Welcome to Sandcastles Childcare Mona Vale! Our charming centre caters to the needs of children aged from birth to six years in the Mona Vale, NSW, area. We operate between the hours of 7:30 am to 6:00 pm to meet the needs of your busy schedule and to allow time in the morning for drop-offs and time in the afternoons for pick-ups as well.

As part of our service, we provide nappies for your convenience. In addition, we also provide nutritious meals throughout the day including breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and a late snack.

Our School Readiness program is taught by our team of passionate educators led by our bachelor-qualified teacher. Our learning environment encourages children to learn through play and become inquisitive and curious members of society.

We welcome you to visit our centre and meet with our staff so that they may show you around our amazing facilities. We look forward to hearing from you!

Our centre proudly offers a kindergarten/preschool program to ensure your child is supported for their transition to school every step of the way. With a focus on language, literacy, numeracy, social skills and more your child will become Big School Ready.

Eileen Dalgleish 

What is your name?

Eileen Dalgleish.

How long have you been working in early education?

I have been working since 2001 in Early Education.

What is your favourite part of working at the centre?

Watching children learn something new and seeing the delight in their eyes when they realize it.

What qualifications do you hold?

I am Diploma trained and will be finishing up my Early Childhood Degree in November.

What are you most passionate about?

Children being in a safe environment that provides them the tools and the confidence to learn and explore.

What are you most proud of at your centre?

The community that we have created within our centre and the natural landscaped yard.

What inspired you to become an educator?

I was inspired by my family. I am the youngest of 10 children I have 47 nieces and nephews who all live in Canada so I chose this industry so that I can have a positive impact on children and families.

What message would you like to tell parents considering your centre?

We are a centre that prides itself on its natural landscape and creating environments that encourage wonder and amazement. We have had families that have been coming here for many years and staff that have also been here for just as long. We have created a community that supports one another and this flows on to ongoing friendships after they have moved on to “Big School”. Our team has ongoing professional development to keep up with the current curriculum to ensure that the children are getting the best care possible.

Rooms

Our centre provides care for the following age groups:

Facilities

Our service provides the following facilities:

• Nappies included
• Breakfast
• Morning Tea
• Lunch
• Afternoon Tea
• Veggie garden
• On-site parking
• SMART Interactive Whiteboard
• Classroom technology – iPads
• In-house cook
• Fully air-conditioned
• Large, natural play environments
• Water play area
• Early Childhood Teacher
• Sports Fundamental program (centre paid)

See what some of our parents have to say about our centre:

“Our family loves Sandcastles Mona Vale! The educators are professional, kind and caring, the children get delicious and healthy food and the centre is clean and has great outdoor play areas. My son has been attending Sandcastles for the past 3 years for 4 days a week and he loves going to kindy! He has made so many great friends and adores his educators. He has come along in leaps and bounds over the past 12 months with his speech, social skills and confidence and it is due to the excellent input and support he gets from his educators at this great kindy. We moved out of the Mona Vale area recently but continued to send our son to Sandcastles (even though it adds a lot more travel time to our day) as we believe it is worth it knowing he in a caring and nurturing environment and he is happy, content and thriving.”

– Vanessa

“I can thoroughly recommend Sandcastles Mona Vale. My son has been attending for the past 2 years and the staff and centre is amazing. I know a lot of people complain about the high costs of childcare but when you know your precious child is being looked after and educated so well the money is worth it. They have a chef on site whom provides fresh healthy meals and the menu changes weekly, they have external companies come and provide their services from sport to dance classes even to visits from local emergency services. If you are looking for a childcare in the Mona Vale/Warriewood area look no further than Sandcastles.”

– Suellen

“My daughter has been attending Sandcastles for 2 years. For most of that time she has been a full timer, 5 days a week from open to close! It has been the hardest thing sending her to day care for so much time. Thank god that it is such a wonderful centre. She absolutely loves her time there, the friends she has made and the warm and welcoming staff. There is such a lovely family atmosphere there with many of the staff having their own children in attendance. The centre communicate very well with you giving updates on your child and also taking into account feedback from parents. The chef on staff cooks up delicious and healthy meals. The centre always smells delicious of home baking! Anyway I wont harp on! We love it there and are about to send our second child. The opening hours are by far the best around. I couldn’t handle the commute to the city without them. … oh and one more thing! They have their own resident chickens!! Love it!”

– Hayley

We’d love to welcome you to one of our Sandcastles Childcare & Early Education centres. If you would like to register your interest in a place at Sandcastles Childcare Mona Vale, please fill out the childcare enrolment form below. One of our educators will then be in touch to discuss your needs.

Please note: filling in this form does not guarantee a place. We recommend visiting a centre for a tour and meeting our friendly educators.