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		Mosman Kinderland

15 Lang Street
Mosman NSW 2088

Ph: (02) 9969 2297

Mosman Kinderland, a Private Family Owned and Run Preschool with extended hours.

Hours: 8am-4pm Ages: 2-5 years. We have an EXCEEDING rating on the National Quality Scale and are fully licensed for 33 children per day. Fees are $103.00 per day.

Staff

Staff qualifications include:

•   Bachelors of Education and Teaching (Early Childhood).
•   Diploma of Children’s’ Services.
•   Child Care Certificate 3
•   All staff hold a full Senior First Aid certificate and further required Asthma and Anaphylaxis training certificates.
•   Supporting Early Literacy qualifications
•   Applied Behaviour Analysis training
•   Early Years Learning Framework Planning Programming for Children
•   Road Safety Education and Training
•   Workplace Health and Safety training
•   Statement of attainment in menu planning
•   Statement of attainment in safe food handling
•   Behaviour management and guidance training
•   Fun moves fundermental movement skills program
•   Building connections with culturally and linguistically diverse and appropriate agencies
•   Sun Safety and child protection training

At Mosman Kinderland we also pride ourselves with having above required staff ratios. This helps us to ensure that children are cared for and given many opportunities for individual care and education.

Groups

Twinkle Stars: 2-3 year olds. We keep this group small so we can focus on building confidence, self help skills and peer socialization.

Shooting Stars: 3-4 year olds. We begin our preschool program in this group and focus on building positive social skills, self confidence, self esteem and self worth.

Super Stars: 4-5 year olds. This is our preschool group, we have a full preschool school readiness program.

We are family grouped for the main free play times in the day and break into our groups twice a day for learning time, music, dance and story time.

About Mosman Kinderland

At Mosman Kinderland we have both play based learning and also formal group times where children are engaged with story-telling, activities, experiments and experiences about different interests and learning topics.

Children are encouraged to play and learn with nature. We grow a vegetable garden and take care of pet rabbits with the children.

We do hands on experiences and experiments with the children and they are encouraged to learn independence skills and participate as part of the group.

We have performers visit the centre to entertain and teach the children about animals, science, hygiene and health magicians, emergency services, indigenous performers, music and musical instrument shows and workshops, school excursions and more. The children and centre sponsor a child with the support of the families. We exchange letters and learn about his way of life.

We look forward to meeting with you and your child and making you part of our Kinderland family. Don’t hesitate to contact us by phone or email for enquiries and a waiting list.

Mosman Kinderland Philosophy

We believe that children at Mosman Kinderland deserve:

The right to be a child and learn through play.
A fun, stimulating and attractive environment.
An environment which is safe, healthy and well-supervised.
To be valued as a unique person in the context of being part of a family and community.
An environment free from pressure where routines are flexible and activities are determined by the needs and interests of the children.
Positive, nurturing, warm, respectful and valued interactions from staff.
To be viewed as equal and believed to have capacities to succeed.
To be provided an environment which promotes inclusion and participation of all.
Secure attachments with carers responsive to their individual interests and needs
Trained teaching staff who facilitate children's exploration and guide learning experiences.
A program which supports and enhances development at all stages and levels of ability, with respect for family culture, and without bias. A program based on The Early Years Learning Framework.
Opportunities to regularly succeed and receive positive messages about themselves as they build self-esteem.
The opportunity to make choices and direct their own interaction with the learning
environment.
High quality care which is a stimulating, positive experience where all aspects of the child’s development and self-worth will be fostered in a safe, friendly and interactive learning environment.
Reasonable expectations for desired behaviour that is delivered and discussed with gentleness and empathy.
To be valued as individual and unique. Difference and individuality is valued and supported in all interactions, programs and procedures. All children are encouraged to experience all areas of our day without bias of religion, gender, culture or ability. Children with individual, additional or special needs will be welcomed & catered for within our Centre.
Staff that implement a range of teaching styles and methods to provide children with an education which ensures all children’s interests, needs and abilities are valued, documented and used to provide children with goals and experiences. These include aspects of the emergent curriculum, developmental checklists, portfolios and daily planning for outdoor and indoor experiences. The overall program, learning and interactions will be based on the Early years learning framework.

We believe that families of Mosman Kinderland deserve:

To be in partnership with staff
To feel welcome in the Centre at any time.
Recognition from staff that they are unique in the journey they have traversed to arrive where they are today.
Staff who acknowledge parents and family are the most important people in children’s lives and the most significant influence on their learning.
Respect for individual family values and beliefs, and their right to confidentiality. We honour language, culture, traditions, child rearing practises and lifestyle choices of families.
Relevant and timely information on their child's day-to-day activities while at the centre as well as their development over a period of time
Open and honest partnership between families and staff, based on consultation supporting consistency of care between the home and Centre.
Current information about, and opportunities to assist in the development and review of the Centre's policies, procedures and practices
Opportunities to participate in the Centre's activities, on a day-to-day basis, through the Parent Committee, or organised social events.
Joint decision making rights and active involvement in programs, education delivery and decision making.
Access to a resource network providing information, contacts and support for the family as their children grow and develop
A community that supports them in building happy, healthy families.
To be valued as individual and unique. Difference and individuality is valued and supported in all interactions, programs and procedures.

We believe the staff at Mosman Kinderland deserves:

Respect for their individual skills, knowledge and experience.
To work in a safe, healthy and friendly environment.
To work in an environment of collegiality where personal and professional contributions are valued.
Current information about, and opportunities to assist in the development and review of the Centre's policies, procedures and practices.
Opportunities to further develop and enhance their skills and knowledge through appraisals and on-going training. Our staff are regularly in-serviced on new strategies of teaching and incorporate new methods when possible and in partnership with parents.
Encouragement to participate in the Centre's management, through involvement in regular staff meetings, committees, or in other appropriate ways.
Reasonable and flexible organisation of shift rosters to enable them to find a balance between work and home responsibilities.
Support and resources to enable the development and implementation of the Centre Program.

We believe the community deserves:

Mosman Kinderland to be responsive to current standards, regulations, thinking and events within the local and greater community.
Professional staff able to resource and communicate the established and effective support programs available to all families in the local area.
Our Centre program to reflect the diverse nature of the local and greater community, teaching respect and tolerance.
Respect and partnership from Mosman Kinderland staff.
Mosman Kinderland to operate as a microcosm of desirable larger communities, where children live with and are supported to adopt values, attitudes, and ways of living that will enable them to be effective members of the broader community.

We believe the program Should :

Reflect that early childhood is a unique and valuable stage of life.
Support early childhood education as a real education in its own right.
Be based on the Early Years Learning Framework, that is children will be encouraged to; have a strong sense of identity; be connected with and contribute to their world; have a strong sense of wellbeing; be confident and involved learners; and become effective communicators.
Focus on the potential and possibilities of children and view them as capable and resourceful.
Be relevant in the context of children's lives and experiences. We foster this through small group and individual experiences, discovery, play and developmentally appropriate planned learning experiences, incidental experiences and opportunities for discovery and play.
Allow for extended periods of time for children to get involved in what interests them without a sense of being hurried.
Provide an abundance of open-ended materials and equipment that can be used in a variety of ways.
Support individual children's emerging interest in reading and writing through ensuring that materials and opportunities related to literacy are provided.
Encourage children to incorporate literacy and numeracy related experiences to their play by making provisions that support this.
Integrate numbers through such experiences as counting, adding to and taking away from, encouraging children to classify and match like objects.
Provide space and time to safely use all motor skills and to gain control over their body and develop skills.
Encourage sensory play and exploration of expressive materials through art, music and dance.
Provide many opportunities for children to become comfortable with diversity in gender, skin colour and ability.
Be play based. As a service we believe in the importance of play. Play forms the foundation of all programmed experiences.
Meet the social/ emotional, physical, intellectual, language development and cultural values of the individual child and the community.

Children, Families, Staff, Management and the Community are all considered valuable stakeholders in our service. The service believes that a close partnership build on mutual trust and respect is essential in providing a high quality service. All stakeholders will continually be encouraged to be actively engaged in ongoing review and modification to the services delivery.

We hope that by providing the highest quality staff, program, atmosphere and environment that we are providing excellence in pre-school education and the best possible start to all children’s life of learning and living within our community.

At our centre we create a welcoming environment for parents, children, staff and the community as a whole.

We believe in the fundamental view outlined in the Early Years Learning Framework that Children’s lives are characterized by “Belonging, Being and becoming”. Children’s learning is the core of the framework and comprises of three inter-related elements “Principles, practise and learning outcomes. Please refer to Children’s Learning Policy.

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