We aim to provide every child the best opportunity to grow, learn and empower them to develop their potential through quality experiences and nurturing relationships in a caring environment.
Our Values
Oz Education Early Learning Centres (ELC) has five core values that guide everything we do.
Integrity
We are genuine and accountable for the provision of education and care services and act with honesty and consistency guided by our core values.
Leadership
We are passionate about pursuing and achieving excellence through sustained early childhood education research and innovation that shape our policies and practices.
Care
We cultivate a caring culture that embraces our responsibility to support children and communities, our staff, our environment, and the sustainability of our organisation.
Inclusion
We embrace that and celebrate the rich diversity in our community and are committed to building trust and collaboration that helps create better outcomes for all children.
Respect
We build respectful relationships that are based on high ethical standards that acknowledge the fair and equal rights of individual cultures, beliefs, values, and strengths.
Elements of our Learning Framework
During your child’s early learning journey at Oz Education, your child will access a wide range of learning areas through purposeful play based learning. We adopt the Early Years Learning Framework which aims to build your child’s sense of identity, community, well-being, and the ability to learn.
Your child will also have the added advantage of learning STEM through our play-based learning curriculum and structured Advantage preschool program that ensures that they get a great head start for school and for life.
Belonging
Belonging involves knowing where and with whom you belong and is a basic human need. At our centres we will support your child’s sense of belonging and their relationship and identity building processes. Belonging is central to being and becoming and it shapes who your children are and their future potential.
Being
Childhood is a crucial time to be, and to learn about the world. Oz Education recognises the importance of the past and present in your children’s lives. Your children begin to know themselves, form their identities, build meaningful relationahips, and engage with complex aspects of life. Early childhood is not limited to future aspirations but includes being in the present.
Becoming
Your child’s identity and understanding of the world, and their relationships and capabilities evolve during their childhood. Becoming involves the rapid changes occurring as your child develops in this stage of life. Oz Education recognises the importance of collaboration between educators, families, and children to support healthy children.
Our Approach
At Oz Education, we are committed to creating safe, nurturing and stimulating environments for children in our care and we do so by:
investing in building and maintaining safe, clean, healthy and secure physical environments that are tailored to the stage developmental needs of your growing child.
supporting and nurturing relationships with each child as we believe they form the foundation for all learning for children.
building strong relationships with families based on trust and collaboration, to foster their child’s confidence and learning.
valuing an inclusive, supportive and stimulating learning environment that provides equal respect and support toward individual beliefs, culture, customs, values, and family structure and backgrounds.
listening to our children’s voices, family voices, educator voices as well as Early Childhood Education research and developments to inform our programs and services.
enriching children’s learning from birth to six years by implementing our play-based learning Curriculum based on the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) principles.
extending children’s learning through our Advantage Preschool Program and a wide range of complimentary incusions, excursions and extra-curricular programs based on your child’s interests.
guiding our staff and encouraging all members of our community to be involved in or with our service to have a sense of Belonging, Being and Becoming.
creating positive outcomes for children through best practices in the provision of education and care services based on leading Early Childhood Education research, standards and guidelines.
critically reflecting on our practices to ensure continuous improvement.
endeavouring to be a sustainable and environmentally responsible addition to local and wider communities, and our environment.
