Community Kids Thornton Early Education - Thornton, New South Wales

Caitlin S.

We love Community Kids Thornton!

My son started in Nursery 2, 3 years ago and has made his way through each room to currently be in Preschool 1. The staff have always been welcoming and accommodating to our families needs. He has also been diagnosed ASD and ADHD and the centre received funding for an extra educator in his room to accommodate for the additional needs.

My youngest son started care in Nursery 1 and is now in Toddler 1 and is absolutely thriving in this centre! The educators know us and welcome us by name as we arrive. They go on regular excursions or outings when weather permits, they've gone to the park for morning tea or walks to watch vehicles or road works happening nearby.

There is very low staff turnover and they interact with each other as though they're family.

The environment is calm and welcoming, it's always clean and the rooms are always well presented and packed away for the next day. The outdoors environment is a great layout, having separate yards for each age group (nursery, toddlers and preschool).

We receive lots of communication throughout the day and when we are there for pickup the educators always have messages to pass on about their day - even if their own educators have gone home, they leave messages for others to pass on.

I always recommend Community Kids Thornton to anyone looking for care in the area!

Erin L.

We cannot speak highly enough about Tina and the whole team at CK Thornton. Being teachers ourselves, we were extremely picky when it came to what we wanted in a daycare for our children. You could walk into any room of the centre and see children being lovingly cared for, offered multiple play and learning opportunities, as well as being taught vital self-help skills to help prepare them for life ahead. Tina and the team have worked alongside us as we’ve needed to increase and change days, and the admin team always do everything in their power to support us with the administration side of things so that we don’t have to stress about anything. As well as loving the educators, beautiful rooms and amazing outdoor play areas, we love the way that our girls talk about their day and only ever have positive things to say. We love the fact that they know everyone in the centre, the excursions and experiences they’ve had, and the knowledge they’re retaining about various learning topics (at the moment it’s space, Naidoc week and water conservation). There’s too many amazing staff to give a shout out to them all, but in particular our children’s room leaders Mel and Beck have made particularly strong bonds and demonstrated the highest level of skill and care that we could ever hope for. We highly recommend this centre to all families and would encourage anyone in the area to prioritise CK Thornton when it comes to childcare for their children.

Megan P.

Community Kids Thornton is an amazing service.
The educators are so friendly, welcoming and supportive of the children and families.
Both my children love attending and are learning so much each day.
We could not ask for a better service!!

Raeleigh S.

We’ve been at community kids Thornton for 4 years and love it. Low staff turnover and great communication, our preferences have always been listened to and respected and my son loves going. Highly recommend

M G.

I am very happy with this child care centre. My son absolutely loves going and has settled in so well since starting at the beginning of this year. The staff are lovely, and the kids get healthy and delicious food (the educators often say how well my son eats so he must like it). Highly recommend.

Maddison F.

My daughter has gone there for a couple of years and the teachers have always been amazing with her, they have taught her so much and manage her sassy behaviours perfectly. I highly recommend Thornton community kids to anyone who is looking for a daycare for their children.

Elizabeth W.

The staff are friendly and my child loves going to daycare, they are learning and growing within the centre. Would definitely recommend Community kids thornton to others.

Stacey

Community Kids Thornton is a family centred Daycare.
My child was only meant to be at the centre for 2 months. Within that time they had made such valuable friendships with not just their peers but also the staff.
The staff are more than accommodating to assist with any routines you have set in place in your home and will continue to follow routines at the Daycare.
The staff are so much more than any title I could place on them. They are everything and above of their education. You can not teach empathy, compassion, insight, rapport, warmth, communication. I believe every staff member at CKT has these qualities and so many more that I could not even begin to list. The staff are more than educators to our children, they are an older sibling with the love any parent could bestow on their child and then some.
I fear the day when my child moves to their primary school years. It will be a very sad day when we must move our children on. Whilst CKT educators will have readied our children for the next adventure in their lives, I fear they will not have readied our hearts to say goodbye.
Five stars could never be enough for this centre of wonderful pedagogies.