With 5 well-resourced child care centres in Maitland in New South Wales, each day is a brand new adventure where children explore, learn and grow.
Community Kids and its sister brands across the G8 network have long day care and preschool centres that are ideally located for busy working families in Maitland, including East Maitland, Rutherford, Raworth, Bolwarra, Bolwarra Heights, Chisolm, Metford, Tenambit, Ashtonfield, Phoenix Park and Thornton.
Equipped with quality learning resources and spacious natural outdoor areas that engage all the senses, our Maitland centres are designed to develop your child’s critical skills that set them up for life. Our team of passionate and experienced educators plan play-based learning experiences around children’s interests and learning goals.
Our childcare centres in Maitland offer high-quality, government-approved preschool programs delivered by qualified early childhood teachers, with access to flexible hours, Child Care Subsidy benefits, meals and more.
At our Maitland childcare centres, seasonal, delicious and nutritious meals are freshly made daily. You will also receive daily photos and updates of your child's learning and development through our family communication app.
Community Kids Thornton is perfectly located for families living or commuting through Thornton, or nearby suburbs Berry Park, Woodberry, Beresfield, Metford, Millers Forest, Sophia Waters and Chisholm. The centre provides child care from 6:30am to 6:30pm for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
Kindy Patch Ashtonfield is perfectly located for families living or commuting through Ashtonfield, Metford and Chisolm. The centre provides child care from 7:00am to 6:00pm for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
Kindy Patch Emmas is perfectly located for families living or commuting through Maitland, East Maitland or nearby suburbs Metford, Raworth,Tenambit and Ashtonfield. The centre provides child care from 7:00am to 6:00pm for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
Kindy Patch Largs is perfectly located for families living or commuting through Largs and nearby suburbs including Bolwarra, Bolwarra Heights, and Woodville. The centre provides child care from 7:00am to 6:00pm for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
Kindy Patch Tenambit is ideally located for families commuting through Tenambit, Raworth, East Maitland, Chisolm and Metford. The centre provides child care from 7:00am to 6:00pm for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest providers of quality early childhood education and care. Under 21 long day care centre brands and specialist in-home care provider Leor, we proudly welcome 40,000 families into our 440+ centres across Australia every week. No matter the location or centre, our purpose is creating the foundations for learning for life.
Guided by the principles, practice and outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), our qualified educators design programs that enrich learning through an inclusive environment that offers children diversified play-based experiences in a nurturing environment.
G8 Education owns 21 well-respected and recognised early education brands across Australia. Together, we are one team of 9,500 dedicated, passionate and supportive team members and educators, committed to empower children and helping them develop and grow.
Our approach to early childhood education, high-quality programs and services, as well as our strict policies and procedures are consistent across all G8 brands. Each child we care for in our centres is a special individual, nurtured and supported through their learning journey and development. Our families can trust that the support our families receive will be the same across all 440+ child care centres.
A centre tour is a convenient way to experience the early learning centre of your choice and meet with our qualified educators at a time suitable to your family schedule. We are now also offering the virtual tour option in all of our child care centres, so you can select either an in-person tour or a virtual tour.
With G8’s early learning centres, you have 4 options to book a centre tour for your desired early learning centre.
To learn more about what’s involved in a centre tour, click here.
A virtual tour gives you a guided virtual tour walk-through on your chosen device (desktop, mobile or tablet) of your desired centre directly by the Centre team. This gives you the opportunity to tour the child care centre if you are out of area or when your busy schedule time doesn’t allow you to attend in person. You can then always follow-up by doing an in-person tour.
Most of our early education centres offers the following:
Some of our early learning centres provide sheets and formula, so you may not need to remember to pack them. It’s best to speak to your early childhood centre of choice for a full list of everything included for the different age groups.
For nursery children, be sure to bring: nappy rash cream, dummies, bottles and teats, comfort toy or blanket, sun hat, three spare outfits, spare socks, a jumper and a plastic bag for wet clothes.
For toddlers and preschool or kindergarten aged children, it’s best to bring: spare underwear, water bottle or sippy cup, sun hat, closed-toe shoes, two spare outfits, spare socks, a jumper and a plastic bag for wet clothes.
Plus anything else your individual child may need, such as breast milk, a sleeping bag, comforter or medication.
All early learning centres across the G8 network accept applications for future enrolments, and we offer enrolment placements as they become available. Our Family Support team will add your child’s name on our waitlist if a centre is currently full in your child’s age group. We will then contact you as soon as places become available.
We also do monthly check-ins to review the availability, and you will receive a text message confirming if you’re still happy to remain on the waitlist each month. When spots do become vacant, we will give you a call to let you know.
If you would like to get an update at any point, you’re welcome to reach out on our Web Chat or give us a call. Our Family Support team can also help you find more early learning centres near you, with the same offerings at the centre you are interested in that have immediate availability.
If your children shows signs of an infectious illness when they arrive at their centre or becomes sick during the day, you may be notified that you need to make alternative arrangements or pick up your child from the centre, and keep them home until they are no longer infectious. While we understand that this can be inconvenient, we’re committed to maintaining a healthy environment and reducing the risk of infection for all children.
Under the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), families are allowed 42 absence days per child, per financial year. These can be taken for any reason, including public holidays and when children are sick, without the need for families to provide documentation.
Absences should only be claimed when care would have been provided if the child was not absent, and the family has been charged a fee for the session of care. CCS is only payable for absences submitted before a child has started at a service, or after a child’s final day of actual attendance at a service, under limited circumstances.
The Child Care Subsidy is a government subsidy designed to reduce child care fees for parents. Families must meet certain eligibility criteria to get Child Care Subsidy (CCS).
The amount of CCS a family can get depends on their circumstances. Use our Child Care Subsidy calculator to find out how much your family is entitled to.