Westmead Early Education Centre

A place of beauty and nature

Westmead Early Education Centre is an architecturally and expertly designed purpose-built centre that features a Preschool Centre and an Early Learning Centre. The Early Learning Centre is located at 108 Railway Street, Wentworthville and is a beautifully renovated and expanded cottage with a natural garden learning environment. The Preschool Centre (including the office) is located at 106 Railway Street and has been designed for a seamless natural flow between the indoor and outdoor learning environments.

WEEC’s huge outdoor garden learning environment is a ‘wow’ factor within our community with many children referring to it as the “park”. The large playgrounds and variety of natural learning spaces create a sense of tranquillity, wonder and discovery, and allow for children to play and learn together in small groups. Our mini farmyard teaches children how to care for animals such as our chickens, and to cultivate fruit and vegetables from our gardens.

Westmead Early Education Centre

Hours:

Monday to Friday
7am to 6.30pm

Phone:

02 9631 4488

Email:

westmead@educhildcare.com.au

Address:

106-108 Railway Street,
(between Owen St and Fulton Ave),
Wentworthville

Ratios:

High educator/child ratios

Age groups:

6 weeks to 6 years

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“The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.”

MARIA MONTESSORI

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

Westmead early education parents meeting

westmead early education outdoor play

“Play is the highest form of research.”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

A place where children thrive

Our Early Learning Centre has two small learning groups (for children aged 6 weeks to 3 years) with high educator/child ratios to ensure individual care and learning. The facilities provide a home-like atmosphere and are 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 aged 3 to 6 years, with high educator/child ratios to ensure higher quality outcomes for children in preparation for school. Our preschool indoor learning environments open out to a large outdoor playground 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.

Both centres have dining areas 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.

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WEEC 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.

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WEEC 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.

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Our learning 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.

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WEECs 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.

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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.

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

Located 300m from bus stop, 650m from Wentworthville train station, and 500m from Cumberland Highway.

Early Education

Sultana Thanawala,

Director of Westmead Early Education Centre

Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five Years)
Graduate Certificate of Education Studies (Specialising in Educational Leadership)

Sultana joined Sydney Early Education Centres in 2013 as the Early Childhood Teacher/Director at Westmead Early Education Centre. Sultana has over 15 years’ experience in the early childhood profession in a variety of roles including child care educator, early childhood teacher, trainer and assessor, and in-home care educarer. Sultana’s dedication to early childhood care and education with a community focus has helped to cement Westmead Early Education Centre’s strong reputation as the in-demand learning facility within the community.

What our families are saying:

Both of our daughters, Isabella and Andrea, have been attending this centre for the last 2 years. We are so happy with their progress but most importantly how caring all of the teachers are.

The girls enjoy going there and have lots of friends. The staff are always very welcoming and the teachers create a safety and comfort area for both Isabella and Andrea.

Andrea calls all her teachers her friends and sometimes on the weekend she tells us she misses them. Even though there might have been a few changes with the teachers this year in Andrea’s class, we think the centre has tried its best to make those transitions smooth.

And Isabella tells us that her teachers and friends are like her family which we think provides a lot of comfort and care for her to be able to feel this way.

RACHEL & SEBASTIAN, WEEC PARENTS

A day-care that feels like family, a second home for my 3.5 years old daughter who has been attending this centre since she was 5-month-old baby. The centre/ educators take very good care of the kids and their development in every aspect. They also stimulate them to be as independent as possible yet being very supportive. Great rooms/facilities. I couldn’t have picked a better place than this for my kid. My kid relishes the food provided at the centre. Keep up this amazing work, and thanks to everyone in the centre.

KUSHA, WEEC PARENT

Ishan was enrolled from 2022, post covid. Because of Covid he didn’t had chance to socialise and improve his motor skills. Educators at weec helped Ishan to overcome these, they also helped him to build his skills, and confidence. They developed his knowledge and individual identity. We were very fortunate to engage with WEEC.

MITHIL, WEEC PARENT

My child has just finished/graduated from pre-school, he started WEEC when he was 9 months. If there was a 10 star rating I would be giving 10 stars. The educators right from the baby’s room through to senior pre-school have been ever so caring yet have set a standard for good practice behaviour. The educator’s level of commitment towards education and play based learning and level of care has been number 1 throughout my child’s enrolment. The educators have always been there for me to support my child and I throughout any issues and it has been such beautiful partnership.

ASHA, WEEC PARENT

Visit us and experience our exceptional centre for yourself

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