Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield
Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield Centre overview
Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield offers care for children from 6 weeks to school age. This architecturally designed centre is open from 6:30am – 6:30pm. Conveniently located outside Merrifield City Shopping Centre, providing plenty of parking for our families.
Quality care is the focus at this centre, offering a wide variety of extracurricular activities including cooking, music, yoga, and regular excursions. The Educators use only high-quality, sustainable materials in the learning space, and sustainability is a focus of the learning program.
Outside, the children love to play on the bike track, in the cubby house, or help out with the centre’s veggie garden. For parents, a complimentary coffee and baked treat in the family lounge is a relaxing way to start the day.
Fees & Vacancies
Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield Service features
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Programs
Programs
All included as part of the daily fee:
· Yoga and meditation classes
· Sustainability program
· Chef led cooking program
· Regular excursions
· Language program
· Music & movement programs
· School readiness program
About the Curriculum
About the Curriculum
6 weeks - 12 months
The passionate and experienced Educators work closely with families to ensure each baby’s routine is personalised to meet their individual needs. The children take part in activities within a stimulating learning environment. They enjoy group time for their music and movement program or special guests that come into the centre. They eat their meals and snacks with their friends under the guidance of their Educators. They enjoy taking part in songs and storytelling, sensory activities, and messy play in the garden. At nap time, they are taken into the sleeping area where gentle music and a twinkling night sky encourages them to rest.
2 years - 3 years
The Educators recognise that routines for toddlers are an important opportunity for learning. Performing daily, predictable tasks while having fun is a chance for toddlers to build their self-confidence, communication and social skills and the ability to develop their self-control. The toddlers enjoy a daily rhythmic routine which assists them to transition between activities throughout the day. They take part in activities such as music, yoga, cooking, painting, drawing, singing and dancing, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), based activities and the centre’s sustainability program. They also enjoy eating their meals and snacks with their friends and Educators.
3 years – 4 years
During the early years, a child’s brain is at its most flexible, making it the perfect age for learning new skills and acquiring knowledge.
Green Leaves Early Learning’s Pre-Kindergarten program is designed to provide the children with a well-rounded play based learning experience.
Supported by qualified and experienced Educators, curious children learn key skills such as creative thinking and problem-solving, develop social and emotional skills, as well as early literacy and language skills – which lays the groundwork for success later in life.
4 years - 6 years
The Educators ensure the children’s environment is fun and inviting, encouraging quality play-based experiences to help them to develop memory skills, language development and behaviour regulation, supporting the transition to school and academic learning later on in life. The children enjoy yoga, visits from special guests, and regular excursions to local parklands. They enjoy regular meals and snacks with their friends and Educators, helping to set up, serve and clear away afterwards. Other activities include literacy and numeracy games, outdoor fun with the sustainability curriculum, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities to help encourage children to think creatively and critically.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield is proud of their professional, motivated and passionate Educators that provide high-quality educational experiences every day for the children in their care. As a futures-orientated early learning centre, Green Leaves Early Learning integrates technology into the curriculum through the use of interactive smart board technologies.
Our Bachelor qualified Early Childhood Teachers will deliver our Kindergarten program (4-6 years old) which is designed to support our children developing their skills and abilities essential to achieving success in future learning environments.
Our construction team are working very hard towards opening late 2024. Stay tuned for further updates by connecting with us on Facebook and registering your interest!
Shanna, Centre Director, Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield.
Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition
Nutrition plays a vital role in childhood development. At Green Leaves Early Learning Merrifield, the centre Chef prepares nutritious meals based on seasonally crafted menus to nourish active growing bodies. The freshly prepared meals and snacks entice even the fussiest of eaters and meet at least half of the daily nutritional requirements.
As part of their learning journey, babies, toddlers, and children will take part in Chef-led culinary lessons, where they will learn the importance of nourishing their bodies while preparing wholesome snacks.
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Centre Reviews
The centre is very spacious and the ambiance is just light and airy. I love that I am always welcomed by the entrance... The centre is very spacious and the ambiance is just light and airy. I love that I am always welcomed by the entrance door and get free coffee during drop offs. The staff are friendly and amazing. The location is very convenient. It is just steps away from Coles and Paul Sadler. My daughter just loves everything about the centre which is what matters to me the most. 🥰 Read more
I would like to thank kinder room teachers for making the whole room enviorment so welcoming that my son loves to come... I would like to thank kinder room teachers for making the whole room enviorment so welcoming that my son loves to come happy and with smile every morning and he enjoy his whole day. Really appreciate management and their efforts for providing amazing care. Thanks green leaves team Read more
I’m very happy with the care and the staff for my children at this centre. The staff are all so friendly and caring... I’m very happy with the care and the staff for my children at this centre. The staff are all so friendly and caring my child has needs and he has speech delays they are so happy to help him and encourage him to speak and making friends doing lots of activities not as his old care centre he used to attend before !!! and i feel like they could help him out with his learning and development highly recommended. Read more