Located in and around Brisbane, Little Gems Childcare Centres are owned and operated by hardworking brother and sister team, Cherie and Luke and their families. Luke, a father to 3 young boys and a little girl and Cherie, a mother of 4 herself, has worked in childcare for over 23 years and knows the importance of establishing a secure, safe, and nurturing environment where ALL children can feel included, valued, and have a positive sense of well-being.
Each Little Gems Childcare Centre aims to create an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust, and prides itself on meeting and exceeding the highest national quality standards and practice.Whether it's our Albany Creek, Maryborough, Jimboomba or Helensvale childcare centre, come along and book a tour and see how your child will not only learn, share, laugh and grow but - THRIVE in a Little Gems childcare setting.
Each Little Gems Childcare Centre aims to create an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust, and prides itself on meeting and exceeding the highest national quality standards and practice.Whether it's our Albany Creek, Maryborough, Jimboomba or Helensvale childcare centre, come along and book a tour and see how your child will not only learn, share, laugh and grow but - THRIVE in a Little Gems childcare setting.
Services
Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning Centres provide high quality Child Care as well as Kindergarten programs in Albany Creek, Helensvale, Jimboomba and Maryborough. Family owned and operated with caring, highly qualified educators to care for your children, and provide a home away from home. Each centre cares for children from 6 weeks to 5 years.
My name is Hayley I am the Director for Little Gems. I have been working within the childcare industry since 2003. I hold a Diploma of Children's Services and worked in a variety of roles before coming a Director. I am a mother of three children, Cooper and Ruby who attend Albany Hills state school and my youngest attends the centre with me.
Little Gems Early Learning & Childcare, Albany Creek, aims to provide an enriching curriculum that extends and enriches children's learning. The Early Years Learning Framework says that a curriculum is - "all the interactions, experiences, activities, routines and events, planned and unplanned, that occur in the environment designed to foster children's learning and development" (source - EYLF document, pg 9).
Little Gems is a family owned and operated early learning centre at Albany Creek, Queensland. We are a purpose built childcare centre that is air conditioned and has large natural play spaces and large rooms. Each child's needs and interests are built on in a caring and loving environment. We use the "positive guiding technique" rather than a negative approach to ensure that each child develops in an engaging, happy environment.
Hi, my name is Tiffany, I am the Director at Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning Centre and I am diploma qualified. I enjoy spending time with my son, Jasper and much of our weekend is filled with soccer. When growing up I had an amazing childhood being able to travel and explore different places and cultures.
Reviews (10)
James Clowes
Jan 08, 2021
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Little Gems is a brilliant centre that does an amazing job of providing a safe and loving environment for the children in their care. Picking up our daughter is lengthy process whilst she runs around and hugs every one of her educators including those from previous years and the staff in the front office. The fact that she wants to stay and play speaks volumes about the centre and the service they provide.
McCormacks Wd
Jan 07, 2021
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If the option of 10 stars was available than that is exactly what Little Gems would receive!
The structure they have in place is perfect our kids absolutely love going to day care and are always wanting to go back! The staff go above and beyond and even better we can physically see our kids are getting a great education and start in life from the team as their behaviour and improvement each day is showing and hearing about all the things they do all day and the new things they have learnt!.
Not to mention the state of the art playground they have spent endless hours building for all the kids
The structure they have in place is perfect our kids absolutely love going to day care and are always wanting to go back! The staff go above and beyond and even better we can physically see our kids are getting a great education and start in life from the team as their behaviour and improvement each day is showing and hearing about all the things they do all day and the new things they have learnt!.
Not to mention the state of the art playground they have spent endless hours building for all the kids
Tara Francis
Nov 24, 2020
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I cannot speak more highly of the community at Little Gems! Our son suffered from anxiety issues due to his care at another centre(refused to go, stuttering, biting, found unconscious twice -all from his lack of security, supervision and connection at the previous service) as soon as we moved him over to Little Gems he was back to his normal self, his confidence, personality and happiness to attend kindy returned in an instant. As a parent and a teacher I am so grateful to have found this service,
the incredible outdoor environment, consistency of staff, the program and not to mention it is run
the incredible outdoor environment, consistency of staff, the program and not to mention it is run
Nerida Treloar
Oct 30, 2020
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A very well run centre with friendly, caring staff. Ive been sending my son to Little Gems for close to a year now and I love knowing he is in such good hands on the days that Im at work. Staff are always super helpful and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the centre to any one looking for a safe, happy and fun daycare for their child.
Dolly Winkles
Oct 25, 2020
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Despite the fact that we are entitled to a decent discount at another local childcare centre (due to my husbands job), all three of my children have attended Little Gems from 15 months to 5 years old and i wouldnt have had it any other way. The centre is clean and organised, the staff are friendly, welcoming, knowledgeable and professional. I honestly couldn't imagine anywhere better to care for and teach my children. I have referred several families to Little Gems over the years and will continue to do so with confidence, 5 stars arent enough really.
Deon Calitz
Jul 03, 2020
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We are extremely happy with Little Gems! After moving from Sydney to Brisbane and having had a really bad experience, we cannot fault the team at Albany Creek. The staff are always so friendly and caring and take such great care and respect with our daughter. They treat her as if she were their own child. Our daughter has the most amazing time going to school and has made tremendous progress in her development on so many levels. The amount of care and detail the girls spend with the children is absolutely amazing! Thanks so much to Hayley and the wonderful staff. You are all amazing and always
Mel
Jun 29, 2020
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My Husband and I are so glad we chose Little Gems for the babies. They both love going to kindy and all of the staff are great and caring. You can really see how much they love their jobs and the kids. Little Gems definitely made it easy for me to return to work. I recommend them to anyone who is looking for a daycare centre. They go above and beyond.
Lauren Bourne
Jun 26, 2020
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The staff at little gems are kind, informative and flexible to everyday life. I feel so confident leaving my son there each day and know that he is happy, looked after and understood. He creates close bonds with the educators and they assist in anyway to cater his needs. I couldn’t send him anywhere else!
Anna Cross
Jun 23, 2020
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We have been at Little Gems for 4 years and over this time we have always seen our children being loved & nurtured by the amazing staff. This year we had our youngest in the nursery and our middle child in kindy at Little Gems and despite all the uncertainty of 2020, our children have felt confident and secure in their daycare environment all year! Thanks to the amazing educators and kindy program, our kindy boy is definitely "Prep ready". I only wish we had known about Little Gems for our eldest!
Rachael Streatfield
Jun 17, 2020
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My daughter started at Little Gems when she was 7 months old around 3.5 years ago. We were welcomed with smiling faces and great enthusiasm. My daughter fitted in so well and we just felt immediately like part of the Little Gem family. At the time, my husband was in the Defence and I was heartbroken having to take my daughter out and move to another state when she was about 18 months old. Fast forward by 2 years, I was so excited to be moving back home and my daughter got to go back to her little Gem fam. Everyone remembered her and she just fit right back in as though she had never left. Her little
