The Learning Sanctuary Mary Street

Learning begins before birth, and our nursery educators have created a welcoming, nurturing environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover. Babies engage through their senses, communication, and experimentation. Daily activities include water play, music time, and story time, providing exciting new opportunities for meaningful play.

We collaborate closely with families, accommodating each child’s needs and routines to ensure a smooth transition from home to childcare. Our nursery offers two cot rooms to accommodate different sleep requirements and a variety of resources, such as books, musical instruments, blocks, and gross motor equipment.

Toddlers are in a stage of rapid development, focusing on building a strong foundation in language, social-emotional, cognitive, gross motor, and fine motor skills. These skills are nurtured through carefully planned music, dance, games, and reading experiences. Daily activities include developing numeracy skills by building towers, sorting objects, identifying shapes, and participating in counting songs and games.

For toddlers, group play is encouraged to develop social skills like turn-taking, self-confidence, and emotional regulation. From 2 years old, toddlers also participate in extracurricular activities such as language lessons and sports.

Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for future education. Our kindergarten program fosters active engagement and supports positive developmental outcomes, including resilience, independence, critical thinking, and creativity.

Guided by the Early Years Learning Framework and the Queensland kindergarten learning guidelines, our curriculum is tailored to accommodate your child’s individual learning and development needs, which helps boost their enthusiasm, motivation, and willingness to learn. Through structured learning experiences, our Bachelor-qualified Early Childhood Teachers are committed to helping your child gain the necessary skills for a successful transition into school and beyond.

Your child will be welcomed by our team of educators, who will ensure the morning transition from home to centre goes as smoothly as possible. On arrival, share information about your child’s specific needs for the day.

Our centre chefs prepare a nutritious menu for your child to sit down and eat. This is a great time for everyone to share stories from the day. Educators model healthy eating practices, social behaviours and support children’s growing independence with mealtime routines.

If you have an infant, we spend one-on-one time with them to establish a connection. Educators talk gently and respond to babies’ cues. We use songs, games, and conversations to strengthen relationships and build language skills.

Your child is naturally curious. They want to learn and explore, which is why we teach through play-based learning. It supports language, motor skills, memory, emotions and social relationships. Educators plan play-based learning experiences based on children’s interests and goals.

We match routines to your child’s individual needs. Opportunities for rest and relaxation help make them feel safe. Play-based learning experiences are provided for older children who no longer don’t sleep in centre.

As your child prepares to head home, this is your opportunity to speak with our friendly educators about your child’s day and everything they learnt. We look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow.