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Early childhood teacher Kylie Ryan of Goodstart Kirwan Golf Links Drive shares her insights.
We provide a nurturing and supportive early learning environment on Mununjali Country. Our service is designed to help each child grow, learn, and thrive, from nursery to kindergarten and beyond.
Located in the heart of a quieter, relaxed community on the corner of Brisbane and Jane Street, our long day care centre embraces a small, family-like atmosphere.
Our dedicated team tailors programs to children's unique strengths and interests, ensuring they feel comfortable, confident, and ready for the next stage of their learning journey.
Why not take a tour? We'd love to show you around.
At Goodstart Beaudesert – Brisbane Street, we focus on helping children feel supported while having fun and learning through play.
Our kindergarten program perfectly balances education and creativity, with weekly craft activities tied to important cultural and community events.
We emphasise speech and communication development, encouraging children to express themselves confidently and build their language skills.
Our caring educators create a nurturing environment where every child feels part of the family.
Book a tour and see how our community-oriented approach can support your family. Experience the difference of a small, connected centre where your child's development is our priority.
At Goodstart Beaudesert - Brisbane Street, our philosophy centres around the belief that every child is a unique individual with their own interests and strengths. We embrace a play-based learning approach that nurtures curiosity and creativity, allowing children to explore their world in meaningful ways. 
We prioritise: 
Through our philosophy, we aim to create a safe, nurturing environment where children can thrive and become confident, capable learners. 
Children need to feel safe and supported to learn and grow, so we promote key educator relationships between our educators and children. Your child will have at least one educator (their key educator) who takes them under their wing and really gets to know them. 
Our Key Educator relationships help children form secure attachments. Educators work closely with smaller groups and individual children to better understand each child. These relationships lead to improved outcomes for children as we foster more communication between families and educators. 
We inform families regularly about their child's progress and welcome family involvement in our centre events and activities.  
At our Goodstart Beaudesert - Brisbane Street centre, we're proud to inspire your child's love of learning with the support of our passionate and qualified Early Childhood Teacher. Teachers with bachelor's degrees run our kindergarten program, so children can be well on their way to excellent learning outcomes by the time they start school. 
At Goodstart, we believe all children deserve the best possible start in life, which includes access to high-quality early childhood education and care. We offer:  
We work closely with parents to ensure the individual needs, interests and strengths of children are considered, and our learning goals reflect them. Using Storypark, a wonderful communication platform, we stay in close touch with families and ensure you're well informed about your child's development and achievements. 
Click here to book your tour or call our Family Services team to find out more on 1800 222 543. 
My name is Lauren and I am an experienced Early Education professional with over 14 years of experience working with Early Years and School Aged Children.
As Centre Director I am committed to creating a community where families and educators work together with the goal of supporting all children to grow, explore, create and become confident individuals when in our care.
I bring a Children First Attitude and a commitment to creating and maintaining a safe environment for our children, families and staff to feel safe, supported and valued each and everyday they walk through the doors of our centre.
I Always remember to bring my “smile” and “sense of humour” to work to share with children, families, colleagues, and management.
Like any new experience, I anticipate a getting to know you period whilst I meet and greet with children, staff and families, in addition to learning new processes and systems within the centre-I appreciate your patience and support during my induction and training to ensure I can provide you all with the best quality care and support you expect from your Centre Director.
I look forward to welcoming you into our centre.
At Beaudesert - Brisbane Street, you and your child can enjoy the best of both worlds. Our centre offers a kindergarten program and long day care under the one roof. Our kindergarten teachers are University qualified and provide a play-based learning program that will support your child in learning the skills for school and life.
At Beaudesert - Brisbane Street, you and your child can enjoy the best of both worlds. Our centre offers a kindergarten program and long day care under the one roof. Our kindergarten teachers are University qualified and provide a play-based learning program that will support your child in learning the skills for school and life.
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6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday
6:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday