Welcome to Little Learners, Forster

We welcome children from 6 weeks of age through to 6 years (school age). Our Academy is designed with age-appropriate, specialist discovery spaces for every stage of development.

We believe that true safety lives in the light of complete openness and honest partnership. At Little Learners, child protection is the absolute foundation of our daily culture, ensuring your child feels entirely secure so their imagination can run wild. Proactively embedding the latest NSW childhood safety reforms into our everyday rhythm, we walk hand-in-hand with our families through absolute transparency:

• A Shared "Children First" Journey: Your child’s physical and emotional wellbeing guides every single daily decision we make. We continually log and review our practices to ensure their best interests always come before everything else.

• Vetted Recruitment, with Integrity: Our recruitment is incredibly rigorous, combining advanced child-safe screening and detailed referee checks with continuous validation protocols for all background clearances. We select professionals who blend qualified expertise with deeply nurturing hearts.

• An Empowered, Qualified Team: Every educator and leader undergoes mandatory, nation-leading child protection training. Our team is deeply fluent in safety laws, fully understands their responsibilities as mandatory reporters, and is trained to support the subtlest changes in a child's well-being.

• Fiercely Guarded Privacy: We protect your child’s digital footprint with strict on-site boundaries. Personal mobile devices are limited within our spaces, ensuring only secure, campus-issued technology is used to document daily adventures on your OWNA app.

• Real-Time, Open-Book Records: Our systems meticulously log exactly which educators are in which rooms at every minute of the day. Furthermore, all incident, illness, or care logs require immediate, dual-signature verification from both our educators and you, giving your family a crystal-clear window into your child's day.

As an Academy, we go beyond standard care by offering elite support and world-class facilities. This includes dedicated studios for Music, Art, Sustainability and the Performing Arts, as well as our unique INSPIRE curriculum that exceeds the NSW educational framework.

Yes. Our on-site chef prepares fresh, nutritious, and seasonal meals daily. We view mealtimes as an important social occasion where children sit together in an unhurried environment to connect with their food and each other.

To provide reliable, elite support for our families, Little Learners Forster will be open Monday to Friday from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. We operate 50 weeks of the year, closing only for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year period and on standard NSW public holidays. This consistent schedule ensures your child maintains their unhurried rhythm and connection with our community throughout the seasons.

Our preschool program is a pioneering framework that fully integrates the NSW Government’s Start Strong educational guidelines, ensuring your child meets every developmental milestone for school. However, we believe in going beyond the basics. We elevate the state curriculum by immersing our preschoolers in specialist Yoga, Performing Arts, and our "Little Green Thumbs" sustainability program. This holistic approach builds the emotional resilience, physical wellness, and creative confidence your child needs to truly thrive in their transition to "big school."

Yes, Little Learners is a fully approved provider. Eligible families will be able to claim the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) to help reduce out-of-pocket costs

Due to high interest in our Forster Academy, we encourage families to “Book a Tour” via our online form or by giving us a call. If you’d then like you to enrol your child we can walk you through the process.