Our centre offers the Victorian Government-approved ‘Kinder: Best Start, Best Life’ program for 3–4-year-olds, providing up to 15 hours per week of funded Kindergarten. This program supports children’s learning, development, and well-being, setting them up for future success.

Our Enhanced Learning Program for Kindergarten children focuses on:

• Numeracy & Literacy: Developing key skills for lifelong learning.
• Self-Regulation: Fostering emotional control and resilience.
• Social & Emotional Development: Supporting independence and building healthy relationships.
• Creativity & Problem-Solving: Encouraging curiosity and critical thinking.

With extended hours and a year-round program (excluding public holidays), our Kindergarten program is delivered by qualified Early Childhood Teachers committed to supporting your child’s individual development.

Additional Benefits Include:

• Government subsidy: Further reduces out-of-pocket Kinder fees in addition to your eligible Childcare Subsidy (CCS).
• Personalised Learning Plans: Tailored to your child’s unique needs.
• Rhythm and Resilience Program: Music and movement to improve emotional regulation.
• School Readiness: Preparing your child for a smooth transition to school.

We also engage with local schools and provide transition statements, ensuring your child feels confident and prepared for the next steps in their education journey. Stay connected with your child’s progress via our Xplor platform, which offers regular updates on their learning and development.

“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber

Nursery Space: 6 weeks – 2 years

Learning starts from before birth, and our Educators have created a welcoming and nurturing nursery environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover new things - through their senses, their communication and cues (body language, facial expression and sounds) and through experimentation. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play including sensory play, music time, story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing.

Toddler Space: 2 - 3 years

Our teachers and educators encourage the children to learn through play to help enhance their sensory-motor development. This happens through carefully planned music, dance, games, role playing and reading experiences.

On any given day the Toddlers can be seen developing their numeracy by building a tower, sorting objects, pointing and identifying shapes and patterns and participating in counting songs and games.

Children in our toddler space are encouraged to participate in group play. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as, turn-taking, developing self-confidence and emotional self-regulation. Our skilled team helps children through talking, planning and role modelling.

Kindergarten Space: 3 – 6 years

Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for later learning including confidence and curiosity, important skills for starting school. Our play-based program has school readiness at its core, encouraging active engagement in learning and supporting a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking and creativity.

The oral language supports literacy learning and a child’s oral language ability is the best predictor for later success in learning to read and write. Hearing the sounds within a language is the first critical step for all literacy learning. Our team supports our Kindergarten children's literacy development by engaging in rich discussions, reading, storytelling, dramatic play and experimentation all of which introduce new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations.

Throughout the Kindergarten year, children use their language to share ideas, ask questions, express themselves, and connect with peers and adults in social settings.

Social-emotional skills, including the ability to self-regulate emotions, are supported through group learning experiences. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by labelling and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Our goal in the kindergarten year is to prepare children and families for a smooth transition to primary school.

Our centre chef prepares and cooks nutritious meals daily, catering to the unique dietary requirements of every child. We believe that by encouraging active participation (such as growing their own fruit and vegetables, preparing, and finally cooking!) children learn to appreciate and understand the importance of healthy eating across a wide variety of food.

Our centre offers seasonal whole food-based menus – created to delight the fussiest eaters.

I started my career in early childhood education and care in 2010 and started working at  in 2021. I currently hold a Bachelor in Early Childhood Education and have experience within roles such as Room Leader, Early Childhood Teacher, Assistant Manager and Centre Manager.

As I have experienced many roles within my time in early childhood education and care, I always reflect on the importance of providing a safe and calming environment for children and families. Since becoming a centre manager, I am inspired to be able to support families and guide them through the early childhood journey. I also enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience with educators to provide high quality care and education for children.

I believe through the years I have learnt so much about children being individuals and to approach every situation differently with compassion and care. All children need to feel safe and supported in the environment and often this looks differently for all children. Getting to know the child and family is so important to be able to support them and ensure they settle into the service with a positive experience.

All child care centres, including our centre, use the foundation of play-based learning to guide our experiences every day. With access to a range of age-appropriate learning resources, trained educators, and new experiences among friends, we set children up to thrive in an environment that is dedicated to learning.

We have a variety of educators who have been working at  ever since the centre opened in 2018. It is nice to have educators who can share our journey with new team members and show how far we have come together as a team. It is great knowing the new team members can now be a part of our next journey into the coming years. The team share passion for children and it is so nice to come to work and be able to laugh with them and enjoy the time spent with the team and the children.

Our team understands just how important your children are to you and we ensure we take our responsibilities seriously. Greenwood Early Education Centres has extensive policy and procedures in place to assist our team in protecting children in our care. You can read more about our commitment to safety here.

As a parent myself and with other parents in our team, we are empathetic and understanding of how a family may be feeling starting out in child care. From orientation, to your child’s first day, and if your child is having difficulty separating from you for the first time – we understand you and we are here to help you. We make time for conversation with families and really try to understand how you and your child are feeling and look at ways we can help your experience at our child care centre. We place a lot of value and time in listening to our community of families so we can build relationship trust and have families feel secure and supported in what they are needing to discuss at any time.

To make our families feel more at home, we have coffee and tea available for our families in our foyer. We celebrate events as the Greenwood community and ensure all family’s needs are met. We communicate with families via our all in one family app which is great to stay up to date on what your child is getting up to during the day and also access information about their health, you can track your payments, make bookings and much more.

We understand the enrolment process in child care can be confusing for families. At  we have developed an email for families to follow step by step how to enrol with us. There is information on how to enrol at our centre, set up your Centrelink and ensure you have the information you need on the ). We offer families assistance during orientation to get all the steps set up with us and if they need to use our facilities we are accommodating through this process. We are here to help and support wherever we can.

A fun fact about me is that I love Cold Rock ice-cream, my favourite combination is bubble gum with Nutella.

The team at  cannot wait to meet you and your family to start on this exciting journey!