Goodstart Early Learning Mont Albert

We have been at Goodstart for almost a year now with our two boys and have been in two of their nursery rooms. Both rooms have wonderful and warm educators who exhibit the kind of care you would want for your child when they are away from home. Class size have ranged from maximum 6-10 so far in the two rooms we’ve been (2 and under). The centre from the outside looks well loved but the magic is really on the inside and the people who make the centre another home outside of home for our boys. The rooms are clean and tidy, they rotate the layout and toys in the room so the kids don’t get bored and they organise very thoughtful activities to develop the kids. Nappies, meals and snacks (they have a lovely in-house chef who also spoils the kids with special treats on special occasions during the year!) are provided with the weekly menu posted onto Storypark each week. Updates on what the kids get up to are also posted on Storypark; we get daily updates currently but when they were younger we understandably only got updates when they did something special that day. The centre’s leadership team have always been responsive to any concerns I have had and immediately addresses them. You will often even see some of them helping with calming the kids who are upset or getting them breakfast etc. This is the kind of centre where majority of the educators in the centre greet our boys when they see them. Some educators have been there for many many years and still have the spark of fire and enthusiasm when dealing with the kids. The staff turnover rate appears to be very low at this centre which speaks volumes about the culture here. There are many newly established child care centres around the area but I wouldn’t bypass Goodstart. Kids aren’t going to remember how nice and new the rooms were (that’s more for you as a parent) but they will remember the experience and care they had while being away from home.