At Wellington Preschool we are committed to providing a high-quality early childhood program with a strong focus on building nurturing and supportive relationships with children, families, educators, and the community. We believe that children learn best in a safe and caring environment, where all children and families feel a sense of belonging.
Children
Each child is recognised as an individual and supported in a warm and caring environment. We foster each child’s uniqueness, through mutual respect and encouragement. Our program endeavours to reflect the “whole child,” their holistic wellbeing, and their learning by supporting their social emotional wellbeing as they develop their sense of self.
We believe in an inclusive approach in our kindergarten program, ensuring all children are treated equally and respected as individuals. We support the children’s self-esteem and respect using positive language and encouragement.
Families and Community
At Wellington Preschool, we respect and celebrate the traditional owners of the land through cultural awareness in our practice and program. We strive to be inclusive to all cultures, heritages, and family structures. We aim to learn more about the diversity within our kindergarten community and be supportive of their needs by encouraging families to share their experiences and feel included in our program. We recognise that families are the most valuable and important element of a child’s life. We collaborate with families to share decision making about their child’s learning and development. The relationships between educators and families are based on mutual trust and open communication.
Educators
Our qualified and dedicated educators believe that learning during the Early Years is critical for the development of the whole child. Our child centered, indoor/outdoor play-based program, reflects the interest of the children and encourages each child to be an active learner.
We recognise that learning occurs in a variety of social contexts and interactions with others. Along with intentional and purposeful education that supports the child’s interests, we work with the children using strategies to speculate, explain, share thinking, problem solving, creativity, music and dance, and most importantly, play which is the fundamental factor in the children’s learning.
Along with creating programs based on the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the National Quality Framework, we provide programs which reflect experiences from our everyday life and the children’s abilities and interests, with an emphasis on choice and independence.
Environment
Our purpose built and award winning environment plays an important role in contributing to the wellbeing, happiness, creativity and developing independence of our children. The environment acts as the third teacher where children conduct a lot of their learning. We believe it enhances and challenges the children’s experiences and allows the children to take risks, in a supervised environment. We are committed to implementing sustainability into our everyday practices, as this promotes awareness and action towards caring for the world we live in.