The Learning Sanctuary Footscray
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The Learning Sanctuary Footscray Centre overview
The Learning Sanctuary Footscray Centre highlights
- Our centre proudly offers the VIC Government-approved Kindergarten program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our Kindergarten program supports your child's learning, development and well-being, to help ensure a successful transition to school.
- Our longstanding team, including staff who have been at the centre since it opened, creates a calm and nurturing environment to ensure children feel loved, safe, and secure.
- We are a multicultural early learning centre, with educators proficient in multiple languages, including Mandarin, Punjabi, and Hindi.
About The Learning Sanctuary Footscray Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to The Learning Sanctuary Footscray. We're ideally located for families in Footscray, Seddon, Coode Island, Yarraville, West Footscray, Kingsville, Kensington, Flemington, Ascot Vale, Maidstone and Maribyrnong.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
At The Learning Sanctuary Footscray, we provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our longstanding, multicultural and 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 3 and 4-year-old Government-approved program that helps ensure your child has a successful transition to formal schooling.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at The Learning Sanctuary Footscray including.
- Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports and movements.
- 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.
- Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community. We often go visit the local community including the train station, supermarket, Bulldogs playground, the local library and other community services in Footscray to help familiarise the children with their local community.
- Sustainability Program: All our rooms have a significant focus on their sustainability program this helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, and growing food.
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The Learning Sanctuary Footscray Service features
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Our centre offers the VIC Government-approved ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Kindergarten Program.
At The Learning Sanctuary, your child will benefit from the VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our program will support your child’s learning, development, and well-being for now, at school and beyond. We tailor our Kindergarten program across:
- Numeracy
- Literacy
- Emotional and Social Development
- Self regulation
- Healthy minds and bodies
The added benefits of our Kindergarten program include:
- VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program
- Extended opening hours
- Open all year round (excl public holidays)
- Programs developed and delivered by our Early Childhood Teachers
- Exclusive music and movement program for self-regulation
About the Curriculum
About the Curriculum
“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber
Nursery Space: 6 weeks – 2 years
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, story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing!
Toddler Space: 2 - 3 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 Space: 3 – 6 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.
The 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 Kindergarten 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 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 labelling and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Lastly, ensuring that all children are ready for the ‘big school’ by preparing them for all that ‘big school’ has to offer.
Morning
Ellie 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. Ellie 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
Ellie has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Ellie a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Ellie and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Ellie’s favourite book.
Morning
Josh 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, Josh is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Josh identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Josh is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Josh is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Josh picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Josh and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Josh 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, Josh is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Josh’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 experiences 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. 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.
Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition
Our centre chef prepares and cooks 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 offers children nutrient-rich, unprocessed, and seasonal whole foods – created to delight the fussiest eaters.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Hi my name is Karin, and I am the Centre Manager here at The Learning Sanctuary Footscray. I’ve been working in Early Childhood Education and Care since 1998. I hold a Diploma of Children’s Services and Diploma of Leadership and Management.
I knew from an early age I wanted to work with children. I love being part of children’s lives and watching them grow and develop into confident individuals. I strive to provide a warm, nurturing and safe environment that enables each child to feel loved and secure.
What makes our centre unique is the team of qualified educators. All the educators are passionate and caring and have amazing relationships with all our families and children. Our Kinder teacher has an amazing program that she runs throughout the day. Her program is designed to assist children’s development in all areas. Social skills, emotional skills, language, literacy and numeracy skills and for the children to have joy in learning in group activities. We also have a Spanish class that one of our educators conducts in the kinder room, this is done daily.
At The Learning Sanctuary Footscray, your family will be heard, loved and supported. We look forward to welcoming you to our centre and answering any questions you might have.
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Centre Reviews
Could not recommend a better Daycare I went through quite a few before I found this gem staff genuinely care and my boys... Could not recommend a better Daycare I went through quite a few before I found this gem staff genuinely care and my boys always come home so happy Read more
The educators and support staff at Learning Sanctuary Footscray are excellent The educators and support staff at Learning Sanctuary Footscray are excellent
Dear Dane, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The Learning Sanctuary Team.
Our son has been attending for three months in the Nursery room and we have been overwhelmed at the effort the educators and... Our son has been attending for three months in the Nursery room and we have been overwhelmed at the effort the educators and management have made to help him settle in – right away from the Orientation sessions, to helping us from a two- to a one-nap schedule, right to this day. Everyone knows his name and are knowledgeable about how he has been doing. The activities and special days are varied and age-appropriate. We get regular updates and photos on the app with how the day is going and what activities have happened. As a parent I feel listened to, both in quick chats with the educators on drop-off/pick-up, but also via email contact with the management when needed. Read more
Dear Antony, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The Learning Sanctuary Team.