Goodstart Early Learning Burnside
281 Westwood Drive, Burnside, Victoria 3023
About the Business
Welcome to Goodstart Early Learning Burnside, located at Westwood Drive, 281 in Australia. Our institution is dedicated to providing high-quality early education and care for children aged six weeks to six years.
At Goodstart Burnside, we have a total of 90 places available, divided into six rooms. These include two Nursery Rooms, two Toddler Rooms, a Prekinder Room, and a Kinder Room. Our highly qualified Kindergarten Educator holds a Bachelor's Degree in Early Learning, ensuring that your child receives the best education possible.
We take pride in our spacious outdoor playgrounds, equipped with a wide variety of play equipment to facilitate active play and learning. Safety is our top priority, and all our Educators are certified in First Aid, Anaphylaxis, and Asthma management.
We understand the importance of a healthy diet, which is why our qualified Centre Cook prepares hot and nutritious meals each day. We also cater to dietary alternatives for children with allergies to dairy, egg, and wheat. Our center is nut-free and egg-free to ensure the safety of all children.
Throughout the year, we celebrate a range of occasions and community events, such as Chinese New Year, Red Nose Day, and Easter. We extend invitations to parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to join us in these special celebrations.
Our dedicated team of educators strives to create a fun and educational learning experience for each child in our care. We believe in building strong friendships and relationships, ensuring that your child feels loved, cared for, and supported during their time at Goodstart Burnside.
As the Centre Director, I, Kylie Horton, have been part of this center for over 17 years. I have worked in various roles, including Group leader and Assistant Director. I am passionate about providing individualized care and education to each child, valuing their strengths, interests, skills, abilities, and knowledge.
Building trust with families is a top priority for me, as I believe it is crucial for families to feel valued, respected, and comfortable to communicate with us. I am committed to open and transparent communication, ensuring that we understand and address any concerns or questions that families may have.
We invite you to visit our center and meet our dedicated team to see firsthand how we support you and your child to have the best possible start in the first five years of their life. Off-street parking and disabled parking spaces are available for your convenience.
If you are traveling from Ballarat Road, please enter via the service lane after Earlington Blv. Bus #216 to/from Sunshine and #456 to/from Melton stop right in front of our center, making it easily accessible for families.
Goodstart Early Learning is Australia's largest early learning provider, and we take pride in being a not-for-profit organization. We have been recognized as a Child Safe Organization and are committed to creating a safe and nurturing environment for all children.
We acknowledge and respect all Traditional Custodians across Australia and recognize the continued cultural and spiritual connection of First Nations peoples to the land, sky, and waterways. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
Discover why Goodstart Early Learning Burnside is the most rewarding environment for professionals and how our team is dedicated to providing the best possible early learning experience for your child. Use our Subsidy Estimator tool to find out how much Child Care Subsidy you may be eligible for and search our vacancies to make Goodstart your next career move. Additionally, explore Goodstart at Home, a place where you can enrich and extend your child's learning at home through play.
Hours open
Monday:
06:30 - 18:30
Tuesday:
06:30 - 18:30
Wednesday:
06:30 - 18:30
Thursday:
06:30 - 18:30
Friday:
06:30 - 18:30
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed
Reviews
"My grandson attended this centre for 5 years, the educators were amazing and friendly. The program suited his needs and family were involved in his education, The educators certainly know their job and go above and beyond to make sure transitions are smooth"
"Is there any way to give then zero stars. Was satisfied with them initially but when i caught them multiple times showing rhymes to kids on IPAD in the evening, i got really disappointed. Would not recommend your kids sending here."
"I had both of my children in this Centre over 5 years and Initially had reservations about putting my boys into childcare, after the first month I never looked back, my eldest went from about 3 years and youngest 18months. They were very fortunate to have some very dedicated caring educators in their time at Burnside, I never had an issue other than trying to get my kids to leave when I went to pick them up as they were always having too much fun. I would highly recommend this Centre to anyone."
"This was the first child care we sent our son. It was the only one close by that had vacancies for when i was due back at work.It didn't have a nice feel when i was having to drop my child off. I found quite a few of the workers here seemed to not have the childs best interest. For example the amount of times that i had gone to pick up my son , it showed that he had hardly any belly time, he was either on his back or the carer was holding him sitting down , not really interacting with the kids more just gossiping. On a few occasions when picking him up he smelt like smoke, and i noticed that the carers were going out for a smoke then coming back in to the room not washing there hands or putting perfume on or anyhing to get rid of the smoking smell. The thing that made me pull my son out was over the 3 months he was there he hadn't developed very much, to give n example when we changed child care he was sitting within 2 weeks. That showed me that the carers at this centre were more hands on and wanted to help the children get to there next milestone. But i worked 45-1hr away from the child care and was there at 6:25am to drop him off at 6:30 the time that the centre opens, no one was there. I waited 20 mins and then 2 carers came and said ' sorry they were late' with a laughed like it was a joke. I said in a calm voice sorry but were paying for you to be here on time so that i can rely on you to drop my son off, and that i can get to work on time. They turn on the lights and started to set up for the day, no where to put my son as they didn't have the mats or cushions out. While i was waiting thinking they would have priority, she said can you wait 5-10 mins while we just set up? I said i had to go to work, she pretty much dismissed that and went to the other room. I waited until she wasn't running around, called me work that i would be late. i ended up being 1.5 hours late due to traffic. The next day when i went to pick him up i told the manager and she pretty much dismissed the situation, didn't apologised or admit to there responsibilities. My partner went and talked to the manager as well and he said she didn't have a good attitude towards him either. When we left they were still charging us for 3-4 weeks, and we had to call 3-4 times to get a refund as she 'had forgotten'. There were some lovely ladies in the nursery though, and Indian lady and a Chinese lady. But the others need to either find another workplace to enjoy or pull up there socks and treat the children of what they desevre."
"Thank you Goodstart Burnside.we have apprecaited all the amazing care you have provided our little family. we are so sad to be leaving to go interstate and wish we could take your centre with us as you have all been so wonderful to DD.Your everyday smiles, honesty and compassion towards our DD has been nothing but 100%."
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