Trained early childhood staff devise age appropriate programs for each room. The programs are written fortnightly during a dedicated planning time for the trained staff members. This time is used to evaluate the previous program and change, extend or add new experiences and activities for the following week.

The program is written in a table like format and displayed in each room for families and staff to view.

All programs are based on the centre philosophy, goals, and individual observations. The children are observed throughout the year on a rotating basis using what we call “the focus child system”.

Observations are written in anecdotal format as the child engages in an activity, photos are taken depicting skills and development, art work is collated and conversations are documented.

These observations not only assist the staff in developing programs, but they make up a profile on each child. This profile is available for families to take home at the end of each year.

On a daily basis we provide a Day Book. This has written documentation of the day and photos to show what activities were enjoyed. The focus and skills based learning is also depicted in the Day Book. Family input is also important, so we ask for the input of our families in a comment section each day in our Day Book.

Guest speakers

We regularly invite guest speakers to visit us. This helps provide the children with practical advice and education on a range of topics. Some of our visitors include:

• Police
• Fire Brigade
• Dentist