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About us
Goodstart is Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia’s children and their families.
Goodstart was formed in 2009 thanks to a unique combination of private, public and leading community sector organisations — The Benevolent Society, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Mission Australia and Social Ventures Australia.
We deliver social impact on a national scale by offering evidence-informed early learning and care in hundreds of centres nationally, supporting families and influencing the broader community through our advocacy work, which aims to increase investment in the early years to ensure all children have access to quality early learning.
Goodstart is a social enterprise with social purpose at its heart, but our head operates with business discipline to deliver healthy operating margins for continued investment in centres, people and programs to deliver on our vision and purpose.
We operate 644 early learning centres in all states and territories of Australia, caring for 70,900 children from 59,500 families and employing 14,900 people.
Our vision is for Australia’s children to have the best possible start in life.
Our purpose is to ensure children have the learning, development and wellbeing outcomes they need for school and life.
We're people with purpose
Goodstart is a not-for-profit social enterprise, so we attract people who want to make a difference.
We provide enhanced services and multi-skilled teams to meet a diverse range of learning needs. And we offer our people specialist training so they can help all children, including those with additional needs or facing disadvantage.
Like to know more? Visit: goodstart.org.au
Explore & Develop Freshwater is a private owned and operated early childhood education and care service, run by an Early Childhood Professional, and mother of four, with over 22 years’ experience within the sector.
We offer extended hours preschool and long day care to children from 6 weeks through to 6 years of age. The service has been thoughtfully designed by us in consultation with leading Architects and Landscaper Architects to create an environment that is nurturing and provides appropriate levels of challenges to engage the natural curiosity and developmental growth of children at every age and stage.
We are conveniently located within the new Harbord Diggers precinct in Freshwater where our families and staff will have access to the clubs new fitness, hospitality and aquatic facilities. Easy access and secure drop off and pick up zones.
Please see our Transition to School Handbook which will give you an insight into our play based curriculum here at Explore & Develop Freshwater.
HOURS OF OPERATION
7:00am – 6:00pm
50 Weeks of the year, closing for approximately 2 weeks over the Christmas / New Year period. Closed all NSW Public Holidays.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Our service has been architecturally designed over two levels, both with their own thoughtfully designed, natural playscapes. Our indoor learning environments have been designed to ensure smaller group sizes across the age groups; these learning environments are as follows;
0-1 Year Room 8 Children / 3 Educators
1-2 Year Room 12 Children / 4 Educators
2-3 Year Room 15 Children / 4 Educators
3-4 Year Room 20 Children / 3 Educators
4-5 Year Room 20 Children / 3 Educators
Our Approved Provider, Nominated Supervisor, Educational Leader, are also on-site to assist, support and mentor the team.
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