Story House Early Learning Warrnambool Centre overview
Welcome to Koala Childcare & Early Learning Centre Warrnambool
Let your child’s learning story begin with us!
At Koala Childcare and Early Learning Warrnambool we care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years. Our educators offer a play-based curriculum incorporating each child’s interests and needs into an educational and inclusive program. We offer a wide variety of activities that include nature play, outdoor activities, sports programs, community visitors, excursions, cooking activities, and educational programs.
We believe that the value of play is of utmost importance to children as it is their way of learning about their world. While children play, they are able to experiment with new ideas, test theories and their understanding of concepts, express their creative ability, release their emotions and share their feelings. While engaging in play, children are developing across all domains and creating the building blocks for their future.
You'll be amazed by our strong connections with the children and families, our strong connections with the local community and schools, the engaging learning programs, our government funded Kinder program, the unique learning environments, our nutritious meals prepared on site by our service chef, and the extra curricular activities we offer. Nothing matters more to us than the education, health and well-being of every child who enters our service.
So, from our family to yours, we welcome you to Koala Childcare and Early Learning Centre Warrnambool.
- Hosted in a beautiful heritage building, we create a safe and friendly atmosphere where children are welcomed as individuals and feel a sense of belonging
- Children can develop their skills to become confident individuals
- Families encouraged to be involved with all aspects of our skills
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Story House Early Learning Warrnambool Service features
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What the parents say
What the parents say
Friendly staff, convenient location, long opening hours and huge outdoor play area with a new spacious building. What else could you expect from a childcare centre?
Hasanga - parent
Best childcare centre by far, I have no hesitation leaving my child there because I know she will be well looked after by friendly, caring and engaging educators!
Sophie - parent
We have two sons who both attend Koala. After searching and trying a couple of centres this is by far the best day care we have been to. The staff are like part of our family and we trust them completely with our boys. We’ll be staying here for the next couple of years.
Jolene - parent
Programs
Programs
- Local community visitors and excursions
- School readiness program
About the curriculum
About the curriculum
The educators work closely with families to provide a safe, quality, family-centred learning environment where every child is respected and nurtured. The team continually develops their skills and explores new ways to enrich each child’s early learning experience.
Indoor and outdoor play based experiences are an integral part of the program. Educators plan a diverse range of experiences to create opportunities for each child in both structured and spontaneous play.
The centre’s programs are inspired by the wisdom and teachings of early childhood theorists and the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), and aim to develop children’s emotional, social and cognitive intelligence.
The Kindergarten curriculum continues to emphasise play based learning, however offers additional intentional learning times where the focus is on literacy and numeracy, socialisation, self-regulation and independence.
Meet the team
Meet the team
At Koala Childcare & Early Learning Warrnambool, the educators believe that each child is on their own unique journey that shapes the person they are and who they will become. Just like chapters in a book, they understand that each child steps through their ‘story’ at their own pace and in their own time.
The team believes that learning is a lifelong journey and that early childhood education and care provides the foundation for learning for life. Children make sense of the world around them through the use of processes such as exploration, collaboration and problem solving across all aspects of the curriculum. They develop dispositions such as curiosity, persistence and creativity and use play to investigate, imagine and explore ideas, follow and extend their own interests.
The educators are key to supporting children on their journey and believe that relationships with families and community are essential for supporting children to be global citizens and helping them to reach their potential.
Over the next 12 months, the centre is committed to grow as a service and as a team, building relationships, not just with the families who use the service but also with the greater community.
One of my favorite parts of my role is our engagement with the local community. It's a great feeling to feel that we are able to contribute back in any way to some of the local causes and charities. This year through our Christmas bake sale, we were able to donate over $800 to food share Warrnambool and MacKillop Family Services to spend on food and toys for families in need. This was a definite highlight of the year for me.
Gill Marsden, Service Manager, Koala Childcare & Early Learning Warrnambool
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174-178 Lava StreetWarrnambool, VIC, 3280