Active Kids Early Learning Centre - Hillcrest

Active Kids Early Learning Centre Hillcrest offers the following programs as part of the daily fee: 

• Bush Kindy and Beach Kindy in alignment with nature play principles and guidelines 

• Government approved Kindergarten program offered 5 days a week by fully qualified Early Childhood Teacher 

• Vacation Care program including excursions, on site events and activities 

• Weekly cooking experiences led by the centre’s qualified cook 

• Extracurricular activities including Happy Feet Dance Program and Ginger Sports Soccer 

• ELLA language program where the children learn French

• Centre pets including chickens, guinea pigs and fish 

• Regular excursions within the local community which coincide with learning within the classroom

• Regular incursions, shows and visitors to the centre including Itty Bitty Stars shows, visits from Emergency Services, visits from local teachers and more.

The team at Active Kids have a goal to ensure that all children and families, regardless of circumstance or vulnerability, are included and feel welcome and supported. Prior to enrolment, the educators take time to get to know each child’s and family’s needs and begin to plan and access support (when needed) to best support their learning journey.

The educators at the centre are culturally diverse and can assist with meeting specific cultural requests, translating for families where communication is a barrier, as well as to assist the child in their settling in process.

The educators pride themselves on ensuring that all children are included in the amazing experiences at the centre. Children with additional needs are welcomed and additional support is sought via the Inclusion Support Subsidy and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The staff go the extra mile to ensure that all children’s individual needs are met, and that all children and their families feel valued and included.

At Active Kids, there is continual investment in their educators to build their capability to support families and children. With increased experience and skills, Educators and Management play a vital role in delivering inclusive practices in care and education for all children and families.

Environmental responsibility and education play a vital part in the centre’s programs, and the physical environments of the centre. With sustainability and care of the environment being so socially important today, the team feel it is their duty to ensure that this passion and love for the environment is embedded in each child’s learning while they are young. Playgrounds and outdoor play spaces are sourced from natural and recycled resources. Indoors, children will interact with a wide range of nature-based play experiences and activities that ensure they learn how to care for and respect the world around them.

What I feel a child needs most at any age is to feel loved and welcomed into their safe space, a sense of respect for their own ideas and actions, to be able to freely and openly play, to laugh, have fun, to be noticed, have full attention of the adults around them, to be listened to, to be encouraged to foster their sense of wonder and imagination, to have chances to make mistakes and be supported to learn from them, to be trusted, to be given opportunities to learn and grow, and most importantly to know they are loved and feel like they belong. All educators here do our best within our service team environment to accomplish this for each and every child. 

Katie, Lead Educator

I love working at our service because, for me, it is all about the growth and transition I see in the children in my class over the year. They start out as ‘babies’ and grow into confident, risk taking, information seeking, fun loving, creative and kind children who are bursting at the seams to go to big school. It is such a privilege to be part of their journey, to be able to guide, educate and nurture them as they flourish. 

Anna, Kindergarten Early Childhood Teacher

I love being able to work within a service that supports the development of the children and enables them to achieve their full potential as they grow. For me, the most joy comes from being able to build a  positive and trusting relationship with not only the children but with the families as well. 

Educators at our service are passionate about the roles in which they play to help build and shape small minds in the first early years. 

Sophie, Lead Educator Active Kids Hillcrest 

Our Mission

At Active Kids, our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where children and families feel welcomed and accepted. We pride ourselves on our individualised approach to each child, ensuring that experiences and play based programs are unique and centred around their abilities, needs and culture.

The Active Kids Hillcrest Team

Active Kids Early Learning Centre Hillcrest offers an in-house meal service to meet the nutritional needs of the children in their care, including those with special dietary needs. The centre’s menu consists of four rotating menus filled with delicious healthy home-style cooked food, all prepared on-site by the centre cook. The menu is regularly reviewed and is endorsed by a nutritionist. 

The children engage in weekly cooking experiences which they then enjoy as part of the menu. They enjoy a variety of hot dishes, salads, fruit platters, sandwiches and wraps, as well as healthy made from scratch snacks. All baby food is prepared fresh and cooked on site.