SAY HELLO!

Welcome to Kids Own Early Childhood Learning Centre

We would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Island people as the traditional custodians of this country and their connection to the land, water and community in which we live.

At Kids Own ECLC we value early childhood education as the foundation for lifelong learning. We believe that each child is a unique individual and should be viewed, respected and treated as such.

As the well being of each child is paramount, we strive to provide holistic support of the child’s exclusive requirements and interests in a nurturing, familiar environment that fosters the child’s development across all developmental domains. Children’s natural curiosity is nurtured and stimulated in an environment that owes much to the Reggio Emilia approach to learning where the children are encouraged to make discoveries, develop theories, imagine, explore and interpret.

Our unique, enquiry-based approach embraces the many languages of childhood and encourages children to become enthusiastic participants and communicators, actively contributing to their own learning.

Our values and ethos are bound by a passion to provide young minds with the ability, means and skills to enable and sustain future growth and development. Our philosophy and values can be summed up as the following:

Children are seen as; people, competent, confident learners, friends and teachers who will learn through play and learn in the moment.

We believe every child has the right to make choices in regards to their learning.
We believe every child should feel a strong sense of well-being.
We believe that the environment should reflect our love of nature and our views on sustainability.
We believe that the environment is the ‘third teacher’ and therefore it is essential that our physical environment invites and inspires engagement and exploration.
We believe in building relationships with families and the greater community. Encouraging a high degree of involvement and participation as families are the foundation in children’s growth and development.
We believe the early years are the foundation years and by providing meaningful learning experiences we can cultivate a love of learning.
We believe that learning is ongoing and we constantly seek to develop our own knowledge and thereby offer richer experiences to the children in our care.