Welcome to Growing Minds
About Us
Our passionate team of educators are dedicated to creating an environment that feels like a home away from home for your little ones.
We believe in fostering a warm and welcoming atmosphere, where your child can feel safe, loved, and encouraged to explore their world. Our aim is to provide not just education but a holistic experience that sparks curiosity, fuels creativity, and builds essential social and cognitive skills.
Growing Minds Early Learning Centre, previously Little Stars Childcare is a newly refurbished, independently owned and operated Early Childhood Service opening in early 2020. Our vision was to create a service that represents the needs and values of the local community and the families that live within Tamworth and surrounding areas.
Catering for children aged from 6 weeks through to 5 years we aspire to provide all children with the best possible start in life.
Open from 7.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, our service aims to support the needs of all families who utilise our centre. The centre is closed on public holidays.
Our passionate and experienced team are dedicated to providing quality education. We strive to create a Centre that exceeds standards by engaging in high quality practices. We take the responsibility of caring and educating young children very seriously. Most importantly, we understand the huge faith and trust you put in us when leaving your children at our service.
Stay Connected
At Growing Minds we use the Xplor app to communicate with parents and caregivers throughout the day. Allowing you the convenience of effortlessly overseeing your child’s well-being in a secure environment.
XPLOR allows the sharing of essential details such as nappy changes, sleep checks, medication, and incident records.
We want you to stay connected with what happens with your child throughout the day. Your child’s educator will post individual observations and document your child’s day and this will be sent straight to your smart device, email or SMS.
Our Team
Our experienced team are the assets of our service. This is shown by their passion, commitment and drive for continuous learning.
All team members work with their strengths to create a well-balanced and dynamic support system for your child. They have a strong understanding of their role within your child’s life. As professional educators, they have an in depth understanding of the Early Childhood Regulations and Laws.
All staff have current CPR, anaphylaxis, first aid and child protection training.
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
At Growing Minds we understand how unique each child is. Consequently, we know the impact that the first five years can have on a child’s emotional, cognitive, physical, social and personal development.
We believe every child is entitled to be provided a safe, caring and nurturing environment. Likewise, that it also allows them to be stimulated, educated and have fun. Our aim is to equip every child in our centre with the tools they need to help them succeed in all aspects of their lives. Thereby complementing the work done at home and continue that education and support throughout the day.
We encourage children to embark on a journey of self-discovery, allowing them to learn how to problem solve. They then develop skills such as effective communication, expressing to others their feelings and emotions and any wants, needs, thoughts and ideas.
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which our centre stands and the diverse community that surrounds us. With such a diverse community, we ensure children have equal opportunity to learn in a respectful environment regardless of gender, race, ability, economic status, family structure, lifestyle, culture, language or religious belief. We strive to provide a highly positive environment where all staff, children and families are made to feel welcome, included and respected.
Our programs are designed to lay the foundations for a child’s future learning and well-being. We achieve this using the principles that underpin the Early Years Learning Framework, National Law Act and National Regulations. We are committed to working within the National Quality Standards and implementation of our quality improvement plan. Consequently, we are constantly striving for exceeding practices to be embedded.
Caring for the environment including incorporating sustainable practices is an important part of our philosophy. We aim to embed this into our daily routines and practices. As a result, we are ensuring we are educating the children to become socially responsible, show respect for their environment and develop an understanding of our valuable natural resources.
We encourage events and experiences shared with families and the community and understand the vital roles families play as children’s first teachers. We encourage and seek family and community feedback and contribution to our program. This builds strong reciprocal partnerships to support the children. To achieve this, Growing Minds has an open door policy, where families are welcomed any time, for as long as they need.
Why Choose Growing Minds
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- 3-7 Hercules Street, Tamworth 2340
- Mon - Fri: 7am-5.30pm
- (02) 5701 5560
- hello@growingmindselc.com.au
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