Goodstart Varsity Lakes

Early learning with highly qualified, long-term educators.

Long daycare centre and kindergarten in the CBD.

246 Ring Road, Varsity Lakes, 4227, QLD

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6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday

Open every weekday of the year, except public holidays

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Toddler
Kindergarten

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About our centre

Welcome to Goodstart Varsity Lakes!

We're your local early learning and long daycare centre, built on Kombumerri land.

We provide care and education across our rooms, including our nurturing nursery, toddler space, and kindergarten classrooms. Our highly qualified and experienced educators lead programs and are passionate about forming bonds with families.

You'll find us based in Varsity Lakes CBD, close to Bond University and Central Park. Why not book a tour and let us show you around?

What makes our early learning centre special:

Focus on communication and forming strong bonds with families and children
Nurturing relationships, education and development in our littlest learners
Longstanding educators with up to 20 years of service at Goodstart
Four qualified early childhood teachers, one of whom has her master's
Inclusion focus, ensuring every child can come to our centre

Families love the consistency of our long-term, highly educated team; many have worked at the centre for over a decade. They also appreciate how we stay in touch, including face-to-face, through daily program books and the community noticeboard.

We have English, Mandarin, Thai, French, Cantonese, and Neapolis speakers among our staff. They help our bilingual families feel at home, and the multiple languages provide a rich experience for all our children.

Your child can join all our incursions and excursions when you enrol with us. We have weekly aged care visits and take nature walks around Bond University.

Our kindergarten teacher works closely with the Varsity Primary School to nurture children's skills for starting Prep. 

Most of our children enrol with us long-term – when they start with us, they stay with us. Find out why families love our centre during your tour. We can't wait to meet you.

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When every moment counts, make them Goodstart moments.

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Learn more about Goodstart Varsity Lakes

At Goodstart Varsity Lakes, our philosophy centres around the belief that every child is a unique individual with their own interests and strengths. We embrace a play-based learning approach that nurtures curiosity and creativity, allowing children to explore their world in meaningful ways. 
We prioritise: 
1. Holistic Development: Supporting cognitive, emotional, social, and physical growth through engaging and developmentally appropriate activities. 
2. Family and Community Engagement: Building strong partnerships with families and the community to create a supportive network for each child. 
3. Inclusive Environment: Celebrating diversity and ensuring that all children feel valued, respected, and included. 
4. Lifelong Learning: Instilling a love of learning by encouraging exploration, problem-solving, and critical thinking. 
Through our philosophy, we aim to create a safe, nurturing environment where children can thrive and become confident, capable learners. 
Children need to feel safe and supported to learn and grow, so we promote key educator relationships between our educators and children. Your child will have at least one educator (their key educator) who takes them under their wing and really gets to know them. 
Our Key Educator relationships help children form secure attachments. Educators work closely with smaller groups and individual children to better understand each child. These relationships lead to improved outcomes for children as we foster more communication between families and educators. 
We inform families regularly about their child's progress and welcome family involvement in our centre events and activities.  
At our Varsity Lakes centre, we're proud to inspire your child's love of learning with the support of our passionate and qualified early childhood experts. Teachers with bachelor's degrees run our kindergarten program, so children can be well on their way to excellent learning outcomes by the time they start school. 
At Goodstart, we believe all children deserve the best possible start in life, which includes access to high-quality early childhood education and care. We offer:  
- Discounts on multiple days  
- All day sessions  
- Discounted shorter sessions  
- Fee assistance programs for families that need support
We work closely with parents to ensure the individual needs, interests and strengths of children are considered, and our learning goals reflect them. Using Storypark, a wonderful communication platform, we stay in close touch with families and ensure you're well informed about your child's development and achievements. 
Click here to book your tour or call our Family Services team to find out more on 1800 222 543.

Amanda Jeffery

Centre Director

Hello! My name is Amanda Jeffery, and I am the Centre Director at Goodstart Early Learning Varsity Lakes.

I have been with Goodstart as a Centre Director since 2002 and have worked at a number of centres across the Gold Coast.

Creating an environment where strong relationships between children and their families can be developed, is of the upmost importance. Working collaboratively ensures each child is given every opportunity to reach their full potential. Each child is a unique individual and by providing them with a stimulating learning environment we can make sure they have the best possible start in life.

Here at Goodstart Varsity Lakes, we are fortunate to work alongside a well experienced and highly qualified team, who all have the passion and drive to provide children with the highest quality of care and learning.
Please don’t hesitate to stop by, say hello and meet the wonderful team here at Varsity Lakes.

I look forward to welcoming you and your family into our little community!