Great Beginnings Mt Clear
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Great Beginnings Mt Clear

Opening Hours - 6:30am to 6:30pm | Monday to Friday
26 Olympic Avenue, Mount Clear

Centre Highlights

Secure Drop Off & Pick Up

Family Collaboration

Progress & Wellbeing Updates

Diversity Celebrated

Meals Prepared by In-House Chef

Local Primary School Connections

Transition to School Program

Sport Programs

Parent Communication App

Outdoor Playground

Kindergarten Program

Incursion Programs & Activities

Local Community Excursions

Nappies & Wipes Supplied

Educational & Developmental Programs

About Great Beginnings Mt Clear

About Great Beginnings Mt Clear Long Daycare and Kindergarten

Welcome to Great Beginnings Mt Clear. We're ideally located for families in Canadian, Mount Helen, Buninyong, Miners Rest and Ballarat East.

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 multicultural, 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.

- Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports and movements.

Availability & Fees

Long Day Care

Nursery - 0 yrs to 2 yrs

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Toddler - 2 yrs to 3 yrs

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Kindergarten - 3 yrs to 6 yrs

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Fees for Great Beginnings Mt Clear may vary based childcare subsidy eligibility. You may be eligible to a rebate of up to 85% of your childcare fees.

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Reviews for Great Beginnings Mt Clear

5
  • Natalie Sean4 months ago

    Had our children enrolled here roughly 3 months. Please take note of the bad reviews. Firstly if something feels off trust your gut! We had multiple problems here while enrolled. Everything felt ok for the first couple of weeks then it all went sideways. The place as an oppressive dark feel to it. We witnessed our children being served morning tea on dirty plates and the excuse from family care was " they are stained" appalling safe food handling either way and plates/bowls don't cost alot to replace. We had to request a CWA to sign a couple of weeks after starting and the fees are outrageous. We apparently did not meet the CCS hours when we questioned why we don't receive our entitled CCS but had absolutely no guidance from management on the hours we required to meet this (we had guidance in previous daycare at another G8 centre in Melbourne) Our eldest felt unsafe and had an incident where another child hit her back leaving bruising and a welt on her back that lasted a week. We noticed while bathing her and reported it. No incident form filled out and staff were apparently not notified for 3 weeks after the event. We don't normally allow a comforter at daycare but we did after she became withdrawn and cried every day attending. After a day another child ripped the comforters nose off. We reported this and were told that they encouraged them if the children feel as though they need them. She started thumbsucking a month into care, something she had never done before and refused to let go of us when leaving her (a sign something was wrong) she became extremely withdrawn on the way to daycare and refused to go in (also a new behaviour as she attended another daycare and never felt this way) The children were displaying behaviours i had never witnessed before in a centre such as running around with brooms hitting at furniture and other children and absconding the classroom (kindy room) on 2 occasions when I entered the room on pick up leaving the educator in a difficult situation as they were unable to leave the children the room to collect the child who was absconding it was as though the children walked all over the educator's (I felt sorry for them) There was no structure in the room and no school readiness for prep. The class did not have a kindy teacher at the time and when they did hire one they resigned after a couple of weeks and did not have the free kindy grant im assuming because they struggled to keep a educator. The place smells unclean and the outdoor area is not what you see in the photos online. There were several empty rooms and very few children who attend the daycare. We had 1 orientation before commencing instead of the usual 3 in other centres that are offered. This place needs to have cameras with audio. The management is extremely poor and untrustworthy. This really needs to be investigated. We made a complaint to the G8 familycare (great beginnings family care )and it felt as though the response was very defensive and we really got nowhere. We had to threaten legal advice against this centre and management to get somewhere with them. After we gave notice the centre manager would not respond to our emails and would take weeks to reply if at all sometimes. Although she was happy to write to us after hours and weekends within a day of us asking a question. There are so many more daycares around please research and if something feels off dont attend. Be sure once you leave to sign in your child on the last day otherwise you'll be charged ridiculous amount of full fees. This was something not advised to us when we enrolled. We had high hopes with this G8 centre because our last one was amazing this one was thoroughly disappointing. I had concerns for the wellbeing and safety of our 3 children.

  • Pearl Goodwin9 months ago

    This childcare centre has significant issues, too many to list. Positive reviews here are mainly from the previous centre manager and staff (who were great!). After the new manager took over, things deteriorated. Children are not offered activities, barely went outside, educators leave regularly, the food is poor quality, it smells unclean, there are genuine safety concerns. Our kids often came home with other kids clothes, their belongings were often lost. We got clothes back covered in mould. In general, it was really inconsistent and required me to follow up with management and staff and G8 education on several occasions to ensure basic care to be taken with my children (they would also lie or fail to accept responsibility when they messed up). There were lots of children who left at the same time we did for the same reasons and parents were really unhappy. There are far better childcare centres available. Don’t risk sending your kids here, it’s not safe.

    Response from the owner8 months ago

    Hi Pearl. Thank you for your review. We take all feedback seriously and are sorry to hear that the experience at our centre did not meet your expectations. It is always a challenge when educators that have formed an attachment to children in care leave for another position. And we understand the impact this can have for our families. We always recommend labelling any belongings, and our centre manager has personally returned items belonging to your children to your residence. If you wish to discuss this further, please reach out to us at familycare@greatbeginnings.com.au. Kind regards, The Great Beginnings team

  • Rebecca Hepburn9 months ago

  • Daniel O'sullivan12 months ago

    I honestly could not be happier with the service that Great Beginnings offers my son! The staff are amazing and I love knowing that my son's happiness is their number one priority. The learning spaces are spacious and provide fantastic learning experiences. The educators are nurturing, passionate and provide exceptional care! I highly recommend Great Beginnings in Mt Clear!!!

    Response from the owner12 months ago

    Dear Daniel, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The Great Beginnings Team.

Location of Great Beginnings Mt Clear

26 Olympic Avenue, Mount Clear

Mount Clear suburb information

Mount Clear is a suburb located in Victoria. There are approximately 6 child care centres in Mount Clear.

How much is child care in Mount Clear? On average, the cost of child care in Mount Clear is $138 per day. This breaks down to $138 per day for babies, $141 per day for toddlers and $135 per day for kindergarten.

Mount Clear sits just above the national NQS Rating & the average rating of centres is «Meeting NQS».

Number of centres

Child care centres in Mount Clear

6

Average cost per day

Baby

0-12 Months

$138

Toddler

13-24 Months

$141

Kindergarten

2-3 Years

$135

National quality standard

Mount Clear
National Average
0%7%
Working towards
83%49%
Meeting
17%14%
Exceeding
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