“Our programs are play based aimed with knowledge that children learn best when provided with opportunities and environments to freely engage with the world around them in pursuit of their own interests and curiosities. The classroom environments are full of innovative and original activities that allow children time and space to explore and learn. Early Childhood Services are a platform in which children can practice the skills required for their futures such as friendships, exploring and understanding emotions and ultimately discovering their own footprint within the broader community.”
“We feel so lucky to have found Play and Learn it has hands down been the best child care centre we have come across, from the moment we walk in we feel at home, all the staff are caring and do the best to always put the needs of the children first. We love seeing the smiles on all the faces each day.
I believe sending my child to Play and Learn has helped her develop the skills she will need for her journey to school next year……thank you Play and Learn you guys are truly amazing.”
“My daughter Faith Boyce has been in long daycare since she was 1, during this time she has been emotional upon my leaving every day. Due to work reasons I had put her in 1 day a week at the Deception Bay Play and Learn as well as her regular care. After 2 visits she asked if she could change schools and go to Deception Bay all the time. We had a chat and I found out that she loved her teachers and the environment so much that she wanted to stay, we also have minimal problems at drop off now. Safe to say I’m a very happy mum and believe she is building much confidence for her transition into prep next year all thanks to this wonderful centre.”
Play and Learn Deception Bay’s Infant room is licensed for 8 infants with 2 permanently employed educators.
Experience with infants over the years has taught us that sometimes babies are not predictable and a third educator may be employed to assist with the room.
Several factors will be considered in determining when three educators will work in this group they include;
Our main focus in the room is forming secure attachments with your baby. Secure attachments and trust develop when we respond consistently, sensitively and confidently. Our attachment however will not affect your babies’ attachment to you – it helps them be close to people.
Current research very clearly tells us that babies who experience any care that is unresponsive, unpredictable or threatening may develop problems developing trust and attachment, this often affects a child’s overall development.
Deception Bay’s Toddler child care room is licensed for 12 children with 3 permanently employed educators.
Settling children is again our main focus in this age grouping as now children are very aware when their primary caregivers have left.
Anxious and stressed children find it difficult to learn anything so bonding and establishing relationships with your child is vitally important.
Our Toddlers have many opportunities to join in fun and educational experiences throughout the day. Informing us about what your Toddler loves to do helps us to plan for the transition from home to the centre.
Toddlers are developmentally egocentric. So helping Toddlers understand that there are other children in the group who may want to play with the same trucks is really tricky!! In helping this we deliberately set up our environments with multiple equipment that is the same or similar. Having one off pieces of equipment sets children up for challenges. However not everything can be avoided and nor should it, our educators are skilled in helping Toddlers learn life’s social skills.
Similarly, your child’s sensory motor development is vitally important. The Toddlers years see rapid growth in your child’s sensory motor systems and it is these systems that provide your child with the foundations for academic learning.
Play and Learn Deception Bay’s Kindy programs cater for children 2-4 yrs, we have three Kindy rooms.
Our two Junior Kindy rooms are each licensed for 15 children aged approx. 2.5 yrs – 3 yrs with 3 permanently employed educators per room and one Senior Kindy room which is licensed for 22 children aged approx. 3 yrs – 4 yrs with 2 permanently employed staff.
The service will be flexible with age groupings to meet the needs of our children our families and the community.
Remaining flexible with age grouping allows for children of the same family to be together or children who are friends to remain together while settling.
Within this age group our educators are planning activities that develop the integrations of two brain hemispheres, fine hand co-ordination, sense of direction, awareness of time and many other really important areas of development.
So often we hear parents say “When will they learn their colours, their numbers and letters” and although this is somewhat important they ARE NOT the markers for a child’s ongoing success and later learning. What I mean is a child may be able to recite the alphabet but unable to sit for a story or problem solve with peers.
Our service looks at children holistically across many areas of development some that cannot be seen nor measured nor sent home on a piece of paper but please note we are always thinking planning and evaluating all that we do.
Our Pre-prep program at Deception Bay Play and Learn is our Approved Kindergarten program led by our Early Childhood Teacher.
The room is licenced for 22 children with 1 Teacher and 1 Assistant and children in this room who are then moving to Prep will be 4yrs old by June 30th.
Let’s get ready for Prep …….not really at Play and Learn Deception Bay!! What??? What is being ready anyway? It will be so different for each child and each family. So often parents rely on markers such as knowing colours and letters as being school ready and that could not be further than the truth.
Prep teachers often tell us that if a child can look after their own belongings at school they will be eternally grateful…. But that doesn’t sound as glamorous at the end of the day does it…. “Oh...by the way your Billy put his pencil in the pencil holder today” said NO Teacher ever…..but at Play and Learn Deception Bay those life skills are just as important as learning our colours.
Our kindergarten program is based on the Queensland Curriculum guidelines and a copy can be found at
www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/kindergarten/curriculum
We look at children holistically and our programs are play centered – (hence our name) Block play, games, puzzles, arts and crafts, dress ups, dancing, stories and singing are just a few things your child will enjoy.
Fun environments ensure that children learn best. When children are pressured to rote learn, recite and spend long periods of being directed and lectured by adults learning actually becomes far more difficult. When it happens naturally driven by children interests it has greater meaning and therefore retained more easily.
Group Name | Age | Daily Fee |
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Infants & Toddlers | 6wks - 2yrs | $145/day |
Junior Kindy & Kindy | 2yrs - 3yrs | $145/day |
Pre-Prep | 4yrs - 5yrs | $145/day |
Australia public holiday Centre Closed
Chinese new year – room celebrations
Waitangi Day Celebrations
Valentine’s Day
St Patrick’s day – Centre celebrations
Harmony Day Centre Celebrations
Holi festival
Autism awareness day
Ramadan begins
Good Friday Centre Closed
Easter Monday Centre Closed
Earth day
Anzac Day Centre Closed
Labour Day Public Holiday Centre Closed
Mother’s Day afternoon tea
National Sorry Day
27th – 3rd June - National Reconciliation Week
Samoa Independence Day
World Environment Day
3rd – 10th - NAIDOC week
American independence day
Pyjama Day – fundraiser for the Pyjama foundation – Gold coin donation.
Jeans for genes day
Jamaican independence day
Ekka Public Holiday Centre Closed
13th – 21st - National science week
Red nose day
20th - 26th - Book week celebrations – come dressed as your favourite book character
Father’s day
6th -12th – Child Protection Week
Educator day
International literacy day
R U OK! DAY
White balloon day
Papua new guinea independence day
Talk like a pirate day – come dressed as a pirate
Queens birthday public holiday Centre closed
World teacher day
Fiji Day
Grandparents day, afternoon tea 2:30pm
Day for Daniel – dress in red
Halloween, room celebrations
Melbourne Cup Day, Fancy dress – come dressed up and celebrate
Day of the dead
Remembrance Day
20th – 25th National Recycling week
Universal children’s day
Diwali festival – room celebrations
Preschool graduation
Christmas party
Christmas Day
Boxing day - Centre Closed
Centre closure period (25th – Jan 4th)
Get in touch with the team at Play and Learn to discuss our range of service options and how we could be the best fit for your child today!