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Goodstart Port Road Cheltenham

969 Port Road, Cheltenham, 5014, SA
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6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday

Open every weekday of the year, except public holidays

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  • Nursery
  • Toddler
  • Preschool

About our centre

Goodstart Early Learning Child Care Centre located on Port Road opened in 2018. Our newly constructed centre features six separate, naturally inspired learning spaces, each with direct access to our landscaped designed outdoor environment providing children with the opportunity to move freely between the indoor and outdoor. Our environments have been specifically designed to engage, challenge and excite the children throughout all of their developmental stages. 

Our beautiful outdoor dining hub connects our learning spaces to the playground and provides a shaded, outdoor dining space for all children and educators.  Our onsite kitchen with child-height servery allows our centre cook to serve and interact with our children and engage in cooking and preparing meals.

We provide high quality education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years. Using the Early Years Learning Framework to guide our education program and scaffold children’s learning, our educators are passionate and committed to providing nurturing and simulating early learning environment. With a strong commitment and focus to create a warm and welcoming community focused centre we look forward to building and maintaining meaningful and true relationships with all our families and children.  

When you enrol at Goodstart Early Learning Port Road, you can expect:

•    State of the art facilities with exceptional learning environments

•    Passionate and highly trained teaching staff

•    School readiness and transition to school program

•    Child-centred, teacher guided learning framework

•    Holistic focus on the development of your child

•    Secure access with digital sign in and sign out kiosks

•    Access to Storypark – your child’s online learning portfolio

•    Onsite qualified cook creating fresh and nutritious meals daily, catering for all dietary requirements

•    Meals, nappies, wipes, cot linen and sunscreen provided with no extra charge


Location

You can access our dedicated carpark from Cricksdale Street (with the car park exiting onto Port Road). 28 dedicated car spaces are available for our families, making drop off and pick up time safe and easy to access.  

We look forward to welcoming you to Goodstart Port Road Cheltenham.

We invite you to book a tour and take a look around, meet the team and explore how we can support your child’s early learning journey. We look forward to welcoming you and your family! (If the tour times available don’t suit you or your family’s commitments please contact us to organise a different time).

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My two girls have been attending Goodstart Cheltenham for a couple of years now. We adore our centre director and all of the educators. The bonds and strong connections built with our children (and us as parents) are priceless. We have had trying times over the past 18 months and have felt nothing but love and support to help us through. Our girls growth and development have come leaps and bounds, we work together with the educators to overcome obstacles and communication has been great! Most days they don’t even want to come home cos they love childcare so much! Highly recommend the center and couldn’t be more grateful to be a part of their community 💖🙏
Peta
I cannot praise this centre enough! The care provided here is EXCEPTIONAL. I have been to multiple childcares now in order to find the right one and finally I can say I have never had a better experience. Each child's learning is approached to your child's individual needs, they take their time to ensure theyre treated as an individual and not just another number. The approach is treated as a family and you can only praise how much effort is put into their learning approach and welcoming, warm atmosphere. No matter the area, each teacher will welcome you with open arms (even if they don't have your child in their room). I know each and every day my son is in good hands. Kate's approach to preschool education program is exceptional and each day my son comes home with something new he's learnt and nothing but a smile. No matter the problem, big or small they will inform you of your child's day and keep you up to date of everything instead of leaving it till the end of the day, you know they care. Are flexible and always willing to accommodate to your last minute bookings or swap around with bookings. Keep doing all that you guys do because your hard work does not go unnoticed!
Rianna
Goodstart Early Learning Centre, Port Rd is a fantastic facility. It offers children a safe environment to play, learn, and build skills and friendships. The centre's staff are warm and caring. Everyone from the Director to Admin is experienced at meeting children's and parents' needs. The educators facilitate quality programs and learning opportunities to keep children engaged and happy throughout their day. I highly recommend this centre for all children prior to starting school.
Karen

Hayley Stapenell

Centre Director

Hello, my name is Hayley, and I am the Centre Director at Port Road, Cheltenham.

I have dedicated 15 years to the early childhood sector, all of which have been with Goodstart Early Learning. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working across all age groups in various roles, which has provided me with a deep and comprehensive understanding of early childhood development. My experience as a Centre Director spans many years, and my passion for fostering children’s growth and development drives me to ensure the highest quality care and education for every child in our care.

I am deeply committed to early childhood education and believe strongly in the power of nurturing strong, supportive relationships that help children grow into resilient and capable learners. I also recognise the importance of building trusting, secure, and reciprocal relationships with families, understanding the profound significance of our role in caring for your children.

I look forward to meeting you soon!

Call us on 8268 5819, or click the 'Book a tour' button above to arrange a personalised tour. If you’d like a tour outside of the offered tour times please contact me so that we can organise this for you.

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