St Joseph's Child Care Centre
29 Mary Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales 2141
About the Business
Welcome to St Joseph's Child Care Centre, located at 29 Mary Street in Lidcombe, Australia. Our centre is a point of interest in the community, offering a unique educational setting run by the Ukrainian Catholic Sisters of St Basil the Great.
At St Joseph's, we provide quality education for children aged 3-5 years old. Our program is designed by an Early Childhood Teacher and three Diploma Qualified educators, ensuring a high standard of care. With permanent staff, we offer continuity of care and a familiar environment for the children. Our excellent child to educator ratios allow for a smooth curriculum run.
When we talk about quality education, we mean nurturing children's identity, communication skills, community and environmental awareness, numeracy, literacy, and self-help skills. Our program is based on children's interests, community happenings, and family input.
While we value mixed age grouping, we also recognize the need for children to be part of smaller groups to focus on their specific developmental needs. Our program is flexible and offers a variety of activities such as incursions, monthly shows, cooking experiences, music sessions, Zumba, and local outings.
We encourage children to become independent and actively involved in the curriculum, increasing their sense of identity and belonging. We support families by connecting our program to the broader community and available services.
Our outdoor area features permanent and retractable shaded areas, natural lawn and soft fall areas, fruiting trees, and a functional vegetable garden. This allows children to learn about healthy eating and nature. The centre is fully air-conditioned, with spacious rooms that provide learning corners, small group experiences, and restrooms.
Each day, children engage in a variety of play activities including painting, pasting, playdough, puzzles, blocks, music and movement, storytelling, finger play, sand, water, and physically active play. Our whole curriculum is designed to support children's readiness for school, with daily preschool sessions focusing on social, literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills.
St Joseph's operates from 7.45 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday. During lunchtime, children learn important skills such as handling their lunch boxes, eating from containers, and packing them away. To support this, we provide morning and afternoon teas with healthy choices to expand their taste buds.
Younger children have a nap time from 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm, while older children have rest and quiet time until 2 pm. If a child does not sleep, they can engage in quiet activities such as reading. Older children can join the younger ones if they feel tired and need some rest.
We believe in open communication with families, and our centre's curriculum and children's journals are shared through our website. Families are always welcome to visit us for a chat.
At St Joseph's, we prioritize cleanliness and the well-being of all children and staff. We teach children about hygiene and the importance of keeping themselves and others healthy.
Our centre is about adjusting, interacting, settling, and developing friendships, trust, and confidence. We involve families, cultural groups, and the wider community in defining identity and recognizing relationships.
We are dedicated to helping children discover, learn, and develop social skills. We want them to grow, engage with life and our environment, meet challenges, and prepare for school and the future.
If you are interested in enrolling your child, please fill out our waiting list form or request an appointment to visit our centre. Our waiting list is available on our website, and we are conveniently located at 29 Mary St, with entrance via 57 Church St, Lidcombe.
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29 Mary Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales 2141, Australia
Opening hours
Monday:
07:45 - 17:30
Tuesday:
07:45 - 17:30
Wednesday:
07:45 - 17:30
Thursday:
07:45 - 17:30
Friday:
07:45 - 17:30
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed
Reviews
"St Joseph's Childcare Centre is our favourite preschool. The centre offers a great preschool program, high quality learning and fun activities for children on a daily basis. The sisters are passionate and caring, and really provide each child with the attention they need. We have enrolled both our children here and we have seen them developing both socially and intellectually. Highly recommend this centre!"
"Our daughter really like this centre and the educators are all professionnal and fantastic. Most importantly, they are permanent teachers closely monitoring the Children's development So highly recommended."
"This is a very loving and caring childcare that i experienced with my two sons. The most important is they have a very clean environment for kids. The separated toilet always look sparkling clean,and all the corners are spotless…Moreover,all the educators are dedicated for the center, they are full of patience, easygoing and kindness. lastly,they put much more effort on academic education. They have reading section for the kids ready to kindy, also always organise different shows and are knowledgable in art and culture."
"It is a nice childcare center. All educators are very patient. Kids are well settled by them. Nice program for different ages group, not only playing also has the pre school section to help them transition to kindly. My little one really enjoyed for whole day and highly recommend friends to go there."
"This center is a hidden treasure .St joseph's childcare center has got preschool program.They have decades of education experience.Educators are very responsible. There is plenty of room for kids to play and learn, very tidy and clean environment.Specially,they have one separated room for kids to sleep and rest.They have enough coverage in outdoor to protect from sun.They have many activities like shows,cooking,music session and dance etc.Your kids won't get boring.I highly recommend this center to parents, it's really worth."
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