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Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines Centre overview
Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines 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's learning, development and well-being, to help ensure a successful transition to school.
- Our expansive outdoor spaces have been thoughtfully designed to offer engaging play areas that are tailored to suit the developmental stages of our children.
- Leading-edge, play-based educational programs and tools, to support your childrens development at every stage, including a Japanese language program.
Welcome to Kool Kids Pacific Pines. We're ideally located for families in Pacific Pines, Maudsland, Oxenford, Helensvale and Arundel.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years.
At Kool Kids Pacific Pines, 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 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 Kool Kids Pacific Pines 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.
- Language Program: Delivered by a native Japanese speaker, introducing the children to a new culture and language with the Genki program.
- Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports and movements.
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Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines Service features
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Our centre offers the QLD Government-approved ‘Free Kindy’ Program.
At Kool Kids, your child will benefit from the QLD ‘Free Kindy’ Government-approved program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our Kindergarten 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:
- QLD ‘Free Kindy’ 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
Allie 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. Allie 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
Allie has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Allie a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Allie and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Allie’s favourite book.
Morning
Peter 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, Peter is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Peter identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Peter is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Peter is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Peter picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Peter and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Peter 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, Peter is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Peter’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Kara is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Kara and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Kara is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Kara sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Kara takes part in the centre’s sports program. Kara loves sports. Sports helps Kara improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Kara is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Kara 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 Louisa, and I am the Centre Manager here at Kool Kids Pacific Pines. My career in early learning started in 1992. I joined the team at Pacific Pines in 2023. I hold a Diploma in Teaching.
Being a part of children’s growth and learning during their first 5 years is an incredibly rewarding experience. I am passionate about creating nurturing and stimulating environments where children can explore, learn, and thrive to their full extent.
In my career, I have learnt that children are unique individuals with strengths, interests, and learning styles. I adapt my teaching style to meet the diverse needs of each child, which helps foster a more inclusive and effective learning environment.
Our Pacific Pines child care centre provides a nurturing learning environment with fully trained educators who facilitate individualised learning experiences. Children benefit from age-appropriate activities, interactions with peers, and evidence-based curriculum frameworks that promote school readiness skills in an engaging manner.
We support families by maintaining open communication channels, utilising feedback for continuous improvement, fostering a welcoming atmosphere, and valuing parent input in decision-making processes. By staying connected, welcoming feedback, creating a positive environment, and incorporating parent perspectives, we build strong relationships that enhance the learning experience for children and promote a sense of collaboration and partnership between educators and families.
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Centre Reviews
My child has attended Kool kids pacific pines for 2 years now. We have had a wonderful experience so far. The centre is modern... My child has attended Kool kids pacific pines for 2 years now. We have had a wonderful experience so far. The centre is modern with great outdoor play spaces. The rooms inside are cosy, fun and full of resources. The communication app is a great addition, updates during the day to see what they have been up to. Staff have beautiful mannerism are warm and welcoming- (Hi Ange, my daughter absolutely adrores Miss Angie and speaks of her often at home). Admin are great with friendly greetings when coming and going. I feel so comfortable and confident leaving my girl in their care. She is thriving and learning so much! Thank you to the Kool Kids team. Read more
My babes been there 4 weeks and I’m already looking for another daycare and will be pulling him out! I’ve already put in... My babes been there 4 weeks and I’m already looking for another daycare and will be pulling him out! I’ve already put in 2 complaints in the 4 weeks. I love that they have an app and you can see everything, however if that’s the case they need to make sure they are doing things correctly. My babe went over 3h on a few occasions before his nappy was changed They also did not follow his routine. He’s only 10m old, they gave him half the milk he should have had supplied by me for his first bottle and didn’t even give him his 2nd bottle! Recently they gave him an entire sugar filled cupcake complete with icing with excessive amounts of food colouring to the point his hands and face were stained! Again he is 10m old!! They are not following appropriate nutrional guidelines for babies! He will not be staying there much longer! Read more
Where do I even begin with how TERRIBLE this day care is - not the day-to-day carers but more-so the management and management... Where do I even begin with how TERRIBLE this day care is - not the day-to-day carers but more-so the management and management staff. Firstly, this is a terribly managed 'for-profit' business. As you can find on their Linked-In account, Kool Kids get "significant Government subsidies and estimated projected franchisee net profits of over $1,000,000 PA, the Kool Kidz model is the envy of other industries and franchises" - let me just say, this business is not one to envy but one to deplore. In the 1 year period my son went to Kool Kids Pacific Pines, they raised their prices near 5 times. Whenever the government introduced aid or assistance to PARENTS by increasing subsidy etc, Kool Kids subsequently raised their fees so as to absorb the increased government subsidy themselves. In the period my child was enrolled, the main manager Debbie suddenly left the organisation, as did the second-in-charge staff member Darrien, as did many other staff, all of which I have account of on my day care app. It seems like every month someone left the organisation. There was a constant turn around of carers in my son's class, and the older classes. Some staff even had to take 'mental health' breaks from working there. One staff member, Mandy, contacted me out of the blue one day in May claiming that I owed the daycare more than $1000 from before December. Not only was this incorrect but Mandy took it upon herself to contact me with accusations of what we owed despite not looking at our accounts or looking at my multiple emails I sent to the daycare that went without responses for MONTHS. There was an outstanding amount owed, however this amount was for missed payments that occurred in April that I did not know about, not to mention, did not amount to $1000+. I later found out Mandy was simply an acting area manager likely on a power trip since recently taking on that role, and overlooking many details prior to contacting me in an accusatory and demeaning way. Mandy is now apparently located at Pacific Pines, and for this reason, we removed our child from Kool Kids indefinitely. We have also suggested to many others that they avoid Kool Kids Pacific Pines, Mandy and Kool Kids all together since they run a terrible business, with horrible management staff, incapable accounts management, and for greedy upper management. Read more