Developed by: Greenfield Village Childcare Centre, Staff Management and Families. Children We see the children as unique and capable individuals, who come to our service with their own interests, talents, skills and ideas. We as educators are well trained and passionate. We value, respect and appreciate their uniqueness. We feel children have a right to be active participants in their own learning and must be empowered to express their views and ideas. A child’s opinion must be valued for its validity to their perspective and their autonomy and initiative needs to be respected. We as educators will protect and cherish the innocence of children and thus provide a safe secure environment. As we unpack the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), we will work alongside your children to actively promote children’s learning through worthwhile and challenging experiences and interactions the foster high level thinking skills. Families We acknowledge that family is the most important and influential aspect in the lives of young children and the significance of their relationship cannot be underestimated. We aim to ensure we involve parents and families into all aspects of the programs development and implementation. We strive to develop positive, mutually respectful relationships with each family member, as we work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcome for all. We believe that working in partnerships with families is central to ensuring continuity and progression in a child’s learning, development and future success. The Program In Early Childhood Education, the curriculum is not the focus, the children are! We feel that a meaningful, integrated, emergent curriculum using EYLF as the Framework is the most beneficial to children’s learning across all developmental domains. A curriculum in which children are active participants and collaborators allows for a more individualistic and meaningful involvement by the children. We believe children are unique individuals who develop at their own rate, and thus by providing enriching, meaningful and realistic opportunities children will explore, create, discover and imagine. Our programs reflect planned and spontaneous experiences designed to support children’s development in all domains. Through the EYLF, the program will see educators use intentional teaching, (its deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful). Educators who engage in intentional teaching recognise that learning occurs in social contexts and those interactions and conversations are vitally important for learning. They actively promote children’s learning through worthwhile and challenging experiences, and interactions that foster a high-level of thinking (EYLF).

Educators
For all educators in any Early Childhood setting, team work and effective communication are essential requirements for positive outcomes across all aspects of the Services functioning, for ‘together, everyone achieves mores’. Educators are responsive to all children’s strengths, abilities and interests. We will value and build on children’s strengths, skills and knowledge to ensure their motivation and engagement in learning (EYLF). We aim to create an environment of trust and respect, where we work towards achieving a shared goal. Ongoing education and evaluation and assessment, which only occurs through critically reflecting on our actions, that we are able to identify areas which may be considered skill and those which may need further development. We recognise the Educators/Staff as our services most precious resources and aim to improve them with a satisfying and safe working environment. Further, we also appreciate the experience and skills of all Educators/Staff. We appreciate their dedication as an integral element to the success of our service.

Our Community
We strive to be seen as a service of excellence within our community, a service which values community involvement in all aspects of our programs. We are a service where community resources are utilised effectively to enhance the growth and development of individual children, families and educators/staff.

The Environment
Children inherit connection to the natural world and as Educators we understand that children often develop their ideas and understandings of the world around them from the information presented to them by the significant adults in their lives. As we are one of these significant adults, we have a responsibility to present a positive approach to the environment. We also embrace diversity within our Service and the wider community, so that children view this diversity with a sense of appreciation and wonder rather than misunderstanding and fear. Through respect, acknowledgement, appreciation and acceptance of diversity within our community, our service will embrace, celebrate and share traditions and cultures throughout our program. Learning environments are welcoming spaces when they reflect and enrich the lives and identities of children and families participating in the setting and responding to the needs and interests of children. Our service will cater for different capacities and learning styles and will invite families to contribute ideas, interests and questions (EYLF).