Harpley –
Werribee
“We placed our daughter into this centre the day it opened and haven’t looked back.
It was her first time in a centre environment so of course we were nervous about how things were going to pan out. We didn’t need to worry …we wouldn’t think of taking her anywhere else now.”
Kristy at our Harpley centre
Harpley - Werribee Childcare Snapshot
Who We Are
Included in the master plan of this new estate, Wallaby Childcare Harpley is more than purpose built… it is fully customised to meet the needs of this dynamic new neighbourhood. From our 7 beautifully-fitted rooms, to the wrapround play-spaces of our cleverly-designed grounds, to our signature Big Red Barn facing the street, every aspect of Wallaby Childcare Harpley is custom designed to give your child a memorable experience.
With individual reverse-cycle climate-control for every room, there’s every comfort at Wallaby Childcare Harley; from a commercial quality kitchen for our chef, to a community garden to share. With quiet areas to hide-away, sheltered space to make music, vegie-boxes to harvest and equipment to master, our grounds are as well designed as our interiors…guaranteeing an unparalleled inside-out experience.
Where You'll Find Us
Just a few minutes from Werribee town centre, Wallaby Childcare Harpley is situated in one of Melbourne’s fastest developing locations. Positioned where the suburbs meet open space when first built, Wallaby Childcare Harpley continues to be in a position to grow with Melbourne’s most dynamic new suburb….with new homes appearing all around, new families moving in every day, and new friends joining our centre all the time.
What We Do
Built on a generous scale with light-filled interiors oriented to catch afternoon sun and large grounds shaded for all-day play, Wallaby Childcare Harpley welcomes children from 6 weeks to kindergarten age. Purposefully trained to understand and meet the needs of their children, our staff ranges from early-years trained carers to qualified kindergarten teachers.
Cleverly utilising the features of the location, this fresh and fabulous centre takes advantage of the great outdoors with up-scale wraparound grounds following the path of the creek-side reserve. Designed to create a genuine love of the outdoors, this all-seasons centre gives children the freedom to get their hands dirty, with vegetable gardens to plant and frogs to invite in from the creek!
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 Room
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 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.
