Explore & Develop

Welcome to Explore & Develop Dee Why

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Monday to Friday 7.30am – 6pm
Level 4 Dee Why Grand 834 Pittwater Road Dee Why NSW 2099
9972 0960
deewhy@exploreanddevelop.com.au

High-quality education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years

We are a child-safe organisation

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Scott, Jenny & Vanessa

Owners

of Explore & Develop Dee Why

The centre has been owned and operated by Scott and Jenny since May 2014 and in that time three of their four children attended the service. In 2025, after five years as a senior member of the team, Vanessa was welcomed as a part owner.

Features

Individually owned and operated
Rooftop garden
Skilled team of educators
Language classes
Local excursions
Sport programs
Purpose-built service

Our approach

Located at the top of Dee Why Grand we pride ourselves on providing a welcoming home-like environment, where children and families feel they belong and are a part of the community.

  • We are forever grateful to have stumbled across a fantastic centre & team who are developing little lives with love and care that we truly appreciate. We thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Explore Family and we take many great memories with us. It is always challenging leaving your child in someone else’s care and the whole process has been seamless and reassuring to know we have sent our child to the right place. A huge thanks to all of the Explore & Develop Dee Why team. So far right from our first interaction on the phone with Jenny, through to orientation, any admin tasks, meeting Scott and the educators, it has been incredible.

    Anna & Chris

  • Explore & Develop Dee Why has proved to be a great long daycare for our youngest son. Scott, Jenny and their team are thoughtful and approachable on all issues. We have had a lot of success by working together with his room teachers to overcome his fussy eating. With consistent support in getting him to try new foods we would not have the success we have today. We are surprised at his continual achievements in reaching development goals that are definitely contributed to by the educating team at the centre who manage to encourage him to learn so much through a thoughtful and playful approach. Essentially we leave our son with people we trust, they do a fantastic job and we always pick up a happy little vegemite at the end of the day.

    Sally Bate

  • Explore & Develop Dee Why is a wonderful day care. All of the staff and teachers are always helpful and very caring of the children. Their days are structured with a mixture of learning and play, both inside and out, giving them a great place to learn and grow

    Alissa Eames

  • Our family is so happy to have found this excellent centre. Both our boys have developed strong bonds with their carers and have such fun when they are here. As parents we love the safe and stimulating environment and have found the way the staff understand and cater for each child’s individual needs truly fantastic.

    Nicola

  • Our daughter has had the best two and a half years at Explore & Develop and we are incredibly grateful for all of the team’s hard work. We have seen our daughter progress tremendously during this time and that is testament to the incredible amount of work that the team puts in and the high level of professionalism at Explore & Develop. Our daughter speaks very fondly of her teachers and both she and we have made some fantastic friends through Explore & Develop over the last couple of years. It is a very welcoming and inclusive community and I would highly recommend it to local parents.

    Sam

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Learning Environments

Nursery

All ages

The indoor learning environment for this age group is a stimulating environment with room for children to explore at their own pace. Providing a welcoming and nurturing space, where a secure attachment exists between educators, children, and families.

The indoor learning environment for this age group is a stimulating environment…

Toddlers

All ages

The indoor learning environment is a welcoming space designed to promote a feeling of home, providing children with a sense of well-being and belonging to the service. Spaces within the room reflect children’s interests and are responsive to their abilities, catering for different learning capacities.

The indoor learning environment is a welcoming space designed to promote a…

Preschool

All ages

Our two preschool learning environments are bright and welcoming, arranged to invite and encourage varied forms of play and learning and provoke further enquiry. We encourage literacy through immersion with innovative and interesting forms of literacy and numeracy experiences embedded within the curriculum. Each environment homes an atelier amongst a variety of learning areas, construction, loose parts play, writing centres and home corner. Large windows enhance the aesthetics of the rooms, allowing plenty of natural light and enriching the vastness of space and natural elements.

Our two preschool learning environments are bright and welcoming, arranged to invite…

Outdoor environment

All ages

Our outdoor learning environment is divided into our 0–2 years and 2 – 5 years age groups, to assist and enhance children’s varied needs, interests and challenges. It is purpose built, and filled with an array of natural, recycled and sustainable materials complementing the space beautifully. It is designed in a way that encourages, supports and challenges children to explore, investigate, problem solve, imagine, create, discover, risk-take and build an interest in nature. Our environment inspires educators to explore with children, to listen to their ideas, and promote deeper thinking and enquiry. It allows fluidity to and from the piazza, enabling children to make decisions on where and how they wish to play. Our piazza has been created with influences of Loris Malaguzzi’s Reggio Emilia approach (environment as the third teacher). It also references Simon Nicholson’s belief that “it is the ‘loose parts’ in our environment that empower our creativity.

Our outdoor learning environment is divided into our 0–2 years and 2…

Reviews

  • Peter Davies

    2 weeks ago

    Google

    We’ve had the pleasure of our 3 children being looked after by the great staff at explore and develop over the last 10 years. We can’t speak highly enough of the staff and the care taken with our kids.

  • Rebecca O'Brien

    2 weeks ago

    Google

    We’ve had all of our 3 boys go through Explore and Develop Dee Why spanning over ten years. All staff are personable, caring and respectful and genuinely treat the children like they are their own. Highly recommend.

  • Lucy Ryan

    a month ago

    Google

    We've had an amazing experience with Explore & Develop Dee Why. Our son has made enormous progress during his time there. The educators are warm, caring and professional, and it's clear how much they genuinely care about the children. The centre is exceptionally well run, communication is great and the facilities are excellent. We're very grateful for everything the team has done for our son and would happily recommend the centre to other families on the Northern Beaches.

  • Giles Butler

    a month ago

    Google

    Fantastic daycare, great staff and safe place to send your kids. We were so happy with the progress our son made here and the support he received.

  • Megan Pritchard

    3 years ago

    Google

    My daughter has been attending the Dee Why room (one of the 0-2yo rooms) 2 days a week for the last 15 months and we have been so happy with the care she has received. Seeing the relationships she’s made with the educators gives us so much comfort when we drop her off – she runs to them for a big hug when she arrives, and they are all so warm and loving (thank you Miss Bruna, Ligia, Yana, Alice, Anita and April!) We love the multiple daily room updates and pictures we get through their centre communication app and the longer monthly updates we get on her specifically. She’s developed so much in her time there – she will come out with things at home that we definitely didn’t teach her – and is so happy to attend everyday. Jenny and Scott, the owners, and Vanessa, the director, have also been great to deal with and are very involved and across what happens in the rooms. We’ve always found the communication from everyone to be excellent. It was our daughters last day today as we’ve moved away and I’m devastated she had to say goodbye! Our experience at E&D couldn’t have been better and we are so grateful – thank you!

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Our daily fee is all-inclusive, covering nutritious meals, snacks and drinks, nappies, wipes, sunscreen, bedding, educational programs and learning materials.

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Monday to Friday 7.30am – 6pm
Level 4 Dee Why Grand 834 Pittwater Road Dee Why NSW 2099
9972 0960
deewhy@exploreanddevelop.com.au

High-quality education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years

We are a child-safe organisation

Read more