Mitchell Early Learning Centre is committed to providing a high quality early childhood education and care program to children aged from birth to school age.
At Mitchell Early Learning Centre (MELC), we have a strong sense of community. We promote a sense of connectedness and belonging for each child by building empathetic, caring and respectful relationships. We promote and value the engagement of families and the wider community to support children’s learning.
Our educators respect the rights of each child to a secure, loving, nurturing and safe learning environment. We are a learning community and see educators, children and families as partners in children’s learning. We value children’s perspectives and ideas and support child-led, naturalistic learning that respects what children have to offer. We believe in setting children up for success, by enabling safe risk-taking and allowing children to experiment and assess their own capacities. We strive to be an inclusive centre that values diversity and implements an anti-bias curriculum.


MELC’s inviting, and aesthetic indoor and outdoor environments allow educators to utilise natural materials, familiar and unfamiliar elements from nature and to provide experiences for children that stimulate their senses – sight, touch and sound. Our programs are designed to create opportunities for wonder, curiosity, joy and awe.
A positive staff culture built upon professionalism and teamwork is key to building a great early learning environment. MELC invests in its staff and in turn staff are committed to continuous learning, professional growth and the best evidence-based practice. Our staff are highly qualified, and the Centre plays a positive role in supporting the early childhood profession through traineeships, professional placement and engagement in research.
MELC respectfully acknowledges the past and present traditional owners of this land, the Wiradjuri people. We also acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal Australians and non- Aboriginal Australians to the education of children and people in this country in which we all live and share – Australia.
