Only About Children Williamstown Centre overview
At Only About Children Williamstown we endeavour to be the leading holistic early learning provider in our community through education development and wellbeing. We aim to empower every child to reach their full potential through a passion for learning.
Our purpose-built Campus is located at 19-23 Power Street, Williamstown. We are a short walk from Williamstown North Station.
We have:
- Two dedicated outdoor yards featuring: a swing, sandpits, a bike track and large fort and a vegetable patch and compost!
- Fruit-growing trees and natural shaded spaces
- Four age-based indoor spaces with a design focus on natural elements and self-lead play
Enrolment includes:
- Health Program - with Allied Health support in Nutrition, Vision, Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology
- Daily Dietitian designed, freshly prepared meals
- All essentials from nappies, formula and cot linen to sunscreen
- Excursions and local community activities
Learning
Our play-based curriculum allows consistent teaching in small group learning environments featuring:
- Qualified and passionate Educators
- Oac Grow curriculum supporting Nursery and Preschool aged children
- Daily fun and inclusive learning in numeracy, literacy, exploration, technology, sustainability and creative expression
Only About Children is proud to display the Kinder Tick because we’re an approved provider of a Victorian Government funded kindergarten program. That means our service delivers a play-based learning program, led by a qualified early childhood teacher.
Fees & Vacancies
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Location
19-23 Power StreetWilliamstown, VIC, 3016
Centre Reviews
Took me a while to finally write a review as I was trying to forget the trauma. I had to pull my son... Took me a while to finally write a review as I was trying to forget the trauma. I had to pull my son out of here and change daycare centres about 10 months ago. He was in the nursery room. When we first started with OAC, the educators were amazing but something changed higher up and everyone started dropping like flies over the course of the last 6 months he was there. There was probably 1-2 educators who left per month on average across the 6 months, some we weren’t even notified about at all until we asked what had happened to them… it was hard to talk to the staff as it felt everyone was secretive and walking on eggshells or were not allowed to tell the truth to the families. All these educators were replaced with daily, different casuals who were rude, distant and uninterested in the children. Often there would be only 1-2 educators with the room full of more than 10 children. There was no consistency or familiarity for the children for months as everyone kept coming and going. Even the director and assistant director at the time eventually left and in-fact, there was only 1 original educator left by the end. There was no transparency or comms from the centre and there was a lot of concerned and upset parents. You could tell the last one left was over worked and burnt out and it was obvious there was some huge lack of support from their head office, but everything felt so hush, hush and shady and the lack of upfront transparency and comms was a horrible feeling for us dropping our 1-2yro son into the unknown each day. My son was never truly settled when there for 1 year (it got worse towards the end with all the turbulence) and we always felt that knot in our stomach, trying to convince ourselves it was normal for it to take time (he’s our first) until we pulled the plug and changed his daycare and noticed a change in him almost immediately at his new daycare. During his time there, when tensions were high and there was so much daily unfamiliarity and inconsistency with educators (which was the worst part for us as we know how harmful that is to very young children who need it to feel safe and feel trust and we could feel it everyday in the unsettled and unease of our son), the centre also offered prizes to those who would leave good reviews on google (some of which were actually staff themselves…) which if you scroll back, you can see reviews all written around the same time. It just felt so wrong. I hope OAC HO have built a better support network to those still left at the time and become better at being transparent and honest with families. And I hope for the childrens sake, consistency, familiarity and a routined environment have been implemented as priority. It’s not normal for your babies to be unsettled for months let alone after 1yr so follow what your gut tells you. Read more
OAC Williamstown have really stepped it up lately! My 3 children have all come here over the past 6 years and whilst the... OAC Williamstown have really stepped it up lately! My 3 children have all come here over the past 6 years and whilst the carers have always shown so much love, care and warmth toward the children, I feel in 2024 they have really improved and made a big effort on extra curricular activities such as excursions, incursions and regular visits from Happy Feet. Well done OAC on expanding your curriculum to make the days at childcare interesting! Read more
Such attentive and caring educators, the learning happening for the children is evident, inclusive and families are welcomed to provide input. Leadership team... Such attentive and caring educators, the learning happening for the children is evident, inclusive and families are welcomed to provide input. Leadership team have extensive knowledge and provide excellence for the Campus. Read more
Hi Tracie, thanks for your wonderful review of Only About Children Williamstown and for being part of the Only About Children family. We really appreciate you sharing your experience at the campus Kind regards Fiona