History of cubbyhouse children's development centre
The name Cubby House was chosen by the original owners, Bronwyn and Thomas Collins and they built Cubby One in 1990. The centre commenced as an occasional day care centre for the first twelve months. Bronwyn Collins then sold Cubby to Dr. Sid Lau in June 1994, who built Cubby Two after removing a house on the land Bronwyn Collins owned.
According to Susan Vivian who had worked for Cubbyhouse since 1991, Cubbyhouse originally had four rooms which facilitated up to early primary school children who attended Payne Road Preschool. Programming in the early days was entirely focused on what the children had enjoyed during the day. Paper work was minimal which allowed the staff great interaction with all.
Since then Cubbyhouse has developed great reputation and well known in the area. The centre embraces intentional teaching and play-based learning through children’s daily curriculums, Early Years Learning Frameworks and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines. In 2016, the centre became a member of Montessori Australia Foundation and promotes Montessori learning approach in early years. In January 2018, the centre’s official trading name changed to “The Gap Cubbyhouse Montessori”.
In February 2022 Dollies Pty Ltd purchased another centre which would become “Spring Hill Cubbyhouse Montessori”.
Located under the Canossian sisters convent originally “Holy Family Day Care”, was run by the sisters until Early Learning Australia took over. After refurbishments ELA decided to sell the business to Dollies Pty Ltd.
Cubbyhouse due to its high presence of Montessori qualified teachers was able to transfer some of its staff from The Gap to Spring Hill to provide quality and authentic education and care from the beginning.
