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.

Hi, I'm Neha, the Centre Manager at Greenwood Point Cook. I began my career in early childhood education and care in 2012 and started working at  in 2018. I hold a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care. I have worked as an assistant educator, and then moved into the role of Lead Educator before becoming an Assistant Centre Manager then a Centre Manager.

I have loved my time working in the early education sector. I am inspired by the children and watching them grow and learn every day while in our care. I love to see children achieve their goals and follow their own personal journey whilst in care.

As an early childhood educator, I have learned that every child is unique. Each child needs to be given the freedom to choose their own path and way of learning that suits them. It is with this in mind that my teaching style promotes child’s choice and autonomy over their choices. Children should be encouraged to lead their own learning.

My approach to helping children on their learning and life journey is supporting them with their own choices. It is about the child, and we as educators are there to facilitate the choices they are making and guide them so that they feel confident and supported.

The social benefits of learning from a dedicated early childhood education and care environment are many. Children are given the opportunity to learn from their peers, along with the support and knowledge of qualified professionals being able to guide them. All our programs are child-initiated and we further enhance this knowledge by scaffolding their learning through various activities and planned experiences.

Health and safety are paramount to everything we do. We follow all health and safety guidelines and do regular training to ensure we always have the most up to date information and knowledge available to us. As a service, we consider child protection everyone’s responsibility and we are all responsible for ensuring all the children in our care are secure, safe and supported.

In relation to child protection I WILL listen, support, advocate for you and follow your lead. I will create an environment where all children feel safe, secure and protected.

At  I have the pleasure of leading an amazing team of educators who are warm, welcoming, and caring. As a team, we have created a nurturing environment for all our families where children are able to grow and learn in a supported way. We look forward to showing you around our beautiful centre and welcoming you to the Greenwood Family.

We understand starting at a new centre can be daunting. We take the time during a tour to listen to the individual needs of each family. We ensure we give the family the time they deserve to take this step for their child’s education. We are available to answer any and all questions and can be on hand to assist with the completion of documentation required, whether it be assistance with the enrolment form to assistance with Centrelink.

At Greenwood, we regularly celebrate diverse cultures and the celebrates throughout the year that are important to them. We ask our families what is important to them and ensure we embed this into our centre culture. We hold information nights for our kinder children and parents are always welcome in the service as we have an open-door policy.

We encourage families to take the lead with orientations and give them the choice to decide when their child is ready to commence care. We have open and honest communication with our families and welcome their calls, feedback, input at any time of the day. The families are all given access to so they can follow their child’s day in real-time daily to see how their day is progressing.