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Oakleigh Early Learning Journey

Oakleigh Early Learning Journey

1653-1655 Dandenong Road, Oakleigh East, VIC, 3166 view map
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5.0
(03) 9125 4983

Care Type:

Long Day Care

Hours:

7:00AM to 6:30PM

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Address:

1653-1655 Dandenong Road, Oakleigh East, VIC, 3166

5.0

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About Oakleigh Early Learning Journey

Oakleigh Early Learning journey is a boutique childcare and kindergarten for children from 12 weeks to six years of age. Our primary goal is to create an environment in which each child’s growth and development is nurtured and their love for learning is strengthened through collaborative partnerships with peers, educators and wider community.

Our boutique service has been strategically designed to ensure that your child develops a sense of security and belonging by providing them with small size rooms in a home like environment. We have a dedicated building for children in our zero-two years of age and a dedicated building for children aged three-five years of age. Children across both age groups have opportunities to collaborate during the day. The size of our service also provides greater opportunities for families to connect with one another and for children to build relationships with their educators and peers without feeling overwhelmed.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • High quality educational program
  • Free extra curricular activities
  • Nutritious meals throughout the day
  • Flexible and tailored orientation program
  • Inviting indoor and outdoor learning environments
  • Bed and cot sheetS
  • Nappies
  • Daily communication with families
  • Real time ritual updates and photos via mobile Application


 

 

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Services Provided by Oakleigh Early Learning Journey

State Government Approved Programs

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Get To Know Us

Meet the team

Meet the team

Service manager

Mia is the service manager at Oakleigh Early Learning Journey and has had extensive experience in the early childhood education and care sector. Mia’s passion for early childhood education and care stemmed from recognising the impact of the early years through her initial teacher education degree. Mia has managed services for privately owned operators, corporate operators. Mia has obtained a range of qualifications in the field and undertaken empirical research in early childhood education and care. This strong background has provided Mia with the opportunity to operate this service with the vision to provide your child with the best start to their early childhood years. Mia is a strong advocate for upholding young children’s rights and ensuring that each child is safe, happy and active learner who deserves optimal learning experiences to thrive and develop a strong sense of self and overall wellbeing.

Our Educators

Our dedicated educators have obtained the required qualifications to deliver valuable teaching and learning experiences through the most effective approaches to practice stemming from current empirical and theoretical knowledge in the field.

Our Educators take part in professional development programs to ensure they keep well-informed with current developments and research in the field of early childhood education and care. They hold current CPR and First Aid certificates, and adhere to the Education and Care Services National Law and the Education and Care Services National Regulations to maintain high quality practices and compliance.

About the curriculum

About the curriculum

Our Educators are fully-qualified leaders in the early childhood sector, ensuring your child receives learning opportunities that extends their learning and development. Our educational programs are based on the Early Years Framework for Australia and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Developmental Framework.Through the delivery of our play-based educational programs, our educators strive to support your child to be ready for the real world and to instil a lifelong love for learning.

Our curriculum promotes learning across all key areas in a holistic manner – children are provided with the opportunity engage in experience that develop their literacy, numeracy, science, music, art, sensory play, cultural competence and technology, wellbeing and sustainability.

Our approach to curriculum planning is supported by research that has established that from birth children are born ready to learn and begin to discriminate between language sounds within the first months of life. Given this basis, Our educators place your child at the heart of the learning and each children’s strengths and interests are utilised as stimulus for learning. All of the rooms in our service devise holistic educational programs that follow the children’s emerging interests and provide children with the opportunity to engage in a range of experiences that stimulates their learning.

Health and Nutrition

Health and Nutrition

We believe healthy meals, drinks and eating habits contributes to children’s growth and development. Establishing healthy eating habits from an early age sets the tone for lifelong health and wellbeing. At Oakleigh Early Learning Journey children enjoy wholesome breakfasts, morning teas, lunch, afternoon tea and late snacks.

All our menus are designed to meet the recommended criteria of the Australian Dietary Guidelines & the National Quality Standards. Providing a minimum of 50% of the RDI of all nutrients required for each day in care.

Our delicious, nutritionally balanced menu is prepared and cooked by an experienced chef. Every day fresh, nutritious homemade meals are prepared to support children’s wellbeing. Our chef focuses on smells, textures, and flavours, appropriate to the developmental stages of each age group. Creating a wonderful, delicious range of meals and learning opportunities.

Catering for Individual Requirements

We understand that children may have very specific food requirements due to various factors; for example, allergies, food intolerances, cultural background, or other family preferences. As part of our menu planning process, we work in collaboration with all of our families to ensure that their individual child’s dietary requirements are met whilst attending our service.

Fees & Vacancies

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$140 /day

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$140 /day

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Oakleigh Early Learning Journey Reviews (8)

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Meg Swinstead

Dec, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’ve been part of this childcare centre for over two years, and we couldn’t be happier. The team creates a caring, consistent, and supportive environment that our child absolutely loves. What we love most: •Stable, long-term staff, who know our child well and make drop-offs easy. •Clean, organised, and welcoming spaces. •Fantastic educational and developmental programs that keep our child learning, growing, and engaged like 'Jitterbugs'. •Genuine care and communication from educators who truly understand children. •A positive, family-focused atmosphere that makes us feel valued and included. We’re so grateful for the care and dedication shown at Oakleigh Early Learning Journey. A wonderful centre that we highly recommend to any family!

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Daniella White

Jun, 2025

Oakleigh Early Learning Journey is an amazing boutique childcare centre. They have stable staff and educators who form lovely bonds with the children and are very accommodating. My two-year-old settled in quickly and now excitedly greets his educators. I would recommend it for anyone after a nurturing centre that takes great individual care of children.

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sh sade

May, 2025

We feel incredibly lucky to have found this childcare centre. The staff are always warm, welcoming, and genuinely care about the children. They’re not only experienced and professional, but also go above and beyond to accommodate both the kids’ and parents’ needs and requests. One of the things we appreciate most is how well they pay attention to each child’s individual needs. Whether it’s daily routines, emotional support, or specific requests, every child is treated with care and respect. The whole facility is spotlessly clean, and the cosy, quiet sleeping room is perfect for helping little ones rest comfortably. Our child thrived here, and we couldn’t be happier. Highly recommend this centre to any parent looking for a place that truly puts children first.

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