Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning Centre
Albany Creek
Albany Creek
Discover the Little Gems Difference at Albany Creek
At Little Gems Albany Creek, we’re proud to offer a warm, welcoming, and enriching environment where children thrive and families feel truly
supported. What makes us unique is our passionate team of long-standing, experienced educators who are deeply committed to early childhood development and building meaningful relationships with every child.
Our centre features spacious indoor rooms and expansive outdoor play
areas thoughtfully designed to inspire creativity, exploration, and confident risk-taking — helping children build resilience and a love for learning. We provide a fully inclusive service for busy families, offering nutritious meals, nappies, wipes, sunscreen, air-conditioned comfort, and a complimentary t- shirt and hat upon enrolment.
Children enjoy a rich educational program led by qualified Early Childhood Teachers, including 15 hours of free Kindergarten for 40 weeks a year and engaging extras such as the ELLA Language Program, language lessons, Bush Kindy, You Can Do It program, Finger Gym, and music, movement, and drama experiences. We also offer additional sports and dance incursions to support physical development and wellbeing.
Service Details
- 51 Old Northern Road (OPP Keong Rd) Albany Creek, QLD 4035
- Monday - Friday 6:30am - 6:30pm
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Our creative environments encourage storytelling, science, role play, and art, helping children express themselves and develop their unique identities. We value strong community connections and celebrate special events throughout the year, including Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents Day, festive celebrations, and our cherished Kindergarten graduation.
With a convenient location near a local park and oval, we extend learning into nature and the community, while our secure online platform, Storypark, keeps families closely connected to their child’s progress. And for those busy mornings — yes, we have a coffee machine for parents, too!
About Us
Little Gems is a family owned and operated early learning centre at Albany Creek, Queensland. We are a purpose built childcare centre that is air conditioned and has large natural play spaces and large rooms. Each child’s needs and interests are built on in a caring and loving environment. We use the “positive guiding technique” rather than a negative approach to ensure that each child develops in an engaging, happy environment.
Meals
Little Gems provides nutritionally balanced morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Our aim is to have children participation in the preparation of morning and afternoon tea. We also implement a progressive meal time to ensure that we meet the changing needs of the children in our care. This flexibility allows the children to eat when they are hungry and also meet the changing needs on a day by day basis.
Lockers
Each child is allocated a locker. This allows parents to know where their child’s belongings will be kept and also allows children to care and look after their own belongings.
Toys
We would appreciate your help in encouraging your children to keep all toys at home as these can be misplaced or broken. We provide natural play spaces and resources to ensure that children are engaged throughout the day. Please bring in special comforters for your child if required.
Policies
All policy documents and procedures are freely available from the front reception at Little Gems childcare.
Communication
Communication is vital for parents & educators. You will receive a weekly update via email from the Directors that provides communication about the policies, staff holidays, upcoming events at the service and much more. This helps families to gain a further insight into the running of the centre, enhancing the link between life and home. It also allows parents to read the weekly update when they can enjoy some quiet time.
Extra Curricular Inclusions
We provide a wide variety of extra curricular activities. These include:
Ginger Sports - A soccer program designed for children aged between 2- 6 years to support children to develop
confidence
Happy Feet - A dance, music and movement program, play based learning and children's fitness combined
Billy's buddies - A ruby leauge sports program inspired by Billy Slater for children aged 2 - 6 years, developing gross motor skills and hand/eye co-ordination
Bush Kindy - Every Monday at no cost to families for Kindergarten children!
Academe Time - As part of our Kindergraten prgram each Friday at no cost to families. A combination of music, movement, drama and yoga to develop confidence, self regualtion, gross motor, harmony and cooperation in groups and creative expression
Jolly Phonics - Run as part of our Kindergarten program daily supporting the development of letter sound knoweldge through song and rhythm
You can do it program - Run as part of the Kindergarten program daily supporting the development of resillence, confidence, organisation, getting along with peers and persistence through lovable characters and their stories
Finger Gym - Run as part of th Kindergarten program daily developing fine motor skills through games that build the small muscles in the hands and fingers
SHARE program - The SHARE (Special Human-Animal Relationships in Education) Reading Dogs program encourages a love of books through storytelling, fun, and interactive learning. By bringing stories to life, Tina and Toby help children build early literacy skills, spark imagination, and foster a lifelong love for reading.
What We Supply
- Nappies & wipes
- Sunscreen
- Nutritious, well balanced menu that incorporates morning tea, lunch & afternoon tea.
What our centre also offers
- Open 52 weeks a year – Only closing public holidays and 3 days between Christmas and New years (29th, 30th & 31st of December)
- Opening from 6.30 am to 6.30 pm – 5 days a week
- Current and continuously reviewed policies and procedures to ensure that your child is in the best possible care at all times.
- Queensland government approved Kindergarten program
- Fully Air conditioned
- Qualified and caring educators
- Regular and ongoing training for all educators through seminars, hands on training, one on one training and in service training
- Orientation programs to assist your child entering care and ensure the smooth transition from home to care.
We are licensed by the Office of Early Childhood Education and Care and operate under The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)
The Administration
Little Gems has a spacious layout and nine rooms. We provide care and are licenced for 152 children.
Hours
6.30 am to 6.30 pm – Monday to Friday excluding public holidays.
Please contact the Family Assistance Office on 13 61 50 prior to enrolment. You will need your child’s CRN number and you will also be advised of your CCS percentage and also options for CCS entitlements. All enrolments will need to be confirmed by the parent or guardian prior to the subsidy being applied. Please note that full fees are applicable until you connect your child with the centre. All families are now required to complete an Activity Test.
We are licensed under the Child Care Act. This centre complies with this Act and upholds all regulations. Further information is also available at Family Assist
Fees & Rates
Casual Care Rates are $10.00 on top of daily fees.
(Please note, this is the full fee rate before you receive your CCS benefit. This will be paid directly to the centre to minimise fees
There is no discount or make up days for public holidays.
Attendance
Fees are paid for each day that your child is booked into the centre, this includes when your child is absent due to holidays or illness. As per our policies, we also require 2 weeks written notice with withdrawing your child from our centre.
Payment
Fees must be paid two weeks in advance to ensure that continuity of care can be guaranteed. Fees can be paid by iDebit or direct deposit through the Kidsoft app. Accounts are emailed. It is a parent’s responsibility to pay their fees on a weekly basis.
Enrolment Fee
A $50 enrolment fee is required to put your child’s name on the waiting list along with the return of enrolment forms. Paying the $50 does not secure your child the spot and is non-refundable.
Storypark
This program is part of our documentation and allows better communication between families and staff. All of your child’s documentation and daily requirements are updated for you to view online at anytime.
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Kindergarten Curriculum & Program
Little Gems offers a Queensland Government approved Kindergarten Program. The program offers parents and children a program that enriches and fosters their learning whilst still having the flexibility of days and hours to suit each families requirements.
The Kindergarten Program:
- Implemented and run by a University Qualified Early Childhood Teacher
- Curriculum is based on the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines
- Program offered is for a minimum of 15 hours per week. We run our program for 48 weeks of the year.
- Provides greater flexibility for families, as the centre operates 52 weeks a year from 6.30am to 6.30pm
- Kindergarten program runs from 8am – 3:30pm each day
For more information on the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines, please click here. Please see our centre director or early childhood teacher for more information in regards to our current curriculum and learning outcomes.
Our Team
Staff at Albany Creek Little Gems Child Care
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Internal incursions
Lion Heart Sport– Every Monday and Wednesday
Lionheart Sports has 12 different sports that are rotated fortnightly so the children won’t play the same sport twice in one semester. The children will learn different skills and rules for each sport every week, as well as revising skills from previous weeks and playing with their friends!
Happy Feet– Every Tuesday
At Happy Feet Fitness, children are welcomed into an environment where we encourage a growth mindset, an appreciation of health and an active lifestyle. We also provide them with educational content that broadens their horizons and equips them with the confidence they need to navigate through life. Our aim is to provide the most efficient, friendly and hassle-free service possible. We take having fun seriously! Happy Feet Fitness instructors appreciate a great time, but always have the intended impact and https://www.happyfeetfitness.com.au/why-choose-us/care-centres/ holistic growth of your children in mind.
Billy’s Buddies– Every Wednesday
We are a Ball Sports Program for kids aged 2-7 and are the home of Non-Contact Rugby League for children. At Billy’s Buddies, we love all sports, not just Rugby League. Our Programs emphasize having fun and encourage children to develop their social skills all whilst at the same time, teaching them the fundamentals of not only Rugby League, but ball sports in general. Like Billy, we want all of our children to become great team players and learn the importance of teamwork.