Educational program:

We believe early childhood is an amazing time of global developmental growth that we have the privilege of nurturing children through this journey in partnership with their families. We believe our enquiry-based curriculum embraces intentional teaching, spontaneous learning, and critical reflection that aim to ignite children’s curiosity and confidence to try new tasks and extend on their existing knowledge and skills, promoting their lifelong love of learning and fostering their creativity. We are not just focusing on preparing children for school but all of what they can become. We believe play is the best forum to orchestrate growth in early childhood as it supports a child’s being and shapes the structural design of the brain and makes learning enjoyable. We incorporate all key learning areas into our program in ways that is relevant and meaningful to individual children and the social context of the group. We value extending learning projects in small groups according to their interests. When programming educators consider their knowledge of the children including their strengths and capabilities, and shared information from working in partnerships with families. All of these elements guide programming decisions when integrating learning across the five learning outcomes.

Environment:

We respect our learning environment as an additional teacher. We value play, family, community, ancestry, flora and fauna as an important part of our preschool learning environment. We aim to continually question our practices to ensure we are making responsible decisions for the sustainability of our environment. We hope that children can feel a sense of agency in making a long-term difference in our community toward a sustainable future.

Community:

We aim to honor our commitment to providing a service that meets the needs of our community and are proud of our preschool for its ability to make all feel welcome. We believe it’s important for children to develop an understanding of their world beyond their home and the preschool and experience the beauty and worth of our neighborhood. We aim to continue our strong relationships with support resources and professionals that can enhance a family’s wellbeing develop positive and caring relationships with all in our community. We aim to be givers in our community and continuously think of ways we can support this reciprocal relationship.

Partnerships with Families:

We pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming preschool that respects the diversity of cultures our families, educators and community offers. We appreciate the knowledge our families share about their children and use this knowledge to enhance our program continuously. We seek families input and feedback on many aspects of our preschool and value the support offered to make this community based preschool true to its heritage. We open our arms to all children and families to work together so that they all feel they belong to Kidz Dale Preschool.

Small Class Size

At Kidz Dale we understand the need for a high standard of education for children at the most important stage of their lives. We go above and beyond government standards with our small class sizes and high teacher to student ratio. This means your child has more opportunity to express themselves and receive more individual attention from teachers.