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The Power of Routine: Why Predictability Helps Children Thrive Young children feel safest when the world is predictable. Routines don’t have to be rigid, but they provide a steady rhythm that helps children understand what comes next. When children feel secure, they’re more able to explore, learn, and connect. At Day One Early Learning Centres,…
School Readiness: What It Really Means (And How We Help) When families hear “school readiness,” it’s easy to think of letters, numbers, and sitting still. But true readiness is much broader. It’s about whether a child feels secure, confident, and capable in a new environment. It’s about communication, independence, resilience, and curiosity. At Day One…
Why Play-Based Learning Builds Confident, Capable Children Play is not “just” play. In a high-quality early childhood program, play is how children make sense of the world, practise new skills, and build the confidence to try again when something feels tricky. Play-based learning is a teaching approach that uses children’s natural curiosity as the starting…
our Founder We would like to thank our families for your ongoing support of Day One ELC and trust that we are meeting your expectations. A friend or family recommendation is the best compliment that we could receive and like most early childcare services, referral is our biggest form of introduction. Often referrals go unnoticed…
our Founder Did you know…? In January 2026, Day One has kicked off an exciting program to work towards Excellence in all of our centres. We are excited to take this next step in our quality performance and invest in the development of our people to bring a better, brighter early childhood experience to all…
The benefits of kindergarten and how it can help the transition to school life! our Founder Starting school is an exciting milestone for your child and family. All of you will be experiencing changes as your child settles into a new learning environment, develops new friendships, and spends time with new teachers. That is why…
Placing Your Child in Childcare – Preparations and Considerations our Founder Preparing to enter the workforce, or return to the workforce after maternity leave can be a very busy, stressful time for you and your child/ children. So many considerations: Which centre will suit me and my child? What are my expectations of a centre…
DAY ONE | VICTORIA POINT CAMPUS Refer-a-friend and receive $100 credit*! When you introduce a friend to the DAY ONE EARLY LEARNING CENTRE at VICTORIA POINT CAMPUS, they’ll experience the DAY ONE difference, and have peace of mind knowing that their little one is being provided with the highest quality care in a safe, nurturing…
Getting Ready for Prep: Point Out Print Our Mission Beach Campus received some lovely school readiness guidance from local speech pathologist Claire Hayley (Social skills resources www.socialskillsresources.com.au) some time ago that we still refer to and find valuable, that we wanted to share with you. While the Day One Kindy and school readiness programs do…
We can’t believe it is the start of a new year already! New families and new children To all our new Day One families and children who will be having their very first Day 1 at Day One – WELCOME! We are looking forward to getting to know you and introducing your child to Day…
