OUR CURRICULUM

At The Lookout Early Education Centre:

• We believe in developing a program that is co-constructed by the children and our educators to implement meaningful and purposeful learning. Our program is a balance of both structured and planned experiences, with opportunities for open ended play.
• We focus strongly on the children’s interests, family input and the social possibilities within all experiences. These develop into investigations in small or large groups that aim to promote the children’s thinking skills, together with their literacy and numeracy knowledge.
• Alongside these investigations we focus on each individual child’s development and work closely with families to create goals for the children, drawing on their professional knowledge to implement ways to achieve certain milestones or a specific learning outcome.

Our Transition to School program

• As part of our curriculum we concentrate on child-centred learning and on developing essential skills that the children will need to transition to school with ease.
• We have a separate classroom for the Senior Pre-schoolers who will be transitioning to Primary school, and they have their own school uniform.
• We recognise the importance of early literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional development.
• We believe that independence is a vital skill from an early age, aiding resilience, persistence and maturity and we embed this throughout our daily routine and planned experiences.
• We encourage children to engage positively with one another and provide them with strategies to draw upon during challenging social encounters.
• We celebrate children’s uniqueness and encourage children to express their emotions and develop self-awareness.

How you’ll be kept involved and up to date

Documentation about the program and children’s learning is shared with families through a variety of avenues including:

• Storypark platform to communicate with parents daily. Online documentations and curriculum planning, discussions with educators, art portfolios, room displays, weekly newsletters and email communication. Please visit Storypark for more information.
• Our educators communicate daily with parents about the child’s day, activities and general developmental progress.
• Information is also shared through Parent Teacher Interviews, reports, online documentation, newsletters and annual Parent Information Evenings.