The Pre-School Program

Our program is based on the NSW Curriculum Framework for Children's Services.

Learning in early childhood is particularly significant as it lays the foundation for all future learning. Our aim is to provide children with experiences and opportunities that encourage them to acquire skills, knowledge, attitudes and sensitivities that will allow them to make the most of their potential. Learning in childhood largely happens through engagement with others and the physical world.

When we develop the program we consider the whole child and the inter-related nature of development and learning. Some of these inter-related learning areas are:

The child's sense of self:

who they are, what defines them and makes them unique, self esteem, confidence.

The communicating child:

language, listening, pre reading, pre writing skills, body language and facial expressions.

The thinking child:

investigating, exploring, problem solving, mathematical and scientific thinking.

The healthy, physical child:

physical health, nutrition, large and small muscle development, coordination and self help skills.

The social child:

empathy, concern, forming relationships and feelings, learning to manage feelings.

The feeling child:

identifying feelings in self and others, expressing communication with others.

The creative child:

imagination, originality, creativity expressed in myriad of ways ie. science, maths, visual art, music, languages etc. The spiritual and moral child - in this context spirituality is about reverence for life, appreciation of beauty in nature and in creative endeavours.