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It offers an opportunity for development in a child\u2019s life through a multitude of learning experiences.\r\n\r\n<strong>We believe: <\/strong>\r\n\r\nPlay is central to a child\u2019s learning and enables a child to develop a positive disposition towards learning and is a scaffold to future learning..\r\n\r\nChildren have an innate desire to learn and explore their world.\r\n\r\nChildren are resourceful learners who are active contributors to their own learning. At White Hills Kinder we seek to enhance each child\u2019s learning and development by providing a stimulating, evolving, enjoyable, play-based program (Erikson) incorporating the following elements:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Open-ended activities<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Child-led activities -based on their interests and questions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Educator-led activities, or intentional teaching - based on professional knowledge<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sensory experiences<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Utilising the benefits of indoor\/outdoor play spaces<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Creative, imaginative play areas<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Investigative, exploratory activities<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Routines<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Literacy and numeracy embedded in our curriculum<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Our beliefs about children:\r\n<\/strong>Children are unique individuals who progress through established, continuous developmental stages (as identified by Piaget) at their own rate.\r\n\r\nChildren need sufficient time to refine skills and knowledge, investigate, deepen their understanding, build confidence in their abilities and ideas, and express themselves therefore we schedule large blocks of uninterrupted time for engagement in experiences.\r\n\r\nChildren have an inherent curiosity about nature and the environment and we are able to support this through our enhanced natural, outdoor environment.\r\n\r\nEvery child is a unique individual who, with support and a safe and enriching environment, will begin to develop skills needed to progress as confident learners and resourceful community members.\r\n\r\nAll children have the right to be heard and to contribute to the learning environment.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our beliefs about learning:\r\n<\/strong>Children\u2019s learning is fostered by developing trusting and supportive relationships between children and educators.\r\nDeveloping a trusting and supportive relationship with families helps to enhance the child\u2019s learning. The partnership of the family is vital to the development of appropriate learning and development goals for each individual child\u2019s needs.\r\n\r\nParent involvement is valued to provide insights and to support their child\u2019s learning. Parent involvement is also vital in supporting the Centre through committee membership, fund-raising, working bees, kinder duty and sharing of expertise and culturally relevant knowledge.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our beliefs about our community:\r\n<\/strong>Community is vital to establishing and nurturing a children\u2019s identity and well-being, therefore children\u2019s interests and family culture help to shape and enrich our program content.\r\n\r\nWe acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community as well as the diverse cultures that make up our growing community. We acknowledge and pay respects to the traditional owners of the land and the DJa Dja Wurrung people past, present and future.\r\n\r\nWe endeavour to embed and celebrate the many cultures that contribute to our wider cultural learning.\r\nService providers from the wider community are also utilized to provide broader input to enhance children\u2019s experience and learning. (Socio-cultural theory Malaguzzi, Vygotsky, Rogoff).\r\n\r\n<strong>Our beliefs about our role as educators:\r\n<\/strong>We aim to promote and progress the learning and development of the whole child with reference to the learning outcomes identified in the five areas of the Victorian Early Years Learning Framework: Identity, Community, Wellbeing, Learning and Communication. The standards are the foundation of quality teaching and learning.\r\nEducators use knowledge of what a child \u2018knows, can do and understands\u2019 and their interests to provide meaningful experiences to engage their attention and stimulate curiosity and further investigation.\r\n\r\nEducators engage in Vygotsky\u2019s concept of scaffolding to guide, and nurture a child\u201d in development and learning (Vygotsky\u2019s Zone of Proximal Development).\r\n\r\nWe seek to foster development of core learning dispositions and skills such as confidence, persistence, resilience, problem-solving, resourcefulness, self-motivation, collaboration, inclusiveness, cooperation \u2013 identifying these elements as essential for building independence, interdependence and providing a foundation for healthy relationships, current and future learning and developing skills for life. (Montessori).\r\n\r\nEducators use various methods to make learning visible, recognising the distance travelled\u2019 by each child. Educators are always willing to discuss this progress and achievement with parents, both formally and informally.\r\n\r\nA child\u2019s kinder years should be a happy and fulfilling experience for both the child and their family, ones that are fondly remembered in future years for the relationships formed and the experience gained.","nqs_badge":false,"tour_available":false,"tour_booking_link":"","notes_for_shinebright":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/centre\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/centre"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/centre"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/centre\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":568,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/centre\/472\/revisions\/568"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-region?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"service-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.thrivewebdesign.com.au\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-type?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}