Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Philosophy 

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We Believe...

• Building and maintaining positive relationships between all stakeholders is paramount

• Children need to be active, co-constructors of their learning

• Children learn through exploration, investigation and inquiry

• High quality teaching provides relevant age appropriate strategies that reflect evidence-based research

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We Value...

• The diversity of every child

• The importance of developing the whole child through the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and creative domains

• The learning environment is an essential component in children's learning

• The development of a child's knowledge, understanding, skills and disposition are the building blocks of a life long learner  

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​We Understand...

• The importance of play-based learning through the use of unstructured child initiated play (playful instruction)

• Oral language is the basis of all successful literacy and numeracy development

• Early literacy skills are taught in an explicit, systematic way that is age appropriate

• The need to differentiate learning to ensure children with differing needs and abilities have equal access to learning through a variety of strategies

• The use of relevant, effective assessment processes to measure progress and achievement provides feedback to the child, parent and teacher

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