Rainbow Educational Child Care Centre

We aim to achieve this by in relation to: 

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Children

We believe:

• Children are capable and resourceful learners who are active contributors to their own learning.

• Children need to be valued as individuals, within the context of their family and their community.

• Children can develop confidence and positive self-esteem through a supportive and secure environment.

Therefore we:

• Implement a child-centred program based upon the principles outlined in the National Quality Framework and the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) – Belonging, Being & Becoming’.

• Have secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships with the children and their families to support the development of a strong sense of wellbeing (EYLF Principle 1).

• Strive to empower children, by using their thoughts and ideas to develop the program.

• Promote each child’s confidence through a range of provisions, experiences and opportunities that build upon their understandings, skills, and values to promote success.

• Implement an inclusive approach to positively support children’s growth of identity, self-esteem and critical thinking.

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Families

We believe:

• Partnerships between educators, families and other professionals allow us to build on the strengths of each other’s knowledge (EYLF Principle2).

• Trust, respect and collaboration form the basis for strong partnerships between families and staff.

• Families, children and staff form a caring community.

• Family involvement is essential to a high quality program.

Therefore we:

• Work together in partnership with families and create a welcoming environment where all children (including children with additional needs) and families are respected and actively encouraged to collaborate with educators about curriculum decisions in order to ensure that learning experiences are meaningful (EYLF Principle 2, Page 12).

• Are committed to open and constructive communication with families which includes discussions, child portfolios, diary and newsletters.

• Strive to have empathy, be responsive to family needs and to provide support when required.

• Are to be a resource to families by providing information about a range of subjects including, children’s development, support services within the community and educational issues.

Program

We believe:

• Through implementation of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), we build on children’s interests and knowledge as individuals within the group and wider community. We look at developing the child as a whole by linking their learning and environment to the EYLF’s Learning Outcomes, Principles and Practices.

• Children learn through collaboration and communication with other children and adults and through interacting with the environment.

• Children  need opportunities to practice and consolidate their skills in key learning areas including; language and literacy; creative and expressive arts; mathematics; science and social and emotional development and work towards learning outcomes as expressed in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) – ‘Belonging, Being & Becoming’.

• Early childhood educators who are committed to equity believe in all children’s capacities to succeed, regardless of diverse circumstances and abilities (EYLF Principle 3page 12).

• Children progress well when they, their parents and educators hold high expectations for their achievement in learning (EYLF Principle 3, page 12).

• In response children challenge practices that contribute to inequities and make curriculum decisions that promote inclusion and participation of all children (EYLF Principle 3, page 13).

• Diversity within our centre, families, staffs and wider community should be respected and celebrated and that we can play a role in fostering and developing a social conscience among children with a view to addressing social inequities.

 Therefore we:

• Implement a flexible program that is responsive to the evolving nature of the early childhood environment and that provides for different learning styles.

• Use both the indoor and outdoor environments to encourage the children’s ability to observe, perceive, explore, investigate, imagine, make choices and problem solve.

• Introduce children to a wide range of social and cultural experiences, family types and different ways of doing things so they will learn to value diversity, learn to accept challenges the may face and become fully realised members of society.