Welcome to Inner West Kids Marrickville Long Day Care and Preschool, we are a centre that prides itself on creating an environment where every child can thrive with a home away from home feeling for the children and their families.  Educators focus on giving each child the opportunity to learn through exploring, play with friends and have fun every day. 

 

We welcome each day the beautiful "pitter patter" sound of little feet from the ages of 18 months to 5 years. The centre is located in Marrickville at 26 -28 Renwick Street, the heart of the Inner West. The service is owned and operated by Caroline Mulcahy and Andrew Ritchie.

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When you visit you will find a centre full of fun loving & happy children playing, learning and growing. The preschool has a well developed school readiness program that includes pro-school behaviours such as the recognition of shapes, colours, letters and numbers and much more. Children are encouraged and supported to develop a sense of self agency. Self agency is where a child learns to make choices on their own about what games to play, which friends to play with, what to draw or paint in art and how to communicate their ideas and needs. 

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Each child is their own little individual and they need to be supported, encouraged and guided to reach their full potential.  We focus on supporting their social, emotional and physical well being. 

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Our professional and long-standing educators focus on discovering what each child knows and the skills they possess, through observation, family input and through discussions with the children. At Inner West Kids “Play” is the opportunity for children to explore ideas  either individually or with peers. We believe in facilitating children’s play and development and implement this by responding to children’s cues and ideas. Play provides opportunities for children to learn as they discover, create, improvise and imagine. We believe children’s immersion in their play illustrates how play enables them to simply enjoy being. We, as educators, will engage in sustained shared conversations with children to extend their thinking. We will endeavour to provide a balance between child led, child initiated band educator supported learning.

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Andrew Ritchie is a primary school teacher who has worked in primary schools and early childhood education for over 30 years. He was the director of a childcare service in the Eastern Suburbs  that was rated as Exceeding in 2021. He currently works part time as primary school teacher. Andrew holds qualification in both primary and early childhood education and has extensive experience in curriculum and management. 

 

Caroline Mulcahy is a local Earlwood mum to 4 year old twin boys, who strives hard to ensure your parental and child’s needs are met with a understanding and supportive nature.  As a mum, Caroline understands the importance of peace of mind when you leave children in the care of others. She is passionate about keeping children safe, cared for with love & kindness, educated and most of all the children are laughing, smiling and having fun as they learn. 

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Caroline and has been in corporate administration for almost 30 years as Executive Assistant to a number of CEO’s. Most recently, Caroline was the Enrolment Manager and Office Manager for a childcare service in the Eastern Suburbs.  Working closely with Andrew, they achieved Exceeding in all 7 areas during Assessment & Rating in 2021 for the service.  Caroline holds a Diploma of Business Management and has extensive experience with high level organisation and has an eye for detail & management.