Macedon Early Learning Centre
Macedon Early Learning Centre overview
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(03) 9125 6317Nestled in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges, Macedon Early Learning Centre offers an idyllic country setting, delivering exceptional quality care and education for children aged six weeks to six years and includes a fully accredited kindergarten program.
Our dedicated team of educators deliver play-based learning programs that foster a love of learning in a safe and welcoming environment. Our programs are designed to be emergent in nature and are guided by the children’s interests.
Our learning programs are further extended by our events calendar which includes a range of excursions, incursions, community events, and cultural celebrations throughout the year to facilitate an inclusive and holistic understanding of the wider world.
Children’s learning and daily routines are documented and delivered via a safe and secure electronic platform to ensure families are informed and involved in their child’s day.
Along with our purpose built facilities that have been thoughtfully designed to create positive and enriched learning experiences, we provide healthy and nutritious meals every day and our talented cook can cater for any dietary requirement.
We invite you to tour our centre and learn more about our high quality curriculum and learning environments.
Fees & Vacancies
Macedon Early Learning Centre Service features
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Get to know us
What the parents say
What the parents say
Our little one has been attending Macedon ELC since she was 5 months old and we couldn't be happier with the care, love, support and fun the wonderful team provides!!! Thank you all for taking such great care of our most precious little people.
Jessica - parent
My children love it here! They truly treat them as individuals, and care for them like family.
Kirsti - parent
Programs
Programs
- Bush Kinder
- Foreign language program
- Music and movement program
- Sports and fitness program
- Cooking program
- Regular incursions and excursions
About the curriculum
About the curriculum
The educators at Macedon Early Learning Centre understand that for children, the first eight years are fundamental in establishing core values, sense of identity, and self-worth.
They see parents and families as the first educator, and that their role is to work together in a collaborative and supportive way on a child’s learning journey.
The educational philosophies at the centre are based on the Reggio Emilia approach to learning which supports enquiry and play-based learning opportunities in natural and responsive environments. The learning programs are designed to be emergent in nature and guided by the children’s interests and needs.
The centre’s learning programs are informed by both the National Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) which is based on the fundamental belief that children’s lives are characterised as “Belonging, Being and Becoming”; and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) which identifies five learning outcomes for children that the centre strives toward:
- Children have a strong sense of identity (IDENTITY)
- Children are connected with and contribute to their world (COMMUNITY)
- Children have a strong sense of wellbeing (WELLBEING)
- Children are confident and involved learners (LEARNING)
- Children are effective communicators (COMMUNICATION)
There are four rooms at the centre:
- Nursery: 6 weeks - 2 years
- Toddler: 2 years - 3 years
- Pre Kinder: 3 years - 4 years
- Kinder: 4 years - 5 years
Meet the team
Meet the team
I love coming to work every day at Macedon and over the years I have formed many great relationships with the families and the children of the service. I love spending time in the room with the children and acting as a mentor for my educators, helping to ensure that we are creating positive and exciting learning opportunities for all children.
Lexy - Centre Manager, Macedon Early Learning Centre
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4 Scott StreetMacedon, VIC, 3440
Centre Reviews
We love the educators here. They have been extremely helpful and caring in welcoming our daughter to the centre.
Really lovely childcare and kinder. The staff and educators are all extremely caring and the centre itself is well presented and clean. Great backyard space...
It’s an absolutely fantastic centre. The ladies there are all amazing, there is hardly any staff turn over and we’ve really enjoyed our time there.... Read more