OUR CHILDREN

Our children deserve the right to feel valued, heard and their choices and decisions respected when it comes to their learning, development and entire wellbeing. Each child deserves the right to experience learning that is engaging; while at the same time being able to construct their own sense of identity and who they are through these valuable snaps of time on their learning journeys.

 

As educators, we provide opportunities for children to build strong relationships and connections with one another and their primary caregivers. We understand the importance of childhood and how we can encourage children to embrace this in the process of them being able to make meaning of the world around them.

 

Play will always be the context for learning at Rose Cottage where the children can be active participants and decision makers of their own learning experiences which helps them grow to be confident, capable and involved learners.

OUR FAMILIES

We strongly believe that our families are children’s first and most influential teachers. We value building connected partnerships with families to achieve stronger learner outcomes for their children.

 

Building strong partnerships with families through communication and trust fosters respect for all families’ beliefs and values, embedding these daily across our practices and interactions. We will always strive to collaborate with our families about our curriculum decisions to ensure they uphold all children’s rights to have their cultures, identities, abilities and strengths acknowledged and visible.

 

Through this approach, all voices are included along the child’s journey of learning at the service.

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OUR COMMUNITY

We immerse the children in our local surroundings to enhance their life learning experiences and enable them to remain connected while being at Rose Cottage.

 

Our connection to the land is most important to us within the local community of Leichhardt. We acknowledge and respect the history and cultures of the Traditional Custodians of the land we learn on today; the Wangal and Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation. This part of our community is embedded within our curriculum and shared with the children and families.

 

Our families connection to community is considered while the children are at the service which further extends their sense of belonging.

OUR ENVIRONMENT

We believe in educating our children about respect for our environment and the natural world around us and teach them ways we can value and care for our world and its future.

 

Our aim is to ensure we focus on embedding many ways of sustainable living through our routines, the educational program, our physical environments and resources to promote children’s understanding on how they can become responsible themselves to care for our environment and our world.

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OUR EDUCATORS

Our educators at Rose Cottage bring their own personal philosophies and values with them to ensure they work as a team to provide high quality care and education for our children.

 

Our values are core to our teaching practices and shape our beliefs and our why behind our roles as teachers. Our priority is to be advocates for the children and the service. Holistic approaches to learning are a focus to include basic developmental areas alongside mind, body and spirit and we lend the strengths and abilities of our educators to embed this as daily practice.

 

We draw on a range of pedagogical practices and theories to establish a cycle of planning, documentation and critical reflection to ensure wise practices are evident and embedded; while always questioning and revisiting practices to further improve learning outcomes for the children. Professional development is a large part of our critical reflection process and provides growth for our educators to strive for continuous improvement on practice.

OUR PROFESSION

We believe in the importance of our roles as Early Childhood professionals and the influence we have on the children and families that we connect with.

 

Our educators share a difference of values, attitudes and beliefs which provides the opportunity for challenging one another’s thoughts and ideas.

 

Together we will advocate to be seen, heard and known as professionals and teachers who provide wonder, curiosity, imagination and learning for all of children that come through our doors at Rose Cottage.

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