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Journey Early Learning Ocean Grove Centre overview
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(03) 5214 2234Journey Early Learning Ocean Grove is where your child’s journey begins. We provide a nurturing environment filled with curiosity, wonder and joy. It’s a place where children aged from six weeks to six years of age can make a positive start to a life of learning, development, growth and opportunity.
We are passionate about guiding developmental outcomes and providing a creative environment for children which supports and inspires a lifelong love of learning.
Our Facilities
- Spacious Rooms: Bathed in natural light to create an inviting atmosphere for exploration.
- Parent Amenities: Enjoy complimentary coffee and snacks while engaging with our community.
- Natural Resources: Encouraging an appreciation for the world around us.
- Tiered Play Space: Designed to enhance gross motor skills and physical development.
As food is so much more than just nutrition, we have created Future Foodies: A holistic food program at the heart of our Centre with menus specially developed by an experienced nutritionist. On this base, our qualified, onsite Chef provides fresh, nutritious meals throughout the day, catering for all special dietary needs and requirements.
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Get to know us
Programs

Programs
- Bush Kinder program
- Incursions & excursions
- Story Time
- Inspire Program
- Pen Pal Project
- Nature-based play
About the curriculum

About the curriculum
The Nursery is a calm, quiet and, above all, safe space where young children can enjoy one-on-one moments with educators, develop their connections, build trust and have all their daily care needs met. Nursery Room children love to explore their immediate environment. The educators encourage them to use their senses to discover and build their knowledge.
Opportunities are provided for children to explore their emerging recognition of self, with mirrors, photos and educator reinforcement.
Routines are developed to ensure consistency between the centre and the child’s home. The team recognises and embraces the primary role parents play in their child’s life, and works collaboratively with families to ensure proper routines are developed. This allows them to create a feeling of predictability and security for the children, and with that comes a sense of belonging and connection.
Here, the identity of each child is beginning to emerge and they are starting to see themselves as independent beings. They begin to explore through touch, to see what they like and how things work around them.
This environment is designed around the toddler’s emerging sense of identity. It’s a space where they can feel safe and supported. Educators provide a variety of interesting resources that are familiar to the children, so they can experiment and make sense of their immediate world.
Routines are important for developing independence, so educators provide opportunities to support each child’s individual needs. They encourage children to tackle routine tasks themselves, but still have educators on-hand for one-on-one time to provide comfort and reassurance.
Pre-Kinder children are emerging from their individual bubble and venturing into the world, socialising with others and wanting to develop more meaningful friendships. The Pre-Kinder spaces ensure there are opportunities for children to interact and work together, as well as encouraging their own independent learning.
Educators provide many familiar activities and spaces for children to explore, as well as introducing fresh and exciting problem-solving activities that will expand their knowledge through experiential play. Interacting with adults and other children exposes children to different ideas, opinions, interests and skills. As a result, their curiosity and knowledge grows.
Educators provide a variety of different opportunities for children to work alone, in small groups and together, with an educator always nearby to support and guide them.
Pre-Kinder children are getting stronger and more capable with their self-help skills. The opportunities to practice and care for their own needs is promoted, which encourages confident behaviour and builds independence.
The Kinder Room is taught by an experienced and bachelor-qualified, Early Childhood Teacher. In the Kinder Room, children see themselves as part of the wider world, resulting in a deeper exploration of challenging and imaginative topics. All of the play spaces encourage this by providing varied and interesting resources and materials for children to experiment and explore.
Often, small moments of play lead to big moments of discovery. That’s why the team provides a play-based program. The centre’s play spaces encourage this by providing diverse and interesting environments for children to explore. Kinder children are extremely competent in guiding their own play and constructing their own knowledge. Educators help and support children in discovering new information with books, technology and excursions. Familiar elements are included in the Kinder Room to ensure children feel safe and secure while developing new skills and knowledge. School transition is a focus of the program and educators work hard to ensure children are developed enough and have the knowledge to make this a smooth process.
Health & nutrition

Health & nutrition
At Journey Early Learning Ocean Grove, educators believe that a wholesome child is a happy child. This is why they partnered with Wholesome Child, who has a simple philosophy: “Train children’s taste buds to enjoy nourishing, nutritionally beneficial foods as early as possible to ensure optimal development and establish lifelong healthy eating behaviours.”
The centre offers fresh, seasonal menus, to ensure each of the children receive nutritious meals every day. For the team, it’s not simply about nutrition, it’s also about discovering new things. Nothing beats tasting something new for the very first time, and the educators want the children to experience that for themselves.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Hello, my name is Angela Martinez I have been in the childcare sector for more than 10 years; I am an Early Childhood and Primary Teacher back in my country (Colombia), completed a Diploma and Advance Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, and Leadership and Management in Australia.
What I love about my job is that I can be part of your child's journey of discovering and learning new experiences, supporting each family and guiding the educators by sharing my knowledge and expertise to grow together.
I look forward to getting to know all of you.

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Their educators/workers are well-mannered, kind, and polite, and they communicate softly with the children, earning them a 5-star rating from me. Their educators/workers are well-mannered, kind, and polite, and they communicate softly with the children, earning them a 5-star rating from me.
My children have been attending the service for almost three years. Journey Ocean Grove has gone above and beyond for our family. They... My children have been attending the service for almost three years. Journey Ocean Grove has gone above and beyond for our family. They have given there all through each and every wave and I couldn’t be more appreciative. A great Management team and very friendly staff whom take such beautiful care of each and every child. Read more
We have had a great experience with Journey OG. The management team are hands on the ball, the staff were lovely and engaging... We have had a great experience with Journey OG. The management team are hands on the ball, the staff were lovely and engaging with the kids and all around great center (new as and clean) we only chose to change centers for conviencne to a center closer to home :) Read more
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🥰Spreading Love and Kindness in the Classroom 💛 This week at Journey Ocean Grove, we are focusing on something very close to our hearts — respect, love, and kindness. 💕 Our little learners have been having some beautiful discussions about who they love and what love feels like. From family and friends to pets and teachers, the children shared thoughtful words and warm feelings as we explored the many forms of love. To express these big emotions creatively, the children were invited to take part in a meaningful art experience. They could choose to paint a flag, a love heart, or a triangle — and the results were stunning! 🎨 Many of the children chose to create colourful artwork, thoughtfully picking colours that made them feel happy, proud, and loved. 🩵✨ Their finished pieces now brighten up our classroom and serve as a reminder of the importance of accepting and celebrating one another. We’re so proud of the kindness our children continue to show each day. 💖 #childcare #love #respect #spreadkindnessandpositivity #careforkids
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🌈 Exploring, Imagining & Growing – One Play Space at a Time! 🧸✨ At Journey Early Learning Ocean Grove, our classrooms are more than just places to learn—they’re invitations to play, create, and discover! Each room is thoughtfully designed with engaging play spaces that inspire curiosity and support every child’s development. From cozy reading nooks 📚 and hands-on sensory tables 🌾 to imaginative role-play corners 🍽️ and open-ended construction areas 🧱, our environments are tailored to spark imagination and foster meaningful learning through play. #earlylearning #playbasedlearning #childcarewithheart #learnthroughplay #careforkids
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This week we celebrated reconciliation week by wearing yellow on Tuesday and Thursday and also doing lots of artwork such as drawing and painting. The children loved straw painting and painting with grains of sand mixed in the paint, we spoke about the aboriginal flag and the Torres straight Islander flag and what each colour on the flags represent. The toddler children also really enjoy reciting the acknowledgement of country during group time. At journey ocean grove we say “ here is the land, here is the sky, here are my friends, and here am I. We thank the Wadawurrung people for the land on which we live and play, we promise to take care of it every single day“. #reconciliationweek #childcare #careforkids #NRW2025 #alwayswasalwayswillbe #bridgingnowtonext #reconciliation
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The cold ❄️☁️weather is coming but that’s not stopping these little adventures🩷 from having fun in the sun☀️. #autumnfun #careforkids #childcare #outdooractivitiesforchildren #funinthesun
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Welcome to toddler two’s ice cream shop and cafe, can’t wait to see what our little baristas create. 🍦🧁🍪🍩🍰☕️🧋🧑🍳 #childcare #careforkids #journeyearlylearning #icecream #cafe
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🌸 THEN & NOW 🌸 Look at these flashbacks from 2022 when our young Journey Delacombe Kinder students first began their journey! A big congratulations to all our Kinder Graduates across Journey this month, we are so excited for you to head on your next big adventure. #careforkids
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The Journey Whittlesea pre-kinder class went on an adventure to collect flowers for their families and stopped for a quick babychino on the way back 🥰 YUM! #careforkids
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The Kinder children at Journey Echuca recently went for a tour of the kitchen at their local Dominos! They were showed how to make dough and the children got to make their own mini pizza. What an exciting excursion!🍕🍕🍕🍕 #careforkids
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Last week the team at Journey Sebastopol celebrate 'Thank a First responder Day' by inviting some of the first responders in their community to the centre. They did a great job at showing appreciation for the first responders in their community, for the work that they do to keep everyone safe. #careforkids
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National Simultaneous Storytime 2024. 📚 Our kindergarten children headed to the Indooroopilly Library at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre to listen to the story, Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker. 🐦 This lyrical story follows the journey of a bowerbird on his quest for all things blue, all the while feeling that something is amiss in his life. The bowerbird's collection dominated by plastic caps, straws and tags invites reflection on environmental pollution and its challenges. #careforkids