Avenues Early Learning Centre - Runcorn Heights

I have extremely high expectations as a parent, and Avenue RH truly ticks all my boxes. We have been to several daycares in the area and while those are all highly rated, they just cant compare with RH imo. Most importantly, I felt very at peace and at ease for leaving my children in their care, I know they have proper safeguards and measures in place to make sure all the children are safe in their care first and foremost. The Monkey Room provides a very caring and nurturing environment. The educators actively engage with the children and help them develop both gross and fine motor skills, such as jumping, crawling, and gripping. The educators also comfort and settle children with cuddles/carrying them. I arrived at different times of the day and have seen consistency, so I know this is genuine care and not for show. The menu is great too, the morning and afternoon tea are always substantial, nutritional like zucchini slice, carrot cake, home made hummus and cracker, yoghurt and fruits, cheese cup. In our previous centres, morning/afternoon tea was usually just crackers and fruits Their kindy program is absolutely amazing. It includes music, art, Chinese lessons, science, cooking experiments, incursions, excursions, themed celebrations throughout the year, show-and-share sessions, and a truly touching graduation ceremony at the end of the year. The teachers put in so much effort to create a rich and engaging learning experience. My child is doing extremely well in Prep, and I genuinely believe Avenue RH laid a strong foundation for her. She transitioned smoothly without any issues, and the same goes for her brother and several classmates who also attended Avenue RH. I honestly can’t thank the kindy teachers and all the educators enough for everything they do, they are soooo super amazing and it is not easy. They also write a lot of feedback, assessment, stories on storypark, it is good for us parents to see but then we also feel that it could be too much work for the educators and we dont want them to burn out. The director is very knowledgeable and caring. She knows every child and their parents by name, which really shows how dedicated and involved she is. Most of the educators/kindy teachers have long tenure and I think it is a good sign. She has also been very attentive and supportive to my family, and we appreciate her leadership