Acacia Avenue Preschool is implementing “The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia: Belonging, Being & Becoming” in conjunction with “The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework”.
The Early Years Learning Framework ‘forms the foundation for ensuring that children in all early childhood education and care settings experience quality teaching and learning’ (DEEWR 2009a,p5).
There are 76 positions at Acacia Avenue preschool. We can have 27 children in each 4 year old group and 22 children in the 3 Year Old group.
In accordance with the National Quality Framework (NQF), from 1 January 2016 the educator to child ratio that applies to all centre-based services will be 1 educator to 11 children. Acacia Avenue Preschool will have an educator to child ratio of 1:9 in the 4 year old groups. Improving educator to child ratios will allow staff to give more individual care and attention to children. The Department of Education and Training stated that research shows that higher numbers of staff to children aged three to five years is associated with important social and learning outcomes, including increased literacy skills and general knowledge.
The preschool program each year begins with many and varied challenges. Our aim in the first few weeks of term is to make each child feel comfortable, happy and accepted at preschool. The program focuses on learning one another’s names and developing communication skills to aid in establishing friendships and playing together as a group. The children learn the routines of toileting, snack-time, packing away, mat-time, group experiences and investigating the rules that make the preschool environment a safe place to play.
As stated in our Preschool Philosophy, it is our strong belief at Acacia Avenue Preschool is that children learn through play. We provide the children with a structured routine environment in which they learn to make choices. While children are engaged in their own play, they are involved and motivated learners. It is the educators’ teaching task to ensure that play opportunities are appropriate to the children, providing scope for self direction, as well as stimulating thinking.
Co-operation with parents in every aspect of the program is encouraged. Family involvement is a significant part of the program and preschool experience.
We have been able to achieve many projects at the preschool with both time and financial contributions that families have made.
Thank you to the tireless commitment of our fundraising committee.
Acacia Avenue Preschool is implementing “The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia: Belonging, Being & Becoming” in conjunction with “The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework”.
The Early Years Learning Framework ‘forms the foundation for ensuring that children in all early childhood education and care settings experience quality teaching and learning’ (DEEWR 2009a,p5).
There are 76 positions at Acacia Avenue preschool. We can have 27 children in each 4 year old group and 22 children in the 3 Year Old group.
In accordance with the National Quality Framework (NQF), from 1 January 2016 the educator to child ratio that applies to all centre-based services will be 1 educator to 11 children. Acacia Avenue Preschool will have an educator to child ratio of 1:9 in the 4 year old groups. Improving educator to child ratios will allow staff to give more individual care and attention to children. The Department of Education and Training stated that research shows that higher numbers of staff to children aged three to five years is associated with important social and learning outcomes, including increased literacy skills and general knowledge.
The preschool program each year begins with many and varied challenges. Our aim in the first few weeks of term is to make each child feel comfortable, happy and accepted at preschool. The program focuses on learning one another’s names and developing communication skills to aid in establishing friendships and playing together as a group. The children learn the routines of toileting, snack-time, packing away, mat-time, group experiences and investigating the rules that make the preschool environment a safe place to play.
As stated in our Preschool Philosophy, it is our strong belief at Acacia Avenue Preschool is that children learn through play. We provide the children with a structured routine environment in which they learn to make choices. While children are engaged in their own play, they are involved and motivated learners. It is the educators’ teaching task to ensure that play opportunities are appropriate to the children, providing scope for self direction, as well as stimulating thinking.
Co-operation with parents in every aspect of the program is encouraged. Family involvement is a significant part of the program and preschool experience.
We have been able to achieve many projects at the preschool with both time and financial contributions that families have made.
Thank you to the tireless commitment of our fundraising committee.
As stated in our Preschool Philosophy, it is our strong belief at Acacia Avenue Preschool is that children learn through play. We provide the children with a structured routine environment in which they learn to make choices. While children are engaged in their own play, they are involved and motivated learners. It is the educators’ teaching task to ensure that play opportunities are appropriate to the children, providing scope for self direction, as well as stimulating thinking.
Co-operation with parents in every aspect of the program is encouraged. Family involvement is a significant part of the program and preschool experience.
We have been able to achieve many projects at the preschool with both time and financial contributions that families have made.
Thank you to the tireless commitment of our fundraising committee.