Our Philosophy

Salisbury Heights Preschool is committed to providing an accessible, inclusive, play-based learning environment for preschool children and their families, which empowers individual children to continue their life and learning journey with confidence. Educators, in partnership with families and community, support the individual needs and values of the children and their families.

We believe children learn through play by exploring, experimenting, developing skills and abilities, working together, making links and building understandings in a safe caring environment where everyone is important and learning is valued. We acknowledge that the land we play and learn on is the traditional land of the Kaurna people and we respect their spiritual relationship with the country.

To facilitate this staff will:

• Create an environment which promotes children’s learning and development through play.
• Value and respect each child as an individual and support their wellbeing.
• Develop respectful relationships.
• Value what children already know and plan learning experiences that compliment what children want to learn and what they need to learn.
• Focus on the development of the whole child.
• Recognise each child’s right to be safe and support the development of children’s protective strategies to help them be safe.
• Encourage children to take risks in their learning and provide opportunities for children to experience success.
• Acknowledge children as competent, capable and active learners.
• Nurture in children the skills necessary for successful interactions and working in groups.
• Support and facilitate the development of children’s language and communication skills, as well as early literacy and numeracy skills.
• Ensure the curriculum is culturally and socially inclusive and foster a sense of fairness and respect for diversity.
• Support children’s interaction with and respect for the natural world and awareness of sustainability.
• Regularly evaluate the learning journey of each child through observing, discussing, recording and planning for their learning, and share this information with parents.
• Work in partnership with families and liaise with support services, schools and other agencies to achieve the best outcomes for each child.

We encourage children to:

• experience success
• take risks in their learning
• accept, co-operate and share with others
• engage in a rich variety of experiences
• take responsibility for their own actions
• seek positive ways to resolve grievances
• develop problem solving skills
• create, laugh, listen, give, sing, have fun