Parent Information
We would like to welcome you, your child and your family to Millicent North Kindergarten.
We offer transition programs to the 3 local primary schools (Millicent North Primary School, Newbery Park Primary School and St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School). The children experience visits to these as well as visiting our local library, Hart Court and the Domain playground, just to name a few. With these connections, we have built strong relationships within our community and to the local schools.
We value your child’s learning and we wish them all the very best as they start their learning journey at Millicent North Kindergarten.
Millicent North Kindergarten Philosophy
We believe and value
That children and families have a sense of belonging to our kindergarten family
AS EDUCATORS WE WILL:
- Create trusting, warm, and nurturing relationships with each child and their families.
- Provide a safe, secure and supportive learning environment, showing commitment and passion to every child.
- Welcome, encourage and respect family input, values and cultures into all aspects of the kindergarten.
- Have an open-door policy, making ourselves available to families.
- Advocate for children’s rights and individual needs creating a strong sense of wellbeing.
- Support and scaffold children’s individual learning through positive educator modelling.
We believe and value
Children as individuals, who bring with them a wealth of knowledge, ideas and skills.
AS EDUCATORS WE WILL:
- Acknowledge the family as the child’s first educator.
- Meet the child where they are developmentally, and build upon their knowledge and dispositions for lifelong learning.
- Plan for extending children’s individual interests.
- Work collaboratively with children, families and other support agencies.
We believe and value
That children learn best through play
AS EDUCATORS WE WILL:
- Provide children with experiences that are hands on, giving them opportunities to make choices, learn from each other and realise that making mistakes is part of the learning process.
- Intentionally teach by creating provocations that invite exploration, promote higher order thinking, social interaction and motivation for future learning.
We believe and value
The environment as the third educator as it promotes wonder, curiosity and endless learning opportunities.
AS EDUCATORS WE WILL:
- Provide a stimulating learning environment that provides open-ended opportunities for children to engage in risk taking and explore the world around them.
- Promote respect for the environment through modelling sustainable practices.
We believe and value
Children as active participants in their community.
AS EDUCATORS WE WILL:
- Create strong connections between our children, their families and the wider community.
- Promote positive contributions between our children and the local community.
- Encourage our children to be visible in the community.
We believe and value
Educators promote themselves as lifelong learners.
AS EDUCATORS WE WILL:
- Attend training and professional learning opportunities to keep up to date with current practices to extend on our wealth of knowledge and skills to support children’s learning through the EYLF.