Welcome to Walkley Heights
If you are looking for child care near Modbury or Pooraka, look no further than Walkley Heights Child Care Centre. We can care for children as young as six weeks old up to school-aged children. Our team is dedicated to loving and caring for your children so you can have peace of mind while you are working during the day. Our goal is to cultivate skills in your children while they are in our care.
Read on to learn more about the benefits of enrolling your child in child care and how you can begin the enrolment for your child today. We look forward to caring for your child and providing them with a home away from home during the day while you are working. We will provide nutritious meals while your children are in our care, so you can rest assured that they will be cared for excellently.
While child care can never replace the home environment, at WHCCC we ensure that you and your child feel comfortable in our homely environment.

This year we celebrate our 20th anniversary!
Have a look at our different learning stages
Our Centre is made up of 3 rooms
The Caterpillar Nursery
6 weeks – 2 years
Jumping Frog Toddlers
2 years – 3.6 years
Busy Bee Kindy
3.6 years – school age
Welcome to Walkley Heights Child Care Centre, where the children have fun, gain friendships, learn life-long skills in a safe and nurturing environment and where parents have confidence to leave their children.
Placing your child in a child care centre can be a wonderful opportunity for your child to learn and grow. Walkley Heights Child Care Centre near Modbury offers a secure, nurturing space for children that promotes belonging and development. Your child will feel at home at our care centre.
We recognize that staying at home is not always an option. Our goal is to create a space for your child that feels safe, secure, and fun, just like home. When you enrol your child in child care, you can trust that they will experience opportunities for play and development that will stimulate their sense of socialisation and autonomy.
We offer three rooms to better address the needs of our three age groups. This gives our staff the chance to provide age-appropriate opportunities for growth and play. Our focus is on fostering your child’s sense of belonging and self-worth while incorporating elements of family culture as well as their unique interests and strengths.
Your child will love learning at Walkley Heights Child Care Centre. Contact us or visit our centre in person to get a better idea of how your child would benefit.
Providing a home away from home environment
Providing children with lots of different experiences and activities
Educators that are committed to caring for your child
Why enrol your child in child care?
There are many benefits for children to spending time in child care: opportunities to engage in a broader range of play activities that are challenging and developmentally appropriate
emphasis on socialisation
encouraged to be part of the larger community
encouraged to develop their mind and body
encouraged to create a positive self-image and autonomy
preparation for school
The Centre
For a tour of our Centre, please contact our friendly staff
Why choose us?
Our Centre liaises with many local services like the local library, Child and Youth Health, Inclusive Directions, Department for Education and Child Development, Special Needs Services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, National Disability Insurance Scheme etc.
Please speak to the staff or management if you have concerns about your child's development or need help seeking services.
We encourage open communication between staff, parents, and children.
We aim to:
- Provide a secure, happy and caring environment in which we will promote the feeling of trust, acceptance and belonging, being and becoming
- Provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment, which encourages all-round development of the child's mind and body
- Promote positive feelings of self-worth. Children are encouraged to feel that they are a unique individual
- Develop respect for other people's beliefs and culture
- Positively guide children to accept the logical consequences of their behaviour
- Strive to create a program that truly reflects the lives of our children, family, and community by recognising the impact culture plays on families and building strong partnerships with all families and the community
- To build on each child's interests and strengths and to be mindful of their needs and beliefs
- Be flexible, efficient, friendly, non-judgmental, and always willing to learn
- Learn love of nature and respect for the environment and work towards developing environmentally sustainable practices
- We acknowledge that learning is life-long, and we are committed to ongoing professional development
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