Babies

Toddlers

Junior Kindy

Pre-Kindy

Kindergarten

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All of our learning groups have programs guided by the Early Years Learning Framework which describes childhood as a time of belonging, being and becoming.

For our Babies this means:

• Feeling loved and supported.
• To feel secure, comfortable, looked after.  To have a strong sense of wellbeing.
• Feeling connected to their carers and safe in their care.
• Feeling safe and secure with those people who look after them.
• Discovering the world and exploring the environment.
• Enjoying spending time with peers and educators, being in the moment.
• Feeling safe in their environment to conquer milestones.
• Feeling secure and loved and being able to play and develop under the guidance of caregivers.
• Learning the foundations of life through educational milestones, “discovery”.
• Going through the milestones of growth.
• Learning new skills – crawling, standing, walking, talking.

For our Toddlers and Junior Kindy children this means:

• Feeling like a part of something and having it shown e.g. artwork displayed.
• To feel supported emotionally, welcomed by educators, to feel a part of their environment.
• Developing friendships with other toddlers – participating in room activities and learning together.
• Being made to feel part of a group and safe with their educators.
• Trying new things out, understanding and experimenting with cause and effect.
• Being able to grow into their own individual person.
• Having a safe and secure environment to grow and learn.
• Feeling confident with developing autonomy and being able to take risks in exploration and play.
• Exploring new experiences in their new capability spectrum e.g. walking, what they can reach.
• Getting confidence to try new things for self.
• Discovering boundaries, talking more, communicating wants and dislikes.

       For our Pre-Kindy and Kindergarten children this means:

• Discovering friendships.
• To feel welcomed, wanted, a valued part of the preschool room.  To feel supported emotionally.
• Feeling part of their group – sharing stories during show and tell, having art on the walls and feeling like they are involved.
• Having close friends that they feel connected to.
• Using your imagination to seek and make meaning of the world.
• Forming friendships with peers enjoying their play.
• Feeling confident and nurtured to learn in their environment.
• Having the opportunity to make choices in play and learning experiences and having their thoughts valued with peers and educators.
• Ideas of what they “want to be when they grow up” – comes from experiences in different environments.
• Learning and becoming an individual with definite likes and dislikes, personalities blooming.
• Readiness for school – feeling confident in who they are.

        For our Outside School Hours Care children this means:

• Maintaining meaningful friendships.
• To feel welcomed, wanted, a valued part of the afterschool care environment.  To be respected by their peers and educators.
• Being made to feel valued in a group.
• Being involved in activities, sharing stories with their peers, participating in concerts, having their art on the wall, feeling like they belong and feeling comfortable.
• Setting and accomplishing new challenges.
• Taking part in enjoyable interactions with peers, educators.  Feeling they can be themselves and feel valued.
• Enjoying being in the moment.
• Being made to feel confident and to express themselves in their environment.
• Having the opportunity to make choices in play and learning experiences and having their thoughts valued with peers and educators.
• Ideas of what they “want to be when they grow up” – comes from experiences in different environments.
• Learning and becoming an individual with definite likes and dislikes, personalities blooming.
• Readiness for school – feeling confident in who they are.
• Becoming responsible, developing meaningful friendships, feeling valued by peers and having a voice.
• New and exciting activities that stimulate the body mind appropriate to their age.
• Figuring out who they are.
• Becoming an individual whilst trying to remain part of a group.