Bluebird Early Education Botanic Ridge

Hello, my name is Natalie, and I am the proud Centre Manager of Bluebird Botanic Ridge. I hold my Diploma in Children’s Services and have been working in the Early Childhood industry for 10 years.

Over the past decade, I have been lucky enough to experience a variety of roles, allowing me the benefit to deeply understand all aspects required to provide a warm and thriving environment for your children to learn and grow.

As an Early Childhood professional – my philosophy is built around ‘child voice’ – I strongly believe in giving our early learners the right to make choices and to express their opinions on matters that affect them. Providing children with opportunities to make decisions, allows them to develop a sense of Being and Belonging; after all, they are our future generation!

I understand that choosing an Early Learning Centre is an important and somewhat daunting task, but I encourage you to book in for a tour and see for yourself our world-class curriculum, run by our passionate and highly trained Educators.

I look forward to meeting you all and supporting your family throughout your child’s early years.

Bluebird Early Education strives to be at the cutting edge of educational pedagogy and fosters an holistic early learning program that supports every child to achieve their full potential.

Our inspired curriculum embraces a range of early childhood philosophies and proven teaching practices, in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework of Australia. Our major philosophical influences include, Reggio Emilia, Steiner, Montessori and Forest School programs.

Most importantly, your little learner will be safe within the care of our passionate and highly experienced educators who receive ongoing professional development and mentoring from industry leaders.

Bluebird’s extended curriculum is based upon proven research that supports the successful development of the whole child through activities that enhance cognitive, social, emotional, physical and creative skills.

Each Studio designs a group program, which is based on current interest at the time. Various curriculum areas and expressive art mediums are integrated throughout our educational environments.  Children are also provided opportunity to investigate group projects throughout the terms.

Through a range of strategies, the teaching team support, extend and challenge children’s learning, thinking and development as they engage with new concepts, persist with difficulty and master new understandings. This process is important and offers insight into how each child approaches learning.

Documentation of learning is captured through individual learning stories, group learning stories and anecdotal assessments, which highlights the skills, knowledge and dispositions each individual child demonstrates.

Families have access to an online Individual Learning Journal for their child, which is a dedicated record of learning and development.  This can be accessed at any time during the year and shared with extended family members.

Our Learning Journals contain a collection of various assessments and documentation that reflects a child’s progress of development and learning. It provides evidence and samples of a child’s achievement throughout the year. For educators, Individual Learning Journals offer an opportunity to reflect on an individual child’s efforts and achievements over time. For children and families, Learning Journals enable them to be part of a collaborative approach where all contributions are welcomed and gain an insight and understanding your child’s learning.

Early childhood experts regard the Kindergarten or “Pre-school” stage as one of the most significant in terms of children’s cognitive, physical and emotional development. That is why we have developed the Bluebird Kindergarten program, dedicated to helping children excel during this pivotal year.

Our Kindergarten Program is lead by university- qualified early childhood teachers who specialise in teaching academic fundamentals within the framework of play-based enquiry.

We pride ourselves on delivering a world-class Kindergarten curriculum that focuses upon the development of academic competence, creative problem solving, decision-making skills, independence and a life-long passion for learning.

Set within long day-care hours, our 5-day program provides each child with an individually tailored program focused upon developing the skills for a success at school and well beyond.

• Solid academic foundations including literacy and numeracy skills
• Social maturity and emotional strengths
• Independent inquiry and creative problem solving abilities
• Memory and concentration skills
• Motor skills and physical coordination
• Good health, nutrition and wellbeing
• Responsible citizenship qualities
• Independence and strong self-esteem