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Early childhood teacher Kylie Ryan of Goodstart Kirwan Golf Links Drive shares her insights.
We provide a warm and inclusive environment where every child can thrive.
With a longstanding, highly qualified team and strong ties to local schools and services, our centre supports each child's learning journey with consistency, care and cultural understanding.
Our play-based curriculum is tailored to the individual, nurturing curiosity, emotional development and school readiness from nursery to kindergarten.
Why not take a tour? You’ll find us close to Robertson State School, Griffith University and major transport links – a convenient, trusted choice for busy families.
Why families choose Goodstart Robertson:
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Our families love the strong sense of belonging they feel when they are part of our centre. Every educator takes time to know every child.
Whether you're here two days a week or five, your child is welcomed into a stable, secure, and stimulating environment built on trusted relationships.
Our multicultural team ensures each family feels represented and respected, with language support available during tours and daily interactions.
We are proud of our deep connections with local schools and services, making Goodstart Robertson a supportive stepping stone to your child's future.
Book a tour today to meet our passionate team and see what makes Goodstart Robertson a special place. If our tour times don't suit you, we'll arrange a visit that suits your schedule.
At Goodstart Robertson, 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 Robertson centre, we're proud to inspire your child's love of learning with the support of our passionate and qualified early childhood experts. 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. 
Staff is wonderful. They are kind and caring as they take care of my kids wonderfully.Most importantly they teach my kids and they are happy to learn. My kids love this place as they are excited to go and play with the teachers. The place is very clean and the place is easily accessible. If I could I would rate the centre more than 5 stars.
My grandson has been attending Good Start Robertson for a few years now. I appreciate the friendly, welcoming staff who genuinely care for the children and their families. I drop off and collect my grandson occasionally and I love that the staff remember me. The children are happy and content and learning in a supportive, calm environment. The staff are to be commended for their calm, patient manner.
I'm absolutely delighted with Goodstart Early learning Robertson! The staff are warm, The centre's facilities are clean, safe, and well-maintained, providing an ideal environment for learning and play. I highly recommend this center to any parent seeking a nurturing and supportive environment for their child. Thank you to the entire team for your dedication and hard work!
I hold a Diploma in Children’s Services and have been in the industry for 14 years. My time in the industry has allowed me to work across all early learning age groups while performing my role as an Educator, Lead Educator, Assistant Director and now as a Centre Director.
I believe the first five years are the most important in any child’s development and I take great pleasure in helping today’s young children to develop the skills to become the strong, independent leaders of our future. I believe effective communication between families and staff is vital so I encourage the families at this centre to have a voice, share their ideas and join in the learning with their child. As a mum myself I am passionate about a strong social and emotional development.
My aim is to create a safe, fun filled, caring, playful multicultural and interesting environment for all children to feel comfortable to be in and to have fun learning at the same time.
Our devoted, experienced, highly qualified team and I strive to provide the highest quality care to all of the children that attend our service. We believe that trust, respect and consistent communication form a strong partnership with families.
We respect and support the role of families and their involvement and participation as it is essential to ensuring continuity, a high quality program and progression in a child’s learning and development of future success.
We invite you to come and visit our centre to meet our team so you can see our commitment to children’s early learning journey.
I look forward to meeting yourself and your child.
At Robertson, 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 Robertson, 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.
6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday