Set in the beautiful and Heritage Dellina Palm Cottage, Little Zak’s Academy Ryde childcare centre strives on being the best in the area. Newly renovated to include state-of-the-art facilities, we opened our doors in 2019, eager to welcome a new generation of young thinkers! To give our children the tools to create their best start in life, we regularly expose them to incursions, employ only the best educators to guide them, and implement an intense school readiness program for our preschool-aged children.
But most importantly, we only employ the best educators who are dedicated to providing a stimulating and exciting program for our children as well as creating meaningful bonds with our families and local communities.
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I have been working in the Early Childhood Education Profession since 1998 and have been a Centre Director since 2003. I love learning along with the children each and every day, children guide the curriculum rather than it being strict on what they need to learn.
Little Zak’s preschool program is a recipient of funding under the NSW Department of Education’s ‘Start Strong for Long Day Care 2025’ Program.
Fee relief of up to $2174 per child for children aged 4 and above, and up to $515 per year in fee relief for children aged 3.
To be eligible for 4YO+ Program Payment and 4YO+ Fee Relief Payment funding under Start Strong, a child will need to be the age of 4 years old on, or before, 31 July 2025 (the child’s birthdate must be on, or before, 31 July 2021)
To be eligible for 3YO Program Trial Payment and 3YO Fee Relief Trial Payment funding under Start Strong, a child will need to be the age of 3 years old and not yet 4 years old on, or before, 31 July in 2025 (the child’s birthdate must be on, or between, 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2022)
Families are required to fill out the ‘Families Declaration Form’ to receive the relief. (Available at the service)
Relief is calculated weekly based on the number of weeks the service is open.
Families that do not receive CCS are eligible for the program.
So happy to see Little Zak’s in Ryde when I moved from another suburb. Facility in the centre is brilliant and enrolled both of my kids with complete peace of mind. The staff in this centre are amazing and kind. I like the daily activities they perform and posted meticulously to parents. My thumbs up to this centre!!!!
Excellent & Modern Daycare Facility. Our son has been attending now for a couple of months. Easy and convenient drop-off and pick up in the morning and afternoons with the carpark underneath the complex. The building is spacious and brand new. The Educators do a fantastic job and ensure there is always plenty of activities going on throughout the day. Highly recommended.
My children have been with Little Zak’s Ryde for 8 weeks and they are so happy. The team settled them in quickly (despite only attending two days a week!). They are super comfortable with their educators. Are happy to go in and have the biggest smiles when they walk out with their Educators. They had spent a fair part of their 17 months on earth in lockdowns with minimal interaction with people and they have come a long way with the team and LZ. Their development is so wonderful to watch. They love their new little friends and family of Educators. All the staff greet the children so warmly and myself as well. Despite Covid and not being able to go into the centre the team have ensured my questions have been answered and regularly communicate how the girl’s days have been. They report the girls really enjoy the food and often have multiple servings of the meals presented to them. I’m glad I enrolled my girls with the LZ team and am very satisfied with our journey so far. A big thanks to the team that take such wonderful care of my girls.
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