Great Beginnings Beckenham
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Great Beginnings Beckenham Centre overview
Great Beginnings Beckenham Centre highlights
- Our Sustainability program helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, growing food and the importance of looking after and protecting our planet.
- We are a multicultural early learning centre, with educators proficient in multiple languages, including Tagalog, Bhutanese, Hindi, Burmese & Mandarin.
- Families' individual needs are well catered to, with everything from meals, sunscreen, nappies, wipes and bedding all included in the fees!
About Great Beginnings Beckenham Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to Great Beginnings Beckenham. This brand-new service is ideally located for families in Beckenham, East Cannington, Cannington, Queens Park, Kenwick and Langford.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
We provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our 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? Our Beckenham child care centre offers engaging and fun play-based learning activities that are in line with national standards. The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is designed to engage your child’s interests - allowing them to experience each day in a new way and ensuring a successful transition to formal schooling.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at our centre including:
- Sustainability Program: Helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life.
- Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment.
- 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.
Hear from our Families:
"A beautiful centre with a lovely team." - Enrolled Family, Great Beginnings Beckenham
Fees & Vacancies
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Great Beginnings Beckenham Service features
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
At Great Beginnings, your child will benefit from our enhanced learning program in Kindergarten combined with our play-based learning program. With the added convenience of long daycare hours, run all year-round. Perfect for busy families.
The added benefits of our Kindergarten program include:
- 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
Jesse 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. Jesse 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
Jesse has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Jesse a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Jesse and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Jesse’s favourite book.
Morning
Nick 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, Nick is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Nick identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Nick is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Nick is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Nick picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Nick and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Nick 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, Nick is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Nick’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Daniela is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Daniela and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Daniela is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Daniela sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Daniela takes part in the centre’s sports program. Daniela loves sports. Sports helps Daniela improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Daniela is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Daniela 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 Mikayla, and I am the Centre Manager here at Great Beginnings Beckenham. My early learning journey started in 2014, and I have been working with G8 Education as a centre manager since 2019. I hold a Diploma in early childhood education and care. I have studied through the Study Pathways program during my time with G8. I am now a First Steps Trainer supporting new centre managers on their journey of effectively leading high-quality services.
I chose this career because I want to provide a space for children to feel a sense of security and a home away from home. I strongly believe that our experiences in our early years shape us into who we become as adults. I love being able to contribute to a child or a family's lifelong learning journey and feeling proud of what I do every day.
I believe that children are capable of guiding their own learning if we provide them with the right opportunities and choices. My approach is to provide authentic and open-ended learning opportunities, as I believe that when educators can listen and respond to a child's interests and allow them the freedom to explore, we can reach the best learning outcomes.
Children, like adults, thrive in social settings where they can build and learn from others. Early education settings provide children with this and expose them to different perspectives, values and knowledge. We have passionate educators who are dedicated to providing high-quality education and care and giving all children equal opportunities for learning.
I am eager to get to know our families, and I will always be there with a smile to support you and your child through their early learning journey. We want our families to feel connected and supported by the service and collaborate with us so that we can ensure the best outcomes for children.
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Centre Reviews
Great experience with Great beginnings Beckenham. Teachers and staff are well trained, well equipped centre my daughter had a great time here. Great experience with Great beginnings Beckenham. Teachers and staff are well trained, well equipped centre my daughter had a great time here.
Fantastic consistent staff, with great facilities Fantastic consistent staff, with great facilities
Dear Bunjee, 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 Great Beginnings Team.
My son has been attending Great Beginnings Beckenham since he was one year old and I was so happy to see him settle... My son has been attending Great Beginnings Beckenham since he was one year old and I was so happy to see him settle in quickly. All the educators were so friendly and caring and not to mention everytime you go in they welcome you with a smile. I would definitely recommend this day care. Read more
Dear Tanzila, 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 Great Beginnings Team.