Guardian Childcare & Education Caloundra

A very sub-standard centre compared to most childcare centres within the area, and we felt the centre is more of a place to drop your child off for the day, rather than for them to learn and play. The centre only recently achieved 'meeting' to the National Quality Standard (NQS), which is not great considering the cost comparison to other centres, which excel in comparison. The silver lining was that some of the educators were really nice, but in general, there were limited toys and activities compared to other childcare centres in the area, and a very primitive learning and activity plan (almost non-existent). We genuinely felt the children did very little whilst at the centre, and there was very little artwork displayed in the room, which was very telling. There was also limited or virtually no events compared to other centres that our child was also attending, and there wasn't even a Halloween dress-up event this year, which was really disappointing. Communication was equally quite poor (no real idea what your child gets up to most days), sleep schedules were not respected, and you'd receive less photos and stories of your child in a month, than other centres provide within a day at their centre. Overall, quite disappointing, and it's hopeful that the centre improves in time.