Pre-schoolers
Gumnuts Early Learning Centre
Open Monday - Thursday from 8.00am-5:30pm and Friday 8.00am to 3.15pm. Bookings and enrolments are essential.
Gumnuts' vision is to provide a nurturing and supportive environment for children to build positive relationships that allow them to grow into kind, confident and creative individuals.
Gumnuts Early Learning Centre is childcare subsidy approved and is rated “Exceeding National Quality Standards” by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).
Contact
Located in the Lesser Hall on the corner of Quinlan and Hoddy St, Goomalling
PO Box 189, Goomalling WA 6460
Ph: (08) 9629 1188, Email: admin.gumnutsinc@bigpond.com.au
Playgroup
The Goomalling Playgroup offers a relaxed and safe environment for children to play and learn together and for their carers to meet for a cuppa and a chat. New members are always welcome and expectant parents are encouraged to come along and have a look too.
Our playgroup runs one morning per week and is for children from 0-5 years old and their carers. Grandparents are more than welcome! Located on Eaton St, Goomalling. It is behind the Goomalling Primary School and you enter through the gate next to the Goomalling Children’s Centre sign.
Contact
PO Box 195, Goomalling WA 6460
Email: playgroup@goomalling.wa.gov.au
More info on playgroups in general on www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/wa
Toy library
The Goomalling Toy Library works like a book library, except children borrow toys, games, and puzzles. All of the toys are of good quality and are carefully selected to provide entertainment and educational benefits to enrich the daily play of children from birth to seven years old.
The library is a voluntary organisation run by parents. The initial purchase of toys was funded by Lotteries WA in 2003 and further toys are purchased through fundraising and membership fees. New members are always welcome.
9.30-10.30am Fridays (during school terms) to coincide with Better Beginnings Storytime.
Contact
PO Box 230, Goomalling WA 6460
President: Rachel Ashton, 0427 291 010
Better Beginnings
Storytime at the library is heaps of fun for children and their carers. Volunteers engage the children with sing-along songs, read a story or two, and organise a creative activity such as painting, collage, craft.
It’s a perfect time to borrow a new book or DVD from the library too. Our storytime is part of the Better Beginnings Family Literacy Program coordinated by the State Library of WA.
10.30 - 11.30am Fridays (during school terms) at the Community Resource Centre on Railway Terrace.
The stories are suitable for children from 0-4 years old, but all children and their carers are welcome. The more the merrier!
Contact
Community Resource Centre
Phone: 9629 1570
PO Box 167, Goomalling WA 6460
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