Keiki's Mindarie Keys Early Learning – FAQs

At Keiki Mindarie Keys, we welcome children from birth to 5 years of age, offering a nurturing and stimulating learning environment tailored to each stage of early development. Our early learning centre is thoughtfully designed with age-appropriate indoor and outdoor learning spaces, ensuring that every child feels safe, engaged, and supported. 

Each age group benefits from dedicated educators who are trained and experienced in the unique developmental needs of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Our early learning programs are carefully structured to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical growth through play-based learning and intentional teaching. 

For children approaching school age, our preschool program provides a strong foundation for a smooth transition to formal schooling. This program focuses on building essential skills such as early literacy and numeracy, independence, resilience, and social confidence. By offering continuous care from infancy through to preschool, we support each child’s journey in a consistent and holistic way, helping them thrive as they take their next big step into primary school.

While we don’t offer Vacation Care for school-aged children at Keiki Mindarie Keys, we do provide this service at several of our other locations: Keiki Shorehaven, Keiki Mindarie Primary, and Keiki Tapping. To learn more about the programs available at these centres, please visit our Vacation Care page.

While we don’t offer After School Care at Keiki Mindarie Keys, we do provide this service at several of our other locations: Keiki Shorehaven, Keiki Mindarie Primary, and Keiki Tapping. To learn more about the programs available at these centres, please visit our Outside School Hours Care page.

At our early learning centres, we provide nutritious, thoughtfully planned meals prepared fresh each day by our in-house chefs. All of our services are allergy-aware, with strict food safety and nutrition policies in place to keep every child safe and well. For this reason, food from home cannot be brought into the service. If your child has any dietary requirements or allergies that may mean changes are required to their menu, just let your service management team know during orientation so we can ensure the right support is in place for your child.

Our Early Learning Centre follows a seasonal rotating menu inspired by the six Noongar seasons, using fresh, in-season ingredients to create nutritious and tasty meals. All meals are prepared fresh each day by our in-house chefs and are thoughtfully designed to meet children’s daily nutritional needs while also being absolutely delicious! 

Our menus are shaped by ongoing feedback from children and families, so we can make sure we’re serving meals that children genuinely enjoy, while giving them the energy and nourishment they need to thrive. The current menu is available to view at your Keiki service at any time. For further details about the specific meals offered at Keiki Mindarie Keys, we recommend speaking directly with the coordinator, who will be happy to assist.

Our early learning services provide nutritious food to children throughout the day, including breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, plus a late snack if needed. We also include sensitive formula sunscreen, nappy cream, wipes, 1x set of cot or bed sheets provided at enrolment, and all incursions and excursions planned as part of the educational program.

To help your child have a smooth and comfortable day at Keiki Mindarie Keys, we ask you to pack a few key items in their bag. Bringing the right essentials ensures they’re prepared for play, rest, and everything in between. 

• Spare Clothing: Accidents and messy play are part of the fun. Please pack at least one full change of clothes, including underwear and socks.
• Sun Protection: A wide-brimmed hat is required daily for outdoor play. We reapply sunscreen throughout the day.
• Drink Bottle: A refillable water bottle to keep your child hydrated throughout the day.
• Nappies and Wipes: If your child is still in nappies, please provide enough for the day, along with wipes.
• Bottles and Formula/Breast Milk: For babies, please bring the required amount of formula or breast milk per day, clearly labelled.
• Bed sheets: Your child will be gifted their very own set of Keiki bed sheets when they start care with us. We ask that you bring in these sheets each day after washing them at home, so your child has bedding to sleep on that smell familiar and comforting.
• Wet bag: You will also be supplied with a Keiki wet bag when starting care with us. Please pack this wet bag each day as any dirty or soiled clothing will be placed in here.

At Keiki Mindarie Keys, we work to ensure drop-offs are as smooth as possible. When you arrive, you’ll bring your child to their room and speak with their educators, who will support a happy and calm start to the day. Each room will follow a routine at drop off such as placing bags away, putting nappies into baskets or unpacking drink bottles for the trolley; children can actively assist in these routines to help build a sense of autonomy. We encourage parents to take a moment to settle their child and share any important information.  

For added security, all our services use pin code entry systems to maintain a safe and secure environment for every child. You will be provided with your own unique pin code as part of the enrolment process, and you will use this each day to gain access to your service. You will also be required to sign your child in via our secure Xplor app each day upon your arrival at our early learning centre.