Pakenham Community Early Learning Centre

For 3-year-old kindergarten, your child must turn 3 years by 30th April in the year they are attending. Our families enjoy coming together on the many special occasions that we host, such as annual end-of-year celebrations, Kinder Graduation Evening and Grandparent or Special Person Days. We also host a number of different fun days throughout the year such as pajama day, footy day, St Patrick's Day, and World Environment Day.
Creative Garden is part of G8 Education, which proudly operates over 400 childcare, kindergarten, and preschool centres across 21 trusted early learning brands in Australia. Goodstart was founded on a vision of giving children the best possible start in life through access to quality early learning. We're Australia's largest provider of early learning and care, and all of our profits are reinvested back pakenham early education centre into our centres, our programs for children, and our people. Our innovative, research-based program is designed to create a child safe environment and support each child’s unique developmental journey, from birth to five years.

Our Framework of Joy Enrichment Program compliments our early learning curriculum, encompassing areas of visual arts, musical theatre, physical education and language. The average cost for child care around Pakenham South is $133.87/day.The average NQS Rating for Pakenham South is Meeting National Quality Standard. Different subsidies may  also apply to the kindergarten or preschool programs, depending on the state you live in.
Located beside Pakenham Primary School and near local shops and services, Hollins Children’s Centre combines education and convenience for families. The centre also partners with a maternal child health nurse to provide a supportive environment for children and parents. Most of our child care and early education centres offer nappies and wipes, sunscreen and hats, as well as nutritious meals prepared by our in-house cook.

We love sending Bri there and not only are the staff dedicated to the kids but they also care about the families. The staff have her special needs in the front of their mind and we’ve complete trust and faith in Judy and her team. Educators actively observe and listen to the children, adapting activities based on their interests to promote curiosity and discovery.
Our programs encourage children to be curious, confident and independent thinkers, who love learning and improving their capabilities. As a not-for-profit organisation, we are committed to supporting children and families and we achieve this by creating strong relationships with parents, guardians and communities. The oral language supports literacy learning and 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. Find a child care, kindergarten or preschool centre near you, and enquire about availability at our centres. Throughout their time at our centre, Children feel a sense of becoming as we prepare them for the next age group or to move on to school.
Ontario stands out as the only province requiring municipal involvement in child care. The province funds 47 service system managers—Consolidated Municipal Service Managers (CMSMs) and District Social Services Administration Boards (DSSABs)—tasked with service planning and funding allocation. At Aspire Pakenham, we also like to pay importance to different awareness days throughout the year. For Reconciliation Week, the 4-year-old kinder children were engaged in numerous activities related to Aboriginal culture in line with Reconciliation Week 2024. They painted gumtree leaves, created dot paintings of the alphabet, read books on Aboriginal culture, and participated in play dough activities. They were excited to learn  about unique Aboriginal colors and their meanings, providing a fantastic opportunity to educate our children about our culture.

This enables them to skillfully tailor programs that extend and enhance children's learning. Our centre is located on the grounds of John Henry Primary School in Pakenham which gives us unique opportunities to develop school-readiness. It also offers parents a convenient one drop-off and pick-up location for children of all ages. Our centre chef prepares and cooks nutritious meals daily, catering to the unique dietary requirements of every child. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as, turn-taking, developing self-confidence and emotional self-regulation.
We offer a controlled program to compliment the success of your child’s abilities now and in later years. At Community Kids, we understand the importance  of finding the perfect childcare solution for your family. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to provide accessible and exceptional child care services across Australia.

Our daughter Sophie has been at Birches a few months now and couldnt be happier. From the moment we had met Judy and had a little tour of the centre, i instantly felt at ease and knew I was going to enrol our little Sophie in at Birches. I had discovered this centre the Wed night while i was in bed, took a tour the Thursday morning and by Thursday afternoon had given the centre we had Sophie in at the time notice that i was ceasing her enrolment. Judy is amazing, so warm and friendly and every one of the girls are just so wonderful with the kids. My husband and I very much look forward to our updates in the Story Park app to see what fun activities the kiddies have been up to that day. Sophie always looks so happy and all the kids seem to be getting along so well.
Our centre chefs prepare a nutritious menu for your child to sit down and eat. Educators model healthy eating practices, social behaviours and support children’s growing independence with mealtime routines. For integrated kindergarten programs (where kinder is a part of long day care), Free Kinder will appear as a weekly credit of $50.00 on your YMCA account statement. We deduct this credit from your fees, so you'll only need to pay for the cost of day care. To support our families, we offer both permanent and casual enrolment options.
To meet the daily needs of all the children in our services, we provide children with all amenities from nappies through to sunscreen whilst in attendance. With onsite kitchens each service provides healthy and delicious meals that support children’s daily dietary requirements. Touring the centre allows you to experience the environment firsthand and determine if it’s the perfect fit for your child.

At Creative Garden, we believe that the education of children in their early years is most effective when learning through play. Nurturing their development by encouraging hands on activities is fundamental to our philosophy. Our childcare and early learning centres across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and SA provide long day care and Government-approved Kindergarten and Preschool programs.
Multilingual environments also promote cultural appreciation and may align with families seeking to embrace Canada’s multicultural fabric. Nutrition and learning about healthy eating are also an important part of Aspire Pakenham’s curriculum. Recently the Kinder children participated in a sorting activity mat to learn about healthy and unhealthy foods! This helps kids grasp the importance of good nutrition, which is valuable knowledge to have as they transition into school. Birches ELC is dedicated to creating an environment that feels more like a home away from home for children and parents.