About Goodstart Rockingham
Located close to a breathtaking coastline, Goodstart Early Learning Rockingham is a warm, welcoming centre that places emphasis on the natural environment. From learning environments flooded with natural light to spaces and a playground that provides opportunities for children to learn as they explore, discover and imagine, Goodstart Rockingham holds a great appreciation and connection to its natural environments. Providing opportunities to explore outcomes associated with creativity, initiative and resilience, the natural environments encourage children to take considered risks in decision making, develop friendships, conduct experiments and nurture wild imaginations.
Each learning environment has been designed with children at the forefront, with opportunities to explore, learn and grow in respectful ways. Our learning environments provide children opportunities and support throughout play to solve problems, make enquiries and engage in critical thinking. Our learning environments at Goodstart Rockingham are inspired by a holistic approach, where educators see children’s learning as interconnected and intergrated. Goodstart Rockingham also places emphasis on the relationships between children, families and the community and highlights the importance of mutual, respectful relationships and partnerships for learning.
Our centre caters for children from the age of six weeks up until five years, as we celebrate, honour and welcome children, families and educators from a diverse range of nationalities. Educators at Goodstart Rockingham also outline the importance of developing secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships. Throughout nurturing and responsive relationships, educators create opportunities and moments for children to feel respected, valued and develop confidence. Our responsive and respectful learning relationships are strengthened over time as children and educators have the opportunity to learn together and share moments of respect, trust and decision making.
At Goodstart Rockingham, we also offer a Nature Kindergarten program named Barn Bodjara - walk of the country. Where on one day each week our three to five year olds explore various natural areas within the Rockingham community. Children choose the direction of their learning and the educators facilitate and extend the children’s learning where required. This is a unique program that is not offered in any other early childhood setting in the Rockingham region.
We provide early learning & care to these groups:
Nursery
Nursery
0-2 years
Toddler
Toddler
2-3 years
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
3-5 years
Find us!
We're located at:
41-43 Council Avenue
ROCKINGHAM WA 6168
Ph: 08 9527 1194
Opening hours:
Monday
6:30 a.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Tuesday
6:30 a.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Wednesday
6:30 a.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Thursday
6:30 a.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Friday
6:30 a.m.
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6:00 p.m.
Melissa McMonagle Centre Director
I'm Melissa the Centre Director here at Goodstart in Rockingham.
Working with young children is my passion and have been doing this for 13 years. I hold a Diploma in Early Childhood education.
I am a mum of two who are my inspiration to be the best I can be, showing them that anything is possible by having self-belief.
I love watching children grow and develop particularly immersed in the natural world. I believe young children must have real, direct, hands-on opportunities that are experiential, meaningful and worthwhile to them. I believe natural play focuses on what matters to the children what their big ideas are and what they want to know and enables these enquires to emerge over time. I believe families and communities play an extraordinary role in helping children reach their potential, I am committed to ensuring this is embedded in our children’s learning.
I look forward to being a part of your Goodstart journey.
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