A Place To Grow Early Learning Academy

15/05/2026

Messy and free.
Creation is their first language.
Because creativity begins on the floor, not in perfection. 🎨

13/05/2026

Splish, splash & lots of painty fun today at A Place to Grow Academy☔🎨💦
Our little artists absolutely loved our rainy day splash painting activity..the perfect opportunity for creativity, sensory exploration, fine motor development and colour discovery.
And while the learning was flowing, the smiles, giggles and pure joy were definitely the biggest masterpiece of all 💛

01/05/2026

We are so excited to collaborate with Soul Studios 24 for this year’s Mother’s Day celebration at A Place to Grow Academy 🌸 🌿

Join us for a truly special and heart-led afternoon as we honour and celebrate all the beautiful women in our children’s lives.

✨ Kids Yoga & Sound Healing Experience
Presented by Soul Studios Matraville, a beautiful holistic studio run by one of our lovely mums in our community.

🗓 Thursday, 7th May
🕒 3:30 – 4:30 pm
📍 A Place to Grow Academy

This will be a calm, joyful and connected afternoon where children can enjoy gentle yoga, while adults are invited to relax and unwind with a soothing sound healing experience.

Mums, grandmas, aunties and all special women are warmly invited 🤍

All children are welcome, even if they don’t usually attend on Thursdays. Please note that parents remain responsible for supervising their children at all times.

We truly look forward to celebrating this beautiful occasion with you and our community ✨

Please RSVP via our Centre app ✨

18/03/2026

10/02/2026

27/08/2024

Book Week was a blast! 📚✨🧙‍♂️
Our educators at A Place to Grow really outdid themselves this year, slipping into hilarious and heartwarming characters that had everyone laughing and smiling. 🔮🦋🤠😻
Their playful spirit made the celebration even more special, reminding us all of the joy that stories and a little humor can bring. 🦹‍♀️

27/04/2022

We have had some egg-citing weeks at A Place to Grow Academy. 😊

As Part of our Easter Celebrations, the children participated in various arts and craft activities and learned about Easter traditions through group times, conversations and games.

For Orthodox Easter, the children got to take part in traditional egg-dying activities and the famous egg-cracking event. 🎨🖌🥚

Children have a strong sense of identity and respect diversity. They are connected with and contribute to their world.

20/04/2022

Easter Surprise 🐰
Yesterday, our students had two fluffy and very adorable visitors. 🐇

Our chef, F***y, brought her pet bunnies Darrel and Poo Bear to surprise the children.

The Explorers and Investigators learned that bunnies are prey animals and therefore don’t like to get picked up as much as other animals do. The children were very gentle, empathetic and quiet around their new bunny friends and made sure not to scare them. They also learned that bunnies are very social, and watched them cuddling and cleaning each other and should therefore always have a bunny companion.
The children fed them hay, fresh grass and their favourite treat which all children knew to be carrots. 🥬🥕👩🏽‍🌾
After a beautiful morning of engaging with them and observing them in detail, the children came back to check on the bunnies and noticed they were sleeping with their eyes open. 😴
What an exciting experience for the children and they learned so much by asking curious questions and observing their furry visitors patiently.
For afternoon tea, the children asked for extra carrots and couldn’t get enough, our bunny visitors must have really inspired them. 😊🥕

18/03/2022

The children explored St. Patrick’s Day by engaging in various activities, including Irish Dancing,
Irish fairy tale stories, letting the fairies out of the soda bread and our menu was filled with a variety of delicious Irish dishes.😋

The Investigators had a visit from a leprechaun who left their environment in such a mess, 🤭after finding him hiding in the pot plant, they made him a little home of his own. ☺️💚🍀

We wish all our Irish Families a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. 🇮🇪

11/02/2022

Experiencing belonging – knowing where and with whom you belong – is integral to human existence. ☀️

Educators recognise that families are children's first and most influential teachers. We therefore consider families the roots of our service.🌳

At A Place to Grow Academy, we create a welcoming environment where all children and families are respected and encouraged to collaborate with educators to achieve the best learning outcomes for their children. 🌻❤️

The Explorer Room’s Identity and Belonging Tree is constantly evolving and a work-in-progress. The children have helped to design it. Together with educator Martina they created this wonderful tree using various materials for a special sensory experience. 👩🏼‍🎨

It has been so much joy for the children to place the photos of their extended family on the tree. Being able to come back to it and engage in conversations about their family helps children to feel a sense of safety and belonging in their home away from home. 🏡

07/02/2022

Our preschoolers celebrated Lunar New Year last week. 🐅✨

The Investigators learned to respect the diversity of different cultures through various explorations and engagements, such as craft activities and card making for their families, wearing traditional Chinese costumes and group discussions. 🇨🇳👘

The children with Chinese background shared how they celebrate by gift giving for „Good Luck“ and their peers even learned a few words in Mandarin. 🥠

Children are connected with and contribute to their world, they respond to diversity with respect.

Gong Xu fa cai. 🧧🎉