Story House Early Learning Deception Bay

At Story House Deception Bay we pride ourselves on putting families first. We ensure everyone has a voice; child, family and educator. Every family and child is included regardless of additional needs, cultural background, religion, race or sexual preference. We feel everyone should be accepted for who they are, and loved, educated and given a place to call home, free of prejudice or bias opinions.

Children are kept safe at all times. We conduct regular lockdowns and fire drills to ensure every child knows what to do in the event of a community situation or an emergency, at the centre or in the local area. We offer children in pre-Kindy, 3-4 yrs and Kindy, 4-5 yrs free self-defence martial arts lessons, where we teach the children about respect for ourselves, others and the arts. This is held weekly and has been a huge success in helping children self-regulate, learn personal boundaries and awareness of their own rights for their body and their own personal space.

Limited Spaces Available!

This year the service manager Chay has been absolutely amazing to myself and my foster girls. Not just the young one enrolled in your kindy program but also the older sibling of high school age. From the moment we came to check out this centre and every time since enrollment we’ve been welcomed and treated like family. Every time we enter the centre we are greeted with care and compassion, and we are so glad we choose this childcare centre for our foster daughter. best decision we ever made. Looking forward to another year of being apart of the Story house Family. Highly Recommend – Foster Family Parents Kindy Room to mum recommend this service the nurturing care and attention your child will receive you will be blown away. Go in and see for yourself.

Story house Deception Bay has been 100% supportive to us in our struggles we trust the educators and the service manager Chay implicitly to have the absolute best interest of our precious babies and ourselves in mind. Before attending this center the children briefly attended a different one, the level of care and professionalism and leadership at that center was seriously lacking and thus we removed the children and came to Story house Deception Bay Centre. Chay the Service Manager was very informative and we instantly felt at ease leaving the kids in her care and at the center. The standards Chay expects and upholds are evident and reflected in the high standard of care and nurturing that her staff provide\ and herself to our babies.

Just wanted to pass on some feedback for the ladies in my daughter’s room. DON’T CHANGE A THING! Shelley the lead educator is an amazing leader and I fully trust that my child is cared about and safe when under her watch. Ayako also a lead educator is also equally as amazing and I almost cry when I see my daughter come for the day and run over to Miss Ayako and see Miss Ayako actually get down to her level and give her a big hug. Not just a little pat or brush-off hug. You can see she cares for all the kids under her care. It’s so comforting for a parent who only needs care for 1 day a week to know, my child isn’t just disregarded as she isn’t a regular. That she is loved and well cared for even if for one day per week.

Chay Slattery

deceptionbay@shel.edu.au

I’m Chay Slattery , Director, Educator, Mummy and More.

Chay has worked in the childcare profession for over 15 years. She started as a trainee and worked her way up from a cert 3 – Advanced diploma and even started working towards her Bachelor of Education. She worked in rooms as an assistant, a lead educator, educational leader, 2ic and Director from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast.

Chay has two beautiful little children who are her world, an active little boy in Prep and a Sassy independent girl Toddler. She loves these two more than anything and has made it her goal to know each and every child and their family.
When you walk into Story House Deception Bay you will be greeted with the sounds of her singing as Karaoke is always welcome at the sign in kiosk with Chay.

She loves spending a night in having popcorn and movies with her kids and then waking up to a walk along the beach.
She has been told that she’s very creative as she is also a published children’s author and illustrator. Fun fact!
Chay always sets clear expectations and standards for her team and live by the motto…if it’s not good enough for her children, it’s not good enough for yours! Community is a major focus here at Story House Deception Bay, they value every family and give the families a voice into the program and the service.

We hold events and celebrations throughout the year to support children and the families to develop a sense of community but also to give back to the Moreton Bay region. Story House supports Chay and her teams vision about giving back to the children and the families that they care for.
Chay feels very blessed to work for an amazing company one who values their people and supports her as Service Manager to implement what’s needed for the children and families of Deception Bay.

Our Service Manager

I’m Chay Slattery , Director, Educator, Mummy and More.

Quality childcare with individualised learning programs

Outdoor Activities

Meals

Language Classes

Multicultural Food Options

Nappies

Nature Play

Sports Programs

Dance Programs

Excursions

Community Visitors

Cooking Activities

Educational Programs

School Readiness Programs

Yoga Program

Learning Through Play

Supporting cultural, medical and preferences for meals

We speak the following languages at this centre: Japanese, Mandarin, Swahili African, and Maori NZ.

There's so much on offer for your little one

At Story house Deception Bay, our chef will cater for every child’s needs, whether they are allergy-related, age-related or culturally-related. We give back to the community at Deception Bay Story house. We hold regular movie nights and FREE events, to ensure the community can show support to the amazing family and child support organisations such as Your Town and Kids Help Line. We are the centre who care about Deception Bay and the Moreton Bay Community and want to give back. Our service manager prides herself in getting to know each family individually and will greet you and your children always with a warm smile or laugh. So come on in for a tour to see what all the fuss is about and join our family at Story house Deception Bay, where you will be a person, a name, a family, not just a number.