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Close community, nature, and family life for educators in Tasmania
Kadie Cunningham, Assistant Director of Goodstart Kings Meadows, moved back for a better life.
We provide quality early learning and care for children from six weeks to school age, and a family-focused environment.
Our purpose-built centre features four bright, spacious age-based rooms and two large outdoor play areas that encourage creativity and discovery.
Just minutes from Seaford Shopping Centre and the railway interchange, we are easily accessible for local families.
Thanks to our longstanding team of passionate educators, we're proud to offer consistency, strong relationships, and a true sense of belonging.
We’re enrolling nursery to preschool and invite you to discover the difference firsthand - book a tour. We'd love to show you around.
Our families tell us they love our team's genuine care and warmth, many of whom have been part of Seaford Rise for decades.
We focus on creating an environment where children feel safe, inspired, and supported to reach their potential.
With engaging programs, community excursions and strong school readiness support, children leave our centre confident and well-prepared for the next stage of their learning journey.
Ready to take the next step? Book a tour to meet our team, explore our classrooms, see our outdoor learning spaces in action. If the available times don't suit, we're happy to arrange a tour at a time that works best for your family.
We look forward to showing you how Goodstart Seaford Rise can nurture your child's growth and development.
At Goodstart Seaford Rise, 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 Seaford Rise 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 preschool program, so children can be well on their way to excellent learning outcomes by the time they start reception. 
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. 
I had never considered putting my kids in childcare but due to medical circumstances out of my control that was the path that we needed to take. We looked at a few centres and finally decided on Goodstart at Seaford Rise. Almost 2 years later and I’m so beyond grateful for that decision. I’ve watched my son thrive in the most supportive and kind environment, the staff are incredible! The centre director Carol is one of the kindest, most generous women I’ve ever met. She doesn’t just care about the child in her centre but about the whole family, me as a parent and even my baby daughter. I cannot recommend enough. There is nothing harder than trusting someone else with your children but I haven’t second guessed this decision once.
I have been a Centre Director at Goodstart Early Learning since 2006 and have worked in the early learning and child care industry for more than 20 years.
During that time I have worked with children of all age groups and gained experience across a number of roles within the centres I have worked in. My experience is backed up by professional credentials and strong qualifications.
I believe it is a privilege to be a part of a child’s learning journey. I am very passionate about my role at this Centre and welcome the opportunity to get to know and work with all of our families.
The team I am fortunate to work with shares my belief that every child should have access to the highest standard of early education, and as such we work hard to develop and maintain relationships with families and the broader community.
I look forward to meeting you and your family and exploring how we can support you on your child’s early learning journey.
Call us on 8327 4511, 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.
At Seaford Rise, you and your child can enjoy the best of both worlds. Our centre offers a preschool program and long day care under the one roof. Our preschool teachers are University qualified and provide a play-based learning program that will support your child in learning the skills for school and life.
At Seaford Rise, you and your child can enjoy the best of both worlds. Our centre offers a preschool program and long day care under the one roof. Our preschool teachers are University qualified and provide a play-based learning program that will support your child in learning the skills for school and life.
6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday
6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday
6:30am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday
6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday