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Gowrie NSW Lithgow Early Education and Care Centre

Gowrie NSW Lithgow Early Education and Care Centre

88 Landa Street, Lithgow, NSW, 2790 view map
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3.0
(02) 4208 3376

Care Type:

Long Day Care, Pre-school

Hours:

7:00am to 6:00pm

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Address:

88 Landa Street, Lithgow, NSW, 2790

3.0

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About Gowrie NSW Lithgow Early Education and Care Centre

Welcome to Gowrie NSW Lithgow, where your child's early education journey begins in a nurturing, inspiring, and community-focused environment. Our purpose-built facility offers a safe, engaging, and stimulating space for children aged 6 weeks to school age, designed to foster curiosity and a lifelong love of learning.

  • Experienced and Passionate Educators: Our team of dedicated professionals is committed to providing personalised attention and fostering each child’s unique potential.
  • Play-Based Learning: We believe in the power of play! Our curriculum is designed to integrate fun with educational activities, ensuring that learning is always engaging and effective.
  • Nature-Focused Programs: Set in the beautiful Lithgow region, our programs make the most of the natural surroundings, encouraging outdoor exploration and environmental stewardship.
  • Inclusive Community: We celebrate diversity and promote an inclusive environment where every child and family feels welcome and valued.
  • Holistic Development: Our approach encompasses not just academic skills but also social, emotional, and physical development, preparing your child for a well-rounded future.
  • Nutritious Meals: We provide balanced, delicious meals that cater to growing bodies and minds, helping to instil healthy eating habits from a young age.

Choosing Gowrie NSW Lithgow means entrusting your child’s early years to a community that values excellence, care, and a love for learning. We are dedicated to creating a foundation for lifelong success, ensuring your child is happy, confident, and ready to take on the world.

Join us at Gowrie NSW Lithgow, where every day is a new adventure in learning and growth. Visit us today and see the difference!

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Services Provided by Gowrie NSW Lithgow Early Education and Care Centre

Get To Know Us

Meet the team

Meet the team

Leanda Rodham has a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood and is a very experienced educator, teaching director and centre director. Born and raised in Lithgow, Leanda has a strong connection with the local community and is passionate about inspiring children to flourish and embrace a lifelong love of learning.

Parent communication and involvement

Parent communication and involvement

We use Storypark to document your child’s discoveries and learnings and this ensures open and clear communication. We document in real time, as it happens, and share photo’s, video, audio and observations with you in a secure online environment.

Families are encouraged to participate in this process to ensure children achieve the best learning outcomes.

It’s just like you’re there with them, every day.

Kindergarten/Preschool Programs

Kindergarten/Preschool Programs

Our school readiness program begins from the moment children enter our centre. Building children’s confidence, strong sense of self, conflict resolution skills, creativity and collaboration are part of our program from the start.

Your child will have many opportunities to engage with literacy and numeracy. This will also be scaffolded and extended upon. In the final we run a dedicated Transition to School Program for children and their families. This program is delivered by Early Childhood Teachers in consultation with local primary schools and will extend children’s social and emotional skills to build sound foundations for primary school.

Children will build their confidence and resilience levels, become accustomed with school routines and lunchboxes, learn how to work in teams, develop independence and much more.

For more information about our Transition to School Program, please enquire with our Centre Manager and Early Childhood Teachers based in the preschool rooms.

Programs

Programs

All our programs at Lithgow Early Education and Care are based on children’s strengths, knowledge, interests, concepts, and cultural backgrounds. The National Quality Framework stipulates that learning occurs best through play-based experiences.

Your child will enjoy;

  • Interesting and engaging experiences providing opportunity for inquiry, exploration, discovery and problem-solving
  • Active engagement with people, objects and representations
  • Experiences and provocations based on children’s emerging concepts and thinking
  • Rich play experiences by sourcing materials and creating environments which engage children’s sense of curiosity, wonder and investigation
  • Opportunities for the development of a wide range of skill areas: social, emotional, cognitive, creative and physical

Extensive early childhood research shows that for children under the age of five years, Children are more likely to persist at something in which they are interested in and play-based learning provides a great context for acknowledging children’s interests.

Fees & Vacancies

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$125 /day

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$125 /day

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$125 /day

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Gowrie NSW Lithgow Early Education and Care Centre Reviews (8)

3.0

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becca

Aug, 2025

I was initially considering placing my own children aged 13 months and 3 yrs at this centre due to the positive website and information provided. However, after speaking with other mothers in our local sports group who currently have children enrolled, I changed my mind. This centre may appear professional and engaging based on its website and promotional material, but in practice, it falls short in areas that matter most: communication, transparency, and respect for children’s individuality. I strongly encourage any prospective parent to seek feedback from current families before enrolling. Families enrolled currently showed me the app used by the centre and the serious lack of information shared. They also highlighted that the service is not individualised to each child's developmental and emotional needs, documentation is mostly handwritten and shared inconsistently. The centre’s complaints process has serious flaws. Issues raised by families are often not addressed adequately or at all. The preference for verbal discussions over written records limits transparency and accountability. management are dismissive. The centre’s advertised use of a communication app is largely ineffective. Daily updates are rarely, if ever, provided .Educators rarely, if ever, respond to parent comments, requests, or concerns via the app, transition of rooms is not documented and is refused by the service to be documented. There is no clear or accessible record of each child’s daily routine. When documentation does exist, it is on paper and not easily available to parents particularly when the parents are separated. There is minimal to no information provided about a child’s learning milestones, interests, or significant moments throughout the day or week, there is no structured readiness for school program implemented or feedback related to if a child needs additional therapy to get them ready for school. Daily care appears generic, with limited attention to individual development or preferences Children are assigned to age-based rooms (e.g., N1 or N2) but are frequently grouped together during “family group times” in a single room, regardless of age or developmental stage. Children’s cultural and familial values are not acknowledged or respected. Children’s preferences and request for thier belongings are frequently disregarded. in the N1 N2 space, personal shoes are removed and replaced with shoes from a communal box, justified under hygiene/safety policies. water bottles are placed away from children and only offered at meal times or when a child verbalises they are thirsty. The organisation also justifies the removal of personal belongings (clothing shoes or comfort items) from children aged 12–36 months—who share space with non-mobile infants—on the grounds of hygiene. This approach disregards children’s autonomy and developmental appropriateness Injuries are poorly documented. Communication regarding incidents—particularly head injuries—is inconsistent and often delayed. Families may only receive email notifications, with no phone call or in-person discussion. The centre appears to suit families who do not have additional needs children, or a child aged 0-3 due to the lack of communication, individualisation and transparency and complaint management of the nursery spaces.

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Elizabeth Barnard

May, 2025

My grandchildren have all gone to gowrie Lithgow and all have special needs the educators have always gone above and beyond teaching educating showing them new experiences sensory play outdoor reading drawing cooking just so many different experiences for the grandchildren so grateful for all the wonderful educators and Julie the receptionist is so fantastic and helpful if I need to ask any questions .The meals are fantastic and I also learn along the way about implementing ideas at home

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Nicole Hodge

May, 2025

We've had a wonderful experience with Lithgow Gowrie! Our nursery-aged child attends three days a week, and the care and attention provided by the educators has been nothing short of exemplary. The team creates a nurturing, safe, and engaging environment that supports our child’s development beautifully. We’re especially impressed with how well the center aligns with Australian children’s growth and developmental standards—it’s clear that every activity is thoughtfully planned to promote learning through play. Communication with staff is always open and reassuring, and we truly feel like partners in our child’s early education journey. Highly recommend this centre to any family looking for professional, caring, and high-quality early childhood education. Special shout out to our daughter’s primary educator, Susie - Susie is kind, caring and bright every single day. Our daughter just beams when she sees her! 😃

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$121

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