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The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards

The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards

239 Warrandyte Road, Park Orchards, VIC, 3114 view map
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5.0
(03) 9122 8500

Care Type:

Long Day Care, Pre-school

Hours:

6:30AM to 6:30PM

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239 Warrandyte Road, Park Orchards, VIC, 3114

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About The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards

About The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards Long Daycare and Kindergarten

Welcome to The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards. We're ideally located for families in Park Orchards, Ringwood North, Warranwood, Warrandyte, Donvale, Nelsons Hill, Croydon Hills and Ringwood.

Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.

At The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards, we provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.

Our longstanding and dedicated team of Teachers and Educators provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring learning environment - where your child can thrive, and be their wonderful self, every day.

Getting school ready? We offer the 3 and 4-year-old Government-approved program that helps ensure your child has a successful transition to formal schooling.

We offer a variety of learning experiences including.

  • Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports and movements.
  • Music & Movement Program: Designed to develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self-regulation, memory, and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music - and of course, have fun.
  • Kitchen Garden program: This program is a fun, hands-on approach to teaching children about fresh, seasonal, delicious food so they form positive food habits for life.
  • Bush Kinder: Children engage in and learn about their environments and their ecosystem at the local park, the learnings from bush kinder are then incorporated into the children’s educational program at the centre.
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Services Provided by The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards

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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs

Kindergarten/Preschool Programs

Our centre offers the VIC Government-approved ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Kindergarten Program.

At The Learning Sanctuary, your child will benefit from the VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our program will support your child’s learning, development, and well-being for now, at school and beyond. We tailor our Kindergarten program across:

- Numeracy

- Literacy

- Emotional and Social Development

- Self regulation

- Healthy minds and bodies

The added benefits of our Kindergarten program include:

- VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program

- Extended opening hours

- Open all year round (excl public holidays)

- Programs developed and delivered by our Early Childhood Teachers

- Exclusive music and movement program for self-regulation

About the Curriculum

About the Curriculum

“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber

Nursery Space: 6 weeks – 2 years

Learning starts from before birth, and our Educators have created a welcoming and nurturing nursery environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover new things - through their senses, their communication and cues (body language, facial expression and sounds) and by experimenting. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play, water play, music time, story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing!

Toddler Space: 2 - 3 years

Our teachers and educators encourage the children to learn through play to help enhance their sensory-motor development. This happens through carefully planned music, dance, games and reading experiences.

On any given day the Toddler children can be seen developing their numeracy by building a tower, sorting objects, pointing and identifying shapes and patterns and participating in counting songs and games.

Children in our toddler space are encouraged to participate in group play. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as, turn taking, developing self confidence and emotional self regulation. Our team helps children through talking, planning and role modelling.

Kindergarten Space: 3 – 6 years

Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for later learning including confidence and curiosity, important skills for starting school. Our play-based program encourages active engagement in learning and supports a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking and creativity.

The oral language supports literacy learning. A child’s oral language ability is the best predictor for later success in learning to read and write. Hearing the sounds within a language is the first critical step for all literacy learning. Our team supports our Kindergarten children's development by engaging in rich discussions, introducing new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations, as well as singing, playing games, and reading with the children daily.

Throughout the Kindergarten year,children use their language to share ideas, ask questions, express themselves, and connect with peers and adults in social settings.

Social-emotional skills, including the ability to self-regulate emotions, is supported through group learning environments. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by labelling and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Lastly, ensuring that all children are ready for the ‘big school’ by preparing them for all that ‘big school’ has to offer.

Health and Nutrition

Health and Nutrition

Our centre chef prepares and cooks healthy and nutritious meals daily, catering to the unique dietary requirements of every child. We believe that by encouraging active participation (such as growing their own fruit and vegetables, preparing, and finally cooking!) children learn to appreciate and understand the importance of healthy eating.

Our centre offers children nutrient-rich, unprocessed, and seasonal whole foods – created to delight the fussiest eaters.

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The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards Reviews (41)

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Jill Maruya

Jun, 2025

From the moment I enquired and toured the centre, I felt an incredibly warm and caring atmosphere. It was clear right away that the team genuinely loves children and is passionate about what they do. Over the past 9 months, our child has been so happy to attend every day, which speaks volumes about the quality of care provided. The program is thoughtfully designed, and the staff are always accommodating to our child’s individual needs. Their policies are strong and well-implemented, and communication is always proactive and clear. A special shoutout to Mel and Kylee—your kindness, dedication, and genuine care mean the world to us. And to Lauren, the centre manager, thank you for being approachable, supportive, and always on top of everything. The entire team is welcoming and easy to talk to, and it’s evident that staff enjoy working here—there’s very low turnover, which says a lot about the positive environment. We’re so grateful to have found this centre. It truly feels like a second home for our child.

Response from the owner 30 Jun 2025

Hi Jill, Thank you for the glowing 5-star review! We’re overjoyed that you felt an incredibly warm and caring atmosphere. Knowing that our efforts are appreciated truly inspires us to keep striving for excellence. Kind regards, The Learning Sanctuary Team

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Dana Vaughan

May, 2025

Fantastic service. Everyone is warm and friendly. From the very beginning they remembered who I and my child was always going out of their way to make sure we felt included.

Response from the owner 29 May 2025

Dear Dana, Thank you so much for your amazing 5-star review! We’re delighted that everyone is warm and friendly. It’s wonderful to know that our dedication is making a positive impact on your family. Warm wishes, The Learning Sanctuary Team

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Violet

May, 2025

The Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards have been an incredible centre for my twins who started at a very young age. They started there 2 months after they left hospital for being premature. I had no choice to go back to work but after so much stress and worry to try and gind the best place for them this was by far the best choice. The educators are like family. They are so incredibly humble, kind, loving and caring towards not just my twins but make my whole family feel welcome. Every child is cared for to the highest level and i feel so much comfort leaving my twins with them. They love going to childcare and they have never been dropped off where they turn around and grab a hold of me. They love seeing the educators and giving them lots of hugs and learning to say all their names. The photo updates are so nice wach day and the variety of learning and playing is extremely well planned. Due to my twins being born 3 months early i cant tell that they are behind in their development because the experience of the educators shows and shines through their development. A shout out to the food being cooked an incredible selection of healthy food and eating by the kids and i love that the kids get a special birthday cake made for them personalised too for their birthdays. Love this childcare and ive made the best choice for my kids. Thank you to all the staff at Learning Sanctuary Park Orchards.

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