Cuddly Bear Heathmont

Cuddly Bear Heathmont An 'exceeding' rated long day care and kindergarten service, in Heathmont Victoria. These benefits last into the school years and beyond.

Our aim is to provide a safe, happy, secure, inclusive and stimulating environment for the children, which encourages a positive experience towards learning. This will be done in a variety of ways, which supports each individual child’s self-esteem, while fostering the joy of learning and children's individual learning goals. Our Service is committed to the safety, wellbeing and support of all children and young people. We take a ‘zero’ tolerance approach to child abuse and are committed to raise awareness about the importance of child safety in our environment and the community. Research shows that play-based learning is a powerful way to support children’s development. The evidence also shows that two years are better than one when it comes to early learning. At Cuddly Bear, we understand the importance of early start kinder and provide a program that challenges and supports children's individual learning goals. We understand the importance of providing children the opportunity to reach their full potential through a child-centred, emergent, collaborative, teaching and learning environment inspired by nature and driven by children and families' individual needs, interests and wants. As ambitious leaders in the community, we are proud to be the highest rated service in the Heathmont area!

As we start our preparations for bush kinder, we also commence the start of our risk assessments with children! 🍃 ❤️ By ...
10/03/2026

As we start our preparations for bush kinder, we also commence the start of our risk assessments with children! 🍃 ❤️ By involving children in this process, it encourages them to take ownership over safety measures and for them to build a real understanding of the WHY. This is just one of the ways we involve children in the development of our safety culture here at Cuddly Bear 👏

03/03/2026
Exciting news!! 🌟 Our director, Chey, will be presenting at  Educational Leaders conference in Sydney this July, to run ...
03/03/2026

Exciting news!! 🌟 Our director, Chey, will be presenting at Educational Leaders conference in Sydney this July, to run a loose parts play workshop 🥰 We are excited to continue to share the Cuddly Bear Approach with educators within the field 🐻

Safety is everyone’s responsibility 🌟 Cuddly Bear has been on a journey to really try and embed a culture of safety amon...
02/03/2026

Safety is everyone’s responsibility 🌟 Cuddly Bear has been on a journey to really try and embed a culture of safety amongst our community. Through our children’s committee, we have been having conversations around what safety means to the children. As a result, they have created their very own safety audit to complete alongside our assistant director, Hannah. We are excited to see how this develops over time 🥰

25/02/2026

Last night we had the wonderful Sharon from attend to host an information workshop for interested families 🌟 Such an informative session that opens our communities awareness to ways we can keep our children safe and empower them to take ownership over their own bodies. This is just one forward step in our continued efforts to strengthen our child safety practices and create a child safe community for our members ❤️ A big thank you to all that attended!

24/02/2026
18/02/2026

Welcome to our Tiny Tots classroom for 2026 ✨ our 1 to 2 year old magical space that invites investigation, sparks curiosity and brings warmth. If a classroom could give you a hug, this would be it 🥰

15/02/2026

Welcome to the pre kinder room for 2026 🍃 A dreamy space that invites children to explore in their own space and time ❤️🎨

04/02/2026

Natures treasures 🍃 💫 a community initiative supporting outdoor adventures, the collection of loose parts and nature play within our classrooms. Families are invited to take home a treasure bag and collect any beautiful natural materials they may find along their way, that could be used within our program! 🥰

Another testimonial from a beautiful long standing family of ours. Today we say goodbye to their last child that came to...
28/01/2026

Another testimonial from a beautiful long standing family of ours. Today we say goodbye to their last child that came to Cuddly Bear as he starts his new journey at school 🥰 we wish all of our graduating pre preps all the best for this next exciting chapter ❤️

Our last children’s committee explored child safety standard one (your organisation welcomes Aboriginal children), and d...
22/01/2026

Our last children’s committee explored child safety standard one (your organisation welcomes Aboriginal children), and discussed ways that we could make Aboriginal children and families feel more welcomed at the service. One reflection was through storytelling. This led to the children engaging in an audit of our community library, where they discovered there were only 7 books about the Aboriginal people and their culture. This resulted in the purchase of some more books for this space… where we even found some translated into Mandarin and Arabic for our bilingual speaking families 🥰

Address

274 Canterbury Road
Heathmont, VIC
3135

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 7am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 6:30pm
Thursday 7am - 6:30pm
Friday 7am - 6:30pm

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