Where We Grow Glenroy

Toddler

At this stage of development, children have a vague comprehension of what and who, our educators now invite them to ask why and how. We encourage a range of self-help skills like serving their own meals, dressing and undressing, and toileting.

We are also encouraging vocal initiations and ideas to be shared forward. Ideas that will impact not only the child offering the suggestion but also others who may enjoy the sharing of that idea. Here is where we begin to see more obvious examples of child directed learning and exploration. These examples are given form through artistic explanations, photographic journals and curriculum input.

Our toddlers are provided with hot nutritious meals from paddock to plate, tailored sleep routines and nappies.

Within our Pre-Kinder Room we are beginning to see social attachments form between our children, which lead to the sharing of perspectives and the shaping of new understandings and ideas. This is the beginning of building a sense of responsibility and interdependence.

The Pre-Kinder Room is also an opportunity for our children to explore longer term investigations. By instilling a sense of curiosity and wonder, we have in our midst very capable learners. These learners are more than ready to examine the world around them more intimately.

Our Pre-Kinder children are provided with hot nutritious meals and regularly participate in incursions and excursions. We also have yoga, karate and computer classes.

We are an approved provider of the Victorian Government’s Kindergarten program which is taught by our passionate Early Childhood Teachers. Our extensive school readiness program provides children with core skills for the transition to Primary School. At this stage of a child’s development, we can begin to introduce concepts, theories, processes and cycles. The possibility of deeper comprehension begins to reveal itself at this stage of a child’s development and it is the responsibility of the educator to ensure that curiosity is nurtured so that it may continue to grow.

It is the aim of our educators to ensure that our children graduate with the surety of self that will enable them to explore new friendships, impact their new environments and remain active in their ongoing development. We are an approved provider of the Victorian Government’s Kindergarten program which is taught by our passionate Early Childhood Teachers. Our extensive school readiness program provides children with core skills for the transition to Primary School.

Our educators incorporate a range of developmental approaches and theories to ensure that the uniqueness of our approach come together collaboratively with the uniqueness of our children. This collaboration is the foundation upon which our developmental curriculums, projects and environments are built. We encourage parental participation and believe that learning potential is maximised when parents are actively involved in their child’s education. We encourage feedback and parents are always welcome to spend time and help in our centre’s daily routines.

Our centres enhance the mantra of being, belonging and becoming, and are places that growth and learning walk hand in hand. Children are shown how they can be the architects of their own learning. Once a child realises this, they begin to tread their own path toward holistic development and understanding.

At Where We Grow we utilise the National Early Years Learning Framework to assist your child’s development. This framework focuses on the following goals:

• Identity
• Connections in their world
• Wellbeing
• Confidence and involvement in learning
• Communication

We understand the importance of education in the formative years of a child’s life. Our classrooms act as a doorway to further development, where learning is encouraged anywhere, at any time. Our educators encourage parental participation in the care of their children through decision making and involvement in a consultative and advisory manner. Learning at Where We Grow, will instil in your child important personal qualities, and encourage them to become intrinsically motivated, innately curious and open-minded young learners. What your child learns at Where We Grow, will carry with them for life.