Our children attended Bacchus Marsh Montessori Centre (BMMC) for two and three-quarter years. Prior to attending this Centre, they went to Montessori in Wellington, NZ and in Canberra.
Whilst the children were at BMMC, we travelled Point Cook to Bacchus Marsh, 3 days per week and at one stage 4 days per week for them to attend the Centre; that is a 45 minute trip one way. This travel was heavily compensated by the Montessori environment. It gave our children a sense of peace, calmness and an overall want for more learning. We had two major residential moves within a short period. The great thing was that Montessori provided our oldest child a sense of continuity and familiarity in all the change that was surrounding him at that time.
The respect our children have for others is one of many strong core values Montessori has assisted our children in developing. They are a great joy to watch as they independently and cooperatively work with others. We are so comforted knowing that we have given our children Montessori foundations to begin their life education.
All of the staff at BMMC are extremely focused on implementing the Montessori method and we never doubted the care and education our children were receiving.
Thank you one and all.
Cheers,
Catherine Lonergan and Brendon Roberts
