Our Mission
Mission
As a bridge between home and formal schooling, we offer a treasured early learning experience in an engaging, inclusive social setting.
Objectives
For Children: Develop skills, values and sensitivities that prepare children in our care to participate enthusiastically, safely and productively in structured learning environments and diverse social settings, building towards:
- Self-confidence
- Curiosity
- A love of learning and awareness of its rewards
- Trust and mutual respect
- Effective communication and active listening
- Creative problem solving in diverse situations
- Responsible decision-making and appreciation of the consequences
For Parents and Caregivers: Reinforce and complement the guidance and care offered at home and in other settings, through professional and devoted attention to their children while in our care, offering:
- A safe, secure and stimulating physical and social environment
- Respectful, supportive and affectionate care
- Professional attention to child development needs
- Sharing of insights and experiences on approaches to learning
- Convenient access in a community-based school
For Staff and Resource Personnel: Extend meaningful opportunities for personal and professional growth and expression through a rewarding experience in the theory and practice of early childhood development.
For the Broader Child Care and Early Child Education Community: Champion the development and adoption of policies and practices that continuously improve the stature and standards of child care and early childhood development in society.
Philosophy and Approach
A developmental approach: Stimulate a love of learning in a way that allows children to progress at their own rate.
The whole person: Address the full range of child development needs: emotional, social, physical and cognitive.
Self-confidence and personal esteem: Nurture each child to feel good about himself/herself.
Mutual respect: Teach children to respect the rights, feelings and interests of others, as well as their own.
Awareness of environment: Foster awareness and sensitivity to the environment and its intrinsic worth, interdependence and fragility.
Sense of Wonder: Encourage curiosity, exploration and the discovery that learning is a rewarding personal experience.
Structured discovery: Promote learning through active investigation of a carefully planned environment.
The power of play: Recognize play as a natural process for children to explore and make sense of the world around them.
Independent pursuits: Devote meaningful time to self-initiated activities that match the interests, needs and pace of the individual child.
Group interaction: Engage children in small group events (music, story telling, games, show and tell) that emphasize accepting suggestions and directions from others, listening attentively, interacting positively with peers, respecting adults other than parents and recognizing their valued membership and contribution in broader social groups.