Keele Street Children’s Centre is a 37-place early childhood education and care service located in Collingwood, catering for children aged 0-6.
Our small, unique building feels more like a family home than a childcare centre. We offer flexible classrooms that open up into our large outdoor yard, promoting opportunities for children to play both indoors and outdoors throughout the day.
The families who attend Keele Street tend to create lasting connections with their child’s educators and be actively involved in their child’s early learning. Our educators to get to know each family individually and understand the unique context from which each child comes to us from.
The benefits to the child in attending such a small, community focussed service, is that they are able to form secure attachments to trusted adults quickly providing an excellent foundation to support them in their educational experience throughout life.
Our educators are all first aid trained and maintain up to date training of anaphylaxis and asthma management, CPR, Red Nose safe sleep standards and child protection, so you can be assured that your child is in the safest of hands.
Keele Street's qualified onsite cook prepares delicious and healthy meals daily. Our seasonal menu has been developed with the aid of nutritionists, ensuring we offer each child a broad range of options to meet their recommended daily intake needs. Our cook can accommodate most dietary requirements and allergies. View our sample menu below.
We offer progressive mealtimes and flexible routines that cater to the individuals needs of each child. Excursions, meals and nappies are included within our daily fees, which means there are no hidden costs for families.
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Keele Street Children’s Centre is a 37-place early childhood education and care service located in Collingwood, catering for children aged 0-6.
Our small, unique building feels more like a family home than a childcare centre. We offer flexible classrooms that open up into our large outdoor yard, promoting opportunities for children to play both indoors and outdoors throughout the day.
The families who attend Keele Street tend to create lasting connections with their child’s educators and be actively involved in their child’s early learning. Our educators to get to know each family individually and understand the unique context from which each child comes to us from.
The benefits to the child in attending such a small, community focussed service, is that they are able to form secure attachments to trusted adults quickly providing an excellent foundation to support them in their educational experience throughout life.
Our educators are all first aid trained and maintain up to date training of anaphylaxis and asthma management, CPR, Red Nose safe sleep standards and child protection, so you can be assured that your child is in the safest of hands.
Keele Street's qualified onsite cook prepares delicious and healthy meals daily. Our seasonal menu has been developed with the aid of nutritionists, ensuring we offer each child a broad range of options to meet their recommended daily intake needs. Our cook can accommodate most dietary requirements and allergies. View our sample menu below.
We offer progressive mealtimes and flexible routines that cater to the individuals needs of each child. Excursions, meals and nappies are included within our daily fees, which means there are no hidden costs for families.
The Victorian Government has announced that from 2023, free kindergarten programs will be available for all Victorian three and four-year-old children at participating services.
Sessional Kindergarten enrolments will attract up to $2000 worth of funding, this means that all sessional kindergarten programs managed by Yarra City Council will be delivered for free for children who choose a Yarra service as their primary Kindergarten program provider.
For long day care, occasional care, outside school hours care or other services please refer to Fees, Subsidies and Payments for more information.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday
7:30am to 6pm
Holidays
Closed public holidays and for two weeks over the Christmas break.
The Victorian Government has announced that from 2023, free kindergarten programs will be available for all Victorian three and four-year-old children at participating services.
Sessional Kindergarten enrolments will attract up to $2000 worth of funding, this means that all sessional kindergarten programs managed by Yarra City Council will be delivered for free for children who choose a Yarra service as their primary Kindergarten program provider.
For long day care, occasional care, outside school hours care or other services please refer to Fees, Subsidies and Payments for more information.
Engaging play based on early learning and development programs for children aged 0-6 years, led by qualified and professional early childhood educators with a passion to equip your child with a lifelong love of learning.
Flexible classrooms that open up into our large outdoor yard, promoting opportunities for children to play both indoors and outdoors throughout the day.
Delicious and healthy meals prepared onsite daily by our qualified cook. Our seasonal menu has been developed with the aid of nutritionists, ensuring we offer each child a broad range of options to meet their recommended daily intake needs. Our cook can accommodate most dietary requirements and allergies.
Progressive mealtimes and flexible routines that cater to the individual needs of each child.
All our educators are first aid trained and maintain up-to-date training of anaphylaxis and asthma management, CPR, Red Nose safe sleep standards and child protection, so you can be assured that your child is in the safest of hands.
Communication platform for parents to share and receive updates about their children’s learning and development. Easily and securely accessible from any mobile device via the Xplor app.
No hidden costs means that we include excursions, meals and nappies within our daily fees.
Engaging play based on early learning and development programs for children aged 0-6 years, led by qualified and professional early childhood educators with a passion to equip your child with a lifelong love of learning.
Flexible classrooms that open up into our large outdoor yard, promoting opportunities for children to play both indoors and outdoors throughout the day.
Delicious and healthy meals prepared onsite daily by our qualified cook. Our seasonal menu has been developed with the aid of nutritionists, ensuring we offer each child a broad range of options to meet their recommended daily intake needs. Our cook can accommodate most dietary requirements and allergies.
Progressive mealtimes and flexible routines that cater to the individual needs of each child.
All our educators are first aid trained and maintain up-to-date training of anaphylaxis and asthma management, CPR, Red Nose safe sleep standards and child protection, so you can be assured that your child is in the safest of hands.
Communication platform for parents to share and receive updates about their children’s learning and development. Easily and securely accessible from any mobile device via the Xplor app.
No hidden costs means that we include excursions, meals and nappies within our daily fees.
Registration: First you will need to register by completing the online Central Registration System application form. Once registered, you will be contacted by our service’s administration team as soon as we have a position available for your child.
Confirmation and enrolment: Once we receive verbal confirmation that you wish to accept the offer, we will email you a formal invitation to enrol (with instructions). You will need access to a computer or mobile device and an internet connection to complete the enrolment process. If you require assistance with this, please let us know.
Orientation: Once your child’s enrolment start date has been confirmed, we will arrange an orientation schedule for you and your child to visit our centre and meet our team. The orientation will usually occur in the two weeks prior to your child’s enrolment start date and you will be required to remain onsite with your child during these visits.
Registration: First you will need to register by completing the online Central Registration System application form. Once registered, you will be contacted by our service’s administration team as soon as we have a position available for your child.
Confirmation and enrolment: Once we receive verbal confirmation that you wish to accept the offer, we will email you a formal invitation to enrol (with instructions). You will need access to a computer or mobile device and an internet connection to complete the enrolment process. If you require assistance with this, please let us know.
Orientation: Once your child’s enrolment start date has been confirmed, we will arrange an orientation schedule for you and your child to visit our centre and meet our team. The orientation will usually occur in the two weeks prior to your child’s enrolment start date and you will be required to remain onsite with your child during these visits.
