Stringybark Child Care and Learning Centre

Children

We recognise that every child is a special person with their own needs, interests, and abilities. No matter their gender, culture, or socioeconomic status, all children receive equal opportunity.

Our Early childhood educators believe play is the most important learning tool a young child has. Through play they can construct their own understanding of their world.

Family

We acknowledge that families are the most significant influence on their children’s lives and have essential knowledge to impart. Parents will be made to feel welcome and incorporated into their children’s educational experiences.

Children have a connection to their families, culture, community, and place even before they are born. Their families are their children’s first and most important teachers, and we believe that having a close contact with them helps children learn when forming their identities, skills, relationships, and knowledge. To have the greatest possible impact on your child’s learning, we wish to collaborate with you and your family.

Educators

Every educator member is an individual with unique needs, interests, abilities, expertise, and experience, which we acknowledge and respect. We support educator members’ personal early childhood philosophy.

Parent Involvement

We value parents’ contributions to our programme and learning at Stringybark Early Learning Centre. There are many ways for parents to get involved, including serving as a guest speaker on a particular subject, participating in group lessons, offering feedback on our curriculum or governing principles, or attending one of our regularly scheduled events. You can be sure that everything you do will have a good effect on your child’s learning and development.

Stringybark Child Care and Learning Centre team

The program at Stringybark Child Care and Learning Centre focuses on providing the children with opportunities to interact socially as they learn through play. The children participate in yoga as a transition activity as well as a music program as part of the everyday routine. 

As a diverse and inclusive centre, the educators regularly plan cultural celebrations and conversations into the program. The centre also uses a model of family grouping, which allows all age groups and siblings to be together. This provides opportunities for mentoring between the age groups and the children learn about working and playing with older and younger children. 

The play-based curriculum at Stringybark Child Care and Learning aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework and is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. The curriculum is informed by daily observations and parental feedback to ensure that every child’s needs are met.

The curriculum focuses on the whole child, including their physical, social, emotional, cognitive, creative and moral growth. The educators provide them with different opportunities, both indoor and outdoor play as well as small and large group activities to extend their development.