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Early childhood teacher Kylie Ryan of Goodstart Kirwan Golf Links Drive shares her insights.
We refer to our community of children, families, friends and team as Wonderful Wondall.
We are located in an old weatherboard house, turned church, turned day-care which means that ‘Our Little Crooked House’ feels like a cosy and safe home away from home where laughter is encouraged, forming deep relationships is the basis of our philosophy and a love for learning filters into everything we do.
Our centre caters for children aged from six weeks to school age across four rooms. As well as all being first aiders, the early learning professionals at Goodstart Wondall Road are all qualified and experienced so they are able to provide your child with quality early learning experiences. Our centre is a small service with a maximum of 55 children attending per day. This unique setting makes us very family-oriented.
Our play-based curriculum is based on the Early Years’ Learning Framework within all our rooms. We work hard to develop colourful, engaging programs accounting for each child’s individual interests, needs and strengths.
Our Kindergarten room works closely with the local schools to help our Kindy children get ready for ‘big school’ and our Early Childhood Teacher hosts a mini school fair annually so that our families can meet Principals and Prep teachers in our local area as we are lucky to be spoiled for choice.
Our yard wraps around our building and is utilised in our indoor/outdoor education program, provides space to run and play, has shade sails, sandpits and all sorts of outdoor equipment. The playground areas are wonderful environments for your child to explore their physical and social development as well a fun space to get in touch with nature and indulge in messy play.
Creating a natural and sustainable environment is important to the team at Goodstart Wondall Road. Your child will be encouraged to help tend a worm farm, a herb garden, to learn about recycling and, coming soon, a bush tucker garden. The produce from the herb and bush tucker garden will be used in the centre’s food and cooking experiences.
We are a full-service Centre which means that all meals are prepared on site by our qualified cook who uses tasty, fresh and nutritional ingredients. Nappies are also provided for children attending the nursery, toddler and pre-kindy rooms.
Drop in and say hello, give us a call or book a tour. We’d love to meet you.
Hi there! My name is Rhian and I am the Centre Director at Goodstart Wynnum West-Wondall Road.
I have an Advanced Diploma in Children’s Services and have been working in the industry since 2008.
Here at Goodstart Wynnum West - Wondall Road we believe in creating a home away from home, where children can thrive and belong. We believe in providing each individual child with the very best start in life. This vision is reflected in our everyday practices and influences our educational programs.
We believe that an important part of creating ‘a home away from home’ is including our families in decision making at our Centre and encouraging them to take an active role in our learning community.
We would love to invite you to come and visit our Centre and meet our team!
At Wynnum West - Wondall Road, 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 Wynnum West - Wondall Road, 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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7:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
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6:45am to 6:15pm, Monday to Friday