Welcome to The Learning Sanctuary Norwood Montessori!

We offer a Montessori approach to early learning in a relaxed and homely environment. Our centre adapts naturally to the beauty of our surroundings and inspires a love of learning under the guidance of specially trained teachers. We maintain a quality education in beautiful, natural environments that create a joy of learning, independence and self-confidence.

Our main objective is to provide a Montessori lead, carefully planned, stimulating environment, which will help children to develop within themselves the foundational habits, attitudes and ideas essential for a lifetime of creative thinking and learning.

The Learning Sanctuary Norwood Montessori is open from 8:00am to 5:00pm and our Montessori learning sessions are provided from 8:45am to 3:15pm. Our age specific rooms allow for our specialised approach to be taught in the most relevant manner.

Our centre is very passionate with regarding our sustainability program. Sustainable practices and procedures are implemented into our everyday routines. We have a worm farm, recycling program/composting bins and water management procedures and of course our veggie garden.

At The Learning Sanctuary Norwood Montessori we have two veggie gardens, one in each classrooms outdoor learning environment. The children often use these ingredients: herbs, fruit and veggies for programmed cooking experiences as well as feeding our centre pets: chickens and a rabbit.

Nutritious morning and afternoon tea are provided each day and children are encouraged to prepare their meals themselves to further develop practical life skills. We have a very large outdoor area that the children love to explore, we also offer another large yard out the front of our centre with a small court yard attached.

Each child’s health and well-being is extremely important to us. We run a physical education soccer program run each Tuesday and Thursday; 20 minutes for our 16 months – 3 years age group and 25 minutes for our 3 – 6 years children. We have also teamed up with Norwood library and run 3 incursions each term to extend on children’s understanding and involvement within our community.

We actively encourage parent and community involvement to support the all-round needs of your child and welcome you to visit us at The Learning Sanctuary Norwood Montessori today!

The Learning Sanctuary Norwood Montessori has proudly received an Exceeding rating under the National Quality Standards! 

The National Quality Standard encompasses the 7 key quality areas that are important for children’s learning and development.

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.

Erin Turner

What is your name?

Erin Turner

How long have you been working in childcare?

9 Years

What is your favourite part of working at the centre?

Leading my team by example and making strong connections with children and families and the wider community.

What qualifications do you hold?

Diploma in Children’s Services.

What are you most passionate about?

Delivering strong learning experiences to all children

What are you most proud of at your centre?

I am very proud of the interactions I observe between the educators and the children.

What is your favourite inspirational quote?

There is no I in team

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

We are a close knit community here at the Learning Sanctuary Norwood.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our centre is an extension of your childs home life, this is important to us to enable all children to feel a sense of belonging during their learning journey with us.

We practice the Montessori way of learning and have a team of strong passionate educators guiding and supporting our children’s learning.

Rooms

Our centre provides care for the following age groups:

Facilities

Our service provides the following facilities:

• Montessori Program
• Nappies
• Morning Tea
• Afternoon Tea
• Other meals
• Pin access
• Chickens, Rabbits, Birds and Fish.
• On-site parking
• Operational hours – 8am to 5pm
• Dance program
• Music program
• SMART Interactive Whiteboard
• Classroom technology – computer/s
• Fully air-conditioned
• Large, natural play environments
• Water Play Area
• Early Childhood Teacher
• Government Approved Kindergarten program
• Chinese lessons with our chinese teacher

Montessori development programs will inspire your child’s love of learning, exploration and curiosity, in a relaxed and home-like environment.

The Montessori philosophy supports a personalised childhood development, by independently facilitating learning in prepared environments, based on their interest, family input, and educator knowledge.   

Highly qualified and nurturing educators will work closely with your child to develop lifelong skills at an individual pace. 

The Montessori curriculum covers five main pillars, including:

• Sensorial (training of senses)
• Practical Life
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Cultural Studies

Learn more about the Montessori Approach!

Please also feel free to request further information from our Centre Manager and Educational Leader in centre. We would love to talk to you. 

We’d love to welcome you to one of our Learning Sanctuary Childcare & Early Education centres. If you would like to register your interest in a place at The Learning Sanctuary Norwood, please fill out the 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.