Epping
“I’ve spent the last 13 years in the childcare industry and it came time for me to work out if I should put my 8 month old daughter into childcare or not…we have had the most amazing experience in the short time that Isabella has been attending.”
Kate & Paul at our Epping centre
Epping Childcare Snapshot
Who We Are
Situated in the Creed’s Farm precinct of Epping’s Aurora Estate, Wallaby Childcare Epping is in the area’s educational and community hub with schools at the door, parks all around and the famous Creeds Farm Living and Learning Centre as neighbour. You’ll even find the Aurora Estate’s best coffee nearby!
With individual reverse-cycle climate-control to every room, this single-storey 9 room facility is big on space and huge on outdoor play. Purpose-built to take advantage of the great outdoors, this state-of-the-art centre lives large with a kitchen for our chef, separate outdoor play areas for each age-level, a vegie patch…. and our Big Red Barn centre-stage!
Where You'll Find Us
Just a few blocks from the traffic and buzz of Epping’s main roads and shopping areas, Wallaby Childcare Epping is in a world of its own amongst the widest open spaces of the Aurora Estate.
With the grounds of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Primary school stretched out in front, Shimmer Park across the road and Creeds Farm Living and Learning Centre just next door, Wallaby Childcare feels like it could be in a country community …in reality it’s in the heart of the Epping. From here Harvest Home Primary School, and Aurora Village shopping are within a walk and Northern Hospital and Epping Plaza shopping are a 5 minute drive.
What We Do
Wallaby Childcare Epping offers high quality, affordable care for children aged 0 to 5 years. Our centre has clearly defined spaces for nursery, toddler, pre-kinder and kindergarten programs inside, as well as high-qualified staff for each – including specialised teachers for our 4-year-old kinder program.
Leadership Team
Age-appropriate rooms
The Nursery
A nurturing environment designed to provide a safe and secure environment that is an extension of your home for your baby.
Here your family will find:
The Toddler Room
A place for early exploration, helping our youngest children build on their curiosity for the world around them.
Here your family will find:
The Pre Kinder Room
Designed to open up your child to a broad range of skills that will take them through life.
Here your family will find:
The Kindergarten
A purpose-designed and well-resourced space with an emergent curriculum as a strong foundation. In this setting, teachers plan activities and projects based on the specific group of children they are working with, taking into account the skills, needs, and interests of each individual child.
Here your family will find:
Everything
About Us
Our Family
From the very beginning, our business has been built on constructing facilities, choosing staff and creating programs that meet the individual needs of the communities we serve. As a family owned and operated group, Wallaby Childcare has been providing superior childcare services since 2005 with a home-away-from-home for our children.
Our Vision
We are committed to creating a place where children are stimulated to thrive, encouraged to explore, and inspired to develop a life-long love of learning. We want our children to create fond memories, make first friendships and grow from shared experiences. Most of all, we want them to see us a cherished part of their childhood.
Our Programs
Grounded in the curriculum set by the national Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the state Victorian Early Years Learning Framework (VEYLDF) our programs are partially based around the Reggio Emilio concept of child-directed indoor-outdoor play. Designed to allow every child to be an individual learner, our programs let children work at their own pace to achieve the age-appropriate objectives identified for them.
Our Storypark app will even keep you in touch with everything that’s going on at the centre… and with your child in particular.
Our People
Our early childhood educators staff like coming to work, our key Directors have been with Wallaby Childcare since the earliest days, and most of our staff have been with us for many years. They stay with us because we help them to be their best. At Wallaby Childcare, we encourage our staff to develop skills, continue education, add to their qualifications…and build their careers around your children.
Our Centres
Every Wallaby centre is designed in consultation with the people who work there. This means our centres are as unique as our children – with everything from outdoor classrooms, to bespoke play-gyms, to our famous Big Red Barn. Every centre is designed to grow and adapt with our programs, the seasons and our children’s changing interests with rooms that blur the boundaries between inside and out, gardens with shade and shelter and customised play equipment.
Our Food
Every Wallaby Childcare centre has a qualified chef on-site creating fresh meals that are tasty enough to tempt the busiest child, and varied enough to offer choices for the fussiest eater…and it goes without saying they are expert in working within religious and cultural boundaries.
Our Welcome
Our children come from all over the world, they have a range of abilities and a diversity of family situations…just like us. At Wallaby Childcare, we draw our staff from where we are based, they are of all ages and genders, and all sorts of families – they mirror your community and, when needed they can be supplemented by interpreters and support staff to meet your child’s individual needs.
