My Stars Essendon
Our second home — a bright early learning centre on Lincoln Road for 3 months to school age. Same family, same B.R.I.G.H.T. values, same chef-made meals as Berwick. Nappies, breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea all included.
- Address
- 22 Lincoln Road, Essendon VIC 3040
- Phone
- 03 8768 9984
- Hours
- Mon–Fri · 6:30 am – 6:30 pm
- Ages
- 3 months – school age
- Established
- 2025
- 2025
Opened in
- 4
Rooms, nursery through preschool
- 7/7
Quality areas · Meeting NQS
- 1
Same family running it as Berwick
Eleven years of running Berwick taught us what a small centre can feel like when it's loved. That's what we're building in Essendon, one week at a time.
We opened in Essendon in 2025 because families kept asking us to. The rooms are small on purpose, the meals are cooked on-site each morning, and the same Montessori-influenced approach we use in Berwick guides our days here too.
We're new in this postcode — we're not going to pretend otherwise. What we can promise is the same standard that took Berwick a decade to build, from our very first day.
Come by any weekday at 9 am and one of us will walk you through ourselves.
— Pina & Sim Rayat, Co-directors
The educators your child will know by name.
Pina & Sim Rayat
Co-directors · mother & daughter
At Essendon since opening, 2025
The same family that has run Berwick since 2014 — on the floor here too.
Our welcome
At the door, every morning
Since opening
Drop-off at 22 Lincoln Road — red door, lit sign.
On the floor
Preschool · creative programme
Since opening
Playdough, drawing, mark-making and Bush Kinder every week.
Outside every day
Outdoor yard · active play
Year-round, rain or shine
Gross motor play, bike riding and fresh air built into every morning — same outdoor-first philosophy as Berwick.
A look at Essendon, in motion.
- Essendon
- Moonee Ponds
- Ascot Vale
- Aberfeldie
- Strathmore
- Keilor East
Come and meet the Essendon team.
Tours run weekday mornings around 9 a.m. — one of us will walk you through ourselves.