Communication and Learning

From Little Acorns Mighty Oaks grow

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At Little Acorns Childcare Centre we are committed to our responsibility to do all we can to optimise every child’s developmental experience; to achieve this:

We support and encourage learning through play; believing that play is an essential element to young children’s development.
We ensure our children are safe, secure, respected and supported during every moment of their time with us.

We believe that communication and learning go hand-in-hand to increase children’s development, social relationships and their understanding of the world around them through.

Emergent play-base curriculum, driven by the ideas, excitement, information and questions from the children, their families, and the community.
Providing a natural resourced and stimulating environment.
Including an awareness to cultural diversity throughout the community and environment.
Creating a learning environment where the children within the service are able to develop the social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs.

We believe that communication between educators and families is vital in guiding children’s learning and that families are the children’s first and most influential educator. Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other and help each other grow in confidence. Our staff educators achieve this by

Developing our educators to be confident communicators, who are able to engage with parents about how their child spent their day with us, as well as discuss the progress and development within the centre and encourage families to be involved.
Having educators with great love and passion for their workplace and children in care.
Holding relevant qualifications and a positive attitude to continuous learning and personal development.
Developing strong partnerships with families and their community. Meaningful relationships with families are the foundation in developing and understanding each other’s expectations and attitudes and build on the strength of each other’s knowledge.

We are committed to the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, actively support, and implement the National Quality standard within our service and adhere to the Australian Early Childhood Association Code of Ethics.

We understand the importance of sustainability and emphasise this within our curriculum.

We uphold our values to be passionate, enthusiastic, family orientated, open, honest, respectful and strive for excellence in being a high-quality provider of care and learning for all families and children throughout the service.