Our Philosophy
Mission Statement
To provide a high quality early childhood education program through a family grouping environment that meets the needs of children and families through excellence in service, innovation and leadership.
Philosophy
Children's learning and development is holistic and occurs in the context of their families and community. We support shared decision-making and provide an inclusive environment, where everyone is encouraged to participate and contribute. Therefore educators will:
Provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment that supports children to become independent, confident and inquisitive learners.
To provide a curriculum tailored to each child's diverse strengths, needs and interests to enrich their learning journey.
Work in partnership with families, educators and the community to provide professional, inclusive, high quality early learning and care for all children. Through maintaining positive relationships which respect confidentiality we aim to ensure the interests, abilities and culture of every child and their family are understood, valued and respected.
Provide a home like family grouping environment, where the grouping of children closely resembles that of a family structure ensuring each child feels welcomed, nurtured and is able to create relationships across all ages.
Believe that children learn best through an embedded play based program, where they are supported to develop skills based on their interests whilst having fun in the program.
Provide intentional teaching experiences that engage the whole child guided by the Victorian Early years Learning and Development Framework
Celebrate our First Nations People and other families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Implement Auslan, yoga, music and movement, Bush Kinder and sport programs to promote inclusivity, health and wellbeing, which includes taking a focus on the outdoors, sustainability, and belonging with nature.
Our program values supporting the health and wellbeing of children and staff through utilising our unique large outdoor environment to its best advantage, using air purifiers inside, open windows, providing food and drinks that meet nutritional guidelines, having meals outside, outdoor sleep and flu shots for educators are encouraged.
Provide a team environment where educators and staff are made to feel valued and respected and are supported to share ideas and learn from each other, to be successful in supporting children's learning and development.
Continuously develop our professional knowledge and skills to meet the current philosophies, theories, practices and standards on early childhood learning and development.