Community Kids Berwick Early Education Centre

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Community Kids Berwick Early Education Centre overview
Phone
(03) 9116 9027Community Kids Berwick Early Education Centre highlights
- Our centre proudly offers the VIC Government-approved Kindergarten program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our Kindergarten program supports your child's learning, development and well-being, to help ensure a successful transition to school.
- Our longstanding team, including staff with over 10 years of experience at the centre, creates a calm and nurturing environment to ensure children feel loved, safe, and secure.
- Our 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.
About Community Kids Berwick Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to Community Kids Berwick. We're ideally located for families in Clyde North, Cranbourne North and Narre Warren South.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
At Community Kids, we provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our 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 3 and 4-year-old 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 Community Kids Berwick 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.
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Community Kids Berwick Early Education Centre Service features
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Our centre offers the VIC Government-approved ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Kindergarten Program.
At Community Kids, your child will benefit from the VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our program will support your child’s learning, development, and well-being for now, at school and beyond. We tailor our Kindergarten program across:
- Numeracy
- Literacy
- Emotional and Social Development
- Self regulation
- Healthy minds and bodies
The added benefits of our Kindergarten program include:
- VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program
- Extended opening hours
- Open all year round (excl public holidays)
- Programs developed and delivered by our Early Childhood Teachers
- Exclusive music and movement program for self-regulation
About the curriculum
About the curriculum
“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber
Nursery Space: 6 weeks – 2 years
Learning starts from before birth, and our Educators have created a welcoming and nurturing nursery environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover new things - through their senses, their communication and cues (body language, facial expression and sounds) and by experimenting. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play, water play, music time, story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing!
Toddler Space: 2 - 3 years
Our teachers and educators encourage the children to learn through play to help enhance their sensory-motor development. This happens through carefully planned music, dance, games and reading experiences.
On any given day the Toddler children can be seen developing their numeracy by building a tower, sorting objects, pointing and identifying shapes and patterns and participating in counting songs and games.
Children in our toddler space are encouraged to participate in group play. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as, turn taking, developing self confidence and emotional self regulation. Our team helps children through talking, planning and role modelling.
Kindergarten Space: 3 – 6 years
Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for later learning including confidence and curiosity, important skills for starting school. Our play-based program encourages active engagement in learning and supports a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking and creativity.
The oral language supports literacy learning. A child’s oral language ability is the best predictor for later success in learning to read and write. Hearing the sounds within a language is the first critical step for all literacy learning. Our team supports our Kindergarten children's development by engaging in rich discussions, introducing new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations, as well as singing, playing games, and reading with the children daily.
Throughout the Kindergarten year, children use their language to share ideas, ask questions, express themselves, and connect with peers and adults in social settings.
Social-emotional skills, including the ability to self-regulate emotions, is supported through group learning environments. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by labelling and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Lastly, ensuring that all children are ready for the ‘big school’ by preparing them for all that ‘big school’ has to offer.
Morning
Ellie is 11 months old and enjoys sensory play outside in the sandpit with her friends. She sits near her educator who helps teach her how to scoop the sand into the bucket. Ellie is learning how to dig, carry, and move the sand. She is also exploring texture and learning what happens to the sand when she adds water!
Lunch
Ellie has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Ellie a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Ellie and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Ellie’s favourite book.
Morning
Josh is two and a half years old and loves to start his day at the centre outside on the climbing equipment. His friends join him, and together they pretend to be pirates on a ship looking for treasure. Through this exciting dramatic play, Josh is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Josh identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Josh is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Josh is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Josh picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Josh and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Josh enjoys art, and today he is painting a beach scene from a recent family holiday. He adds the finishing touches and sets the painting aside to dry; so that he can take it home to share with his family.
While painting, Josh is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Josh’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Charlotte is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Charlotte and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Charlotte is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Charlotte sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Charlotte takes part in the centre’s sports program. Charlotte loves sports. Sports helps Charlotte improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Charlotte is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Charlotte and her friends will be visiting the local primary school next week. In preparation for the visit, the class is creating a list of questions to ask the Principal and school children.
Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition
Our centre chef prepares and cooks healthy and nutritious meals daily, catering to the unique dietary requirements of every child. We believe that by encouraging active participation (such as growing their own fruit and vegetables, preparing, and finally cooking!) children learn to appreciate and understand the importance of healthy eating.
Our centre offers children nutrient-rich, unprocessed, and seasonal whole foods – created to delight the fussiest eaters.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Hi my name is Hayley, and I am the Centre Manager here at Community Kids Berwick. My career in early learning began in 2009. I knew I wanted to work as a teacher or educator from a very young age.
Every day, I look forward to walking into the Community Kids Berwick to be greeted with big smiles and warm hellos from the children. I love watching children learn and grow, building on the skills that will prepare them for the future. The early years of life are very important. As educators, we play a big role in shaping who they are and who they will become.
Here at Community Kids Berwick, we know that every child is unique, and we facilitate environments that encourage children not only to have fun but also to learn and grow at their individual pace. We use the foundation of play-based learning to guide our experiences every day. With access to a range of age-appropriate learning resources, trained educators, and new experiences among friends, we set children up to thrive in an environment that is dedicated to learning.
Our team understands just how important your children are to you and we ensure we take our responsibilities seriously. Community Kids has extensive policy and procedures in place to assist our team in protecting children in our care. We are an extremely passionate team who have created a childcare centre that is truly a home away from home.
We understand that starting at a new centre can be overwhelming and that is why from the very first enquiry, we make sure that we address all your questions one by one. We walk families through all the forms and administration that need to be done, this includes enrolment forms, Child Care Subsidy (CCS), explaining subsidies, government caps, centre schedules, our centre menu and more.
I look forward to welcoming your family to our centre.

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Centre Reviews

Can’t thank the ladies enough at community kids. They really have so much care for your children. I feel my daughter has her... Can’t thank the ladies enough at community kids. They really have so much care for your children. I feel my daughter has her own little family at this centre, they care for her as if she is their own. I was very nervous to put my daughter into daycare but the ladies made it a really positive experience. Thanks for all you do. Read more
My daughter (now 2.5yo) has attended Community Kids since she was 10mo. Beforehand, I had toured about 5 other centres, some which had... My daughter (now 2.5yo) has attended Community Kids since she was 10mo. Beforehand, I had toured about 5 other centres, some which had some major red flags, and others which just didn’t feel right. From the moment I walked in the door at CK I knew that’s where I wanted to send my daughter, and I’m so happy the stars aligned and they had a space for her! All of the educators she has had across 3 age rooms have been beyond fantastic. My daughter loves each and every one of them, and I can tell they genuinely love and care for her too! If we arrive early, she will go into the younger room, and she will literally run up to the educators that she had last year and give them a big cuddle! She learns so so much at CK, and not just academically (although they are absolutely fostering her love of learning!!). From using a spoon when she was a baby, to putting her shoes and socks on and off, they even toilet trained her with little effort needed on my part! We get daily photo updates of what they’re doing in the app, sometimes multiple photo updates. Regular personal updates about what she has been doing or learning, and focused updates on what they plan to work on next to continually develop and challenge her, in whichever way she leads. Centre Managers Hayley and Jess - I can’t say enough fantastic things about these two lovely ladies!!! From the original tour that Hayley gave me, we were welcomed and made to feel like they are part of our family. The communication is fantastic, and the effort they go to for their families and the centre is above and beyond. Since we started there, I’ve had two friends that have enrolled their kids with CK, one who’s son had a tough time adjusting, but he had formed such strong bonds with the educators and he is such a happy little boy at daycare now. We will be continuing with CK for 3yo and 4yo kindergarten from next year. I toured a local kinder recently and was so underwhelmed. My daughter would be so bored there compared to what I know she will be offered at CK! Thought Google might have had a limit on how much nice things I had to say but apparently not! If you’ve made it this far, definitely contact Hayley and Jess to book a tour, you won’t be disappointed! Read more