An acre of land in an urban setting, A rarity!
Come and see our fabulous playgrounds, perfect for children to explore the outdoors in a natural environment surrounded by trees, providing beautiful shady areas for children to play and explore.
All children enrolled receive Explorers mini sports star membership where they have access to Little Kickers soccer clinics, Zumba classes and organized in-house heath and fitness activities.
Our in-house cook provides tasty and nutritious meals catering for all dietary requirements and allergies and our children enjoy growing their own herbs and vegetables which are all used in our menus.We are active participants in Munch and move program, a NSW ministry of Health initiative .
Explorers Learning academy in Bardia is located next to the beautiful Mont St Quentin Oval and playgrounds as well as within walking distance to Edmondson Park station and Ed square and adjacent to Denham Court. Bardia public school is nearby.
Our babies and toddlers are cared for in a a bright and open environment ensuring clear supervision at all times and have access to an exclusive nursery area for them to play and explore outdoors.
Our preschool and transition to school programs are educational and fun. We adopt a play based approach to learning allowing our educators to support and encourage our children to develop their problem solving skills, build emotional resilience, and become happy and confident learners.
Here’s what parents and carers are sharing on Google Reviews
We especially appreciated the educators, manager and director. Our daughter makes caring friendships and loves her classroom teachers. Thank you Explorers for giving our daughter so much of positive experience.
I am so happy with all the admin support as well, especially during his transition to kindy by providing documents needed by primary school. Sam was so amazing and helpful a lot! Can’t thank her enough and all the team in Bardia Explores. Keep up the good work!! X
Explorer's learning academy was/is the complete opposite for us. Huge yard - amazing for kids to be outside exploring, running around and testing their own abilities. The educators are honestly beautiful, and all so lovely. Special credit to Sam who really brought my son out of his shell! I noticed a big change in him as soon as he started at explorer's. He made friends, brought home art and craft "masterpieces", brought home a lot more sand, dirt, bark and grass (means he had fun!), but also came home happily telling me about his day! I wholeheartedly believe that Explorer's assisted in his transition to kindy greatly, and I'm so relieved and glad that we made the decision to move them to this centre.
Our family appreciate the girls at Explorer's so much, and while there have been some staff that have left (as would all other centres) my kids have taken no time in adjusting to a new educator here and there, nor has it affected their happiness and eagerness to attend. My daughter's favourite tends to rotate between many educators, which tells me she's fond of more than just a few of the girls. Shout out to Kasey, Simone and Cristina for loving on my sensitive princess of a baby girl and making her ease into the centre without an issue in the beginning. I'm confident that when Baby #3 is ready to start, he will be well looked after and adored also!
🌿 2027 Re-enrolments are now open! 🌿
It’s time to start planning for 2027, and we’re asking all families to please complete and return their re-enrolment forms by 30 September. Returning your form helps us secure your child’s place, plan room transitions, staffing and programs, and prepare for another wonderful year of learning at Explorers Learning Academy.
For our families whose children are heading off to big school in 2027, please also make sure you provide your child’s final day/end date on the form.
A little reminder that learning doesn’t stop in January! Our educational program, school readiness experiences, incursions, outdoor adventures and everyday learning continue throughout January. Explorers only closes for public holidays, so children transitioning to school are very welcome to remain enrolled with us right up until their school journey begins.
This can provide children with consistency, familiar routines, friendships and meaningful learning experiences during those final weeks before school.
Please return your form by 30 September to help us prepare for 2027.
We are so grateful to continue sharing your child’s learning journey with you small steps today, big adventures tomorrow!
Sep 17
🏴☠️🦜 Ahoy Explorers – We’re Getting Ready to Talk Like a Pirate! 🦜🏴☠️
Our preschoolers have been busy preparing for Talk Like a Pirate Day this Friday! As part of the excitement, the children have been working collaboratively to create their very own colourful parrot piñata, painting, designing and carefully adding colourful feathers to bring their creation to life.
But Talk Like a Pirate Day is about much more than pirate fun. It is an annual fundraising day supporting Childhood Cancer Support, helping provide practical and emotional support to children with cancer and their families.
Through participating, we can introduce our children to important ideas of kindness, empathy, helping others and being part of a community, while still enjoying all the imaginative language, creativity and play that comes with a pirate-themed day.
🏴☠️ This Friday, children are invited to come dressed as a pirate! Pirate hats, stripes, eye patches, bandanas or a full pirate outfit — we can’t wait to see our crew!
💰 Families who would like to support the cause can donate directly through the official Talk Like a Pirate Day fundraising page:
👉 https://fundraise.ccs.org.au/event/talk-like-a-pirate-day/home
We’re looking forward to a swashbuckling day of fun, learning and, most importantly, coming together to help support children and families affected by childhood cancer.
#TalkLikeAPirateDay #ChildhoodCancerSupport #ExplorersLearningAcademy #PiratesForAPurpose #CommunityConnections #LearningThroughPlay #PreschoolLearning #KindnessInAction
Sep 16
✋✏️ LITTLE HANDS, BIG LEARNING! ✏️✋
Today our Emus have been busy strengthening their fine motor skills through hands-on experiences including nuts and bolts, threading and connector activities.
These activities may look like simple play, but there is so much important learning happening!
Twisting nuts and bolts, carefully threading objects and pushing and pulling connectors together helps children develop finger and hand strength, pincer grip, wrist control, bilateral coordination and hand-eye coordination. These are all important foundations for learning to confidently hold and control a pencil, form letters, draw, cut with scissors and eventually write with greater control and endurance.
The learning goes well beyond writing too! These experiences encourage children to:
✨ Concentrate and maintain attention
✨ Problem-solve and think critically
✨ Develop spatial awareness
✨ Coordinate what their eyes see with what their hands do
✨ Practise patience and persistence
✨ Build independence and confidence
✨ Plan, create and adapt their ideas
Our School Readiness Program recognises that preparing children for school isn’t about rushing into worksheets and formal writing. It’s about intentionally building the physical, cognitive, social and emotional foundations children need to become confident and capable learners.
When little hands are twisting, threading, connecting and creating, they are getting stronger and more prepared for all the exciting learning ahead! 💪✏️🧠
“Play is the highest form of research.” – Albert Einstein
#ExplorersLearningAcademy #SchoolReadiness #FineMotorSkills #LearningThroughPlay #PreWritingSkills #EarlyChildhoodEducation #Emus #ConfidentLearners
Sep 15
LEARNING, GROWING & STAYING READY | FIRST AID & CPR TRAINING
At Explorers Learning Academy Bardia, professional development is more than completing a course it is an important part of our philosophy, our culture and our commitment to providing children with a safe, knowledgeable and high quality early learning environment.
Our team recently participated in First Aid and CPR training, strengthening the practical skills, knowledge and confidence needed to respond effectively in an emergency.
Ongoing professional learning gives our educators opportunities to refresh their knowledge, practise essential skills, reflect on their responsibilities and continue developing as early childhood professionals.
We believe that when we invest in our educators, we invest in our children.
Professional development at Explorers is ongoing throughout the year and includes child safety, health and hygiene, inclusion, curriculum and pedagogy, emergency management, leadership, wellbeing and many other areas that support quality practice.
Our goal is not simply to know what to do but to ensure our educators feel confident, capable and prepared to act when children need them most.
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin
A big thank you to our Explorers team for continuing to learn, reflect and grow together.
#ExplorersLearningAcademy #Bardia #FirstAidTraining #CPRTraining #ProfessionalDevelopment #ContinuousLearning #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EducatorDevelopment #ChildSafety #QualityImprovement #LearningTogether
Sep 14
🌞 Public Holiday Reminder 🌞
Just a friendly reminder to all our Explorers Learning Academy families that our centre will be closed on Monday, 5th October 2026 for the Public Holiday.
We hope all our children and families enjoy a safe, relaxing and wonderful long weekend together.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back, refreshed and ready for more learning and adventures, on Tuesday, 6th October 2026.
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✂️ Little Hands, Big Skills! | Learning to Use Scissors at Explorers Learning Academy
Today our children have been busy snipping, cutting, creating and exploring as they practised their scissor skills using magazines and pictures. While it may look like a simple creative experience, learning to use scissors is an important part of children’s development and school readiness.
At Explorers Learning Academy, we intentionally provide opportunities for children to develop these skills through meaningful, hands-on experiences. As children hold the paper with one hand and carefully open, close and guide the scissors with the other, they are developing:
Fine motor strength – strengthening the small muscles in the hands and fingers needed for writing, drawing, dressing and other everyday tasks.
Hand-eye coordination – learning to coordinate what their eyes see with the movements of their hands.
Bilateral coordination – using both sides of the body together, with one hand cutting while the other turns and controls the paper.
Pre-writing skills – developing hand strength, control and precision that support a confident pencil grip
Concentration & problem-solving – thinking about where to cut, how to position the scissors and how to navigate around pictures and shapes.
Independence & confidence – experiencing the satisfaction of mastering a challenging skill and creating something independently.
We love that this experience also gave our children choice and creative freedom. They searched through magazines, selected pictures that interested them, carefully cut them out and began using these pieces in their own creations.
For younger learners, cutting may begin with simply learning how to hold and open and close scissors. As their confidence grows, this progresses to snipping paper, cutting along straight lines, following curves and eventually cutting around more complex shapes and images.
These everyday learning experiences are a wonderful reminder that school readiness is built through play, practice and meaningful opportunities not worksheets alone.
At Explorers, we are building capable little hands, confident learners and a lifelong love of learning one snip at a time! ...
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Homemade Shepherd’s Pie at Explorers!
There’s nothing quite like a warm, homemade meal! Our Shepherd’s Pie is a delicious, nourishing favourite, packed with colourful vegetables and topped with creamy mashed potato.
To ensure all our little explorers can enjoy this comforting meal, we have both a classic meat version and a wholesome vegetarian lentil & vegetable option. Both are full of flavour and provide a wonderful variety of nutrients to support children’s growing bodies, busy brains and energetic days.
Meals like this are also a great way to introduce children to different vegetables, flavours and textures in a familiar, child-friendly way.
At Explorers Learning Academy, we love creating meals that are nutritious, delicious and made with our little explorers in mind!
Good food. Growing bodies. Bright futures. ...
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