Goodstart Early Learning Heidelberg Centre overview
Goodstart Early Learning Heidelberg Centre highlights
- Convenient Heidelberg location near shops, schools, and public transport.
- Outdoor play areas with sustainable features like garden beds, veggie patches, and a worm farm.
- Convenient Heidelberg location near shops, schools, and public transport.
Conveniently located in Heidelberg, close to shops, schools, hospitals, and public transport, Goodstart Early Learning provides a vibrant space for your child to play, explore, learn, and create. We welcome children aged six weeks to five years old, offering care in seven purpose-built rooms designed to support different age groups.
Our dedicated team of highly qualified and experienced educators is passionate about creating a warm, caring, and fun environment for both children and their families. They take pride in nurturing each child’s development, ensuring every child feels supported in their early learning journey.
Our outdoor play areas are equipped with age-appropriate spaces that promote environmental awareness and sustainability. Children can explore and engage with features like our dry riverbed, cubby house, multiple sandpits, garden beds, veggie patches, and worm farm. With plenty of shade and open space, children are free to run, discover, and grow in a stimulating and safe environment.
We use the industry-leading Storypark platform to keep parents connected with their child’s learning. Through Storypark, families can view daily activities and interact with educators, fostering open communication and involvement in their child’s development.
For your convenience, we offer dedicated drop-off and pick-up car spaces located right outside our centre’s doors.
We invite you to visit our centre, meet our friendly team, and take a tour to see firsthand how we can work together to give your child the best possible start in life.
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Our high-quality, play based preschool curriculum is delivered by Bachelor qualified Early Childhood Teachers. Our teachers tailor their programs to ensure all children develop the confidence and social and emotional skills needed for a smooth transition to school. Through play, our Early Childhood Teachers facilitate children’s learning of important language, literacy, numeracy and creative skills.
Benefits of Goodstart Kindergarten/Preschool programs:
- Our programs are planned and led by qualified and experienced Early Childhood Teachers, in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework
- Our programs have the tick of approval, meaning they meet (and exceed) Government guidelines around learning in the year before school
- Strong connections with local schools support our extensive transition to school programs
- We offer greater flexibility and convenience for busy families with longer opening hours, five days a week, 52 weeks of the year.
- We offer 9-hour, 10-hour and all-day sessions.
- Nutritious meals are provided throughout the day, so there’s no need to pack lunch boxes.
Curriculum and programs
Curriculum and programs
The educators at Goodstart Early Learning follow an evidence-based curriculum that aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework. Informed by world-leading research, practices and techniques, the curriculum encourages the children’s natural curiosity and engages them in their learning journey.
As the children move through the different rooms in the centre, the curriculum evolves with them. The educators set goals for the children and celebrate as they reach their milestones. At every stage, the educators are tailoring the curriculum and goals to each child’s individual needs.
The curriculum involves different types of learning experiences and styles. From child-led learning to sessions guided by educators, the children participate in small and large group sessions as well as individual play. Most importantly, the children learn through play, developing social skills, confidence and independence in addition to more formal academic skills.
Play is the order of the day of Goodstart Early Learning and the programs at the centre are grounded in a play-based approach. The educators embed teaching and learning into play experiences, helping the children to make sense of the world around them. This is how the children learn about how things work and develop important foundational relationships and skills.
The primarily child-directed, play-based curriculum ensures that the children are engaged in their learning. They are encouraged to take the lead, developing their negotiation, risk taking, problem solving and social skills. The educators observe the children and help to challenge them by extending their learning and interests.
The educators recognise that every child is unique and that they bring their own needs, interests and strengths with them each day. The program is designed to be flexible to cater to these differing needs, ensuring every child has the opportunity to thrive at Goodstart.
Parent communication and involvement
Parent communication and involvement
Goodstart Early Learning uses the StoryPark app to connect with parents throughout the day. The educators upload photos and stories to the secure app, which parents can access anytime and anywhere to track their child’s progress.
The approach at the centre is very much based around partnership between families and educators. The educators work with the parents and carers to build strong relationships. They develop trust so the children can feel safe and secure while at the centre. Parents are also encouraged to share their insights and feedback with educators to add depth to the relationship.
The educators observe the children every day and tailor the program around their observations. They share these with parents, so they can feel connected to their child’s progress and also provide feedback that will further enhance their child’s learning experience.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Goodstart Early Learning employs qualified and skilled educators who are dedicated to making a difference to the children in their care. The centre employs people who are empathetic and compassionate, with a nurturing disposition and a passion for care. Working collaboratively as a team, the educators display qualities such as positivity, kindness and, most importantly, a desire to help every child thrive.
The educators hold relevant qualifications, including the Kindergarten and Preschool Program teachers who are university qualified. The educators are lifelong learners, participating in regular and ongoing professional development to enhance their skills. They are encouraged to upskill, learning about the latest research and thinking in the sector. They can then bring this knowledge back to the centre to share with their colleagues for the benefit of the children.
Scott Pope
Hi, I’m Scott Pope and I’m the Centre Director here at Goodstart Heidelberg.
I have been a Centre Director previously for Goodstart in North Queensland before transferring to Melbourne in September 2023. I hold a Diploma of early childhood education and care and have been working in the industry since 2006, having worked as a Lead Educator, Educational Leader and Assistant Director before becoming a Centre Director.
My Early Learning values:
I believe the early years provide the necessary foundations for life, supporting children’s learning through social experiences as they explore the world around them. It is in the environments we create and as educators we support children wholistically as they grow and develop to their fullest potential.
A little more about me:
When I’m not in the centre, you’ll find me walking my dogs, reading in the park and exploring now places top eat out.
I look forward to welcoming your family into the Goodstart Heidelberg Family.
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Centre Reviews
Goodstart Heidelberg in a grate location to natural environment, staff are lovely hard working and can see they enjoy there time oh my... Goodstart Heidelberg in a grate location to natural environment, staff are lovely hard working and can see they enjoy there time oh my children. Director and administration are always there to answer any of your questions if not on the spot they get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks to the Wonderful stuff working out to my children Read more
Thank you for the great review. We work hard to make sure our childcare and kindergarten provides high quality learning and that we’re ‘part of the family.’ All of the credit for this goes to our amazing team. It means a lot to read reviews like yours which let us know we’re achieving what we set out to. 😊
Highly recommend! Friendly and welcoming centre staff. The equipments and facilities are freshly updated regularly. Beautiful fresh food made daily in the... Highly recommend! Friendly and welcoming centre staff. The equipments and facilities are freshly updated regularly. Beautiful fresh food made daily in the centre. Gluten and dairy free options available also. I have taken my two boys here since they were both 1yo, and they always remember it fondly when we drive past Rosanna road. Read more
Thank you very much for such a great review. We pride ourselves on our great community, safe environment and high-quality learning here at Goodstart Heidleberg. So we are thrilled to hear about your experience. We put a lot of effort into making sure our centre is safe, nurturing and a place to thrive, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day.