Mount Hira College Early Learning Centre 396 Greens Road, Keysborough, Victoria 3173

"Mt Hira College ELC is a newly established childcare facility that caters for all children of all ethnicity and religious backgrounds to learn and play inside and outside the classrooms. Everything here is brand new. Claire and Oya are friendly and approachable. If they are not around, you can always send them an email! The communication through Xplor App is great. We get live updates on what our child is up to throughout the day e.g. meal times, naps, nappy change etc. With any businesses that have opened up during the pandemic, I think the ELC team are doing the best they can. Sure there are still some teething issues like trying to get paperwork sorted to get the CCS (probably more a centrelink issue really) and it took a while to get our passcode to get in by ourselves (I like that they are working on having individualised passcode for different families). I am sure we will get there eventually. The educators genuinely wants to get to know our child and are happy for our child's progress and development. The centre is just so convenient for us, any of the existing centres nearby are not as nice and are all fully booked with unrealistic waitlists. We are just so glad our family got the childcare assistance from the ELC team when we needed it. The added exposure to multiculturalism, spreading kindness and not hate are teachings that I want my child to learn at Mount Hira College ELC. Thank you Claire and ELC team!"

"I am absolutely appalled at the recent changes occurring in the ELC center. As a parent who has 2 children enrolled, I can tell you that I was very happy in the beginning and would have given 5 stars not long ago. But with recent decisions that may be a result of internal politics, sadly our children are the fodder in this power play. Amazing teachers are resigning, their replacements are less than suitable and are poor substitutes for the standards that were set before them, and the amount of upheaval and changes that have occurred MID YEAR is very unacceptable. The amount of discourse and confusion caused has had direct effects on our little ones - who should be given top priority and stability during such integral years. Instead, they have been subjected to more changes than ever and are given the disservice of losing amazing educators because the school is unable to retain them. Would I recommend this school? The short answer is no, I would not. It seems private school Politics have won in this institution - which is the biggest disappointment of all."

"My children started at Mt Hira ELC a month ago and we couldn't be happier. From the moment we walked into the centre and was greeted by Tugba we have had had nothing but an amazing experience. Tugba is so warm and welcoming and such a asset to the centre. Thank you for making this such a easy and wonderful transition for my children."

"This is an amazing centre for my two little ones, one is in toddler room and the other one in 4yr Kinder. It is beautifully designed and has spacious rooms and separate outdoor playgrounds according to the age groups. Professional staff and a very welcoming Centre Director Ms. Tugba, she made the enrollment process very easy. They are using app which keeps you up-to-date with what your kids are doing and it makes you feel that your kids are with you all day. I will definitely recommend this centre."