The curriculum is everything your child learns. Our curriculum is guided by the Early Years Learning Framework and Victoria Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF), which conveys the highest expectations for all children’s learning from birth to pre-school age. It has the following five Learning Outcomes:
- Children have a strong identity
- Children are well connected with and contribute to their world
- Children have a strong sense of well being
- Children are confident and involved learners
- Children are effective communicators
We use VEYLDF and EYLF as tools to assist educators and collaborate with children and families to achieve the best learning outcomes for each child.
Our educators observe children at play and support their learning. We gather a variety of resources to shape our curriculum plan. These resources include each child’s interests, family input/suggestions, intentional teaching, each child’s portfolios, learning stories, observations, daily reflection, each child’s spontaneous experiences, group experiences, extension ideas, supporting skills and development.
Our curriculum allows your child to naturally develop and have the opportunity to guide his/her learning. Activity outcomes and individual observations about your child are documented in your child’s files on the KidsXap, where you can access at any time. Those documents also assist in extending his/her skills and abilities.
The following diagram shows how we plan the program.
