Manchester Road Early Learning Centre overview
Manchester Road Early Learning Centre highlights
- Our centre proudly offers the QLD Government-approved Kindergarten program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our Kindergarten program supports your child.
- Our 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.
- Our expansive outdoor spaces have been thoughtfully designed to offer engaging play areas that are tailored to suit the developmental stages of our children.
About Manchester Road Early Learning Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to Manchester Road Early Learning Centre. We're ideally located for families in Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Croydon, Kilsyth, Lilydale, Montrose, and Mount Evelyn.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
At Manchester Road Early Learning Centre, we provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our 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 Kindergarten program that helps ensure your child has a successful transition to formal schooling.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at Manchester Road Early Learning Centre including:
- 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 protecting our planet.
- Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community.
- 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.
- Real Life Experiences: Children participate in fun and exciting experiences such as first aid, harvesting the veggie garden, caring for our worm farm and early cooking skills.
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Our centre offers the VIC Government-approved ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Kindergarten Program.
At Early Learning Services, 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
Kate 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. Kate 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
Kate has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Kate a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Kate and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Kate’s favourite book.
Morning
Daniel 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, Daniel is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Daniel identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Daniel is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Daniel is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Daniel picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Daniel and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Daniel 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, Daniel is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Daniel’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Holly is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Holly and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Holly is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Holly sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Holly takes part in the centre’s sports program. Holly loves sports. Sports helps Holly improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Holly is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Holly 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 Emily, and I am the Centre Manager here at Manchester Road Early Learning Centre. My early learning journey started in 2011. I started working at Manchester Road Early Learning Centre in 2021. I hold a Bachelor of Social Work and a Diploma of Early Childhood Education.
I have always enjoyed working with children and supporting others. I get so much joy managing an early learning centre as I get to apply my skills and still see children develop and blossom. During my career, I learn that children are capable of leading their own learning. They just need guidance to figure out the more complex elements such as emotional regulation. When we give them the space to take risks and explore through play, they learn so much faster and it is amazing to see.
At Manchester Road early learning centre, we have a team of passionate educators who are dedicated to providing high quality education. Some of our team members have been with us for as long as 14 years. They are all loving and welcoming to anyone who comes into the centre and will do their very best to support each family in their transition into the world of early education.
We work hard on building respectful, trusting, and open relationship from day one with our families. we ease them into orientations ensure everyone is feeling as comfortable as possible when beginning their early learning journey.
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Centre Reviews
Awesome place to send the kids. Em the centre manager and the whole team do an amazing job. Thank you all Awesome place to send the kids. Em the centre manager and the whole team do an amazing job. Thank you all
If you're looking for a centre with a weak management team that doesn't really have your family's back and only cares about money,... If you're looking for a centre with a weak management team that doesn't really have your family's back and only cares about money, well this might just be the place for you. There are some amazing educators here who genuinely care and do their best. But unfortunately, they're working under immense pressure due to disengaged educators who aren't being properly managed. It's not an ideal situation. If you're okay with safety issues that take forever to get fixed, then this place might be right up your alley. It took six weeks to rectify a major safety issue that resulted in a 000 call, so you know this place really takes OH&S seriously. If you want a centre that only makes major changes and orders lots of new resources because they want a "meeting NQS" rating from the government, this might be the place for you. Thanks for updating the 2022 signage at the end of 2023, just in time for the assessment. Just a heads up - the October newsletter is still in your lobby and so are your November key dates. It's now January. And if you're looking for a centre that is the most expensive in the area (and raises their fees frequently), but your kids rarely get to experience incursions or excursions, then this might be a centre for you. Perhaps you want a centre where the educators disagree with management's decisions, but have no say in what happens? This is definitely the place for you. Lastly if you want a centre that isn't up to date on child safety basics like choking hazards, choose Manchester Road Early Learning. G8 marketing team, no generic reply about how you're saddened to hear this feedback. It took you a month to come back to my family after an initial complaint and we had to follow you guys up countless times to get any response. A sad reminder that this is just a business with no care for children in their formative years. Read more
We have had such a wonderful experience with the centre. The staff are so helpful, supportive and engaging! Thank you for taking such... We have had such a wonderful experience with the centre. The staff are so helpful, supportive and engaging! Thank you for taking such great care of all the kids! Read more
Dear Annie, 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 Early Learning Services Team.