Goodstart Early Learning Dandenong - Heatherton Road

Goodstart Early Learning Dandenong - Heatherton Road
1390 Heatherton Road, Dandenong, VIC, 3175
5.0 Average score
6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday
Licensed for 90 Children
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Goodstart Early Learning Dandenong - Heatherton Road Centre overview

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Goodstart Early Learning Dandenong - Heatherton Road Centre highlights

  • Our outdoor learning environment promotes natural experiences and extends play areas, fostering inclusivity by allowing siblings and friends of different ages to play together in one shared space.
  • Featuring an onsite chef, we provide tasty and nutritious meals, ensuring children receive balanced nutrition crucial for their growth and development
  • Our team comprises educators from diverse cultural backgrounds, fluent in community languages, bringing rich experiences and passion to early learning, while continuously supporting families in their children's development journey.
Welcome to Goodstart Early Learning Dandenong - Heatherton Road

Goodstart Early Learning Child Care Centre Dandenong Heatherton Road is a purpose-built centre located in a residential area, close to schools, shops, and community facilities, with convenient access to the CBD and main freeways. We offer care and education for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years across five rooms from Nursery to Kindergarten/Preschool.

Our centre values each child as an individual, fostering their unique potential in a nurturing and educational environment. Our outdoor learning space features a shared yard that encourages siblings and friends to play together regardless of age, promoting a sense of community and connection.

We have an on-site chef who prepares nutritious and tasty meals daily, ensuring children receive balanced and enjoyable food options. Our high-quality programs align with the Early Years Learning Framework, adopting a strengths- and interests-based approach. We see children as capable learners and active contributors to their development.

Communication with families is prioritised through the Storypark platform, family nights, and newsletters, enabling tailored programming that reflects each child’s needs, interests, and cultural background. We also organise educational sessions conducted by local community professionals and host parent information sessions on key topics.

Dandenong’s rich multicultural community is embraced within our centre. We celebrate various cultural events such as Australia Day, Chinese New Year, Eid, Diwali, and more, highlighting the diversity of our children and families. Regular visits from a General Practitioner provide convenient health checks for children.

Our passionate and experienced educators come from diverse backgrounds and speak multiple community languages, ensuring inclusive and supportive learning experiences.

We invite you to visit our centre to meet our team and discover our commitment to your child’s early learning journey.

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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs

Our high-quality, play based preschool curriculum is delivered by Bachelor qualified Early Childhood Teachers. Our teachers tailor their programs to ensure all children develop the confidence and social and emotional skills needed for a smooth transition to school. Through play, our Early Childhood Teachers facilitate children’s learning of important language, literacy, numeracy and creative skills.

Benefits of Goodstart Kindergarten/Preschool programs:

  • Our programs are planned and led by qualified and experienced Early Childhood Teachers, in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework
  • Our programs have the tick of approval, meaning they meet (and exceed) Government guidelines around learning in the year before school
  • Strong connections with local schools support our extensive transition to school programs
  • We offer greater flexibility and convenience for busy families with longer opening hours, five days a week, 52 weeks of the year.
  • We offer 9-hour, 10-hour and all-day sessions.
  • Nutritious meals are provided throughout the day, so there’s no need to pack lunch boxes.

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1390 Heatherton Road
Dandenong, VIC, 3175
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Centre Reviews

5.0 (33 Reviews)
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Very friendly environment for kids, my son started loving Goodstart now. Educators are very professional & friendly. Really appreciate the cultural diversity in... Read more

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Nishadi Liyanage
Apr, 2024

This centre is amazing run by such a wonderful team. My eldest son, now 8yo says its the best place and looks forward... Read more

Response from the owner 29 May 2023

Thanks Deeno. That is so cute! It's lovely to hear that we have created such lovely memories for your 8yo.

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Deeno N
May, 2023

My daughter started in the 3 year old kinder program, now moving into the 4 year old and has very quickly come to... Read more

Response from the owner 09 Mar 2023

Thank you Anastasiya for the great review. We work hard to make sure our childcare and kindergarten provides high quality learning and care. As you know, all of the credit for this goes to our amazing team. It means a lot to read reviews like yours which let us know we’re achieving what we set out to. 😊 Thank you for recommending Goodstart Dandenong Heatherton Road.

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Anastasiya Tsymay
Feb, 2023