About Us

Our Childcare centre has state-of-the-art facilities and provides childcare and education for babies to school-aged children (0-5 years). We operate 7 am–6 pm on weekdays.

The service has two distinct wings, each with specifically designed features to provide nurturing care and education for children in each age group. A central courtyard with large verandahs sits between the wings. This setup allows flexibility to combine indoor and outdoor play opportunities, regardless of weather conditions.

Imagine Childcare Merewether Heights is committed to providing excellence in care and education for young children. Our educational team is highly skilled and qualified to create meaningful programs for children, including designing aesthetic play spaces for them to explore freely. Educators communicate transparently, sharing ideas, knowledge, and resources relevant to your child. They maintain quality relationships with children and families to ensure that children are supported in achieving positive outcomes during their time at Imagine Early Learning.

The natural playground and surroundings guide our philosophy and practice. Situated in a natural bushland setting, children enjoy a range of learning areas both outdoors and indoors. Outdoors, children explore our up- and downstairs playgrounds, which are set up according to the children’s interests as observed by educators. The nature garden is an inviting area for the children to learn from and interact with the natural environment. Children develop a range of skills and processes, such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching, and investigating, through play in the nature garden.

Sustainability is a core value of our philosophy, where educators encourage children and families to be sustainable in their everyday practices. We embed sustainable practices that encourage awareness of the impact of human activity on the environment throughout the service. These practices are evident through play in the nature garden. Children are encouraged to use our rainwater tank to water our garden. The garden includes native plants, succulents, and trees, which the children have learnt to respect and use appropriately. We have a worm farm where the children are encouraged to put their compostable food scraps. We then use this waste to enrich the soil throughout the centre’s gardens.

The children have learnt to care for Buddy the Guinea Pig. Each week, a different room within the centre cares for Buddy: feeding him, washing him, and cleaning his cage.

Indoor play spaces are awash with natural light and ventilation. The nursery and toddler rooms provide spaces for active exploration and learning, as well as cosy nooks to curl up next to a carer and read a book. The preschool rooms are set up to enrich children’s learning across all areas using carefully planned spaces that encourage collaboration, problem-solving, creativity and imagination. At Imagine Early Learning & Childcare, we make learning fun!