Elfin House Community Child Care Centre

At Elfin House Community Childcare Centre, we are a non-profit incorporated body community-based early learning childcare centre based in Rockhampton. With decades of experience in early childhood education, our program is flexible to meet the needs and interests of the children and to develop skills, abilities, and attitudes that lay the foundations for learning. We want you to look often into our busy, happy, noisy, creative rooms and see your child at play. We want you to realize the validity of play and the importance of what your child is learning.

Our Services

We provide care for up to 70 children aged between 12 weeks and 5 years of age. Our centre delivers a play-based learning program, which provides a context for learning through which children organize and make sense of their social world, as they actively engage with their educators and peers within the environment. We offer a kindergarten program to children 5 days a week during school terms, delivered by a 4-year trained Early Childhood Teacher. Additionally, we have a qualified music teacher who attends our centre weekly during school terms to provide an enriched music program.

Our Approach

Our child care team is comprised of highly qualified and experienced professionals, including two University-qualified Early Childhood Teachers. Our educators are dedicated, enthusiastic, and caring, and work collaboratively with our Nominated Supervisor and Educational Leader to ensure that each child receives the highest quality education and care. They take their role as educators very seriously, recognizing the responsibility of nurturing children through their formative years.

Our History

Elfin House was built in 1977 as a purpose-built child care centre and commenced operating in 1978 as a council-run child care centre, being one of the first child care centres to operate in Rockhampton. By 1999, the centre commenced operating as parent-run/not for profit, and a lot of our success is owed to the help of our dedicated community and parents. Being not-for-profit, we return funds back into the centre by providing maintenance to the centre or equipment and facilities for the children. We support local businesses by purchasing their goods and services or advertising their companies at the centre.

Our Rooms

We have four rooms catering to different age groups: Wallaby Room (20 weeks to 2 years), Possum Room (18 months to 3 years), Koala Room (2.5 years to 4 years), and Green Tree Frog Room (3.5 years to 5 years). Each room is designed to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment for our children to learn and grow.