I would reccomend A country Garden as well!! They are friendly staff have fantastic programs in place for the children. All food is hand made on site with a chef being hired there everyday. They have a vast amount of cultures and different races of children there also. My son attends one of these centres ( as there are 2) They are small and the owner is onsite alot of days also. None of the big corporation rubbish! They also run a masori program which has developed my sons skills massivly! The focus on creative side and learning and interactions skills too FABULOUS. Obviously this is my personal opinion and you will have you own but I reccomend this child care centre to anyone!! wonderful is about the only word I can think of

Posted 8 Nov 2009 by kelliy

My 10 month old bundle of joy goes to daycare in Kingsthorpe (they are so AMAZING there). They treat him like their own child and he is always happy.They take pictures of him during the day, they provide everything and they tell you every single thing that has gone on with my son every afternoon without me having to ask.
But unfortunately i am moving into town and thought i would have to find a new daycare.. I have already had a horrible experience with ABC. Where I found teachers laying on the ground, i'd pop in on my lunch break to find no-one in the room looking after the babies... I would find my son in hysterics every afternoon; no dummy, no-one around, starving hungry, hot and unchanged! So I moved him back to little koooka's in kingsthorpe.
Anyway, Last week I went to check out The olive tree garden. HORRIFIC! The rudeness of the director was horrendous! The first thing she said to me was " What? DO you wana job?", and it went downhill from there. I was unimpressed by the standards in which they run their daycare and how little attention the younger children received. It got to the point where I had to tell the director that she was being just plain rude and bitchy. And the way she mouthed off at me was disgusting and very unprofessional. Needless to say, I Will be making the 10 to 15 minute trip out of my way to make sure my son is properly lookad after. The only other centre that I have found that is equivalent to the care he gets now is Toowoomba Central Daycare. They are really lovely and have just opened. they have spaces available. I'm not going to be sending my son there just because I really do not want to leave little kooka's ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are like family!

Posted 19 Feb 2010 by ashco