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Our educational program aims to support each child in developing their thinking skills, their creativity, a love of learning; to develop their potential, and build friendships through a unique program of structured and unstructured learning experiences at Preschool.
We recognise early childhood as an important stage of life, where children learn best through hands-on meaningful experiences with opportunities to build competencies and agency to resource their own learning, build their resilience and become considerate community members.
Our curriculum is informed by contemporary influences and theories including: Reggio Emilia approach, Ecological Systems Theory, Socio-cultural theories; and ongoing research into brain development in young children.
We aim to extend the children’s learning through their own interests or by introducing them to topics or concepts that may create interest, or extend thinking and creativity. Our program provides opportunities for child-directed and teacher-supported play which encourages creativity, initiative, collaboration and problem-solving.
We embed children’s voices and ideas within our Preschool guidelines as part of responsible membership of our Preschool community.
We promote children’s wellbeing through our relaxation routines which include guided meditation, sensory experiences, connecting with the natural environment, focusing on the rhythms and movement of our bodies and mindfulness. Wellbeing messages are shared with families.
The Kangaroo group children (in the year prior to school) participate in structured experiences focusing on specific literacy and numeracy skills, planning and organising, problem-solving, exploring narratives, music; drama and movement, as a part of our transition to school program.
Younger children, the Wallaby group, engage in group times exploring social skills, arts, concepts, literacy, music and movement, and dance.
We aim to enhance the children’s development and learning in areas such as:
Sociability
Independence
Emotional
Intelligence
Confidence
Creativity
Literacy
& Numeracy
We encourage skills and learning dispositions that support children in their transition to school, and learning for life.
The Preschool documents children’s learning and shares information with families online through Kinderloop. Children’s learning is promoted and assessed in an ongoing planning, learning and reflection cycle. Children’s learning is captured in learning stories, summative assessments and Transition to School Statements. We recognise the family as their child’s first and most important teacher and work in collaboration with families to develop optimal learning opportunities to support children in their learning journey.
We encourage family engagement, input and feedback into our program. We support families in their parenting role through in-services and information sharing.
We implement the National Quality Standard and Early Years Learning Framework as our guide to best practice and outcomes for the children. We support the ‘Code of Ethics’ from Early Childhood Australia. We engage with peak professional bodies to support our quality. We are committed to continuous improvement, and to mentoring the strengths, talents and interests of staff.
