The Ridge Preschool & Childcare Centre Barden Ridge

The Ridge is a centre that has met all my expectations regarding the care of my children. Its passionate group of educators has been accomodating to the stage my kids are going through providing care, education and different tools to guide them specifically acording to their age. The director is truly involved and you can often find her going through the kids groups rooms either leading or participating in activities, engaging with the children, supervising or sharing feedback with the parents. It’s an open doors centre and anytime I come for pick up my kids are enjoying the multiple activities the educators and the centre have to offer. From arts and craft, to several books, toys, massive outdoors backyard, bikes, big sand pit, mud kitchen, cubby house, gardening, etc.. The centre has a perspective that is very aware of nature, the kids have a beautiful view of the bush at the back and they get taught to enjoy and respect wildlife as a system that we are all part of. The educators are brilliant and they are teaching the children through play, they do activities beyond learning ABCs (which they do) that can be used in real life, like cooking, gardening, science experiments, camping and more. The admin of the centre works great, communication is a strong skill through them and they are always available either via email, phone or business hours and issues get resolved promptly. The kitchen works constantly through the day providing fresh and healthy food to the kids, they encourage them independence while eating and they all grab a plate, have a serve and sit down with their friends in picnic tables. They can repeat their serves if they are still hungry. The educators are very aware of the children wearing sunscreen and hats. And the centre is always very clean. Such a long review I hope this can help anybody in their search for a centre, we are very very happy in here.