Great Beginnings Taylors Lakes

Welcome to Great Beginnings Taylors Lakes. Our child care centre in Keilor is perfectly located for families living in Taylors Lakes, Keilor Lodge, Keilor Downs, Fraser Rise, Caroline Springs and St Albans. Our modern, purpose-built early learning centre in Keilor offers early childhood education for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. 

Our child care centre in Keilor provides families with daily updates and photos detailing their child's learning and development, which is accessible on our family app.  

Centre Highlights

Spacious and resource-rich environments 

Great Beginnings Taylors Lakes child care centre in Keilor is designed to be a home away from home that encourages every child’s exploration. Our state-of-the-art and resource-rich early learning environments have been carefully designed to immerse your child into a world of exploration, curiosity, and learning.  

Each learning space extends onto our beautiful outdoor environment, which encourages endless ways and opportunities for play! We have three beautiful, shaded outdoor environments. Each outdoor space features various play equipment and a large sandpit designed for children to safely develop their strength, balance, and self-confidence through play. Our dedicated art space is designed for children to express their creativity. We utilise our vegetable gardens for our sustainability program. Our kindergarten yard also features a bike track, a water play area and a slide.

We offer purpose-built indoor spaces filled with natural light and engaging recourses. Each play space is carefully designed and implemented based on children's current interests and learning goals to provide a stimulating and engaging environment.

Dedicated and passionate team of educators

Our team of passionate educators and teachers make up the heart of our Keilor child care centre. Our experienced educators are trained to deliver purposeful teaching and learning experiences through the most effective approaches in early childhood education. Our educators and teachers are passionate about helping every child succeed in discovering their unique identity and become confident, happy and resilient learners. We are a multicultural early learning centre with 9 languages spoken across our team.

Play-based early learning curriculum

Play is essential to every child's learning and development. It enables children to make decisions, learn, take risks, and have fun. At our Keilor child care centre, our experienced educators plan play-based learning activities in line with national standards. The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is designed to engage in your child’s interests and allow them to experience each day in a new way, supporting their learning in the lead-up to primary school.  

Our Early Learning Curriculum also provides children with:

  • Real Life experiences: Children participate in fun and exciting experiences such as woodworking, harvesting the veggie garden, caring for our worm farm and basic cooking skills.  
  • Sustainability Program: Each age group participates in a sustainability project that help children embed sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, growing food, and the importance of looking after and protecting our planet.  Our service has a designated sustainability garden where the children are encouraged to plant. Children help us take care of our centre chickens. We also encourage families to bring recycled materials to our sustainability station to engage our children's imagination to learn and create.
  • Sports program: We provide the children with a weekly sporting program at no extra cost.
  • Community engagement activities: Our children go on weekly explorations into our Keilor community. We are always looking for new and exciting ways to engage with our local community.
    Delicious and healthy meals freshly prepared on site 

    We provide children with nutrient-rich, fresh and seasonal whole foods created to please even the fussiest of eaters. For variety, our menu rotates weekly and changes seasonally, with our cook catering to the unique dietary requirements, allergies and religious needs of every child. We frequently reflect on our centre menu based on the feedback provided by families and children.

    Here at our Keilor early learning centre, we believe that by encouraging active participation in food preparation, such as growing & harvesting the fruit and vegetables, preparing, and helping cook the meal, children learn to appreciate and understand the importance of healthy eating. 

    We look forward to partnering with you and your family to provide information, support, and high-quality early education and care in your child’s formative years. Book a tour to meet our early learning team, or contact our Family Support Team to start your journey with us today.  

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    910 Old Calder Hwy Service Road, Keilor VIC 3036 (03) 8322 0181 taylorslakes@greatbeginnings.com.au
     What we provide What to bring
    • Nappies 
    • Wipes
    • Bed linen 
    • Sunscreen 
    • Freshly prepared meals
    • Labeled Bag
    • Wide-brim hat
    • Comfort items
    • Spare change of clothing
    • Labeled bottle, water bottle or formula if required
    Victorian government approved kindergarten

    Why you’ll love Great Beginnings Taylors Lakes

    These are just some of the highlights included in your child’s early childhood education and care experience at our centre.

    Meet your Centre Manager
    Tessa Stoekle
    “ I am proud that I have had a positive impact on thousands of children over my years.”

    A sneak peek inside our centre

    Educator playing with child at Great Beginnings Taylors Lakes child care
    Educator reading to two toddlers at Great Beginnings Taylors Lakes child care
    Educator painting with children at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake day care
    Baby at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake day care
    Two children smiling Educator painting with children at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake child care
    Child eating fruit at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake child care
    Baby sleeping safely at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake child care
    Children smiling at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake child care
    Child and mum saying goodbye to educator at Great Beginnings Taylors Lake day care

    Take a walk in your child's footsteps

    Every day is a different adventure with children, but there are some key elements that make your child’s time so enjoyable at Great Beginnings Early Education Centres.
    Scroll through the below to see what a typical day might look like.

    Our purposeful and inspiring rooms

    0-2 years
    Nursery

    In our nursery rooms, you will see babies engaging individually or in small groups in different types of age-appropriate play.

    2-3 years
    Toddler

    In the toddler rooms, our teachers and educators provide experiences to support young children in becoming curious and creative problem solvers.

    3-5 years
    Kindergarten

    Our approved kindergarten program caters to each child's strengths and needs, for their smooth and successful transition to school.

    Useful information

    Opening hours

    Extended opening hours to support your busy family life!

    Monday 6:30am - 7:30pm
    Tuesday 6:30am - 7:30pm
    Wednesday 6:30am - 7:30pm
    Thursday 6:30am - 7:30pm
    Friday 6:30am - 7:30pm
    Fees
    Age Group Daily Fee
    Nursery $133.50
    Toddler $133.50
    Kindergarten $127.50

    Note: Fees effective from 10 July 2023.

    Your family’s daily out of pocket cost will depend on your Childcare Subsidy (CCS) entitlements. 

    The above fees are before the Child Care Subsidy has been applied. To calculate your estimated subsidy, view our subsidy calculator. We also offer 9-hour, 10-hour and full-day options at our centre which could help optimise your child care subsidy.

    If this is your child’s first time in child care, or you’re unsure about the subsidy, learn more about how to apply for the subsidy. Our team of experts are always on hand to guide you through the process, call 1800 517 086.

    Start your journey with us

    Contact our Family Support Team on 1800 517 086 or book a tour today to see everything we have to offer.

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