Our People
Our Educators are our greatest strength and work with us because they desire a career in early childhood education, not just a job.
Our Strong Family Partnerships
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ and through active, two way relationships with families we can understand and meet every child and family’s unique needs.
Education & Care
Together with our Educators, our GROW curriculum, Allied Health services, Nutrition and Campus facilities, we’ve created a world-leading offering.
Our People
Our Educators are our greatest strength and work with us because they desire a career in early childhood education, not just a job.
Our Strong Family Partnerships
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ and through active, two way relationships with families we can understand and meet every child and family’s unique needs.
Education & Care
Together with our Educators, our GROW curriculum, Allied Health services, Nutrition and Campus facilities, we’ve created a world-leading offering.
You're Invited To Tour, Stay & Play
Join in the family fun at a Tour, Stay & Play session on Friday 12th, Saturday 13th & Friday 19th September.
Come and explore your local campus, stay for a play-based experience with your child and our Educators, and ask all your burning questions about starting your early learning journey with us!
More Than Childcare. A Place To Grow!
We are delighted to announce that we are now enrolling for 2026. Book a tour of your local campus and discover how our unique approach to early learning focuses on education, health and wellbeing. It’s specially designed to give your child the best start to life!
Here's what our families have to say
great place, kind staff
We couldn’t be happier with only about children Elsternwick for our 2 children. The staff are incredibly caring and many have been there since we started over 3 years ago which is very reassuring. They nursery staff have gone above and beyond helping our baby settle into the nursery room. Highly recommend!
This place has been absolutely wonderful for our family. The educators are warm, patient, and genuinely care about the children. From the moment we walked in, we felt welcomed and reassured that our child was in a safe and nurturing environment.
The facilities are clean, bright, and full of engaging activities that keep the children learning and happy. We couldn’t be happier with our choice and are so grateful for the dedication of the team.
We have had such wonderful experiences within the Nursery 1.2, Toddler 1.1 and Toddler 2.2 rooms over the past few years. Some of the carer's from our beginning have moved interstate or overseas but many remain the same and we love the sense of familiarity. It's a smaller centre on a quiet street which for me was critical for child safety. It's all one level and the casual staff are very consistent across the Cheltenham campus - there are casual staff who will (many years later) greet my elder child as if they are long lost friends. Special shout out to Mel T, Kellie, Peta, Rohini, Nari, Nora, Mel B, Flilishy, Akhila, Liz, Judit - you are all such wonderful carer's to our children. Thank you for making OAC feel like home.
Kiera Blum
We’ve had such a wonderful experience with Only About Children Rhodes. Both of our girls absolutely love it here—the staff are caring, attentive, and foster a nurturing, positive, and professional learning environment.
The strong relationships built between educators and children, especially during the early settling-in period, have been incredibly supportive and made a real difference for our girls.
It’s been amazing to see how much they’ve grown and learned since starting. We feel very lucky to be part of this community. Thank you to the wonderful team at OAC Rhodes!
We have had at least one of our children here for the past 4 years and can only speak highly of the warmth and care that has been provided. We are very happy and feel comfortable and confident with the care and education being provided.
Wonderful childcare centre. Both my boys attend (my eldest for nearly 4 years now, as a baby right through to his last year of preschool) and are thriving. Importantly, the continuity of care is exceptional - very low staff turnover and all the senior staff are so experienced and have taken the time to really get to know and care for our children personally. Both kids happily toddle into daycare each morning with zero tears, because they genuinely love going. Would highly recommend.
We may have only been at OAC for two weeks but every second has been fantastic!
Our son had a really hard time at his last centre and just was not enjoying it at all, since we have come to OAC he has just gotten better and better! We couldn’t have asked for a better environment and more dedicated team of educators.
Thank you to Jaide, Jessica and Zahra especially, they are amazing educators and have made our family feel so at home. All concerns I’ve raised (ie. his eating habits) have been met with understanding and respect, and they have gone above and beyond to make sure there is always a second option for our son.
I want to thank Kirsten as well. She has been incredible and always so thorough with her handovers which I appreciate so much. We’re just super happy with how positive our son is right now
I’d like to thank Em as well, from the very first time we came through the door, Em was so happy and welcoming! We told her our names once and she hasn’t forgotten since. She always says hello to my son and puts a smile on his face the minute he walks in. And it’s just so reassuring and lovely to know that is so passionate in taking into account not only my sons eating habits, but every child’s! Amazing!
We would also like to thank you Lacy. It has felt like our family was meant to be at OAC. Everyone has been so welcoming and you have been so supportive of what our needs are. So thank you all so much!
I’m so incredibly thankful to the Only About Children Elsternwick educators, chef’s, current leadership team who have been the most amazing support for my son and our family. After moving here from another child care centre where my child had difficulties settling in, the educators went above and beyond to listen to their requirements, make adjustments and provide them the love and care that allowed them to settle in and thrive almost immediately. The recent leadership team have been amazing ensuring we have an incredibly empowered and stable group of educators who really love our kids, with the best facilities for our children to learn, develop and grow and also a fun and supportive community for the parents, including delicious cooking classes too! Highly recommend
Great staff, amazing with the kids. My little man Harry’s love going to school which makes life easier
Only About Children (OAC) Little Village Early Learning Centre based in Buderim is not only an aesthetically pleasing facility, it’s enriched with highly educated, skilled and knowledgeable early learning educators and is founded on the child-centred learning approach.
Over the past year, we have seen the centres education team stablished through permanent staff appointments and studio allocations. Furthermore, we have seen an improvement in communications on safety, quality and general updates across the facility, and a strong feeling of inclusiveness and trust built through family and centre staff partnerships, as well as community.
From quality management, a focus on occupational health and safety, catering, considered education and up to date furnishing and learning tools, we feel confident and assured as parents that our child is safe, well looked after, is genuinely having fun and is continuously learning when they attend OAC.
We have seen a remarkable and positive shift in the learning and education program deployed within the last six months. We have seen our child go from strength to strength developmentally and become a strong and resilient child. Our child enjoys the incursion and themed week opportunities. This is a credit to Emma, Rebecca and the OAC team.
Discover Where A Career At Only About Children Could Take You!
We believe our people are worth more! Whether that be more pay & benefits, more wellbeing, more recognition and more development!
We have permanent part-time, full-time and casual opportunities available at a campus near you in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Find out why a career at Only About Children offers you more!
I searched for a long time to find the right childcare for both my son and daughter and I honestly cannot praise the team at Only About Children enough! People that genuinely care. Thank you!
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