Our principles
To support our mission and vision, our work here will be guided by these principles:
- Acknowledge and treat students as unique individuals.
- Create a safe, welcoming and stimulating learning environment to encourage thoughtful play and strong academic rigour.
- Promote secure attachments and warm trusting relationships and interactions.
- Seek to strengthen resilience, critical thinking and informed risk taking.
- Promote communication and problem solving skills, together with social learning and awareness, and a capacity to express and acknowledge feelings.
Working in partnership with parents and families we will:
- Acknowledge the extensive and varied growth and development that has occurred in the home.
- Share knowledge and promote confident parenting through focus child meetings, parent-teacher conferences and seminars.
- Seek to develop and maintain positive relationships based on trust and mutual respect, two-way communication and participation in service decision-making.
- Respect and value the individual backgrounds and unique culture and customs of families.
- Building genuine reciprocal relationships between students, families, staff and educators that are strengthened and sustained over time.
As a community of learners we:
- Develop a caring, trusting and sharing climate that supports and stimulates self initiated learning.
- Document students’s experiences, and share these with students, parents and colleagues.
- Value and promote sharing of information and expertise between parents, staff and educators.
- Reflect on our practice, commit to continuous quality improvement, and support each other’s ongoing professional and personal development.
With regard to our wider community we:
- Connect students and families with each other and local child and family support services.
- Be an advocate for high quality early childhood and primary education, and share our expertise with the field.
- Welcome members from the community as valuable co-contributors to a rich and vibrant shared experience.
- Promote the value and contribution of our services within the community.
