FACILITIES

Rooms

Nursery Room

In our Nursery we provide your child with all the love and care that they need. We work together with families to promote consistency…

Nursery Room 1

In our Nursery we provide your child with all the love and care that they need. We work together with families to promote consistency between the home environment and our centre, to ensure that the children feel secure and happy. We offer a wide range of activities and experiences that further your child’s development. Many of these experiences are accessible for the children so that they may explore their interest and expand on their world in their own time.

We like to keep the Nursery as calm as possible and get to know each baby and family. With this age group each child has their own routine and as they develop and progress this changes throughout the year. We work closely with each child and family to provide something unique and personal.

Nursery Room 2

The Nursery room 2 is the next stage for the babies in the Nursery. Just through the gate from the little ones this is an important stage of transition. Babies join us when they are around 1 year old. The children become slightly more independent In Nursery Room 2 as we provide an environment which allows our children to discover new and exciting experiences.

We have lots of fun and learning. We have special story, singing and group times. We enjoy art and craft and lots of new and exciting learning activities indoors and out. Again we have our own routine for sleeping, eating and bottles but we start to eat together when we are ready, and meal times are times for learning.

We try to feed ourselves, and often even though this can be a messy experience we enjoy the challenge and learning new skills. The Nursery has their own natural outdoor environment where they can release their energy through age appropriate gross motor activities, and enjoy the fresh air in a protected environment.

Toddler Room

As the babies become Toddlers they move into Toddler Room 1. We provide our children with a caring and nurturing environment allowing the next stage of independence and learning…

Toddler Room 1

As the babies become Toddlers they move into Toddler Room 1. We provide our children with a caring and nurturing environment allowing the next stage of independence and learning. We recognise the importance of developing children’s self awareness and confidence whilst also developing social skills and the awareness of others. We place a lot of value on the development of social and language skills throughout our program. Singing, music, dancing, and story telling is an essential part of each day as well as building our self help skills.

We are also keen to assist by guiding your children through the toilet training process. We work with the families to ensure consistency for the child in both the centre and the home environment. We work closely with Toddlers Room 2 to ensure each child is ready.

Toddler Room 2

Toddler Room 2 provides all children with a safe and educational environment that gives each child the confidence to reach their potential of continuing to grow and develop. Children’s development is tracked through weekly individual observations and the analysis of these allows the staff to program and plan to the children’s strengths and identify focus areas of development.

We combine with the Toddler 1 room in our natural outdoor environment to work on developing our gross motor skill, which means strengthening our muscles. We do this through digging in the sandpit, climbing on the equipment, riding bikes and kicking balls.

Preschool Room

Both Preschools rooms focus on encouraging a love of learning that will prepare children for life. We also prepare children for school through a variety of experiences including name recognition…

Preschool Room 1

Both Preschools rooms focus on encouraging a love of learning that will prepare children for life. Preschool Room 1 is programmed to meet the ever expanding interest and abilities of the children. Using the Early Years Framework (EYLF) we focus on a number of areas of interest throughout the year, these are based on child’s interests, and ways of extending their development.

We also prepare children for school through a variety of experiences including name recognition, number and alphabet recognition and social skills development. All staff support and encourage the children developing independence and communication skills at every opportunity.

We have a great natural outdoor environment that we use with the Preschool 2 room to expand and develop our gross motor skills and hand/eye coordination. We also enjoy finding out about the weather, growing plants and seeds and caring for the environment..

Preschool Room 2

In Preschool 2 room we have a focus on School Readiness, whilst still programming for individual interests and abilities. In small groups we explore musical and literacy concepts on a daily basis. We also program specific school readiness activities based on literacy, numeracy, fine motor, cognitive and social skills development. This program is based on the children’s needs and family input.

Our Kitchen

Our trained On-Site Centre Chef has a commitment to provide fresh food daily. Giraffe does not believe in using pre-prepared items and everything is created “from scratch” every day. The menu is varied and is created based on what is fresh and available at the markets, as well as being sensitive to what our children enjoy eating.

Each day we serve breakfast for those early risers as well as morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. The children are offered fruit throughout the day. They are also encouraged to try new tastes and flavours.

Outdoors

Our outdoor environment is planned to include a number of dedicated areas aimed at providing many opportunities for children to engage in more vigorous exercise such as running, kicking and throwing balls, climbing, balancing and digging in a safe and challenging way. They will be unique facilities, each presenting opportunities for learning.

For pre-school children we have an indoor / outdoor program where they are free to choose which area they would like to use.

Self Help Activities

We encourage children throughout the day to be independent in life skills and to be part of helping the group in the Preschool Room. Some of the ways they do this are:

To serve themselves and scrape their own plates at meal times, and to pour their own drinks

To help stack the chairs after meals

Remove their own bedding after rest

Put on their own shoes and socks

Take responsibility for their own belongings

Packing away and cleaning up when they have finished at an activity

Feed themselves

Be able to wash their hands and toilet themselves

Simple dressing skills are encouraged

Sustainable

Giraffe Early Learning Centre – Docklands is committed to promoting sustainability and facilitating a healthy community and environment. We are committed to protecting our environment to ensure a sustainable future for our children and through everyday practices we strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our Centre actively participates in caring for our environment and promotes sustainable practices through educating and working with the children, families and wider community.

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FACILITIES

Rooms

Nursery Room

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Toddler Room

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Preschool Room

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Our Kitchen

Outdoors

Self Help Activities

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