Beautifully renovated learning spaces
A bakery, a market, a café, a little hospital and a house, plus a climbing frame, slide and bike track.
Brookvale, Northern Beaches
Where little stories begin
A small, family-run early learning centre in Brookvale for children from 6 weeks to 6 years.
- Ages 6 weeks to 6 years
- Mon–Fri, 7am–6pm
- Brookvale
“Every time I pick up my son, he never wants to leave, and that's a good sign for me.”A Storybrooke parent
Begin your story
A place where children feel safe, confident and inspired to explore their world
Storybrooke Education is a boutique childcare and early learning centre in Brookvale on the Northern Beaches, created as a place where children feel safe, curious and inspired to explore the world around them.
Through meaningful relationships, child-led learning and beautifully designed spaces, we nurture each child's confidence, creativity and sense of belonging. Every day at Storybrooke is an opportunity for children to discover, imagine and begin their own unique story.
Why families choose Storybrooke
Why families choose Storybrooke
Passionate, experienced educators
Meet Katie and the team in their own words. Meet the team
Warm, supportive family partnerships
Linda started Storybrooke to look after parents as well as children.
School readiness curriculum
Four rooms from 6 weeks to School Readiness, guided by the Early Years Learning Framework.
Imaginative play children love
Child-led, make-believe play in spaces built for it.
Fresh meals, cooked on site
Our cook prepares meals every day, and the menu changes every three months.
Step inside
A centre made for make-believe
Our real spaces, filmed at Storybrooke.
Read the transcript
How important is developmental play, where children actually feel like they're in the space?
Here at the house, we have child-led learning, where children feel like they're in their own space. At the bakery, our children feel like they're at a real bakery. Just like mum and dad having a coffee and ordering their croissant. They absolutely love this space.
Our organic market is probably the highlight of this centre. Children take their grocery basket, go to the cash register and enjoy make-believe, child-led play.
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Why role-play matters
In the house, children feel like they're in their own space. At the bakery, they order a croissant just like mum and dad. At the market, they take a basket and pay at the register. This is the child-led, make-believe play our spaces are built for.
The bakery and market are pretend-play spaces. Our real meals are cooked fresh in the centre kitchen. About our food
Programs
Four rooms, one gentle path to school
Children move through four rooms, each named for a chapter of their story.
i.6 weeks – 2 years
Storystarters
Secure relationships, sensory exploration and early development.
ii.2 – 4 years
Storymakers
Language, social connection and imaginative play.
iii.4 – 6 years
Storytellers
Creativity, early literacy and numeracy, and collaboration.
iv.Year before school
School Readiness
School routines, independence and foundational learning for Kindergarten.
Not sure where to start?
Answer two quick questions and we'll show your child's room. Then book a tour and see it for yourself.
Compare the roomsThe people
The faces your child will know
“Parents want to know that their children are going to be hugged, loved and looked after in those very delicate first years.”
Linda, founder
Storybrooke is run by Linda and Charbel. Watch Linda and Katie introduce themselves.
Read the transcript
Hi, my name is Linda and I'm the founder here at Storybrooke Education School of Early Learning in Brookvale.
Storybrooke was a dream, a vision that I had from my very, very early days of teaching kindergarten. After many years on the playground, many years in education coordinator roles and many years with non-English-speaking parents, I realised that parents need that support too, not only their children.
My vision here is that we're not just looking after the children, we're looking after their parents and what they want. If your child is one or under one year old, they don't know what's happening. They put their full trust in their parent to make the right decision for them. So a parent needs to feel the comfort, the understanding, the knowledge and the vision.
A lot of parents who come in tell me they don't want to hear just about our curriculum, although that's my passion. They want to know that their children are going to be hugged, loved and looked after in those very delicate first years of their life.
So just book a tour, and I would love to show you and your family around Storybrooke.
Read the transcript
Hi, I'm Katie and I'm an educator at Storybrooke. I've worked in childcare for seven years.
I love what I do because I'm impacting positively on little lives, and I know I'm making a big difference. If I can spark a thought about what they would love to grow up and be, I would love to think that I sparked that in their little heads.
I also love children with additional needs. That is a huge passion of mine, because I always think everyone should get a chance. Some people say they can't do something, when I always believe there is always a way.
This is where little stories begin, and this is Storybrooke. I can't wait to meet you on a tour.
Families say
In parents' own words
Real Storybrooke families, filmed at the centre.
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I chose Storybrooke because I went with my gut feeling, and also, children never lie. When you pick them up, you know whether they've had a good day or a bad day.
We chose Storybrooke from the first time we came here. It was a very beautiful environment where we felt welcome, and my daughter kept saying she wanted to go back to the 'supermarket' childcare. She loves it here. She loves the educators and she loves the director, and I love coming for drop-off and pick-up because she's always so happy.
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She's becoming confident. She's now learning to read, which is something I've been trying at home. [Educator names being checked] have been working so hard with her on reading and writing, so she's ready for school next year.
He always mentions the other children's names at home, and the toys and the storytelling here. He's very excited, and he keeps talking much more. I noticed this after he'd been here for a few weeks.
I saw a lot of changes in my son in terms of his social engagement with other kids. At his age, two and a half, it was about making sure he can get along with other kids, be playful with them, and be happy learning new experiences.
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I would recommend Storybrooke because every time I pick up my son, he never wants to leave, and that's a good sign for me.
Enrolling
From first visit to first day
Now enrolling. Four steps, from your first enquiry to your child's first day.
Enquire
Tell us your child's age and the days you need. Families join the waitlist by age and start date.
Tour
Thirty minutes to see the spaces and ask your questions. Book online and it's confirmed instantly.
Secure a place
When a place is available for your child, we offer it to you.
Orientation
Settling-in visits before your child's first day.
Inclusion and diversity
Every child and family is welcomed, respected and valued
We celebrate diversity in culture, language, identity, ability and family structure, and we work to make sure every child feels a genuine sense of belonging.
- ✓ Inclusive, anti-bias practices
- ✓ Environments that celebrate diversity
- ✓ Individual support for every child
Visit us
Close to home on the Northern Beaches
- Address
- Suite 2, 15–19 Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale NSW 2100
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm
- Ages
- 6 weeks to 6 years
- Tours
- 30 minutes, booked online
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