our services
Habitat Early Learning is a purpose built long day care service providing a positive learning environment for children from 6 weeks to 12 years, with a total licence capacity for 177 children. Habitat operates as three co-located services – Sunshine, Figtree and Parkview Montessori.
Hours of operation are from 6.30 am until 6.30 pm, 52 weeks per year.
This peaceful and beautifully positioned, state-of-the-art facility comprises:
- 11 large, well-appointed activity rooms
- Wide, open and secure outdoor environment, divided into five distinct areas
- Contemporary, maintained landscaping and play equipment
- Full range of new resources, updated constantly
- Qualified chef and fully outfitted industrial kitchen
- Coffee "stop" for parents
- Unique aesthetics with piped music in reception areas.
Our Sunshine Centre is tailored to meet the needs of children three years and younger. It comprises:
- A nursery for children aged 6 weeks to 15 months
- Two toddler rooms for children aged 15 month to 2.5 years
- Two Junior kindy rooms for children aged 2.5 to 3.5 years
Our Figtree Centre is tailored to meet the needs of children aged over three years. It comprises three teacher led programs.
- An Early Childhood teacher led kindy program for children aged 3 years.
- An Early Childhood teacher led pre-prep program for children aged 3-4 years, including those attending school in the following year.
- A Queensland Government Funded Kindergarten Program for children attending school in the following year. This Early Childhood teacher led program has a minimum of two days attendance per week to meet eligibility requirements.
Our Parkview Montessori Centre, centred around the teachings of Maria Montessori, caters for children from 15 months to school age. It comprises
- A dynamic multi-age grouping for children from 15 months up until the age of 4 years.
- A Queensland Government Funded Kindergarten Program for children attending school in the preceding year. This Early Childhood teacher led program has a minimum of two days attendance per week to meet eligibility requirements.
sessional program
Habitat also offers unique preschool education programs on a sessional basis. This is a great preparatory option for children who will be attending Prep in the following year. It also appeals to parents who organise their work days and holidays around school hours and terms.
The sessional program operates during the gazetted school terms. Please note that pupil free days are not included in school holidays.
Children must be three years and over to attend this program.
Habitat's sessional program embraces the Centre's commitment to exceptional standards in teaching through the implementation of its Emergent Curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework.
