Mia Mia Child and Family Study Centre is a long-day early childhood school renowned for its national and international excellence in early childhood education and teaching. It serves the local community and Macquarie University staff and students. Its specialist team provides a happy and stimulating learning environment for children from six weeks old until they start school. The centre enriches all who take part in its caring, welcoming, and diverse community.

Mia Mia is the demonstration program for the Department of Educational Studies, providing premium educational training, mentoring, observation, and research opportunities for students, researchers, academics, and other educators. Moreover, it is a site of innovative practice.

The centre is open from 7.30 am to 6 pm five days a week, 49 weeks a year, and closed on public holidays. It offers a high-quality program based on the intellectual pursuit of excellence in early childhood education and care through collaborative and individual research and practice.

Mia Mia is committed to upholding the child's rights and engaging them meaningfully in experiences that promote their desire for learning and spark their curiosity. Children use these skills to explore an environment that supports the development of positive relationships and nurtures each individual's sense of belonging, being, and becoming. The centre also fosters mutually respectful partnerships with families in the context of a culturally diverse community.

KU Rushcutters is allocated in the heart of Sydney’s urban area. The children attend the service who live in an urban setting benefit from the natural environment as it gives them a space to engage daily with nature. When the children play and explore in nature and their imagination and curiosity spark and grow. The educators incorporate the large natural outdoor space into their program where each child is immersed in a rich tapestry of educationally interactive experiences.

KU West Pymble is a long-established community-based preschool that sits nestled in a natural bush setting. It's a 40-place service that works within two classrooms and a shared outdoor space. Their practice is strongly reflective of their belief in the importance of sustainability and supporting children to develop respect for the environment and appreciate its beauty. Children are actively encouraged to consider that the flora and fauna they share space with also have rights and needs which must be considered. They recognise that early childhood is a critical time for exploring and developing an understanding of lifelong sustainable practice, eco-smart values and living in the natural world to care for it to ensure that it will be there tomorrow.