Cheltenham Early Education Centre

Campuses

CEEC comprises of two campuses, Tallowwood Place and Magnolia House, conveniently located down the road from Cheltenham Station and the M2 onramp. Cheltenham Early Education Centre has won multiple awards for its unique designs and environments and is rated ‘Exceeding’ the National Quality Framework by ACECQA.

Tallowwood Place

179 Beecroft Road, Cheltenham

Magnolia House

181-183 Beecroft Road, Cheltenham
(New Proposed ECEC Centre due to open in early 2025)

Cheltenham Early Education Centre

Hours:

Monday to Friday
7am to 6.30pm

Phone:

02 9131 8111

Email:

ceec@educhildcare.com.au

Address:

179-183 Beecroft Road, Cheltenham

Ratios:

High educator/child ratios

Age groups:

6 weeks to 6 years

A place of beauty and nature

Magnolia House

Magnolia House is our new campus featuring the beautifully renovated Inter-War home and gardens built by John Surgeon in 1920. The indoor play spaces feature original fireplaces and beautiful stained glass bay windows that look out to Magnolia trees and expansive gardens. It is an exquisite and nurturing home-like environment for our babies and early learners. The new modern preschool facilities offer progressive sustainable learning spaces, architecturally designed with natural and artistic elements, to nurture the children’s appreciation for beauty in their world. The outdoor playground includes a mini tennis court on the site of the original tennis court built by the previous owners, inspired by their uncle legendary tennis player and coach, Harry Hopman. Our ‘Hopman Court’ is a flexible space for many different sports and outdoor learning experiences.

Cheltenham Early Education Outdoor

Tallowwood Place

Tallowwood Place leverages the beautifully restored former Congregational Church with its original features such as stained-glass windows, timber ceilings and brick archways. These features flow effortlessly through to the new modern facilities and playground designed to highlight and protect the established trees that shade and frame our outdoor learning environment. CEEC takes pride in our spectacular mural, painted by Australian artist, Chris Nixon. It is a beautiful abstract tapestry of the flora and fauna found within the Cheltenham local community and the nearby Lane Cove National Park. SEEC’s logo is intertwined to symbolise the inherent connections of CEEC’s educators, management, families, and the community. Our children love to find the “familiar in the surreal”.

A place of community and partnerships

Our caring educators place an emphasis on developing positive and trusting relationships with the children and their families and encourage family feedback and participation continually in our programs. We value the important role of parents in their child’s education journey. As partners, we encourage open communication and collaboration, ensuring that each child’s individual needs are understood and supported. Our exceptional team value transparent communications with families.

cheltenham mural

cheltenham early education

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

A place where children thrive

CEEC’s Early Learning Communities have small learning groups (for children aged 6 weeks to 3 years) with high educator/child ratios to ensure individual care and learning. The facilities are spacious and well-resourced with separate outdoor garden learning environments specifically designed for our Early Learners.

Our Preschool Communities each provide preschool programs for two learning groups aged 3 to 6 years, with high educator/child ratios to ensure higher quality outcomes for children in preparation for school. Our preschools open out to outdoor playgrounds with an abundance of inspiring spaces for them to explore, create, challenge, or to have quiet time with their friends and make meaning of the world.

Each campus has a dining area joining our Early Learning and Preschool spaces where our in-house chefs serve fresh healthy meals that have been prepared daily in our kitchens. The children learn practical life and social skills when helping to prepare, cook and clean after meals in our purpose-built children’s kitchens.

CEEC has strict policies and safety checks to ensure our environments are safe, secure and well-maintained at all times. Our environments are designed for optimal safety and supervision of children and have a security access system permitting only authorised people to enter.

CEEC protects the health and well-being of all children, educators and families at all times with robust policies and practices. Our environments are regularly cleaned throughout the day and daily by professional cleaners. Our staff all have Working with Children Checks and are trained in child protection, first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma.

Our educational program includes a Mandarin language program supported by Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA); ELSA, a play-based STEM early years program; and various educational extra-curricular experiences to support our curriculum, such as music and science discovery workshops. A multisport program run in-house is offered by a specialist company for a small additional fee.

CEECs in-house chef daily prepares and serves nutritious meals using seasonal and fresh ingredients. Our menu allows for many different choices and follows the nutritional requirements set out by the National Food Authority as well as the cultural and health needs of our children.

To make life as easy as possible for busy families, our centre provides as much as possible of your child’s daily needs including nappies, meals, sun hats, sunscreen and bed sheets. We also provide our families access to Storypark which is a secure online system that helps us to record, share and extend the children’s learning.

CEEC is accessible by public transport and is close to Cheltenham train station and bus routes. There is also onsite car parking available.

Located 5m from bus stop, 600m from train station, and 900m from the M2 onramp

Ann-Marie McConville,

Director of Cheltenham Early Education Centre

Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) Master of Educational Leadership in Early Childhood (Macquarie University)

Ann-Marie has 20 years’ experience working in a variety of children’s services and 15 as an Early Childhood Teacher/Director in Sydney Early Education Centres. Ann-Marie first began teaching/directing at our Westmead Campus before taking up the position of Director at our Northmead Campus in 2012, and then Director at Cheltenham Early Education Centre in 2020.

Ann-Marie was involved with the design and creation of CEEC’s learning environments and team, and her dedication to CEEC and passion for early childhood education is the foundation for CEEC’s outstanding reputation. Ann-Marie has a passion for creating inclusive environments for all children as she believes every child has the right to play and learning. Ann-Marie leads with kindness as the forefront of ensuring a culture of understanding and teamwork.

What our families are saying:

I can’t speak highly enough of CEEC. The team is passionate and devoted to giving the children a wonderful, stimulating and happy experience. The environment is beautiful, interesting and spacious. The food is wholesome and nutritious. It is a delight to have total confidence in the care that my child is getting at the Centre.

SARAH, CEEC PARENT

What drew me to enrol in the centre originally were the facilities. I’d seen the centre being constructed for some time and it was clear to see the outside grounds would be a dream for any child to explore. My first visit inside confirmed it – every detail had been considered and the toys and equipment provided are state of the art. The activities the children do are always varied, and the learning approach adopted by the centre (RIE) to foster self-confidence in the kids is inspiring

ANNABEL, CEEC PARENT

Your educators always treat my children like individuals and the sheer volume of work, effort and care that clearly went into those mid-year reports was unbelievable! I feel like the educators actually know my children and had put so much thought and care into planning their opportunities for development.

PENNY, CEEC PARENT

Visit us and experience our exceptional centre for yourself

We would like to invite you to visit Cheltenham Early Education Centre to
see and experience the difference. From the moment you step inside our centre, you’ll feel a sense of calm.