Integricare Early Learning Centre Rockdale Plaza understands that children’s early years are crucial in their long-term development and assisting families through these years can be life-changing.

The centre is proud to have an outstanding team of committed educators and teachers who go above and beyond to provide the highest level of care and early education.

The educators and teachers proudly welcome all cultures, and ensure that every child feels safe, secure and valued.

At Integricare Early Learning Centre Rockdale Plaza, we embrace a play-based approach to learning, recognising its vital role in supporting the holistic development of children. Our educators are intentional and purposeful in their practice, thoughtfully planning and guiding experiences that promote learning through play. We are committed to creating a stimulating, well-designed, and inclusive learning environment that reflects and supports each child’s unique interests, strengths, and capabilities.

We deeply value partnerships with families, professionals, community members, and local schools, working collaboratively to support the best outcomes for children. These relationships help us discover rich learning opportunities in everyday moments like routines, transitions, and play experiences, ensuring that our curriculum is both inclusive and responsive to each child's background, family structure, and abilities.

A key part of our approach involves embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the learning environment. By doing so, we aim to foster respect, understanding, and meaningful connections with the world’s oldest continuous cultures.

Our goal is to create a secure, respectful, and reciprocal environment where all children and families feel a deep sense of belonging and value. We view culture, and the context of each child’s family and wider community, as central to their identity and essential to their journey of being, belonging, and becoming. This culturally responsive philosophy underpins our belief in an integrated, holistic approach to early education.

We also place a strong emphasis on sustainable practices, encouraging children to develop a sense of environmental responsibility. Through ongoing sustainability projects, children learn to appreciate the natural world and understand the interconnectedness of people, animals, plants, land, and water.

Above all, we are committed to building trusting, respectful relationships with children and families. We cultivate a culture of collaborative leadership, reflective practice, and ongoing professional growth, ensuring that our team continues to evolve in support of every child’s learning journey.

Integricare Early Learning Centre Rockdale Plaza offers a range of holistic programs developed in line with the Early Years Learning Framework. The centre honours diversity and incorporates the use of first languages, cultural traditions and practices into centre programs.

Early learning

In line with the Early Years Learning Framework, the centre focuses on play-based learning, allowing children to develop at their own pace and in their own way. Educators proudly partner with parents to bring out the best in every child at every stage of development.

Preschool

The preschool focus is to build essential school readiness. The centre’s qualified teachers help children build and extend their language, literacy and numeracy skills, learn to be creative and develop independence, so they can enter ‘big school’ with confidence.

Munch & Move

Educators follow the NSW Health Munch & Move program to support healthy eating and physical activity programs in the classroom.

Online learning

The centre provides a range of online resources for parents and families. These include information on play and learning, health and wellbeing, child development and Christian learning.

Integricare Early Learning Centre Rockdale Plaza has a strong family focus and educators work in partnership with families to develop individually tailored programs. Parents are encouraged to discuss their children’s milestones, interests and current needs.

The centre provides a developmental portfolio for each child that documents their learning, interests and friendship groups. It provides a rich array of online resources and has an online parent portal where families can stay up to date with activities and events.

To further support families, the centre organises supported playgroups. This provides a structured and positive learning environment for children, and is a great way for parents to socialise and share their experiences.

Every supported playgroup is facilitated by trained early childhood and family support workers. The team can refer and link families to health and community services and the centre partners with specialist services where needed to give appropriate support.

The centre has Family Workers, who support families with children between the ages of 0 and 8 years. By conducting comprehensive assessments, Family Workers are able to help families identify their immediate needs, support them through a case management process, and provide a home or outreach visiting service for children and family members.