Free playgroups

Welcoming all children 0-6 years from all backgrounds and all abilities

Growing Early Minds provides free supported playgroups across the Blacktown local government area. These free supported playgroups are run by our Growing Early Minds allied health therapists and Familylinks service.

Playgroups run during school terms and operate from five Mount Druitt primary schools or at the designated mobile locations. Please continue to check back to this page as we continue to add new locations to meets the needs of all our families. If you’re an organisation or school interested in our mobile playgroup service, including attending bespoke events, please contact us.

Helping children learn through play

Our facilitators are early childhood trained and our programs are designed to promote inclusion. Children’s skills are developed through a range of play-based activities, where children are encouraged to explore, investigate and problem solve. Most importantly we encourage children and parents to have fun together.

Supporting parents and carers

We provide a friendly and relaxed environment for parents and carers to spend quality time with their children, share ideas, socialise, ask questions or seek extra support. With the support from our early intervention team, we can help identify areas that children might be having difficulty in and provide tips and resources to help them learn, develop, and reach their full potential.

What do I bring? 

• A bottle of water
• A healthy morning tea (please avoid bringing food containing egg and nut products)

What do I wear? 

• Comfortable play clothes that can get dirty during messy play
• A hat for outdoor play

Our routine

Our routines are flexible, but a general guideline is outlined below. We encourage parents and carers to join in with all the activities, to have fun, play and learn with their children.

• Free play
• Story time
• Music time
• Morning tea
• Free play
• Home time