Northmead Early Education Centre

A place of community and partnerships

Northmead Early Education Centre (NEEC) was officially opened on the 17th of April 2012, by the then Honourable Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood. NEEC is an architecturally and expertly designed purpose-built centre and features a Preschool Centre (located in the beautiful heritage Santa Rosa building) and an Early Learning Centre.

NEEC has been designed for a seamless natural flow between the indoor and outdoor learning environments. The internal aspects acknowledge the building’s sense of place, considering its heritage and place in the local community. Features such as stained-glass windows and ornate ceilings have been retained, and timbers and some of Santa Rosa’s antiques have been re-purposed for the children’s use and exploration.

Northmead Early Education Centre

Hours:

Monday to Friday
7am to 6.30pm

Phone:

02 8095 7999

Email:

northmead@educhildcare.com.au

Address:

182 Windsor Rd, Winston Hills
(Enter Northmead on your GPS)

Ratios:

High educator/child ratios

Age groups:

6 weeks to 6 years

“No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.”

JAMES COMER

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 exception team value transparent communications with families.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

NELSON MANDELA

A place where children thrive

Our Early Learning Centre has three small learning groups (aged between 6 weeks to 3 years) and high educator/child ratios to ensure individual care and learning. The facilities are spacious and well-resourced with a separate beautiful garden learning environment specifically designed for our Early Learners.

Our Preschool Centre provides a preschool program for two learning groups of children aged 3 to 6 years, with high educator/child ratios to ensure higher quality outcomes for children in preparation for school. The preschool children have access to two outdoor garden play areas 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.

An al fresco dining area joins our Early Learning Centre to our Preschool where our in-house cook serves fresh healthy meals that she has prepared daily in our kitchen. The children learn practical life and social skills when helping to prepare, cook and clean after meals in our purpose-built children’s outdoor kitchen.

NEEC 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.

NEEC 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.

NEECs in-house cook 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 childs learning.

NEEC is accessible by public transport with a bus stop outside Windsor Road. There is also plenty of onsite car parking available for ‘drop off’ and ‘pick up’ of children.

Located 5m from bus stop, 1.5km from the M2 onramp, and 7mins from Parramatta.

Antonela Sala,

Director of Northmead Early Education Centre

Bachelor of Teaching (Birth to Five Years)

Antonela is a qualified early childhood teacher with over 14 years of experience working with children and babies. Antonela was a foundational team member at Northmead Early Education Centre when it opened in 2012 and became the Director in 2019, building upon NEEC’s high-quality reputation and outstanding education and care. Antonela is passionate about developing respectful, strong relationships with children and their families, and has actively researched and promoted the RIE, Pikler and Circle of Security approaches in SEEC’s policies and practices.

What our families are saying:

The variety of food they serve is very tasty and nutritious. They have an incredible cook who really knows their stuff, and is very switched on when it comes to wholesome ingredients, nutritional knowledge and the preparation of how food is served to kids at different stages of their feeding journey.
It’s the personal touches that Northmead Early Education Centre provide that would make anyone appreciate the quality of care and respect shown to both the kids and parents. I’m so thankful I found this place.

MARNIE, NEEC PARENT

I have sent both my children to NEEC for the past 5+ years. The staff at the Centre are absolutely amazing – from the Director, to the Educators to the Cook on site! They’re not only lovely people, but they truly love the children in their care and are wonderful with them. My kids both loved attending NEEC and I can’t recommend them highly enough.

JESSECA, NEEC PARENT

I have two daughters who have been attending NEEC for 5 years now and our family just love the centre. The staff are always so welcoming, warm and caring and work so hard to ensure the kids have fun and learn on a daily basis. I’m always impressed with the new things they come home with. I know they are in good hands when I’m at work and I never have to worry. Thank you to all the staff that helped raise our daughter to become a confident, fun loving, caring Kindy kid that she is today.

ERIKA, NEEC PARENT

NEEC is an exceptional centre, with wonderful, caring staff and a beautiful outdoor space that focuses on the natural environment (not loaded with plastics). The food provided for the kids is great with a huge variety of meals that is nutritious and tasty.

PAUL AND CARINA, NEEC PARENTS

Visit us and experience our centre for yourself

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