Philosophy Development
Team Appreciation
On September 7th we said a big Thank-you to our wonderful team of educators here at Haven as we celebrated Educators Day. I am forever grateful and proud of the dedicated, resilient and passionate team of educators and teachers we have here at Haven Early Learning. Every challenge that gets thrown at the team they will boldly step up to, with a desire to improve, reflect and grow as professionals. While we eagerly wait the results of our recent assessment and rating we wanted to share what we have been working on as a team in developing our service philosophy and welcome any feedback.
This year has not been easy, loosing our biggest spark and motivation Claire, we have needed to re-define ourselves at Haven, including re-examining our visions and beliefs. This as resulted in updating our service philosophy, which highlights the quality of education we strive to provide to children, our passionate team of educators and the strong relationships we aim to build with our families and the community.
Service Philosophy
At Haven Early Learning we believe that genuine, trusting, kind and fun relationships will have positive long-lasting impacts on children’s early childhood learning and development. We are a community who promote equal opportunities and welcome all individuals’, celebrating their strengths, interests and abilities. Our professional team are committed and continually being inspired, motivated, and empowered to deliver the highest quality educational programs for all children and young people.
Our strong belief is that children establish fundamental foundations to their learning and development in the early years of life through engaging in an integrated- play based program, which is demonstrated through our values and themes of:
We collaborate as one
We believe in creating a community feel at Haven working in collaboration with our children, families, and the community, to promote a sense of comfort and security. We value open partnerships with families, respecting the notion that they are their child’s first teachers. Further, we are committed to creating meaningful learning opportunities, demonstrated through positive and collaborative interactions between educators and children.
We value children as leaders
Children are capable and competent leaders in their own learning journeys here at Haven. We value providing children with choice to learn through their lenses, while engaging in the indoor and outdoor learning environments. This promoting children’s sense of autonomy and agency to express their feelings, develop their identity and confidence to explore new settings.
We facilitate learning and development
We facilitate learning through scaffolding interactions in play, recognising individual children’s learning styles and creating provocations that appeal to their strengths and interests. Our educational programs foster hands on experiences that bring everyone together and connect children to their environment. The importance of forming a connection with nature is reflected in different and unique ways throughout our classrooms including community excursions, worm farms, garden beds and outdoor play.
We believe in equal opportunities
Haven Early Learning acknowledges the multicultural world in which we live in and celebrates all cultures and ethnicities. Children have a right to belong, feel respected express their own identity, where they explore similarities and differences in people. We believe in sprinkling culture and diversity throughout all of Haven and acknowledge the traditional owners of the Bunurong land in which we gather on.
At Haven we value and respect children, with them contributing to the development of this philosophy, giving feedback about why they love Haven including:
“I love all of it”
“I like the teachers, they are so nice
“I like my room, it makes me happy”
“I love playing with everyone”
“Everyone listens to my words at Haven”