Toora Kindergarten

Toora Kindergarten, Prom Coast Centres for Children, provides a kindergarten program for 3 and 4 year old children. Children attend kindergarten for 30 hours a fortnight during Victorian school terms.

The Kindergarten offers a play-based, emergent curriculum in line with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYL&DF) and the national Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

Philosophy

Toora Kindergarten provides quality early childhood education incorporating the National and Victorian Frameworks (Being, Belonging and Becoming, and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Developing Framework)

  • We, the educators and parents of Toora Kindergarten believe children need to feel safe, respected, valued, happy, encouraged, reassured and cared for.
  • We the educators value children’s agency.
  • We believe in providing a program which is stimulating, nurturing and responsive to children’s need to learn through play.
  • We believe in children being actively involved in their own learning.
  • We believe in developing children’s positive self-concept.
  • We believe in providing a program catering for all round development of the child. (Identity, Learning, Wellbeing, Communication and Community)
  • We believe in supporting children to develop communication skills and to develop the skills to interact effectively with others.
  • We believe in giving equal access to all children, acknowledge their different developmental stages and cultural backgrounds.
  • We believe one of our roles is to manage behaviour through guidance, positive attention and encouragement.
  • We appreciate and support the knowledge held by and the close ties between the child and their family. We welcome family involvement in the program.
  • We believe in educators and families working together in the interests of their children.
  • We believe in providing an environment that supports sustainable practices.
  • We value relationships and our interactions with each child and the individual unique contribution they make.
  • We believe it takes a community to raise a child