Creative Garden Mount Annan OSHC

Creative Garden Mount Annan OSHC provides an environment with experiences that enable children to grow physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially through a balance of structured play, exploration, learning and group participation.

Our service caters for children from 5 years to 12 years of age. For your convenience both breakfast and afternoon tea are provided to help ensure every child’s daily transition to and from school runs smoothly.  

At Creative Garden Mount Annan OSHC we believe individual children acquire values and attitudes towards themselves, their friends, families and society predominantly in their early years which influences them into adulthood. Our centre aims to provide a healthy, safe, caring, loving and secure environment necessary for the development of positive relationships in which all are listened to and respected.

We offer breakfast completely FREE for our morning bookings. We additionally offer Vacation care during school holidays with a schedule full of stimulating and fun activities, including excursions to many exciting locations! 

If you require Long Day Care, please see our Creative Garden Early Learning Mount Annan website.

Rooms

Our service is not sectioned by ages in each room; the children are able to interact with each other without the restriction of locations.

Facilities

Our service provides the following facilities:

• Courtesy Bus – The children are dropped off and picked up by our licensed bus drivers
• Breakfast
• Morning tea – Provided during vacation care
• Afternoon tea
• Other meals
• Sustainability program
• Veggie garden
• On-site parking
• Before and After School Care and School Holiday Club Program
• We have our own fully equipped kitchen and staff rotate to make our nutritionally balanced food from our menu.
• Fully air-conditioned
• Large, natural play environments 

Vacation Care

Our centre also offers a vacation care program for children from 5-12 years old. We make life easier for our parents with extended operating hours and affordable fees. Our vacation care programs has a variety of activities with a focus on fun and learning! Your child will have endless amounts of fun with a mix of in-centre activities, indoor and outdoor play and visits to the community. Don’t miss out on a spot in our vacation care this coming holiday, Enquire today!

A centre tour is a convenient way to experience the centre of your choice and meet with our qualified educators at a time suitable to your family schedule. Creative Garden also offers the virtual tour option in all our centres. Click here to book a tour online.

On the day of the tour, you’ll have the opportunity to observe practices and interactions within the centre environment. You’ll be able to see all the rooms and playgrounds, ask the team members any questions you have in mind, and get all the information you need to make the best decision for your child.

Creative Garden’s Family Support team will add your child’s name to our waitlist if one of our centres is currently full in your child’s age group. We will then contact you as soon as a place becomes available.

We also do monthly check-ins to review the availability, and you will receive a text message confirming if you’re still happy to remain on the waitlist each month. If you would like to get an update at any point, you’re welcome to reach out on our Web Chat or give us a call.

Our Family Support team can also help you find more G8 early learning centres near you, with the same offerings at the Creative Garden’s centre you are interested in that have immediate availability.

It’s common for a child to experience separation anxiety when they first start child care. When you’re getting ready to start child care, you can help your child overcome anxieties by visiting the child care centre together for a Stay and Play session, and easing into new routines at home.

Click here to read more tips about how to make the transition easier for your child.

Most of our Creative Garden’s child care and early education centres offer the following:

• Nappies and wipes
• Sunscreen and hats
• Nutritious meals prepared by our in-house cook

Some centres also provide sheets and formula, so you may not need to remember to pack them.

For nursery children, be sure to bring: nappy rash cream, dummies, bottles and teats, comfort toys or blankets, three spare outfits, spare socks and a plastic bag for wet clothes.

For toddlers and preschool or kindergarten-aged children, it’s best to bring: spare underwear, water bottle or sippy cup, sun hat, closed-toe shoes, two spare outfits, spare socks and a plastic bag for wet clothes.

Plus anything else your individual child may need, such as breast milk, a sleeping bag, a comforter or medication.

It’s best to speak to your centre of choice for a full list of everything included.

Creative Garden uses Xplor Home as our family communication app. It is the best and easiest way to keep track of your child’s day. After you enrol your child with the centre, you can utilise Xplor Home to book child care days, manage your account, receive the photographs that capture your child’s learning, learn about your child’s progress, as well as keep up-to-date with upcoming centre events and important information.

If your child shows signs of an infectious illness when they arrive at the centre or becomes sick during the day, you may be notified that you need to make alternative arrangements or pick up your child from the centre, and keep them home until they are no longer infectious. While we understand that this can be inconvenient, Creative Garden is committed to maintaining a healthy environment and reducing the risk of infection for all children.

Under the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), families are allowed 42 absence days per child, per financial year. These can be taken for any reason, including public holidays and when children are sick, without the need for families to provide documentation.