Harmony Early Education Hope Island

At first look Harmony Hope Island is a 5* Kindy. Its design is modern and stylish. It is exceptionally clean at all times, even... At first look Harmony Hope Island is a 5* Kindy. Its design is modern and stylish. It is exceptionally clean at all times, even with the mess that toddlers make. The facilities allow for creative play and organised learning. The staff are wonderful. The office staff are for the most part approachable, and the in-room educators are extremely kind and caring. My son started when he was 10 months old and is now just over 2 years old. He has moved through 3 age rooms and different educators, and he has built a beautiful relationship with the majority of his teachers. I’m assuming the food is excellent as most days my son has multiple servings of morning tea/ lunch/ afternoon tea. Despite it looking perfect on the surface, I would only rate this kindy at 3*. If you have a super-chilled, easy-going child, this is absolutely the kindy for you. Unfortunately, my boy is very high energy and the kindy cannot keep up with him. This has led to the kindy suggesting there is something “wrong” with him and it was “highly recommended” we seek a professional opinion. So of course we did so. We consulted our GP, 2 paediatricians, an Occupational Therapist, a Speech Therapist, and had an Audiology Screening completed, all at the request of the kindy. Everything came back “normal” with the recurring result that he’s just “a lot”. This has not stopped them from insisting upon regular assessments in order to obtain “proof” for additional funding. Minimum 3 days a week we receive phone calls about how his energy is too high and he can’t regulate (after a few months of this it is impossible to concentrate at work waiting for the kindy phone-call). More often than not, those phone calls resulted in either parent being asked to leave work to take him home. 90% of the time when we arrived to take him, he was happy running around. They just don’t have the manpower to keep up with high energy kids and have the facility looking like a 5* hotel. So as much as this kindy is practically perfect, if your toddler has zero chill and despite your efforts, is a little Mr/Miss My-Way-or-the-Highway, I would not recommend sending them here. Read more