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About Us
Your Child Is in Great Hands
​Our Vision
Our vision is to generate a wholehearted and all-encompassing family atmosphere where all educators and families feel enthused to work together as a team whilst concentrating on the delivery of an energetic learning environment to ensure that each child understands their full potential. This is regardless of race, gender, age, capability, social rank or family assembly. We value the diverse gifts that each child brings to our community and encircle the many world cultures represented to the custom. We rejoice our culturally diverse roots for the prosperity of knowledge and empathy they bring to our community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, identities and connections to community and country are valued.
Our Mission
Our mission is to work mutually to build a safe, courteous, and nurturing environment focused on maximising each child’s sense of wellbeing and attainment of life skills and learning (belonging, being and becoming).
Philosophy
Family Partnerships
Kindness, respect, and trust are the core values which inform our daily practice. Building and nurturing warm, respectful, and positive relationships with children and families enhance their sense of belonging at our service. Through a collaborative approach, based on regular communication and positive interactions, educators work with families to guide, and support them to achieve the best outcomes for their children.
Cultural Diversity
Turramurra Kindergarten was formed on the lands of the Darug people. We acknowledge Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of this country and their connection to the land, water, and community in which we operate. We value and encourage our children’s and families’ individual cultures, backgrounds, and traditions at our service. We acknowledge the wealth of diversity that everyone brings to Turramurra Kindergarten.
Educator/Child relationships
Educators, children, and their families have an equal opportunity to grow and learn within a non-discriminatory environment, where their needs are supported, valued, and acknowledged and they have open relationships and interactions with each other and supported and mentored by management. Educators and children are provided opportunities for mindfulness and relaxation which assists in the development of resilience, positive emotional / mental wellbeing, and self-worth. Moreover, the safety and wellbeing of children is a priority in our organisation. Turramurra Kindergarten provides a child safe environment in all our programs and activities along with recruitment and training for our educators. In addition, a nutritionally balanced menu and physical activity is available to promote healthy lifestyles with special consideration for food allergies, dietary requirements, and specific cultural and religious practices and preferences.
Lifelong Learning
We believe children are competent and capable of co-constructing their own knowledge of the world around them. Therefore, we embrace a play-based curriculum, based upon the principles and outcomes outlined in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). We provide children with choice through offering a wide variety of age-appropriate learning opportunities and resources that are easily accessible and we build on their foundations so they have a love for learning in the future.
Sustainability
We aim to foster an appreciation of the natural environment and deepen each child’s sense of wonder, belonging, interconnectedness to the land, nature, and animals. Through educator support and experiences provided to children, we actively develop lifelong, proactive attitudes & practices for a sustainable future.
Community Envolvement
We strive to utilise community resources to enhance the growth and development of individual children, families, and educators. We contribute to our wider community to assist the children in achieving a sense of being, belonging & becoming whilst supporting others.
Continuous Improvement
Our commitment is to continuously improve and to maintain a culture of ongoing learning, reflection, and self -assessment. We are committed to exceeding the national quality standards through implementing effective self- review processes in consultation with our educators, children, families, and community.
Our Values and Goals for achieving our Vision
Practice
To inspire our team and work together to continually evolve as a service, through our commitment to continuous improvement and always acting in the best interests of children, to establish and embed exceeding levels of practice.
Emotional security
We are to shape warm, dutiful, and significant relationships between all our children, families and educators in order to create a community of young learners which is a support system for all.
Respect & dignity
We aim to ensure that each child is given the chance to play, ascertain and flourish in an ambiance of care and shared respect where their self-worth and rights are valued and always supported.
Commitment to Child Safety Statement
The safety and wellbeing of children is a priority in our organisation. Turramurra kindergarten provides a child safe environment and in all of our curriculums and experiences.
Our number one priority is the safety, health and wellbeing of children in our care. We champion and model a child safe culture at all levels in our service. We will not tolerate harm or the risk of harm to children or young people. We will not tolerate bullying or harassment. We act on any concerns about child safety and encourage a culture of reporting harm and risk of harm.
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We listen to all children. We uphold their rights and empower them know and exercise their rights. Children and families are involved in making decisions about matters that concern them. We are committed to equity and the inclusion of all children, regardless of their abilities, sex, gender, or social, economic or cultural background. We have an inclusive and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and respect and value their diverse and unique identities and experiences.
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We are committed to provide a safe place for all children to learn and have fun.
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We have strong recruitment procedures providing the safest and most suitable persons work with children in our rooms.
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We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision practices which is monitored and audited as well as support and training with their work with children in our care.
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This Statement of Commitment forms part of our statement of philosophy and we publicly display it in our foyer and on our website.
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Number of Children
8
Number of Educators
100
Happy Families
20
Yeas of Experience
Facts & Figures
Our numbers speak for themselves
OUR VISION FOR RECONCILIATION
Our vision for reconciliation at Turramurra kindergarten is we embrace unity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other Australians, and a national culture that represents equality and equity, historical acceptance of our shared history and removal of negative race relations. Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds, and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community and the Aboriginal and Torres strait islander peoples.
We are here to educate our children of the future whilst incorporating a sense of being, belonging and becoming at our centre. We at Turramurra kindergarten provide children with a range of learning experiences in a respectful way which enhances children’s knowledge and understand of our country’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and encourages connectedness to first peoples within our centre and broader community, maintaining positive relationships and links to the people which is being embedded throughout our centres curriculums and daily routines.