6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
Open every weekday of the year, except public holidays
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We're your local early learning centre where children thrive in a safe, supportive and enriching environment.
Our service is conveniently located just a short stroll from Ocean Reef Primary School and is a trusted choice for local families.
With four spacious learning rooms and a dedicated, longstanding team, we provide high-quality long day care and early learning programs for children from six weeks to school age.
Our two nursery rooms cater specifically to different stages of infancy, while our kindergarten program offers school readiness guided by university-qualified teachers.
Families love our strong focus on relationships, inclusive practices, and a well-established team that treats every child as one of their own.
Book a tour today to see why our centre feels like a second home.
What makes Goodstart Ocean Reef special:
At Goodstart Ocean Reef, we believe every child deserves to feel safe, supported and confident from their first day.
Our Key Educator relationships help children form secure bonds with familiar faces, while our play-based learning fosters independence, creativity and resilience.
We welcome family involvement through regular events, open communication, and cultural celebrations that reflect our community.
Whether you're seeking nurturing care for your baby, a dynamic toddler program, or a high-quality kindergarten option that fits with your work schedule, we can help.
We invite you to book a tour and meet our passionate team. Let's explore how we can support your child's early learning and development together.
At Goodstart Ocean Reef, our philosophy centres around the belief that every child is a unique individual with their own interests and strengths. We embrace a play-based learning approach that nurtures curiosity and creativity, allowing children to explore their world in meaningful ways.
We prioritise:
Through our philosophy, we aim to create a safe, nurturing environment where children can thrive and become confident, capable learners.
Children need to feel safe and supported to learn and grow, so we promote key educator relationships between our educators and children. Your child will have at least one educator (their key educator) who takes them under their wing and really gets to know them.
Our Key Educator relationships help children form secure attachments. Educators work closely with smaller groups and individual children to better understand each child. These relationships lead to improved outcomes for children as we foster more communication between families and educators.
We inform families regularly about their child's progress and welcome family involvement in our centre events and activities.
At our Ocean Reef centre, we're proud to inspire your child's love of learning with the support of our passionate and qualified early childhood experts. Teachers with bachelor's degrees run our three and four-year-old kindergarten program, so children can be well on their way to excellent learning outcomes by the time they start school.
At Goodstart, we believe all children deserve the best possible start in life, which includes access to high-quality early childhood education and care. We offer:
We work closely with parents to ensure the individual needs, interests and strengths of children are considered, and our learning goals reflect them. Using StoryPark, a wonderful communication platform, we stay in close touch with families and ensure you're well informed about your child's development and achievements.
Click here to book your tour or call our Family Services team to find out more on 1800 222 543.
My daughter started going here when she was eight months old and loved every second - it was even hard to bring her home sometimes! At 19 months old her language, social and motor skills are beyond that of expected for her age and it is definitely down to the range of activities and learning provided for her at Goodstart Ocean Reef.
This year, our second child joined Goodstart Ocean Reef, and the care, activities, and meals continue to impress. Kacey and Rachel's leadership shines through and everyone goes above and beyond to enhance the daily life of the center. Great communication, qualified and lovely staff. Highly recommend for outstanding childcare!
Centre Director
Kaya families, my name is Kacey Honeysett and I am the Centre Director at Goodstart Early Learning Ocean Reef.
I began my early childhood education and care career in 2010 and started working with Goodstart Early Learning in 2018. I hold a Diploma of Children’s Services and have worked in the early childhood education industry for the last 12 years, where I started as a trainee educator. From there, I obtained my diploma and spent six years as a lead educator. In the last six years, I worked as an educational leader and other management roles.
My passion for children has led me to a career in the early years as I aim to assist every child in their life journey by taking the time to get to know each child’s strengths, needs and wants. I believe doing this helps to create strong bonds between myself and the children. I believe in embracing the uniqueness of every child and providing an inclusive care environment.
By creating an inclusive environment, each child can create a sense of belonging. By achieving this, development is enhanced, and we can help create a strong foundation for lifelong learning.
I have learnt and maintained a strong belief in children learning through play. When children are provided with opportunities within their own interests and in a manner where they are comfortable and safe and without the fear of failing enables the most amazing learning to occur.
As an educator, I respect and welcome all contributions from children, families, and community members to be introduced into our curriculums and play.
I understand that starting at a new centre can be overwhelming and that is why from the very first enquiry, we make sure that we address all your questions. We walk families through all the forms and administration that need to be done, this includes enrolment forms, childcare subsidy, government caps, centre schedules, our centre menu and more.
At Goodstart Early Learning Ocean Reef, we have educators who are committed, compassionate, passionate, and honest. We look forward to welcoming you to our Goodstart Ocean Reef family.
6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
