Curriculum
My Little Angels believes that children are competent, capable and active learners who contribute to their own learning and development. Our centre environment is designed to allow children’s choice in their learning; being flexible ensures that we encompass all aspects of children’s learning, abilities and interests.
We implement the National Early Years Learning Framework and recognise that Belonging, Being and Becoming are integral parts of a child’s identity. Educators embed this framework into daily practice to ensure that the curriculum facilitates each child’s learning and development in all 5 of the learning outcomes.
Our-play based program assists each child to grow and develop at their own individual rate with understanding, guidance and support shown by all educators. Our educators work hard to deliver experiences that are unique to each child, along with teachable moments that reflect group interests. We believe that with educators providing enriching, meaningful and realistic learning opportunities; children will explore, create, discover and imagine. We know our children work together to build and maintain friendships; whilst learning from and helping each other through collaborative learning opportunities.
Inclusive Practices
All children are unique individuals who come from diverse cultures and families. Children have a variety of values, beliefs, morals, religions and cultures and deserve to be treated equally and with respect. We believe that all children have the right to equality, including access and participation in our curriculum and environments regardless of their abilities, culture, gender, race, religion, social or economic background. We embrace diversity within our service and throughout our local community. This is achieved through respect, acknowledgement, appreciation and acceptance of all cultures.
We support the inclusion of children with all abilities through accessing specialist services in our community, aiming to provide transitions and resources to assist the family and supporting their needs both at the centre and in their home environment. Creating an inclusive environment of trust and support will ensure that we are best equipped to support each and every family.
Community connections
We strive to be a service which values community involvement in all aspects of our service. We aim to utilise community resources effectively, enhancing the growth and development of the children, families and educators at My Little Angels.
My Little Angels embraces, celebrates and shares all traditions focusing on Reconciliation and embedding the Indigenous culture into our centre. We respectfully honour and acknowledge the Bidjigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which we learn and play, and provide opportunities for the children to learn from the experiences and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies. My Little Angels will strive to support all community connections; developing, building and implementing our action plan for Reconciliation.
Partnerships with families
My Little Angels is committed to building strong and trusting relationships with our families. Creating our own sense of community for our children; we ensure educators and families connect and are a part of supportive partnerships with each other. We acknowledge that family is a child’s first teacher and as we are part of the early education of children; we understand that it is crucial to provide supportive, respectful and reciprocal relationships.
Educators continually encourage parents and families to share their expertise and knowledge of their child, this ensures that we work in collaboration with families in the best interest of their child. Each family’s diversity is incorporated within the curriculum ensuring that they experience Belonging, Being and Becoming at our service. It is our intention that families feel valued and involved in their child’s learning and development.
Service self-assessment
My Little Angels is dedicated to attaining and maintaining a high quality child care service. We seek input and feedback from families and educators to ensure our service is committed to continuous improvement and self-assessment.
Relationships with children
Our educators acknowledge the importance of children forming strong bonds and attachments. Attachment relationships enable children to feel comfortable and become confident in exploring and engaging with their environment. Educators ensure that interactions with children enable the building of trusting and secure relationships; allowing them to connect with each other. Our roster and staffing arrangements are designed to maximise continuity of care; whilst upholding our highly qualified commitment to families.
Commitment to sustainability
The environment of tomorrow, in which our children will live, is dependent on how we manage the environment of today. My Little Angels strive to protect our environment; enriching children’s learning with sustainable practices to support the growth of an environmentally responsible generation. As part of our children’s learning we value the use of natural and open-ended materials, we encourage the exploration of our natural environment both indoors and outdoors and we embed sustainable practices and procedures into our day-to-day operation.
We believe that young children are our future of tomorrow. My Little Angels hope that by immersing children in a play-based learning program based around their needs and interests; we will enable children to be confident and self-directing individuals who are well equipped to be successful in all aspects of their lives.