The Learning Garden Early Education, Care and Kindergarten

08/09/2026

21/08/2026

This year we are proud to invite our community to attend our event in recognition of child safety and child protection week.

ThinkUknow will be presenting an online information session which responds to a contemporary and emerging child protection issue.

Many families engage in online sharing with positive intent, however there is limited understanding of the cumulative and long term impacts of digital exposure. By addressing this gap, we hope to strengthen our community’s capacity to recognise risk, reduce harm, and advocate for children across both physical and digital spaces.

The presentation within our event will unpack how children’s online identities are formed, often before they can consent, and explore the long term implications of this. Families and communities will be supported with clear, actionable strategies including how to assess risk when posting, protect children’s privacy, and navigate social media in ways that uphold children’s rights and wellbeing.

We invite our community to attend where we will provide food and companionship as we unpack this conversation with care and connection. In addition you will help us in celebrating the marvellous work our children have done regarding child rights and be part of our first ever BOOK LAUNCH of the book they created "The book of rights" where you will have the chance to collect your own physical copy on the night.

If you prefer to tune into this information session within the comfort of your own home please ensure you still RSVP and add this detail so we can forward you the details to connect closer to the date.

13/08/2026

We are currently on the search to expand our team. We are looking for somebody for the dual role of assistant director & administration.

https://au.seek.com/the-learning-garden-early-education,-care-and-kindergarten-jobs/in-All-Brisbane-QLD?jobId=93941071&type=promoted

02/08/2026

On the 24th July we were lucky enough to attend the advanced screening of Australian Institute of Play’s Neighbourhood backyard documentary. The stories shared within this documentary led to a week of reflective thinking and conversation within our own learning garden community- this documentary reaffirmed- through the perspective of children, families and other community members just how important access to play is. Not only for the external benefits of well-being and the other developmental and academic benefits that play organically supports but from the ideology that play within this context builds community, community then builds that nostalgic sense of belonging to place- and through feeling like we belong in our community we therefor build strength, security, joy and pride.

The confidence each child within this documentary presented was inspiring and contagious.

To conclude- if you live within our community-have you visited AIP’s freedom fortress in Yarrabilba? Freedom Fortress - Yarrabilba Community Backyard & Loose Parts Play Space

28/07/2026

Thinking in action. There’s something pretty incredible about watching an idea take shape through a child’s hands…the thinking, the problem-solving, the quiet determination, and the pride that comes from creating something that once only existed in their imagination.

21/07/2026

Our infant spaces represent the lens through which we view our youngest citizens and are carefully curated by our educators through reflective research and intentional thinking.

Our studios aren’t watered-down classrooms; instead, they are rich, responsive environments that offer meaningful opportunities for exploration and connection.

17/06/2026

By providing opportunities to explore graphic languages from infancy, we see children develop the ability to express their thinking in increasingly complex ways as they grow.

This photo serves as a powerful reminder that all children are capable and competent learners whose ideas, theories, and understandings deserve to be valued.

08/06/2026

Children don’t play to learn; they learn because they play. That’s why protecting play matters to us.

We are super excited to launch our newly developed governing play statement on the 11th of June!

Celebrating the Protectors of Play (sounds like a superhero title).

Protect Play and you Protect Childhood. This is the theme for coming up, June 11th.

These are our local friends going to great lengths, helping with the mission to make Logan the Most Playful City in the World. Collectively we are securing healthy happy childhoods for thousands of Logan children.

Isn't that a heart-warming thought!

We are celebrating the many friends of ours who have been fantastic Protectors of Play and therefore an AMAZING CHILDHOOD. THANK YOU (we can never name all the protectors of play).

Areta Farrance from Bush Kindy Teaching
Angie, Kaycee and the Curious Me Team
The amazing The Family Place Team
Tina-Marie Ashby Smith from Play Your Way Around the World
Andrew Barnes and the entire faculty at Eagleby South State School
Steve Kanowski and the entire faculty Berrinba East State School
The Learning Garden Early Education, Care and Kindergarten Team
Kristy Morgan and the Goodstart Early Learning Shailer Park Team
St Joseph's Tobruk Beenleigh
Sonya Wilson and Renee Childs and the faculty at Loganholme State School
Libby Jordan and Team from Kimberley Park State School
Outsiders: Play Advocates
Logan City Council
Kerry Smith and Team from We Belong Family Day Care Services
SSI - Settlement Services International Community Hubs Logan
The Salvation Army Communities for Children (CFC), Logan
Logan Together
Kim Wright and the Kingston East Neighbourhood Group Team
Mibunn Team

04/06/2026

A carefully curated environment acts as a silent guide, shaping the flow of the day and the experiences available to children. Through thoughtful layout and design, we create spaces that inspire curiosity, collaboration, and endless possibilities for play.

03/06/2026

Recycling our clay

Our steps include:
🌼To begin the process you will need to collect your scraps and slurry in a bucket. When the bucket is full, fill it with water and to start the slacking process.
(Slaking softens the clay scraps and slurry so that they are combined and are the same texture. It essentially dissolves into a mush. Slaking can take a few days).

🌸🌸 Next you can take a blender- we prefer using our hands! and mix up the mush to ensure everything is combined and softened and there are no lumps of hard clay. Take a new bucket and line it with a new pillow case.

🌺🌺🌺 Hang the pillowcase (take a stick and knot the pillowcase over the stick) over a bucket, or outside on the washing line. Check the clay regularly to ensure it does not dry out too much, otherwise you will have to start the recycling again.