“In every seed, there is the promise of a forest.”
– Susan Jeffers
Welcome to Lurra Community Children’s Centre
As the first and longest-serving not-for-profit community children’s centre in the Tea Tree Gully area, we pride ourselves on our ability to offer outstanding continuity of care for your child.
Most of our staff have been with us for over a decade, meaning a safe stable environment for little hearts and minds to grow and flourish.
About Us
Located in Modbury on a quiet street with easy access, we offer 54 places across 3 rooms: Nursery, Toddlers and Kindy. Our centre provides a nurturing home-like environment including natural play spaces, plenty of bird life, and the occasional possum or koala sighting!
Our Values
Lurra’s history and values are built on a foundation of continuous learning. Our commitment to providing exceptional education, care and well-being for young children, their families, and our educators remains constant.
Director, Gaylene Reynolds
Gaylene has been working at Lurra since 1994 across all rooms, becoming the Nursery Team Leader in 2007. She has now obtained the role of Director.
With many years in the sector. Gaylene is passionate about child protection, inclusion and the development of children. Gaylene has a passion for leading a Quality Improvement plan within the service.
Gaylene holds a Diploma in Children Services, a Certificate IV in Disability Services, and a Certificate 1 in Infant Mental Health
Co-Director, Lisa Duff
Lisa is the Co-Director on Thursdays while being the Kindy Team Leader. Lisa is an advocate for play based learning and strongly believes children learn to explore and make meaning of their world through play.
Lisa holds a Diploma in Children’s Services. Lisa started as a TAFE student in 1999 and is still at the centre 26 years later.
