centre telling others). Thanks Alderwood House!

10.01.2022 The new OWNA Library feature will be available on the App overnight. (Android is available now). 1. Simply Catalogue your Books by scanning the Barcode. The App will try and find the book. Simply add the Book to your Library once found. 2. Users can browse the library & read/write reviews on all the books in your Library. 3. Click Borrow to Reserve the Book. The centre will get notified when a book is reserved or returned. ... Let's all get reading again. ENJOY!

10.01.2022 Are you looking for a new career? OWNA is looking for a self-motivated individual for our Customer Support role to assist with our growing customer base. Fast pace, exciting & challenging. Like to know more, click here - https://www.owna.com.au/customer-support.pdf

10.01.2022 OWNA is excited to announce our new collaboration with Schooling Online Kids. Schooling Online Kids is your one stop shop for quality educational resources. We hope you'll love their exciting platform! Check it out today!

10.01.2022 Weve been slow on the post lately but here is another new feature coming in the next release along with the exciting Swap Shop feature. Photo IDs of parents, guardians & emergency contacts will now be visible on the App (if there are any) so you can easily identify those individuals who you dont see often but are guardians of that child.

10.01.2022 OWNA has moved office to a new location out in Dural NSW. As part of that move our phone number has had to change. Our old number will continue to work up until June 28th. But make sure you update our details as per below. Address: Unit 36, 276 New Line Road | Dural NSW 2158... Phone: (02) 8417 5022

09.01.2022 We continue to build out more reports for our CCS platform with the Aged Debtors Report now available which will highlight all your current debt by families as well as how old they are and the amount. Hopefully your Centre's one does not look as bad as our dummy report shown below...

09.01.2022 As promised we are starting to turn on some of the Automation. We have started with "Submission of Sessions" each week automatically. Within the CCSS > Sessions Reports screen, tap the "Auto Submit Sessions" radio button to activate this. The system will then send your sessions to CCS before Sunday 9pm each week. Please be mindful the onus is on you to check your attendances and make sure they are correct. The system will only submit what is there at that point in time.

09.01.2022 Just a heads up on some cool things we are currently building for the App which should be out very soon.... - Ability to upload audio recordings to the timeline. - Ability to upload PDFs to the timeline from the App. - Ability to LIKE a comment from a Post - Temperature check feature... - Staff can update their own Reflection - Less cluttered Public Mode screen & loads more... See more

09.01.2022 Happy Early Childhood Educators Day to all the educators out there from all of us @ OWNA.

09.01.2022 Looks like The Department of Human Services CCS system is currently down (unplanned). So if you are trying to interact with it via your OWNA portal it wont work. We will let you know once theyre back online.

08.01.2022 A brilliant suggestion came to us not long ago from Adriana @ Stepping Stones ELC asking if we could build a community initiative on the OWNA ecosystem whereby families are able to donate and exchange kids clothes, toys and other goodies with other families. So introducing the OWNA Swap Shop where families using OWNA can participate in this initiative. This feature should be out very soon (lets get this CCS stuff out of the way first). "It is important that we are constantly looking at ways to strengthen relationships with families and build a sense of community and we are confident that such a feature would really help us do that" - Adriana (Stepping Stones ELC)

07.01.2022 Calling all Year 12 School Leavers. Want to get ahead in your Career whilst your school mates are lounging around in 2021? If so OWNA is offering a Traineeship (Business Administration). Learn all aspects of a software business from Customer Service & Support, Testing, Marketing, Social Media & more. We are based in Dural (Hills District). Send us an email to [email protected] Feel free to pass this onto anyone who may be interested.

07.01.2022 For Centres who do Bus Runs and School Pickup/Drop offs... we havent forgotten about you. We have a nice bus run feature on the App that we are currently working on that we hope to have out shortly.

07.01.2022 As part of the "Enquiry Form" feature that we rolled out last week we also allow Centres to allocate Centre Tours for parents to book. On the Staff Diary add a "Centre Tour" entry. This will then appear on your Enquiry Form right away. Parents can then use the enquiry form to book a Centre tour and you will get alerted right away. Another part of our CRM feature that we are slowly rolling out to all our OWNA centres

06.01.2022 For those that missed out on our CCS webinar today - we did record it. If you want access to it feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] .... It goes for almost two hours so get the popcorn out and Enjoy!

06.01.2022 Good news.. For those Centres using our CCS platform, starting this coming week you will be able to claim Inclusion Support Funding via your OWNA portal rather than submitting it to us to claim on your behalf. We have built this feature into the OWNA portal this weekend.

06.01.2022 Update to the latest version of the OWNA App. It contains the fantastic Collaboration Board feature, the ability to pin a message to the top of the Staff Messageboard, Draft a Staff Reflections, View all Posts from a Program, Parents have the ability to select two sessions for Re-Enrolments (great for BSC/ASC) as well as other bug fixes and general improvements to the platform. Enjoy! And do let us know what you think.

06.01.2022 Congratulations to Ashleigh and her team at Anchorage Early Learning (Grays Point, NSW) on achieving EXCEEDING. Much deserved. Well done guys!

05.01.2022 Developmental Milestones, EYLF, Theorists etc are great. But sometimes you just want to have your very own Achievement Checklists for children that you can tick off once a child has achieved something such as "Can use utensils during meal time" for example. It also makes it easier for parents to understand what their child has achieved (rather than seeing 1.2, 7.21 and so on). Use the all new Children Achievement Checklists on the Portal to start doing this now! (available via the App at a later date).

05.01.2022 Thanks Valaree for the wonderful feedback re our Custom Forms feature. If you havent tried it out yet - start now!

05.01.2022 Even though we’d release the fantastic new Library feature the other day we keep churning out improvements to help our centres. Here is a look at the Temperature Check feature coming out in the next release. Record and track temperature of children in the Centre. For awareness, all Staff as well as the parent of the child will get alerted if a child is over the safe limit.

05.01.2022 You can now create Tags for children so that you can better manage and organise your children in your service. Create your Tags and then assign them to individual children. You can then run reports to get children based on Tags. Going forward these tags can be used on other reports such as Attendances, Programming, Auditing etc etc.

04.01.2022 Happy Father's Day to all the dads, grand-dads and soon to be dads. Hope you all have a fantastic day.

04.01.2022 Say hello to a couple of our new team members Peter & Danielle. You might've spoken with Peter already (as his been with us for a little over a month now). We've worked him hard and he's now an expert in all things OWNA. But feel free to trip him up every now and then. Danielle has just started (yesterday) and will be across OWNA in no time since we like to think the platform is relatively simple to use. Give her a bit of time before you throw those tricky questions at her. . Welcome guys & Happy Tuesday everyone.

04.01.2022 A sneak peek into the Collaboration Board that will be available on the next version of the OWNA App. Create boards, lists and cards. Organise and collaborate with other stuff members intutitively & easily.

03.01.2022 We love using Trello and boards internally to collaborate, organise and stay on top of things, so much so, that we've decided to make this available for our centres via the Portal so all staff can create boards and organise their work a lot more easily. If you haven't used "Trello" before you will love it. A bit like digital "post-it notes" that you can move around. We won't say it is as good as Trello but it will be be another great tool at your disposal. It will be available over the weekend. Aren't you glad you're with OWNA?

03.01.2022 Weve introduced Advance Bookings Patterns for children into OWNA so you can seamlessly set up differing patterns, session of care hours as well as fees for each and every day. This should cover all possible scenarios :)

03.01.2022 Just letting you all know that we will be conducting our CCS Webinar sometimes in the second week of June. Just finalising a date so keep watching. We will cover attendance kiosk, enrolments, submitting sessions, generating invoices and more.

03.01.2022 We have mentioned this already but we thought we better remind everyone to not use Internet Explorer as it is no longer supported (which means it is susceptible to Viruses, Malware etc etc). Read this article for more details - https://thesector.com.au//cyber-crime-the-covid-19-threat/

03.01.2022 Some fantastic reading suggestions to start the important conversations ! Please comment below with any other recommendations

02.01.2022 We will be holding another drop in session this Friday (Sep 04 between 11am-1pm EST) to go through anything you need help with. We will also cover any new features that we have rolled out or are about to. Feel free to drop in anytime between that period. To join, simply send us an email to [email protected]

02.01.2022 As part of our OWNA CRM system that we are working on, we are now able to build you an enquiry form that you can embed into your website. All leads will be tracked back to your OWNA Portal allowing you to nurture them from "enquiry" to "waitlist" and then ultimately "enrolment". The OWNA platform gets better every single day with your help. Here is one we did for our good friends over at Child's Play ELC.

01.01.2022 For centres who have a library you are going to love this feature (suggested by St Nicholas Preschool in Canberra). Catalogue all your books easily with the App (scan the barcode & it will know the book, title & image). Parents can browse the Library on the App to see what books are available and reserve it. Centres know what books are out and when they are due back. Welcome to OWNA Library - should be out very soon.