Montessori Academy’s Gungahlin childcare centre is conveniently located on Level One of the Big W Building in Gungahlin Marketplace at 33 Hibberson Street, Gungahlin ACT 2912. Our Gungaghlin childcare centre for ages 0-6 offers nutritious catered meals, nappies and wipes, is sun-safe, allergy aware, and is open long daycare hours from 7:30am – 6:00pm on Monday to Friday.

Featuring a contemporary single-story design, our childcare centre in Gungahlin offers five spacious Montessori classrooms for children aged six weeks to six years. Each classroom is filled with unique educational materials that connect with children’s interests and needs at each stage of development to provide them with the optimal environment for learning.

Beyond the classroom, our Gungahlin childcare centre has four exceptional outdoor play spaces enriched with a range of gross motor activities to inspire learning through exploration. The 0-2 outdoor spaces feature gardens, a sandpit, climbing equipment, mud kitchen, soft spaces, slide, soft fall animals, water play, and plenty of room to crawl, walk, and run. In the 2-6 outdoor spaces, children have access to a fort, rock climbing wall, climbing equipment, slides, bike track, dramatic play corner, dress ups, sandpit, gardens, water play, plus so much more.

The team at Gungahlin Montessori Academy are passionate Montessori educators who personalise the curriculum to suit each child. They observe children’s interests, direct them towards activities suited to their stage of development, and create a positive atmosphere for learning that allows children to discover learning outcomes in their own time.

Book a tour at Gungahlin Montessori Academy today to meet our team and learn more about the benefits of Montessori education.

About Gungahlin Montessori Academy Childcare Centre

Our Gungahlin Infant Program provides children aged 0-2 with a nurturing environment full of opportunities for learning through movement, exploration, and connection.

Learning goals for our infants focus on movement skills, language development, developmental milestones, fine motor development, social skills, and the joy of every child.

Infant Learning Goals

• Uses simple gestures to communicate
• Explores objects in different ways
• Chooses an activity and packs it away
• Plays alongside others
• Knows the names of body parts, colours, and shapes
• Beginning to use one to two word phrases
• Demonstrates independence skills such as self-feeding
• Achieving physical development milestones such as crawling, walking, climbing and jumping

The Gungahlin Toddler Program for ages 2-3 is active, self-paced, and involves learning using all five senses. Children are introduced to the five areas of the Montessori Curriculum, including: Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language and Culture, and develop competence through repetition and practice.

Learning goals for our toddlers focus on independence skills, language development, fine motor development, social skills, and essential academic and wellbeing foundations.

Toddler Learning Goals

Our Gungahlin Preschool Program for ages 3-6 offers children a dynamic learning environment where they are empowered to choose their work, follow their interests, and progress at their own pace.

The Preschool Curriculum introduces children to a range of advanced Montessori materials that expand on their knowledge of Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language and Culture.

Preschool Learning Goals

• Formation of individual letters and numbers
• Recognises numerals and counts by rote
• Reads simple sentences and constructs phonetic words
• Can write and recognise their own name
• Aware of the decimal system, addition, and subtraction
• Participates in physical activities and follows the rules of games
• Shows self-confidence and interacts well with others
• Ability to concentrate and work independently
• Responds to challenges and demonstrates problem-solving skills

During their final year of preschool, children at Gungahlin Montessori Academy participate in a comprehensive School Readiness Program that targets core academic competencies and school readiness skills. This ensures children are well prepared to make a successful transition to any type of primary school environment.

The School Readiness Program incorporates a series of workbooks that introduce children to primary school subjects in a traditional learning format. This is complemented by a hands-on approach to teaching school readiness skills such as proper pencil grip, cutting skills, letter and number formation, emotional regulation, following instructions, problem solving, and concentration.

School Readiness Learning Goals