Family day care in Pakenham
Home-based early learning for families in Pakenham, Officer and the surrounding Cardinia Shire, from a family day care service based in neighbouring Berwick.
Care that fits a long commute
Pakenham sits at the end of the Pakenham line, and plenty of parents here travel a long way to work. Our educators provide care from 6am to 7:30pm on weekdays, so you can drop off before an early train and pick up after a late one. Saturday care runs from 7am to 7pm.
In family day care, your child spends the day in an educator's home with a small group: no more than seven children, and no more than four under school age. It's regulated under the National Quality Framework, the same system that covers childcare centres.
Pakenham is in Cardinia Shire rather than the City of Casey, but our coordinators visit educators here just as they do in Berwick.
Outdoors, every day
Many educators' homes have gardens, and outdoor play is part of every day: gardening, sand and water play, and plenty of space to move. Indoors, low shelves and real materials let children choose what they want to do and put it away themselves.
Family day care in Pakenham: common questions
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Also nearby: Berwick · Narre Warren · Clyde
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