Meet the 2025 Nominees!

Outside School Hours Care

LEAD Childcare Toowoomba

Rocketeers by Camp Australia - Meringandan State School OSHC

Shyla Johnston - Holy Name Outside School Hours Care

Lauren Pearce - St Monica's Oakey

Inclusion Support

Maha Mohamed
Mandy Polzin - Mandy's Little Blessings
Lauren Peters

Albina Misiuata - Helidon Early Learning

Hayley Warner

Kath Dickson Education and Care Centre Gladstone Street

Star Student

Charlotte Collie
Gurminder Kaur
Hailey Condon
Selina Whittaker
Rebecca Dolan - Creative Garden Centenary Heights

Family Day Care

Mandy Polzin - Mandy's Little Blessings
Joanne's Family Day Care Glenvale
Janelle & Craig's Family Day Care
Little Finches Day Care

Michelle Woonton - Buttons and Bows

Patricia Churchward - Little Hearts at Home

Tricia Brownsey Bottletree Family Day Care

Service Support Choice

Why Wait OT
Roxanne Ryan - Rangeville Early Childhood Development Program
Melody Shepherd - Range Allied Health
Amanda Stevenson

Birth to Two

Sharlotte Polhman - Treasure Island Clifton Community Childcare
Lauren Reberger - Treasure Island Clifton Community Childcare
Lauren Peters - Goodstart Spring Street
Georgia Anderson - Newtown Early Learning Centre

Belinda Sheward, Hollie Kramer, Lauren Neilsen and Nikita Toohill - Goodstart Drayton

Two to Four

Amanda Dwyer: Goodstart Highfields
Mandy Polzin - Mandy's Little Blessings

Kass Davidson and Amanda Davis - Goodstart Drayton

Kindergarten

Xin Lee - Newtown Early Learning Centre
Larissa Larsen - Treasure Island Clifton Community Childcare
Jayciel Dalaguit - Newtown Early Learning Centre
Sonia Ledger - Creative Garden Centenary Heights

Chiselhurst Kindergarten

Goodstart Drayton - Kindergarten

Tegan Sonter and Sanjana Naidu - Darling Downs Adventist College Kindergarten

Highfields & District Kindergarten

Making a Difference

Shannon Prowse - Meringandan State School
Amanda Stevenson and Lauren Peters
Christine Andrews - Creative Garden Centenary Heights
Jillian Fairweather - Newtown Early Learning Centre

Goodstart Drayton

Mandy Polzin - Mandy's Little Blessings

Trent Cullinan and Anthony Coad - Goodstart Glenvale

Patricia Churchward

Tricia Brownsey

Liz Moran