Seedlings
6 weeks – 2 years
Up to 12 babies with 3 educators. A calm sleep room with cots, a sunny floor for rolling and crawling, and your baby's routine from home followed as closely as we can.
Long day care & kindy · Brassall, Ipswich QLD
Little Wattle Early Learning
A small, sunny centre for children from 6 weeks to 5 years — with a veggie patch, a mud kitchen and a fridge door that's always full.
Open Mon–Fri6:30am – 6:00pm
3 rooms · 49 places
Draw us something
Pick a crayon and scribble, then stick it on our fridge. It stays for this visit only — nothing is uploaded. Keyboard: arrow keys move the crayon, Space puts it down or lifts it.
On the fridge this week
Art from the Sprouts and Gumnuts rooms — and anything you stick up.
Rainbow — Ava, 4 Ladybird — Noah, 3 Me & Nan — Leo, 5
Three rooms, one big backyard
Each room has its own space and routine, and everyone meets outside under the wattle tree.
Group sizes follow Queensland's educator-to-child ratios.
Sprouts
2 – 3 years
Up to 15 toddlers with 3 educators. Big-body play, the mud kitchen, first friendships and toilet learning at their own pace.
Gumnuts
3 – 5 years · kindy
Up to 22 children with 2 educators, one an early childhood teacher. A play-based kindy program for the year before Prep, with plenty of outdoor time.
A day at the centre
Our paper-plate clock shows a typical day. The highlighted slice is what's happening right now by your clock — tap any part of the day to turn the hands.
A typical day
Times bend a little around the children.
What's cooking
Sample menu · week 2 of our 4-week rotation
Morning tea: fruit platter with cheese & crackers or banana bread.
Afternoon tea: veggie sticks & hummus, pikelets or yoghurt.
Cooked on site each morning by Dee, our cook. Nut-free centre; allergy, cultural and vegetarian plans on request. Breakfast for early arrivals until 8am.
The grown-ups
Portraits by the Gumnuts. Each room keeps the same familiar faces every day.
Priya
Centre director
Keeps the veggie patch alive and the spare-socks box full.
Mele
Seedlings room leader
Sings Tongan lullabies at rest time; fluent in baby.
Jess
Sprouts room leader
Head chef of the mud kitchen. Hasn't met a puddle she didn't like.
Tom
Gumnuts leader · kindy teacher
Runs kindy with a ukulele and a very big book of bugs.
A note for families
Fees & the Child Care Subsidy
| Room | Ages | Per day |
|---|---|---|
| Seedlings | 6 wks – 2 yrs | $142 |
| Sprouts | 2 – 3 yrs | $136 |
| Gumnuts | 3 – 5 yrs | $128 |
Sample prices for a full day (6:30am–6:00pm). Meals, nappies, sunscreen, bedding and incursions are included.
What's the Child Care Subsidy? The Australian Government's Child Care Subsidy (CCS) can help with the cost of approved care. It's paid to the centre and taken off your fees, so you pay the gap. How much you get depends on things like your family's income and circumstances.
General information only. Your subsidy and gap fee depend on your own situation — we're happy to walk you through an example on your tour.
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Brassall, Ipswich QLD
Mon–Fri 6:30am–6:00pm · closed public holidays