Rooms
Wallaby
2 to 3 Years
Wallaby room is our second toddler group and accommodates a maximum of 16 children with five educators.
The room environment is warm and engaging and is set up for children to feel safe to explore different activities.
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The educators in the Wallaby room believe that children are capable and active learners within their environment. The educators build trusting and reciprocal relationships with children and families to create a play based environment which offers learning potential for all children. Through play children are motivated to learn and develop positive dispositions towards learning.
Learning program
The educators in the Wallaby room recognise play is essential in children‘s early years learning which helps children to develop physical, cognitive, language, and social emotional skills so as to reach full potential. The learning program is influenced by Multiple Intelligences philosophy and guided by the Early Years Learning and Developing Framework.
The Wallaby room program aims to help children learn and develop in a holistic way through focusing on the five Outcomes of the framework:
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Children have a strong sense of identity (identity)
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Children are connected with and contribute to their world (community)
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Children have a strong sense of wellbeing (wellbeing)
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Children are confident and involved learners (learning)
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Children are effective communicators (communication)
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Children learn at different rates and in different ways. Therefore, the educators in the Wallaby room use the Practice Principles to provide different kinds of support and engagement necessary for every child to learn and develop.
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Children in the Wallaby room are given opportunities to be involved in different activities not only inside but also outside. We have a beautiful shared outdoor environment where children can explore and enjoy an undercover play area, a large sandpit, a dry river bed and vegetable gardens. The outside environment also provides children with opportunities to play and interact with kinder children too.
Wallaby Room Routine
Time
Activity
7.30am
Children begin arriving
7.30am - 9.00am
Time to explore the room
8.45am - 9.00am
Children assist in packing up
9.00am
AM group time
10.15am - 11.30am
Indoor/Outdoor program – children will continue to explore both the indoor and outdoor program. This will also be the time when any incidental group times or intentional teaching experiences may occur and specialist program sessions are during this time.
11.30am - 12.30pm
Lunch
12.30pm - 2.00pm
After lunch children get ready for sleep/rest, any children not sleeping will engage in quiet small group and individual activities. As children wake, they will join quiet activities.
2.30pm - 3.00pm
Afternoon tea
3.00pm
PM group time
3.15pm - 5.30pm
Children will continue to explore indoor and outdoor program
5.15pm
Late snack
5.30pm - 6.00pm
Children help tidy classroom
6.00pm
Centre closes
These routines are flexible based on weather conditions, specialist program, centre events, and children’s individual needs. Morning group times will be an opportunity for the children to come together and begin their day. This helps the children to feel a sense of community in their learning space.
