Welcome to Explore & Develop Castlereagh Street.
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Welcome to Explore & Develop Castlereagh Street.
Enquire nowOur curriculum caters for all age groups from babies to pre-school and includes a School Readiness / Transition Program and is guided by Australia’s National Curriculum, the Early Years Learning Framework.
We offer many opportunities for children to engage in additional programs such as Spanish and Mandarin lessons, Sporting programs and Excursion Program to many of the city’s amazing places of interest including Hyde Park, The Botanic Gardens, The State Library, Martin Place and The Opera House.
We invite you to come on a tour and see for yourself why our families say that Explore & Develop Castlereagh Street is the best Sydney CBD childcare centre.
The Owner and Director, Paul Ludlow, provides a personalised approach that corporate-owned services are unable to offer. Parents can feel assured that the Owner-Operator of the service will be available on-site daily, ensuring high-quality education and care.
All of our inspiring educators hold qualifications and Working With Children Checks. Their passion for nurturing and educating children is evident in everything that they do. Please read our testimonials to hear what our families think of the standard of education and care that we offer.
Both the indoor and outdoor environments have been designed by Early Childhood Educators in collaboration with industry leading Architects and Landscape Architects to create an environment that is home like, nurturing and stimulating.
We know that parents are busy, so we provide the convenience of longer opening hours of any service in the city. We are open from 7.30am to 6.30pm, so that parents have the flexibility they need to achieve a balance between work and home.
We also offer free onsite undercover parking for our families.
We also support families by offering not only breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a late snack but a dinner option depending on what works for your family.
We believe that building respectful and collaborative partnerships with each family is important. For this reason we share information about children’s interests, their learning and development. We achieve this through face-to-face communication, as well as through digital applications, so that families receive regular updates and photos during the day of their child’s time at Explore & Develop Castlereagh Street.
Paul Ludlow was inspired to create an environment for children and families based on what he would have personally wanted for his own children growing up. This philosophy ensures that every interaction and decision regarding the operation of the service considers not only the practical, but also what is in the best interests of all children and families. Paul’s extensive management and hospitality experience is evident in his approach with educators and families at Castlereagh Street. Paul is active in his local community, and volunteers his time at a local primary school where he was President of the Out of School Hours (OOSH) care program.
Our aim is to provide a clean, nurturing and stimulating environment for our infants where our focus is on relationships, to ensure each child feels safe, secure and supported. We have two beautifully designed rooms, so that the younger babies and the older babies have their own spaces to explore. Age-appropriate resources, materials and equipment are provided to encourage children to explore and investigate using all their senses.
A private breastfeeding area is also provided and our fully inclusive fee for this age group is $186 per day.
Our two Toddler rooms deliver the toddlers their own spaces to explore, discover, create and imagine through play-based learning. The environment and program is vibrant and flexible and responsive to the interests and abilities of each child and includes puzzles, literacy and numeracy activities, construction activities, creative arts, music and pretend play set-ups.
Our fully inclusive fee for this age group is $186 per day.
Our Preschool room continues to provide a play-based developmentally appropriate program where children are learning important knowledge, skills and attitudes that will not only prepare them for school but for lifelong learning. Our ‘Transition to School’ program delivered by early childhood teachers focuses not only on the social, emotional and academic skills for children but also ensures children have the confidence and independence necessary to make a smooth transition to school.
Our fully inclusive fee for this age group is $176 per day.
We have created a number of varied play spaces that are natural and diverse, and include a variety of plants and shrubs. Each space not only provides opportunities for children to release energy and engage in physical activity, but also to explore, problem- solve and engage in creative expression. Some features for our infants and toddlers space include a glass-covered atrium where children can experience our sandpit, nature trail, teepee, timber boardwalk and soft ,open space for tumble and ball play.
Our toddlers and preschool children have their own, separate play space that caters for their increasing skill level. Some experiences in this area include a dedicated art space with views to the city for inspiration and to encourage creativity. Other spaces include a large sandpit, nature trail with stone steppers, timber boardwalks, music area and climbing experiences. There is also an open, soft space for running and ball games.
15 Castlereagh St
Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: (02) 9119 4848
enrolments.cbd@exploreanddevelop.com.au
Monday – Friday
7.30am – 6.30pm
