Childcare options in Huapai

A Child’s Place is a brand new purpose-built childcare centre licensed for 68 children from 3 months to 6 years of age. We value the importance of primary caregiving and have ensured small group sizes for our infants and toddlers. We pride ourselves on creating a home away from home environment for you and your children. Value is placed on the relationships that will be formed and acknowledge the importance of these as you embark on your journey with us.

Our centre is a warm and loving environment that is authentic, safe, and nurturing. It is important to us that everyone here is empowered to learn and be inspired together. We value a culture of gentleness and being present in each moment. At a Child’s Place, we see learning as a journey navigated by your child. It is important to us that this journey be filled with passion, wonder, and joy. We lead with our heart and soul and value our role as that of ‘partner’ acknowledging a child as a free and equal person and partner.

We greatly value the importance that nature plays in a child’s learning journey and as such our centre reflects this in our outdoor areas and through incorporating natural resources.

Management and staff value the importance of ongoing professional development to ensure individual interests and needs are met and to ensure we continue growing as a team.

Healthy nutritious meals are provided by our chef covering morning and afternoon teas and a hot cooked lunch.

A Child’s Place is open from 7.30 am – 6:00 pm Monday to Friday offering full-day, half-day, and school time sessions.   

Having opened in September 2015,  our beautiful newly renovated space is designed for a maximum of 30 children aged from 2 years to school starting age.

Our large open plan indoor space is light and sun filled, spacious and beautifully equipped with hand selected resources. The outside patio just perfect for messy activities in winter!  With over 1000 square meters of lush grass lawn, complete with mature fruit trees, a magical playground and fabulous sand play pit for creative construction, The Secret Garden really is the perfect place for discovering and learning both inside and out.

It is our aim that all children at The Secret Garden receive a wide range of rich learning experiences whilst they feel 'at home' in a genuinely warm and nurturing environment. Children are encouraged to develop their personal capabilities, strengths, interests and learning styles.

Our experienced team of professional Early Childhood Educators strive to ensure each and every child at The Secret Garden LOVES their time at preschool and has their individual needs met with love, patience and understanding.  Our teachers encourage children to think for themselves, make decisions and work towards their own solutions, by expressing their own ideas and feelings.

We work together closely with parents and families to ensure all of our children are happy, healthy and fulfilling their absolute potential for learning.  We feel it is a privilege to play such an important part in nurturing and guiding your children through their preschool years and we genuinely love what we do.