Shadforth Cottage (Avenue Road)

When we moved to Mosman 3 years ago, we were desperate to find childcare for our baby boy. Then we found shadforth cottage, and it turned out to be the best decision we ever made. The teachers are incredibly caring and warm, which helped our son quickly form a strong bond with all his class teachers. Our son, who is super energetic, loves the curricula that shadforth provides, he was so excited to go to school everyday, sometimes even on the weekend he told us he wanted to go to school :-) there are a lot of activities such as craftwork, drawing, show and tell (my son’s favourite), yoga, growfit, healthy Harold, father/mother/grandparents day and Xmas performances, made his time there truly enjoyable. One thing we as parents really appreciated, was the daily sent out (daily summary and photos) by the class teachers, so we get to know they he did on the day. He then went on to shadforth preschool last year, where he started learning letter, numbers and single syllable words, our son has progressed so much and now made a smooth transition into kindy primary school. But every time we walked past shadforth, my son always asks can we go in to see my old teachers? Last but not least, special shout out to Emma, who’s always been super responsive, helpful, and tried her best to coordinate our needs, we cannot thank her enough.

We sent our daughter to Shadforth Cottage because we heard it was the best centre for kids to attend before starting school. We were not disappointed. While the staff at all the child care places our kids attended were lovely, we found the Shadforth Cottage educators made extra effort to develop the potential of the children, giving them literacy and numeracy skills while also allowing them time to have fun and socialise. Thanks to Louise and her team at the Shadforth Cottage preschool, we feel our little girl is now ready for school (we'll find out for sure in a couple of weeks!). Sylvia and Emma, you have a great centre, keep up the good work.