(03) 9116 9021
(03) 9116 9021Address:
94-100 Fairways Boulevard, Craigieburn, VIC, 3064
Care Type:
Long Day Care, Pre-school
Hours:
6:30AM to 6:30PM
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0-1 years
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$186.5 /day
Your enquiry will be sent directly to the Pelican Childcare Fairways.
Address:
94-100 Fairways Boulevard, Craigieburn, VIC, 3064
Rating Score
Pelican Childcare Fairways, I am deeply grateful for the care and support you have provided my children during their early years of learning. I cannot express my gratitude for everything that my children and I have experienced at Pelican Fairways. Starting it off with the most amazing centre manager, Mrs.Carol, thank you for being so understanding, supportive and constant with your management. Kinder teacher, Virdah, thank you for your hard work and commitment in ensuring that children are more than ready to commence their foundation years of schooling. Ljubica, thank you for being so energetic, enthusiastic, caring, supportive, nurturing and a genuine educator, (speechless to describe this educator). Vasa, thank you for being so gentle, kind and supportive to the children’s early years of learning. Simran, Renuka, Kisa, Taylor, and Angela, thank you for being so kind, caring and loving to my children and to all the children at the centre.You guys are incredible, your hard work and commitment will forever be appreciated. Moving suburbs didn’t stop me from utilising the centre’s service as seeing the smile on my children’s faces during drop offs and seeing them run and hug their educators indicated that they are loved and cared for enormously. It is hard to put in words how grateful we are for the care, guidance and dedication this centre has shown to our children over the past TEN years. I feel grateful for the service and the impact the centre has had on my children’s wellbeing and education. This was witnessed when my child received an excellent initial school report from his primary school. This report is also a reflection of the quality service and a personalised education that the children receive while they attend this centre. For first-time parents who desire for their child/ren to build confidence, learn and grow in a positive, nurturing and a healthy environment then without a single doubt you should look no further than Pelican Fairways. Heartfelt thanks to the team at Pelican Fairways!!
- Joliana Adam
We are conveniently located for families in or commuting through Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park, Somerton and Greenvale and surrounding areas. Many of our Children go on to attend local schools such as Craigieburn South Primary School, supporting a smooth transition to school.
We offer nurturing care and quality early education for children from 6 weeks to 6 years, with flexible hours (9, 10, 11, and 12-hour sessions) to suit busy families.
Our Learning Environments
Our children benefit from familiar faces as they grow, creating a sense of continuity:
We’re proud to have qualified teachers and educators, supported by a team of national education experts, ensuring the highest quality childcare and early education.
Innovative Early Learning Programs
Our teachers deliver the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF or the national curriculum) through play-based learning that covers language, literacy, numeracy, STEM, social, and emotional development. Our program also includes:
We focus on strong family partnerships through regular learning and development conversations with your child’s lead educator, learning showcases, and in-centre family events. Our Xplor app provides real-time updates and learning summaries daily to keep you informed on your child’s journey.
We are conveniently located for families in or commuting through Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park, Somerton and Greenvale and surrounding areas. Many of our Children go on to attend local schools such as Craigieburn South Primary School, supporting a smooth transition to school.
We offer nurturing care and quality early education for children from 6 weeks to 6 years, with flexible hours (9, 10, 11, and 12-hour sessions) to suit busy families.
Our Learning Environments
Our children benefit from familiar faces as they grow, creating a sense of continuity:
We’re proud to have qualified teachers and educators, supported by a team of national education experts, ensuring the highest quality childcare and early education.
Innovative Early Learning Programs
Our teachers deliver the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF or the national curriculum) through play-based learning that covers language, literacy, numeracy, STEM, social, and emotional development. Our program also includes:
We focus on strong family partnerships through regular learning and development conversations with your child’s lead educator, learning showcases, and in-centre family events. Our Xplor app provides real-time updates and learning summaries daily to keep you informed on your child’s journey.
State Government Approved Programs
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:
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:
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.
Morning
Imogen is 11 months old and enjoys sensory play outside in the sandpit with her friends. She sits near her educator who helps teach her how to scoop the sand into the bucket. Imogen is learning how to dig, carry, and move the sand. She is also exploring texture and learning what happens to the sand when she adds water!
Lunch
Imogen has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Imogen a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Imogen and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Imogen’s favourite book.
Morning
Lazurus is two and a half years old and loves to start his day at the centre outside on the climbing equipment. His friends join him, and together they pretend to be pirates on a ship looking for treasure. Through this exciting dramatic play, Lazurus is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Lazurus identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Lazurus is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Lazurus is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Lazurus picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Lazurus and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Lazurus enjoys art, and today he is painting a beach scene from a recent family holiday. He adds the finishing touches and sets the painting aside to dry; so that he can take it home to share with his family.
While painting, Lazurus is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Lazurus’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Indiana is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Indiana and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Indiana is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Indiana sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Indiana takes part in the centre’s sports program. Indiana loves sports. Sports helps Indiana improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Indiana is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Indiana and her friends will be visiting the local primary school next week. In preparation for the visit, the class is creating a list of questions to ask the Principal and school children.
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.
Hi, I'm Carol, the Centre Manager at Pelican Childcare Fairways. I started working in early learning in 2015. I began my early learning years at Pelican Newbury and then had the opportunity to join Pelican Fairways in April 2022. I am Diploma Qualified with a Working with Children Check and a First Aid Certificate.
In my career, I implemented different learning strategies through play-based learning to foster children’s confidence and assist children in their future learning. I have built many relationships with children and families over the years who have left with footprints of memories that I could never forget.
Every child is unique and has different learning styles. However, I believe that the best learning in the first five years should come from play. A play-based learning environment encourages children to socialise and communicate, and it creates plenty of opportunities to build on their fine motor skills and physical motor skills to prepare them for school and beyond. At Pelican Fairways, we guide children’s learning with positive interactions with educators and their peers to keep them motivated. We encourage children to discover their own interests and strength and create individual learning goals based on each child’s progress.
Our educators at Pelican Fairways are respectful, empathetic, encouraging, and dedicated to providing the best possible care and education for our children. We come from different cultural backgrounds, and we incorporate everyone’s cultures into our daily practice.
I build relationships with families by providing regular updates and honest communication. I would greet the families face to face and have personal interaction to get to know families and children. We are open to feedback and love to support families wherever we can.
Want to see the centre first hand? Book a tour with Pelican Childcare Fairways below.
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0-1 years
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1-2 years
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Pre-Kindy
2-3 years
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Kindy
3-5 years
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Rating Score
Joliana Adam
Pelican Childcare Fairways, I am deeply grateful for the care and support you have provided my children during their early years of learning. I cannot express my gratitude for everything that my children and I have experienced at Pelican Fairways. Starting it off with the most amazing centre manager, Mrs.Carol, thank you for being so understanding, supportive and constant with your management. Kinder teacher, Virdah, thank you for your hard work and commitment in ensuring that children are more than ready to commence their foundation years of schooling. Ljubica, thank you for being so energetic, enthusiastic, caring, supportive, nurturing and a genuine educator, (speechless to describe this educator). Vasa, thank you for being so gentle, kind and supportive to the children’s early years of learning. Simran, Renuka, Kisa, Taylor, and Angela, thank you for being so kind, caring and loving to my children and to all the children at the centre.You guys are incredible, your hard work and commitment will forever be appreciated. Moving suburbs didn’t stop me from utilising the centre’s service as seeing the smile on my children’s faces during drop offs and seeing them run and hug their educators indicated that they are loved and cared for enormously. It is hard to put in words how grateful we are for the care, guidance and dedication this centre has shown to our children over the past TEN years. I feel grateful for the service and the impact the centre has had on my children’s wellbeing and education. This was witnessed when my child received an excellent initial school report from his primary school. This report is also a reflection of the quality service and a personalised education that the children receive while they attend this centre. For first-time parents who desire for their child/ren to build confidence, learn and grow in a positive, nurturing and a healthy environment then without a single doubt you should look no further than Pelican Fairways. Heartfelt thanks to the team at Pelican Fairways!!
Hi Joliana, Thank you for the glowing 5-star review! We’re overjoyed by the beautiful words you have written. Knowing that our efforts are appreciated truly inspires us to keep striving for excellence. Kind regards, The Pelican Childcare Team
S. Ishaq
Hi, I am very disappointed with the team and the atmosphere they provided throughout the year. My nephew was going to this centre, and we, as family members, asked them about his educational progress. They provide a rough copy of some activities without considering his learning strengths and did not include dates on any single page. This is not the portfolio, this is absolute rubbish. He started crying and said that this its not even his artwork that they attached. They waste our child's best moments of learning and skills that he would achieve during his basic foundation studies. Virdah, Lubica and Carol, you guys did an excellent job of ruining a child's first memory.
Julius Mariano
We couldn’t be more grateful for the incredible care Pelican Fairways has provided our son during his very first childcare experience. From day one, the team made us feel comfortable, supported, and confident that our son was in the best hands. Over the six months our son attended, he formed such strong and meaningful bonds with the educators, which speaks volumes about the nurturing environment they create. Every educator we encountered was genuinely caring, attentive, and invested in the wellbeing of the children. A special mention must go to Renuka, who our son developed a particularly beautiful relationship with. Her passion for what she does truly shines through. She has a genuine warmth and care for every child, and it was clear how much she prioritised our son’s happiness, safety, and development. She even had a parting gift for our son on his last day, which really shows that they're not just educators but really a second family. As first-time parents navigating childcare, we naturally had lots of phone calls and questions early on. The educators were always patient, reassuring, and more than happy to take the time to update us, which gave us enormous peace of mind knowing our son was safe and well looked after. One thing that really stood out to us was the excellent staff retention. Throughout our entire time at Pelican Fairways, we didn’t see any educators leave. That consistency says a lot about the positive culture and supportive environment they’ve built, and it made such a difference for our son in feeling secure and settled. If you’re a parent looking for a local childcare that truly cares, nurtures strong relationships, and puts children’s wellbeing first, Pelican Fairways is without a doubt the best choice you can make for your child. If we didn't have to move suburbs, I'm sure our son would have stayed here until he's ready for primary school. Highly recommended!
Hi Julius, We're thrilled to hear that you couldn't be more grateful for our centre and the care given! It's great to know that your child is thriving in our nurturing environment. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and your wonderful review inspires our team to keep up the great work every day. Kind regards, The Pelican Childcare Team
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