Acacia Ridge Child Care Centre

At our early learning centre we offer:

• Child Care Subsidy
• Flexible sessions
• StoryPark online
• Home-cooked, nutritious meals
• A hat and sunscreen
• Indoor and outdoor playgrounds
• A play-based learning program

This check-list has you covered for what to bring for your child to childcare. Each child is wonderfully unique, so adapt this list to meet your child’s needs and age. Please clearly label all items to avoid them ending up in the lost property.

• Always pack a spare change of clothes and some sheets for rest time.
• Pack a bottle for formula or water and two pieces of fruit.
• Depending on your child’s age, you’ll also need to back some nappies (we generally suggest 6-7 nappies per day)
• Don’t forget to pack your child’s comforter if they have one!

Our exceptional team at YMCA Acacia Ridge Early Learning Centre is one big, happy, multicultural family!  Our experienced staff come from many countries including the Czech Republic, Russia, Spain, the Philippines, Pakistan and Australia. This means that your child will enjoy a richly diverse and multicultural learning experience at our Acacia Ridge Child Care Centre.

As early learning educators, we know that children can benefit from sharing the customs of other countries. International food days are a regular event on our calendar, and you’ll often find parents cooking up a cultural storm for one of our themed food days. We also read books, sing songs and share stories in celebration of diversity and many different cultures that make up Australia.

We have provided early learning child care support and expertise to Acacia Ridge families for 40 years, and our amazing Director Renata has been a familiar face at the centre for more than 20 years.

The outdoor play area and ‘musical sandpit’ are the perfect setting for children to explore and create their very own musical masterpiece. Our educators provide endless opportunities for children to explore their sense of sound, art, music and other fun and interactive experiences.

Through our partnership with YMCA Gymnastics, we provide children with regular KinderGym lessons - an easy class to let kids unleash their imagination and learn simple gymnastics skills.

Our educators believe that all children deserve to have an amazing start on their learning journey. We support play-based learning to enable children to explore, discover, develop ideas and a sense of being.

Our centre is accredited to deliver the Queensland Kindergarten Program. The program build on the national Early Years Learning Framework, assisting teachers to deliver a quality kindergarten program and ensures consistency across the state.

The Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline builds connections between what children already know or can do, their learning in a kindergarten program, and future learning in Prep.

Kindergarten teachers strengthen children’s sense of belonging, being and becoming as they:

• make deliberate and well-informed decisions
• promote and enrich children’s holistic learning and development
• build respectful relationships with family, community and professional partners
• promote children’s wellbeing and ongoing learning
• interact with children with a clear focus to promote learning
• support children with additional needs