Barrack Heights Community Preschool
Call 1300 001 237 for vacancy enquiries
BARRACK HEIGHTS NSW 2528
From our Director Lyndall (Lou) Avery
Hi. I’m Lou, the Director of Barrack Heights Community Preschool. I hold a Degree in Early Childhood and Primary Education, with over a decade of experience working with children and families.
I’m passionate about creating warm, engaging learning environments where every child feels valued. I love supporting children as they explore, ask questions, connect with nature, and develop skills like problem solving and creative thinking. At Barrack Heights, we do this in many ways such as caring for Country, developing a respect for the natural world through sustainable practice, immersion in nature-based learning and experiences, and engaging with open ended resources, to become confident and capable learners.
Our team is dedicated to building strong, genuine relationships with children, families, and community. Guided by the National Quality Framework, we believe in providing authentic, play-based learning experiences that spark curiosity to help each child grow confidently at their own pace. We honour children’s voices and work together to create a welcoming space where everyone can thrive.
Feeder Schools Transport
We provide door-to-door supervised private bus transport to and from all feeder schools:
What Parents are Saying About Barrack Heights Community Preschool
We have a strong core team of 13 educators, with tenures of up to 15 years with Big Fat Smile.
Our educators are passionate, experienced, love their jobs and love working with children. High quality care is the key focus for our team. We provide education in a fun and engaging way that is play-based and captures the interest of all children, ensuring we have inclusive, age appropriate environments that foster the needs of all children in our care.
We build strong relationships with the children and ensure all feel a sense of belonging. We also like to develop strong connections with our families.
Our centre has an abundance of indoor and outdoor space that enables children to have access to a curriculum that promotes the wellbeing and development of the whole child. We also focus on sustainability and teaching the children how to nurture and respect their environments.
Our location near the local shopping centre, library, community garden and Blackbutt Forest allows us to develop and foster connections with the community.
We also provide a Transition to School Program for all children going to school the following year, run by a university-trained Early Childhood Teacher. We support the needs of the children to ensure they are prepared for big school by nurturing their social, emotional, physical, language and cognitive development.
What’s included?
Meals – breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and snacks
Nappies
Sunscreen
What to bring?
Change of clothes – To prepare for all weather types
Hat
Special comforters
Baby bottles and formula if required
Smiles all round!
Big Fat Smile exists for children and families, working to provide access to the highest quality early education and care in Australia. In fact, quality is central to everything we do.
Uniquely BFS
Educational framework
Our Educational Framework
The educational framework is a benchmark for best practice across all Big Fat Smile services, setting out expectations for pedagogical learning and teaching practices that support the promotion of learning in the early years.
Safeguarding children
Child safety is a part of our vision and values
We are a child safe organisation. We take a whole of organisation approach towards creating and embedding a child safe culture, environment and practices for all children, across all service types and programs.
Our values
Our values guide our practices across all levels of our organisation, from Head Office, to Educators in services.
Safety
Integrity
Child-centric
Leadership
Inclusion
