The Learning Sanctuary Gisborne
The Learning Sanctuary Gisborne Centre overview
Phone
(03) 5407 3115Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
We provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our dedicated team of Teachers and Educators provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring learning environment - where your child can thrive, and be their wonderful self, every day.
Getting school ready? We offer the Government-approved Kindergarten program that helps ensure your child has a successful transition to formal schooling.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at our Centre including:
- Sustainability Program: Helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, growing food and the importance of protecting our planet.
- Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment.
- Music & Movement Program: Designed to develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self-regulation, memory, and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music - and of course, have fun.
Fees & Vacancies
The Learning Sanctuary Gisborne Service features
See more (10)The Learning Sanctuary Gisborne service include:
Book a live tour at this carefully curated childcare centre and embark on the journey for your child’s growth and development
Please join us at our Kinder Information Night to learn about our government-approved Kinder program and preview our innovative approaches to school readiness.
Our team will also be on hand to help you navigate the 'Free Kinder' subsidy and your CCS entitlements.
When: w/c 15th April
What to expect:
- Learn about our innovative, government-approved 3 & 4 year old Kinder program, part of the enhanced learning program for Kinder at our centre and have your questions answered by your centre's Early Childhood Teacher.
- A showcase of the learning and creativity taking place in our learning environments in 2024.
- Representatives from local primary schools have also been invited to join us on the night.
- Our team will be on hand to help you navigate the 'Free Kinder' subsidy and your CCS entitlements.
Whether your child is entering kindergarten next year or in the future, it's never too early to discover all of the options available.
Limited Spaces Available: RSVP Today at https://g8education.edu.au/events/vic-kinder-night/
Get to know us
Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition
Our centre provides healthy and 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.
Our centre menu rotates every 4 weeks and offers children simple, nutrient-rich, unprocessed, and seasonal whole foods - designed to tempt even the fussiest of eaters.
About the curriculum
About the curriculum
Our Educational Programs:
“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber
Nursery Space: 6 weeks - 18 months
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 by experimenting. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play, water play, music time and story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing!
Toddler Space: 18 months - 2.5 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 and reading experiences.
On any given day the Toddler children 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 team helps children through talking, planning and role modelling.
Kindergarten/ Preschool Space: Pre Kinder One 2.5 - 3.5 years / Pre Kinder Two 3 - 4 years /Kinder 4 - 5 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 encourages active engagement in learning and supports a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking and creativity.
Oral language supports literacy learning. 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 kinder/ preschool children's development by engaging in rich discussions, introducing new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations, as well as singing, playing games, and reading with the children daily.
Throughout the kindergarten/preschool 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 is supported through group learning environments. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by identifying and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at The Learning Sanctuary Gisborne including;
- Sustainability Program: The current sustainable practices in place at the centre include utilising recycled items for craft, loose pieces for construction collection, a worm farm, compost, fogo bins for food scraps, recycling bins in all rooms and starting a community garden.
- Sports Program: This program is designed to encourage activity and movement, while also building the children’s motor skills.
- Music program: Our music programs have been designed to help develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self regulation, memory and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music - and of course have fun while doing so!
A day in the life of
A day in the life of
Morning
Sienna 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. Sienna 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
Sienna has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Sienna a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Sienna and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Sienna’s favourite book.
Morning
Maxwell 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, Maxwell is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Maxwell identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunchtime
Maxwell is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Maxwell is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Maxwell picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Maxwell and his friends lunch - spaghetti bolognese!
Afternoon
Maxwell 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, Maxwell is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Maxwell’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Charlotte is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry encounters allow Charlotte and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Charlotte is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Charlotte sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Charlotte takes part in the centre’s sports program - sports! Charlotte loves sports. Sports helps Charlotte improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Charlotte is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Charlotte 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.
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93 Sheedy RoadGisborne, VIC, 3437
Centre Reviews
My son currently attends The Learning Sanctuary in Gisborne and I am so impressed by the service and the facility. The staff are... Read more
This place is the best I used the go there when I was younger.
This is our second Daycare Centre due to moving house and my child is so much happier since being here.