Creative Garden Early Learning Coombabah
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Creative Garden Early Learning Coombabah Centre overview
Creative Garden Early Learning Coombabah Centre highlights
- Families' individual needs are well catered to, with everything from meals, sunscreen, nappies and wipes all included in the fees!
- 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.
- Our longstanding team creates a calm and nurturing environment to ensure children feel loved, safe, and secure.
About Creative Garden Coombabah Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to Creative Garden Coombabah. We're ideally located for families in Coombabah, Runaway Bay, Hollywell, Arundel, Paradise Point, Biggera Waters, Helensvale, Labrador, Hope Island and Parkwood.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
At Creative Garden Coombabah, we provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our longstanding, multicultural, 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 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 Creative Garden Coombabah 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. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment.
- Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports.
- 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 have fun.
- Real life experiences: Children participate in fun and exciting experiences such as harvesting the veggie garden, caring for our worm farm and early cooking skills.
Fees & Vacancies
Enquire & enrol to get a week on Care For Kids*
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Enquire & enrol to get a week on Care For Kids*
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Enquire & enrol to get a week on Care For Kids*
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Enquire & enrol to get a week on Care For Kids*
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Enquire & enrol to get a week on Care For Kids*
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Creative Garden Early Learning Coombabah Service features
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
At Creative Garden, 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
Brianna 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. Brianna 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
Brianna has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Brianna a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Brianna and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Brianna’s favourite book.
Morning
Todd 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, Todd is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Todd identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Todd is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Todd is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Todd picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Todd and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Todd 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, Todd is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Todd’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Carly is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Carly and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Carly is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Carly sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Carly takes part in the centre’s sports program. Carly loves sports. Sports helps Carly improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Carly is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Carly 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 Erin, and I am the Centre Manager here at Creative Garden Coombabah. For as long as I can remember my passion has been early childhood education. I hold a Diploma in children services and have continued throughout my now 20 years in the sector upskilling and adding to my professional development. I am currently studying an Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management.
Throughout my 20 years in the sector, I have learnt that every child is a unique individual that should be supported holistically and that when a child feels safe and secure, they will try new things and extend on their own interests and abilities enabling them to grow and learn at their own pace.
I believe that having passionate, dedicated, inspirational and nurturing educators is one of the most important part of a child’s learning journey. Our team is made up of dedicated and passionate staff who have been here for as long as 15 years. We are part of a large family community network that proudly supports each other and is a home away from home. I am passionate about ensuring that all educators at our service are supported and mentored to become the best they can be.
Early education provides inviting and warm spaces that inspires inquiry-based learning and provides children with a valuable start in life, building foundations for a good education
I believe that families are children’s first teachers. I am passionate about collaborating with families and involving families in decision making for their child and our Community at Creative Garden Coombabah.
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Centre Reviews
I can't thank creative garden enough for helping my girls thrive with their learning, all the staff are amazing, all the kids have... I can't thank creative garden enough for helping my girls thrive with their learning, all the staff are amazing, all the kids have so much fun & always look happy! Thank you to the beautiful team at creative garden @ coombahah :)) Read more
From the first phone with Erin to the first interaction with the educators we immediately felt at home. This center is well equipped... From the first phone with Erin to the first interaction with the educators we immediately felt at home. This center is well equipped has an amazing outdoor play area, curriculum and staff who really care for our kids. I want to give a massive should out to Miss Rebecca, Miss Jess, Miss Erin really just every educator including Chefy as she makes the yummiest meals! You ladies are beautiful and really made our short stay one we will never forget 💜 Thank you. Read more
Dear Karlie, 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 Creative Garden Team.
Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Coombabah that both my little boy and I love. English not my first language I don't know which... Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Coombabah that both my little boy and I love. English not my first language I don't know which word can describe it more appropriately, I live in Australia nearly 10years Miss Erin Bray is the first person I haven't seen anyone like her,she is an amazing Center manager with excellent working ability just took one day to process my little boy's childcare center transfer,then next day my son entered the centre smoothly👍🏻,some educators already work here more then 14years,they really care and love everykid and the Chef Miss Zoe always make great food for kids,kids love her. Here more like the second home,you will always feel welcoming caring respect and happiness. Finally my little happy boy coming back. Thanks so much for the fantistic team. Read more
Dear Amber, 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 Creative Garden Team.