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Great Beginnings Secret Harbour Centre overview
About Great Beginnings Secret Harbour Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to Great Beginnings Secret Harbour. We're ideally located for families in Secret Harbour, Golden Bay, Karnup, Singleton and Lakelands area.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
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 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 our 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. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment.
- 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.
Hear from our Families:
"We love the outdoor environments" - Enrolled Family, Great Beginnings Secret Harbour
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
At Great Beginnings, 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
Jesse 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. Jesse 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
Jesse has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Jesse a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Jesse and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Jesse’s favourite book.
Morning
Nick 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, Nick is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Nick identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Nick is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Nick is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Nick picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Nick and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Nick 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, Nick is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Nick’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Daniela is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Daniela and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Daniela is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Daniela sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Daniela takes part in the centre’s sports program. Daniela loves sports. Sports helps Daniela improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Daniela is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Daniela 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 Courtney, and I am the Centre Manager here at Great Beginnings Secret Harbour. I began working in early learning in 2016 and joined this centre in 2024. I hold a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and a Diploma in Leadership and Management.
I chose early childhood education as a career because I am passionate about mental health awareness. I believe that introducing emotional regulation strategies early on can create strong foundations for each child to build on as they grow. The early years and how we support our children are vital to creating a strong pathway to success.
Through my career, I have learned that each child is unique, and we need to adapt our methods and ideologies to suit the learning style of each child in our care. It’s essential to understand that each child receives and interprets information and experiences differently.
My approach is based on encouraging children to identify their feelings, needs, and wants, and then teaching them how to communicate them positively and effectively. Early childhood education facilities provide social environments where children can learn social skills and build strong foundations for learning alongside their peers. Exposing children to environments where they learn to interact positively with others will hugely benefit them as they grow.
Our team at Secret Harbour is dedicated to creating an environment where each child can thrive and grow. We focus on inclusion and diversity, celebrating each family's uniqueness. I get to know each family and ensure I understand what support looks like for them, recognising that support for each individual will look different in practice.
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Centre Reviews
I had a really terrible experience with staff here. A majority of the staff are very rude and I caught the team... I had a really terrible experience with staff here. A majority of the staff are very rude and I caught the team leader yelling at a child one day when I came to pick my son up early. The staff made little to no effort to action any care requests for my son who is autistic, they never made the effort to include him in activities or update daily photos of him like they did with the other kids. I felt like my son was like left to play by himself mostly, he never came home having learnt anything new. My son actually developed alot of anxiety over attending daycare, to the point where I couldn't take him anywhere without him crying "no school, no school!" I had typed up a huge review detailing all my terrible experiences here and what ultimately led me to cancelling my sons care here but it literally exceeded the character limit. I tried to talk to management about my concerns before and after I cancelled my sons care here, I also called the area manager and left a voice message but they never got back to me. They are not really interested in taking on feedback from parents to improve the service and experience, they just deny and deflect. My son and I are still recovering from our terrible ordeal at this Centre. Read the reviews, and don't send your kids here! Read more
Unfortunately can’t recommend this centre to others. My 2 sons attended for roughly a year and a half, there were new centre managers... Unfortunately can’t recommend this centre to others. My 2 sons attended for roughly a year and a half, there were new centre managers every few months while we were there (one lasting barely a month). The high staff turn over is ridiculous and my children were in hysterics at drop off every morning (while staff stood and stared at me until I asked for help.) Only to find out that staff were shouting at my 1.5 year old, which explains the distress at drop off. Overall, majority of staff were unfriendly and the care was not great at all. My children have been at a new centre for 4 months now and have no issues with drop off whatsoever and always come home happy. A few of the staff were friendly but a lot showed little to no enthusiasm for their job. Among other issues, I was not happy with the overall care given at this centre. Read more
Hi Tai, at Great Beginnings our family and community members feedback is very important to us. We would like to address your concerns further and have passed on your feedback to our team, who will endeavour to contact you. Kind regards, The Great Beginnings Team.
Our son has loved every moment here, the staff are warm and friendly, the centre is bright and clean with a large outdoor... Our son has loved every moment here, the staff are warm and friendly, the centre is bright and clean with a large outdoor area. We have nothing but good things to say about the centre, he spent 6 months in the nursery room and is still currently in the toddler one room where he has lots of fun and has made really good friends Read more