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2026 FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary - Hard Cover Spiral Bound

Name: 2026 FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary - Hard Cover Spiral Bound
Brand: Butler Diaries Pty Ltd
SKU: FDC-COMB-26
Price: 59.99 AUD
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All-in-one Programming, Reflection & Compliance!

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Two of the most-loved Family Day Care tools — the FDC Compliance Checklist Diary and the Programming and Reflection Diary — combined into one streamlined book. Stay organised, compliant, and programming with intention, all without carrying two diaries.

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Family Day Cares, your all-in-one compliance and programming tool is here! Two of your favourite Educator Diaries combined into one Diary powerhouse!

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All-in-one organisation for busy Family Day Care Educators. The FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary brings together two of our most-loved tools – the FDC Compliance Checklist Diary and the Programming and Reflection Diary – into one streamlined, purpose-built diary.

Featuring daily compliance checklists to support your record-keeping and meet National Quality Standard (NQS) requirements, alongside monthly programming and critical reflection pages, this diary makes it easy to stay on top of documentation and planning in one place. Designed specifically for Family Day Care settings, it supports you in delivering high-quality care while saving time and reducing paperwork.

Perfect for Educators who want to simplify their systems without compromising on quality, this combined diary aligns with BOTH EYLF and MTOP v.2.0, supports the Cycle of Planning, and is ideal for showcasing professional practice in your day-to-day routines and Assessment and Rating visits.

Key Features:

Ticks the Boxes on Compliance: Stay on top of essential daily tasks such as safety checks, attendance, visitor logs, menus, sleep and health records with structured compliance pages designed to help you meet your Family Day Care requirements with ease.
Program and Reflect in One: Your programming and reflection is now even easier with a monthly program and critical reflection spread kept in the same Diary!

Tailored for Family Day Care Practice: This diary is purpose-built for Family Day Care Educators, featuring dedicated sections that reflect the unique flow, responsibilities, and rhythms of home-based care.

Created by Educators, for Educators: Developed by Leona – a former Family Day Care Educator – this diary draws on over a decade of feedback from the FDC community to ensure it truly supports real-world practice.
Daily, Weekly and Monthly Structure: Designed for clarity and organisation, this diary provides space for day-to-day compliance, as well as weekly planning and monthly programming and reflection to support the smooth and professional running of your service.
Framework-Aligned: Supports documentation that links to the National Quality Framework (NQF), Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF v.2.0) and My Time, Our Place Framework (MTOP v.2.0), helping you maintain quality standards and prepare confidently for Assessment and Rating.

The FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary has all of the checklists and charts you need AND program and reflections in one handy place for your Family Day Care. This diary was developed to be used in conjunction with the Family Day Care Compliance carbon copy books.

What if I prefer a Weekly Program?

Educators that prefer to capture weekly programs can do so by pairing this Diary with the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary.

"Educators [can] plan for the month and then use the weekly planner, linking and extending from that monthly plan! I love this! Our educators will be able to follow the planning cycle well! That’s going to be a big help!"

The monthly program can act as an overview of the learning you'd like to achieve, while any emerging changes, interests, observations, or goals that occur can be captured in the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary.

This Diary is an all-in-one programming, reflection and compliance tool and is not required to be paired with the Weekly Programming Diary, this is a personal preference.
Another suggestion from an FDC Educator was using the Family Communication/Notes/Activities section on the daily compliance pages to note focus children.

Guest Artist Collection by Penny Dodman

The 2026 Guest Artist Collection by Butler Diaries showcases four vibrant artworks by Sunshine Coast artist Penny Dodman. These pieces—Blue Heaven, Dancing with Pink, Sunny Days Glasshouse Mountains, and Desert Sisters—are featured on the covers of the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary and the Family Day Care Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary. Each artwork reflects Dodman’s signature style, blending bold colours and textures to evoke themes of nature, joy, and connection. This collection aims to enrich educational environments with Australian art, offering educators aesthetically inspiring tools that support both creative expression and practical documentation.

FDC Combined Diary:
Size: A4 217mm Wide x 297mm Long x 30mm high .
Cover: 3mm Board with Matte Laminated Print
Coil : Thick Glossy Gold for easy opening and laying flat
Pages: 414 including 28 reference pages at front (see flipbook)
Paper: 100g woodfree paper for no show through and 2 calming colours print
Stickers: 4 pages of 860 colourful gloss industry ECEC stickers including tabs for months and terms
Ribbon Bookmarks: 2 ribbons, white
Plastic sleeve: for holding loose papers
Double Pocket

Layout:
28 internal reference and summary pages

Every Month:
• Month at a Glance, Notes Page
• A full Spread for 4 or 5 weeks of programming and links to EYLF
• A full spread for reflections and evidence of learning for the month including individual or group observation notes

Every Week:
• Weekly Cleaning Checklist
• To Dos
• Weekly Menu or Activities
• Visitor Sign-in

Every Day: Compliance Checklists
• Sleep and Nappies
• Regular Cleaning
• Sunscreen Application and Rating
• Health and Safety Checklist
• Family Communication, Activities
• Children Away and Finances

FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary Training

Butler Diaries has developed theFDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary Guide - Digital Course to support you in getting the most out of your Diary. The courses cover:

A guided tour of your Diary with explanations for each component and how they come together to support compliance,
Tips for personalising your Diary, leading to simplified use and suits your style of documentation,
How to build consistent habits around Diary use and documentation,
How to use your Diary as a professional communication tool,
How to adapt your Diary to your particular service,
How to capture maximum compliance with minimum documentation, and
Practical, real-world examples of the Diary in use to provide you tips, insights, and ideas.

Other Support Available for the FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary

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"The tab stickers with the months and terms, which I was able to place wherever and however I pleased was perfect. And the font is easier to read this year. It's certainly a lot easier to reach for one book compared to many. It's easy to organise. I'm definitely looking forward to using it this year."

"I purchased a 2026 Family Daycare combined compliance and programming diary. 7 days into the year, and it's the bomb dig, the bees knees of diaries. The format has me planning a little ahead, Ive managed to set it up for the entire year rather than week by week."

"I love this! Our educators will be able to follow the planning cycle well!"

"The monthly layout of the program is so much better. I can see the family communication/notes/activities section [as] a place to note which children are being focused on for that day with the specific activities."

ALL NEW DESIGNS

Hard Cover Features

Notebook with colorful month and term tabs on a white background

White notebook with gold binding and ribbon bookmarks on a white background

Colorful planner stickers on a spiral-bound notebook with 'Stickers' text above.

Pink plastic sleeve over a book with text 'Plastic Sleeve' on a white background

ALL NEW DESIGNS

Hard Cover Features

This year all of our diaries contain more of your favourite features, with extra storage and more industry based stickers (including for month and term tabs!) The luxury gold binding and ribbon bookmarks provide the highest quality and durability.

Teacher in a classroom holding a notebook with children in the background

Two women in matching navy blue polos standing in a classroom with children in the background.

ECE Teacher taking notes in a classroom with children playing in the background

ECE Teacher interacting with children in a classroom setting

ECE Teacher in a classroom setting holding a book and pen

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The Planning Cycle - Made Simple Observe Assess Plan Implement Evaluate

How the Butler Diary guides you through every stage Watch, listen, notice Make sense of what you saw Program with Intention Bring the plan to life Reflect, learn, begin again

Every great program follows a cycle — observe, assess, plan, implement, evaluate. The Butler Diary is built around it. Every spread, every prompt, every section connects back to this cycle so you're never starting from scratch.

Watch, listen, and notice. Tune into children's interests, questions, discoveries, and interactions throughout the day — during routines, play, and unplanned moments. Your Butler Diary's jottings space and observation tracker give you a simple, consistent place to capture what you see, so nothing gets lost in the busyness of the day.

Make sense of what you observed. Connect children's strengths, ideas, and interests to learning outcomes and your professional knowledge. The reflection spread in your Butler Diary prompts you to analyse what you've noticed and consider what it means for each child's learning journey.

Use your analysis to design intentional experiences – indoors, outdoors, structured, and spontaneous. The weekly programming spread guides you to plan with purpose, link to frameworks, and consider every child, including their voice, their family, and their community.

Put the plan into action. Your Butler Diary travels with you through the day, or stays in the room, keeping your program visible to the whole team, supporting consistent practice across shifts, and making it easy to document as experiences unfold rather than at the end of a long day.

Reflect critically on what happened. What worked? What surprised you? What will you do differently? The reflection spread prompts you to consider children's cultural identities, diverse capabilities, and learning development – and feeds your thinking straight back into the next round of observations.

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Is this for me?

Evidence against the NQS, regs and the law
Helps with Quality Improvement
Less paperwork, photocopying and filing
All in one place
Easy to use

Who is this diary for?

Family Day Care Educators

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How the Diary helps with compliance

Supports you in making decisions around the EYLF and MTOP Frameworks,

Considers Erikson, Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky, Gardner, Bronfenbrenner, and Montessori in its design,

Planning boxes prompt physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language experiences, which are also linked to milestones and EYLF/MTOP outcomes.

Links with the three exceeding themes; Embedded in Service Operations, Informed by Critical Reflection, and Shaped by Meaningful Engagement with Families and Community.

Applies the National Quality Standards, The FDC Combined Compliance Checklist and Programming Diary Covers:

1.1.1 Approved Learning Framework

1.1.2 Child-centred

1.1.3 Program learning opportunities

1.2.1 Intentional teaching

1.2.2 Responsive teaching and scaffolding

1.2.3 Child directed learning

1.3.1 Assessment and planning cycle

1.3.2 Critical reflection

1.3.3 Information for families

2.1 Health

2.1.1 Wellbeing and comfort

2.1.2 Health practices and procedures

2.1.3 Healthy lifestyle

2.2.1 Wellbeing and comfort

2.2.2 Incident and emergency management

2.2.3 Child safety and protection

3.1.1 Fit for purpose

3.1.2 Upkeep

3.2.1 Inclusive environment

3.2.2 Resources support play-based learning

3.2.3 Environmentally responsible

4.2.1 Staffing arrangements

4.2.2 Professional standards

5.1.2 Dignity and rights of the child

5.2.1 Collaborative learning

6.1.2 Parent views are respected

6.2.3 Community engagement

7.1.3 Roles and responsibilities

7.2.1 Continuous improvement

Download our Compliance Information Factsheet designed to support you in identifying, reflecting on, and documenting how your service operations and practices are linked to frameworks, NQS, theorists, developmental milestones, and exceeding themes.

Take a look inside

FAQ

Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions

Your compliance checklist and programming are now covered in one Diary! This Diary covers your daily compliance checklists and monthly programming and reflection.

Educators that prefer to capture weekly programs can do so by pairing this Diary with the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary.

"Educators [can] plan for the month and then use the weekly planner, linking and extending from that monthly plan! I love this! Our educators will be able to follow the planning cycle well! That’s going to be a big help!"

The monthly program can act as an overview of the learning you'd like to achieve, while any emerging changes, interests, observations, or goals that occur can be captured in the Weekly Programming and Reflection Diary.

This Diary is an all-in-one programming, reflection and compliance tool and is not required to be paired with the Weekly Programming Diary, this is a personal preference.
Another suggestion from an FDC Educator was using the Family Communication/Notes/Activities section on the daily compliance pages to note focus children.

"The monthly layout of the program is so much better. I can see the family communication/notes/activities section [as] a place to note which children are being focused on for that day with the specific activities."

Yes! We've introduced our brand new Butler Diaries Training Portal full of free tutorials, diary guides, and professional development training. Find your Diary Guide training in store or inside the training portal.

This is a brand new Diary so we are still collecting feedback and experiences! However, it combines two of our top-rated Diaries that have had great feedback from the Family Day Care community.

Common feedback that we hear is that our Diaries keep everything is one place. With the pressure of Assessment and Rating and so much paperwork, it can make staying organised difficult. We reduce compliance confusion and support you in keeping everything together - particularly handy now with reduced time notices before A&R now in effect.

These resources are great places to get your questions answered. You can also always get in touch if you can’t find your answer below.

Butler Diaries Training Portal
Download Programming eBook
Download the Compliance eBook from the Compliance Tab
Visit the Support Directory of help articles, examples, and tips
Join our Facebook Support Group for exclusive support and freebies for our customers
Check out Butler Buzz for tips on your role, practice, documentation, cheat sheets and more
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