Boori
Preschool
Programs
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Nelson Mandela
Boori Preschool
Aims:
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To provide a high quality Early Childhood Education Program for Preschool children over the age of 3 years
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To promote the optimum whole development of each child through free-play and discovery learning
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To provide a variety of enjoyable and stimulating learning experiences which help create positive attitudes toward learning
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To provide a wide variety of developmentally appropriate experiences offered in an anti-bias way, incorporating multicultural perspectives
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To encourage parents to play an active role in the education of their children;To provide a safe and hygienic environment
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To create an environment that has warm, supportive and positive interactions between staff, children and parents
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To integrate children with additional needs through strategies and materials devised in consultations with specialised resource people and parents
The Learning Environment:
The learning environment reflects the view that the children are seen as capable and constructors of their own knowledge and the adults as facilitators. Children are free to choose the areas of interest in which to participate throughout the day, while the staff and children engage in collaborative decision-making about the equipment which is used.
Children also participate in group experiences with either a small or large group with the staff.
The experiences provided are based on the children’s interest and include art, puzzles, blocks, dough, dramatic play, writing corner, construction toys, journals, computer, books, sand, water, active and imaginative play, story-telling and music.
Children can initiate or continue their own projects and investigations that may last days or weeks.
Some children may also be involved in collaborative projects with other children. The program is flexible and recognises the individual needs and interests of the children.
Visitors, excursions and informal outings are also planned to extend the children’s learning beyond those offered in the Pre-School on a daily basis.
Early Year's Learning Framework (EYLF)
Boori Aboriginal Preschool is guided by the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in 2009. It was developed by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The aim of the Framework is to extend and enrich children’s learning from birth to five years and through the transition to school. Fundamental to the Framework is the view of children's lives as characterised by belonging, being and becoming.
Belonging
Experiencing Belonging – knowing where and with whom you belong – is integral to human existence. Children belong first to a family, a cultural group, a neighbourhood and a wider community. Belonging acknowledges children’s interdependence with others and the basis of relationships in defining identities. In early childhood, and throughout life, relationships are crucial to a sense of belonging. Belonging is central to being and becoming in that it shapes who children are and who they can become.
Being
Childhood is a time to be, to seek and make meaning of the world. Being recognises the significance of the here and now in children’s lives. It is about the present and them knowing themselves, building and maintaining relationships with others, engaging with life’s joys and complexities, and meeting challenges in everyday life. The early childhood years are not solely preparation for the future but also about the present.
Becoming
Children’s identities, knowledge, understandings, capacities, skills and relationships change during childhood. They are shaped by many different events and circumstances. Becoming reflects this process of rapid and significant change that occurs in the early years as young children learn and grow. It emphasises learning to participate fully and actively in society.
The National Early Years Learning Framework, 2009.
Transition to School Program
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