July 28, 2026 — 10:45am
Two children escaped from a kindergarten in Melbourne’s inner north on Monday, prompting an investigation into the safety of the early learning facility’s playground.
The escapee pair walked to one of the children’s homes after removing fencing from a playground garden at Isabel Henderson Kindergarten in Fitzroy North.
The kindergarten kids were returned to the centre safely, said a woman with knowledge of the incident but who wouldn’t be identified to protect the families’ privacy. She said they crawled into the house through a dog door and sat down to watch KPop Demon Hunters, an animated musical fantasy film, on television.
Kindergarten director Anna Tibb said the centre had launched an internal investigation into the matter and was working with the management committee and relevant authorities.
