Jenny's Kindergarten & Early Learning Oatley 2 Mi Mi Street, Oatley, New South Wales 2223

"The staff are very friendly and understanding, and absolutely delightful and patient with the children. My child loves his friends and educators, and they're as flexible and accommodating as possible with parents like me on call for casual shifts."

"I have been working for Jenny's Oatley for the past 6 months and during this time I have enjoyed been apart of the team here. The staff and management have been very accommodating and wonderful. I feel like from the first day I was part of the team here and made to feel very welcome. The families and children are wonderful and we all enjoy learning and developing together. I am very happy here and enjoy coming to work each day to see what we can learn and teach the children."

"Terrible, Terrible, TERRIBLE!!! We have enrolled our child so far in 3 different centres and Jenny’s Kindergarten is by far the worst daycare you can possibly enrol your child in. We chose this centre after we moved into the area and at first glance it looks so impressive, the wall is filled with ‘activities’ done by the kids. However, 1 month into the enrolment my child was no longer as active, didn’t come home to ‘show-off’ what she learnt that day and appeared to be depressed and bored. Thinking it was simply a case of being in a different and new daycare environment and she needed more time to settle in we gave it another month before we had even more serious doubts about the centre. There is no arts and craft, no activities whatsoever and ‘Photos of Our Day’ is emailed to parents by 8.30am! We dropped off at 8.30 so we missed out on the photos and have no communication whatsoever as to what activity the children engaged in all day. Also, if the staff is not the room leader they will refuse to talk to the parents. They simply stare at you as you pick up and drop off. On a talkative day they will say ‘they had a good day’, which is a generic line to tell ALL parents! The last straw was when another child scratched our child, leaving permanent scars!!! Now we understand kids will scratch, hit and bite at that age (0-2) but they were not apologetic, when we tried to discuss with the staff/director, they became all defensive, said the staff was already working very hard keeping all children safe and was more concerned why the other child was scratching rather than the fact our child had a bleeding face, scratched eye and now many months down the track the doctors tell us she is left with permanent scars! Ever since we enrolled our child in another centre, within 1 week she has gone back to her happy self, came home with new things she learnt that day, brought home arts and crafts projects... she was the happy kid she was BEFORE we enrolled her in JK. Even gained healthy weight from all the yummy food. Overall we would not recommend this centre. If you have the opportunity to experience another centre and compare to JK you WILL feel the difference!"

"My son has attended Jenny's Kindergarten and Early Learning Centre for five days a week since he was a baby. I can honestly say, without reservation, how impressed I have been and continue to be, with the quality of care at this wonderful childcare centre. Having to return to full time work is difficult enough, especially having to decide on who to trust to care for your child. I have found the staff at Jenny's to be absolutely dedicated, professional, generous with their time, caring, knowledgable about every stage of his development and hard working. The place is spotlessly clean and the food is nourishing and tasty. I have been so pleased that they celebrate a whole range of activities, including Book Week and also raise money for the Cancer Council and other charities. I was initially impressed with how they honoured the routines I had established at home, around sleep, etc but also how they have been able to encourage my son to develop new skills and interests. They offer a range of extra curricular opportunities, to compliment their already diverse learning and creative play opportunities, such as soccer, which my son looks forward to each week. My son has been afforded the most wonderful learning opportunities, through play and art and song and music and dance, to name a few. I can't overstate how wonderful the staff are to the children there. They are knowledgeable, give you great feedback about your child, no matter whether you ring during the day, or at pick up in the afternoon. It's great as a parent, to know that if you need support in a certain area of your child's development, that the staff are able to give you some advice, but also spend time considering how they can best help your child at daycare. The centre has some great work done to the indoor learning areas and the outdoor space, which has proved a hit with my son. I could not be happier with the quality of care and education that my son receives from this outstanding establishment. I looked long and hard to find a place when he was little and I feel so confident in the we've decision made to send him here. He still loves it and he loves his educators and his friends. The conversations with him when he tells me something new or about his day are really the best example of what happens each day. The smiles and laughter as he recalls his day are the best. As a parent, when you know your child is happy, well-cared for and is having their basic needs and their emotional and social needs met, it's a huge relief. To know that in addition to these needs, the staff create activities to cater for the interests of the children and also to extend them, is really the best you can ask for at any level of education. Miss Sandra is the great Director of the centre. She's taken plenty of calls from me over the years (and still does) and plenty of impromptu conversations at pick up time and she always makes time for parents. She and her wonderful staff are second to none. I have no reservation in recommending this great place with great staff who continue to inspire my son and every other child there, each and every day. They inspire me too."

"Our child was at Jenny's Oatley in the nursery for a few months in 2013. After the departure of the room leader mid last year (who was great) it became a very unpleasant experience. Staff turnover there is unbelievable and after the room leader left mid-year most of the carers who remained just seemed completely apathetic and uncaring - or maybe they had just lost hope. There would be new people every time we attended and after a while the carers simply stopped introducing them so we didn't even know who they were. The kids had hardly any toys and no books (except a few, worn cloth baby books) to play with and they rarely got to do any activities such as arts and craft. When we would do the drop off no-one would offer to come and cuddle our child (who was teary and clearly upset) and we actually had to ask someone to come and take our little one. Add to that that often when we used to do the pick up we found all the kids and babies would be plonked sitting in front of the tv. The remaining carers after mid-year never spoke to the children and the sense was that they considered that doing so was a waste of time. All up the centre just had a really bad vibe to it and you could tell that both kids and carers alike hated it there. As a result we simply couldn't wait to take our little one out of there and seeing how good they are at the new centre I have absolutely no doubt that it was the right thing to do."