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The Woodlands Team

An education which empowers children to thrive and succeed in their current and future environments.

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Meet Our Teachers, Educators, and Teams.

We’re a team of great humans, teachers, and educators dedicated to children’s development and Early Childhood Education.

Woodlands Sunbury
Woodlands Sunbury

55-57 Macedon St, Sunbury VIC 3429

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Woodlands Roxburgh Park
Woodlands Roxburgh Park

205A James Mirams Dr, Roxburgh Park VIC

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Woodlands Truganina
Woodlands Truganina

341b Forsyth Rd, Truganina VIC 3029

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United By Education

Committed To Education & Children's Success.

We’re passionate about the importance of Early Childhood Education for helping children understand and navigate the world around them. We believe that Early Childhood Education is an invaluable tool for providing a strong foundation for success in later life. Our team are dedicated to this cause to support every child to reach their full potential. Ultimately, our commitment to children’s development and Early Childhood Education serves to make the impossible possible – inspiring hope and giving children the chance to succeed.

“Our people make Woodlands Long Day Care & Kindergarten the special place it is. We employ people who are smart, determined, and we favour ability over experience.”

We hail from all walks of life and speak dozens of languages, reflecting the global audience that we serve. And when not at work, Woodlanders pursue interests ranging from cycling to bee-keeping, from frisbee to foxtrot.

More than ever, Woodlands is the place children and families love to visit and one of the biggest reasons is our team. It’s what makes Woodlands: Woodlands. We are refining the experience and improving education in lots of little ways that make a big difference. Woodlands takes the childcare and Kindergarten experience to new heights.

How Woodlands Started

Meet Our Woodlands Founder.

We believe in the power of Early Childhood Education to shape a child’s life and future, so we are fully committed to this cause. Our team doesn’t just achieve success through hard work, but also by utilizing innovative ideas and creative problem-solving techniques. We constantly strive to develop new methods that ensure children get the highest quality education and development opportunities that they need to reach their full potential. With our dedication and passion, we strive to make a difference in the lives of children everywhere!

Meet Hamish

Woodlands Managing Director, Owner and Co-Founder.

Hamish is the managing director, owner and co-founder of Woodlands Long Day Care & Kindergarten

Hamish is the founder and managing principal of Rotstein Commercial Lawyers, a Melbourne based law firm he established in 2000. He has bachelor and post-graduate degrees in law, political science and financial services. Hamish and his firm act for some of Australia’s most successful businesses. He has been involved first hand as a lawyer, adviser and strategist in the growth of many of these businesses from early-stage start-ups to national and international market leaders. In particular, he has had a close involvement with the Chemist Warehouse Retail Group, a business started by his family, which he has helped to become Australia’s largest retail pharmacy chain. He has continuously acted as their lawyer and adviser for over 20 years.

Hamish has helped establish a number of other children’s charities including Creative Art Therapies Australia (formerly Art Cabriolet) which uses art and art therapy to help children braving trauma and RCH 1000 which seeks to raise $1M a year to support medical research into paediatric medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Victoria. Since 2016 he has also been a member on the board of the Very Special Kids Foundation, Victoria’s only paediatric palliative care hospice.

Hamish’s passion for early learning education was seeded by his mother, an early learning educator herself of over 45 years. Hamish saw first-hand how quality early learning education profoundly and positively impacts the wellbeing and development of children. He established Woodlands Early Learning with Fay Woodland based on an unwavering belief and commitment to a first-class early learning education and care for all children in their care.
Supporting The Early Years Education Space

Meet Our Woodlands Senior
Leadership Teams.

Our capacity for innovation, for seeking new solutions and overcoming any obstacle, allows us to make change in the world of early childhood learning. Together, we can revolutionize education for all children and ensure they get the strong foundation they need to succeed in our world today.

Chief of Operations
Chief of Education & Compliance
Head Of People & Culture
Head Of Melbourne Campuses Education
Head Of Melbourne Campuses
Brian Hammett

Brian Hammett

Brian Hammett is revolutionizing education and business structures at Woodlands Long Daycare & Kindergarten. His passionate commitment to excellence, combined with his talent for implementing projects, has allowed the Woodland Campuses to achieve Distinguished Early Childhood School status. With a goal of providing exceptional education to children and local communities, Brian is no doubt an incredible asset to Woodlands. Not only does he bring advanced skills, such as creating educational and business architectures that are second to none, but he also brings a dedication to delivering unbeatable educational experiences for children, parents and the Woodland Teams. That’s why it comes as no surprise that Brian continues to be instrumental in making Woodlands one of the best educational facilities in Melbourne.
Woodlands Organization Reporting Structure
Clover Xu

Clover Xu

As a highly motivated and passionate education professional with 9 years of experience in the Early Childhood Education sector, I am dedicated to providing quality education and support to young children. My expertise lies in compliance and regulations, curriculum development, budgeting and resource management, and mentoring and supporting the team. My current role as Chief of Education and Compliance allows me to utilize my skills in managing occupancy rates, payroll, food safety programs, and overseeing new service fit out. I am a dedicated leader and strive to continuously improve and grow my knowledge in the field through professional development opportunities and interactions with all stakeholders.
Woodlands Organization Reporting Structure
Tess Abdallah

Tess Abdallah

I believe creating the right team of educators and teachers for Woodlands is not about finding the ones who are willing to work for the least. Instead, it’s about searching for those who are motivated by a strong personal passion and drive to make a difference in educationally and in the lives of young children. To me, it’s essential to identify those individuals with the specific skills, qualifications, and dispositions needed to build strong relationships with families and work within an effective team to develop the right environment – one filled with play-based learning activities that will achieve positive outcomes for each child. I consider it both an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity each day to help create this kind of atmosphere for Woodlands through recruiting, engaging and supporting qualified educators who have just as much heart as they do knowledge.
Woodlands Organization Reporting Structure
B Guler

B Guler

As the Head of Education for Woodlands Melbourne Long Day, I firmly believe in providing an environment for children that facilitates learning that responds to their individual needs, enquiries and interests. To ensure this happens, I strive to lead the sector by example, encouraging quality improvement and making sure meaningful changes are implemented effectively. My teaching ethos is anchored in a traditional pedagogical stance which emphasizes the idea of children as active learners- people capable and competent in constructing their own understanding; not just vessels to be ‘filled with knowledge’. This ideology informs my work- I am committed to enhancing the education practices at Woodlands so that students and educators alike are equipped with the skills required for them to shape and improve our future.
Woodlands Organization Reporting Structure
Jessica Quintas

Jessica Quintas

Jess is an essential leader for Melbourne’s Woodland Campuses. She is tasked with imparting her knowledge and expertise to ensure our Woodland campuses leadership Team has the best educational architecture to deliver great education. She understands that an effective educational architecture is essential for providing our families and local communities with a great learning experience. Through Jess’s mentoring and the support she provides to the campus leadership teams, Melbourne Woodland Campuses can confidently continue its mission of delivering a world-class education to all children, families and local communities.
Woodlands Organization Reporting Structure
Shooting For The Stars

Woodlands Vision & Mission.

We believe in reflecting on new ideas, demonstrating agility in an ever-changing world, and approaching our purpose and practices with sustainability in mind. Our commitment to these values serves as our internal drive and keeps us focused on providing the best education, outcomes, and possibilities to our children, families, and local communities.

Vision.
Woodlands Vision.

Vision.

Plant Trees. When you “plant trees” you passionately understand that the little, well planned and guided experiences you offer children now will grow into lifelong attitudes, skills and behaviours – “the shade.” Most probably you will not be around to see your work mature, but continue to work with children and their families because you see the greater good and the bigger picture for them and the world.
Thrive.
Woodlands Core Value

Thrive.

When we use “thrive” when speaking of educating children we mean we are not content with just doting “i”s and crossing ‘t”s. We create environments for children to flourish, to be set up for success, to grow strong and healthy, to make progress, to expand their learnings – to thrive.
Agility.
Woodlands Core Value

Agility.

Agility of mind and agility of learning – Agility of mind creates and embraces change, accepts that you don’t know everything, adapts, improves. The agile learning environment is and educational space that is intentionally designed to be adjustable, exchangeable and moveable. Agile learning adapts to individual differences in environment, children, staff, cultures – the total environment. Agile learning creates differentiated learning awareness and is promoting a movement toward adjustment and adaptation of ,content, process, product and the learning environments.
Relate.
Woodlands Core Value

Relate.

We know time is valuable, time for your family, time for fun, time for Woodlands. We need to communicate and ensure each team member understands the pressure of time and time management. Clearly communicating goals, actions and evaluations of each day is of prime importance.
Mission.
Woodlands Mission.

Mission.

To surround children and their families with knowledge to thrive and be active members of their community. Education For Life An education which empowers children to thrive and succeed in their current and then future environments.
Sustainability.
Woodlands Core Value

Sustainability.

Sustainability is not just recycling and having the “bins” to separate one piece of garbage from the other – it is so much more. Woodlands does not recycle we upcycle. Sustainability and upcyling at Woodlands is encouraged in everything we do daily and includes and continues to grow.
Reflect.
Woodlands Core Value

Reflect.

Our reflections embrace the concept of serving. We want to provide the best service for our families. We start with the family and work backwards to be able to provide a service that matches their expectations. Reflection on the services we provide is honest, respectful, agile and outcome driven.
Respect.
Woodlands Core Value

Respect.

You must have conviction. Respectfully challenge when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting; do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. But once a decision is mad, we will commit to it wholeheartedly and leave ego at the door.
Education Is Collaborative Partnerships

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We are all about helping families become stronger, connected, and partner with you in your child’s educational journey.

We Partner With You
We are all about helping families become stronger, connected, and partner with you in your child's educational journey.

Every family is unique and so is each child’s education journey. With that in mind, our mission here is to empower parents and create stronger connections within families through guidance and continued support for early childhood education as your moves forward in life.

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Childcare

The Woodlands childcare program offers parents an unequaled education for their children. This education goes beyond classroom teachings, teaching your child valuable life skills such as self-confidence, communication, and even problem-solving. They also have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships.

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Kindergarten

Woodlands Kindergarten program is the pinnacle of education that you can provide your child with. At Woodlands, education is not just about becoming academically proficient – it’s about growing and learning more deeply how to think, how to reason holistically, how to participate in the world around them.

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Why Woodlands

Our passion is to ensure every child is given the opportunity to reach their potential; providing support and guidance along their journey. With individualized attention from caring staff in a playful setting, why not join us at Woodlands where your child can enjoy a fun-filled learning experience. Discover why to choose Woodlands now.

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