Our Adventurers are on the cusp of mastering a huge number of skills within all the developmental domains, from cognitive, emotional and social development to fine and gross motor. Our Educators provide consistent and compassionate support and guidance, that supports the Adventures to reach their developmental milestones.

In line with our centre philosophy and values, our focus is on learning through play and implementing a play-based Pedagogy.

For children, play is their work. The simple act of playing helps our Adventurers further develop motor and language skills as well as sharpen skills like problem solving, critical thinking and creativity. The role of educators is to provide them the space, time, resources and opportunity to engage in a multitude of different play experiences.

There are always areas in the room to encourage;

Roleplay and acting. Bringing real life experiences into a safe environment

Creativity and imagination, through the use of different media and art materials

Music and movement, through songs and dancing

Language and literacy through stories, puppetry, mat times and rhymes

Fine motor skills through construction and small manipulatives

Social skills through small group experiences and opportunities to be with others

Curiosity and inquiry through small world and open-ended resources

Calm and quiet time with cosy, comforting furnishings

The service opens at 7:00am and the children are grouped together with the same familiar staff until 7.30am, when they will transition to their own learning spaces. Here the children will have opportunities to play and explore in their indoor/outdoor environments. At 9:00am our Adventures are invited to engage in Davening with one of our Jewish Studies Teachers where they sing songs in both English and Hebrew in celebration of the new day.

This is followed by morning tea, where children are encouraged to sit together in small groups and enjoy a meal together. We encourage full participation as children help set up the tables, serve themselves and tidy up at the end of the meal.

Children have a large block of uninterrupted play until lunch time where there are opportunities to engage in intentional and spontaneous experiences with the Educators in both the indoor and Outdoor environments. A careful curation of resources and purposefully constructed environments, ensures that children have a range of interesting, challenging and inviting learning possibilities. Just after 11.00am our Adventurers begin to transition for a progressive lunch after which all children are given the opportunity to sleep, rest and relax. During this time, the children who have short sleeps or only rest, are provided with quiet play experiences with an Educator. Sleep is followed by more opportunities to play before afternoon tea (around 2:20pm) with children making their own choice to move off to play when they are ready. As children come towards the end of their day they are provided with opportunities for indoor and outdoor play until pick up time.