Experience the highest quality of learning and playful places
We operate learning hubs and provide world-class educational and cultural experiences in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, with the aim of creating places where intelligence and life skills are gained.
Firstly, Global Sky Education directly operates eight early learning centres and childcare centres in Australia (mainly in Queensland), the largest Japanese-owned operation of its kind in the country. The centres provide education, childcare and food services mainly for children from six weeks to five years of age (up to 12 years of age in afterschool centres).
Along with the 'Highest Quality of Education and Care', offering high-quality educational programmes and the best educational environment in accordance with our kids-centred learning policy, which utilises children's inquisitive minds, we are recognised as a leading early childhood education and care group by introducing Reggio Emilia Approach (Reggio Emilia Education), a world-class STEAM education programme and a unique approach to 'projects', 'art activities' and 'childcare documentation' that fosters autonomy and cooperation. In addition, our professional chefs cater to the centres (except for some centres) and offer nutrition education programmes for parents and children, using the knowledge and skills from the hospitality business of Global Sky Group's sibling companies, which have been very well received by children and their parents alike.
Furthermore, these directly managed early learning centres and childcare centres offer a trial enrolment programme from Japan (Hello Kids Programme), acceptance of short-term childcare training (Hello Kids Trainee Programme), childcare qualification acquisition and placement support (Global Career Pathway Programme), with the aim of promoting cross-cultural understanding and international exchange.
We have developed a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) to achieve an 'Exceeding' rating in the National Quality Framework, an Australian Government standard, and are constantly improving our curriculum and activities to raise the standard of our education. We are also working to strengthen our links with local communities. Global Sky Education has also a business alliance with Sunnyside International in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and is involved in the joint development of educational curricula and personnel exchanges at Sunnyside's elementary and junior high schools and Kauri Learners in New Zealand, which was jointly developed with Sunnyside.
Locations
Directly managed facilities
The centre is located in Southport, an office precinct on the Gold Coast, Australia. It is our redeveloped and operated flagship centre. Open weekdays from 6:30am to 6:00pm, it is an international centre for children from six weeks to five years of age, with a large number of children of Asian descent, not only from Australia but also from the Middle East and Japan. Unusually for a centre located in a city centre, it has a large, lush green garden. The kitchen has been awarded a 5-star rating by the City of Gold Coast Council and provides healthy meals.
The centre is located in a corner of the master-planned community of Robina Town. It is surrounded by the Gold Coast's leading shopping centres, sports facilities and higher education institutions such as public technical colleges and Bond University, and is adjacent to a large park. Open weekdays from 6:30am to 6:00pm. The centre strives to provide a warm, cosy and safe environment where children from six weeks to five years of age can play and learn in a warm, welcoming and safe environment with many green and natural elements. The Bush Kindy programme in particular is highly regarded by the community.
It is located in a quiet, green residential area at the foot of the beautiful hinterland and is part of a large park. Open weekdays from 6:30am to 6:30pm, the centre cares for children from six weeks to five years of age. The relatively small nature of the centre, with a capacity of 55 children, provides a home-touch environment where family and community input is respected in determining curriculum and childcare policy.
Part of the Capricorn Coast, it is one of our flagship centres, located in the cluster of schools in the resort town of Yeppoon, the gateway to the Keppel Islands at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Open weekdays from 6:30am to 6:30pm, the school has 10 classrooms in a state-of-the-art single-storey school building on a large site, with children from 6 weeks to 12 years old. Together with the neighbouring Cedar Avenue Early Learning Centre, it plays a central role in early childhood education in the area and is also used as a venue for community events.
It is conveniently located in the resort town of Yeppoon, with immediate access to the beautiful tourist attraction of a large lagoon, a water park and a large barbecue area near the main beach. On weekdays, the centre's seven classes accommodate children from birth to five years old. It offers an inclusive environment to meet the needs of all children and the diverse resources they need for their development.
Located on the main road leading to the residential areas of northern Rockhampton and the town of Yeppoon, the centre is also close to several schools. It provides education and care for infants to school-aged children, with the Outside School hours care programme, St Anthony's Catholic School, Lighthouse Christian School, Frenchville State School and Mount Archer State School, It also works with Berserker State School and operates a shuttle bus service between the schools. The school also offers a sustainability programme experience, making use of its large school garden and a covered water park to make the most of the warm weather.
Mt Archer Early Learning
Located close to Mount Archer National Park, the centre provides a childcare environment that is in harmony with the facilities and nature. It emphasises opportunities for children to grow healthy and develop an inquisitive mind through contact with nature. The centre also actively organises community events to enable children to communicate with people of different ages. Through these activities, we work to provide opportunities for self-improvement and a variety of options so that they can learn all aspects of the social, physical and cognitive aspects of the world.
Located in Morphett Vale, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia, the centre is a beautiful Gothic-style building built in 1856 with octagonal corner buttresses and was listed as a State Heritage Site in 1984. The centre was redeveloped without harming the features of this valuable building and opened as a state-of-the-art childcare centre in July 2017. A place of worship for the local community has been transformed into a new place of education for children, providing a quality education that makes the most of the historic value of the architecture, while also contributing to the local community and playing a part in the development of the local community.
Azabu Tokyo Learning Hub
Global Sky Education operates an experience centre in Minami Azabu, close to the Australian Embassy, where you can get an overview of the services we offer. Surrounded by Aboriginal art and tropical plants, the space is also available for workshops.
Affiliated facilities
Sunnyside International School, located in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, was the first school in Japan to be accredited by the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) as an Article 1 school (a school recognised under the School Education Law).
The centre is located in the resort town of Whitianga on New Zealand's North Island. It is developed and operated jointly with Sunnyside International School (Gifu Prefecture, Watanabe Gakuen School Corporation), the first school in Japan to obtain International Baccalaureate accreditation in the field of early childhood education, and provides high-quality education based on the educational policy of Kids-centred Learning, while utilising its past experience in the nursery business in Australia. The school provides high quality education based on the Kids-centred Learning educational policy and utilises the results of the previous nursery business in Australia. The school also has a 1 ha farm as an off-campus facility, and is developing educational programmes through agricultural experiences and food culture exchanges.