Reservoir
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and supportive childcare and kindergarden at the heart of the Reservoir community.
Childcare and Kinder
Duckling room
6 months -2 years 3 educators 12 babies
Penguin room
2/3 years 4 educators 16 toddlers
Rosella room
3/5 years 22 children 2 educators on (integrated 3 year old kinder runs in this room on a Wednesday, room moves to 33 children with a kinder teacher present)
Kinder Room
4 year old kinder Monday Tuesday 8:30-4:45pm integrated and sessional care offered 11 places one kinder teacher
4 year old kinder Thursday and Friday 8:30am-4:45pm integrated and sessional care offered 11 places one kinder teacher
Capacity
86 places
Features
We have a full time chef that provides warm meals and nutritious snacks for the children every day.
We have Italian classes on Thursday, we have regular excursion to the library for our over 3 year olds. We also have regular incursion to extend on projects or intentional teaching moments.
We have fortnightly sport and music sessions.
We have a sustainability rep that runs educational group times and experience with the children eg making paper.
Our team regularly updates our Reconciliation Action Plan and embed the aboriginal cultural into our curriculum, see attached our children Acknowledgment to country.
We abide by the 11 child safe standards please see our commitment to the child safe standards attached.
Our biggest asset is our long term educators, some educators have been with us for over 20 years we have a low turnover of educators.
Our natural looking yards enhance our curriculum and our sustainability practices.
Philosophy
Our diverse and dedicated team at Darebin Childcare and Kindergarten, establish and maintain respectful relationships with children, their families and the wider community.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and we are committed to reconciliation, in collaboration with Narragunnawali and Reconciliation Australia.
We believe a play based curriculum strengthens each child’s capacity to learn and develop new skills regardless of their abilities, culture and background.
Every child demonstrates new and exciting ways of being and doing. Showcasing their unique and individual learning styles and abilities, embeds a positive outlook for life-long learning.
Empowering children as active participants and decision makers, establishes the foundation for them to grow into confident and resilient adults.
Our commitment to child safety statement
At Darebin Childcare and Kindergarten, we have a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse and we support the diversity of children’s needs. We strive to build a strong culture of child safety through incorporating the principles and Child Safe Standards into our everyday practice.
Children’s acknowledgement
Thank you for the sky.
Thank you for the sun.
Thank you for the Wurundjeri Land that we learn and play on.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people who are the traditional owners of the land on which we gather on today.
OUR PROGRAMS
We focus on children’s learning through our play based learning curriculum with our holistic approach
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Duckling
6 MONTHS to 2YEARS
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Penguin
2 YEARS to 3 YEARS
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Rosella
3 YEARS to 6 YEARS
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3yr Old
FUNDED KINDER
A child must be three years old on or before 30 April in the year that they are to attend the program. This is a program designed to meet the developmental, social, emotional, language and listening skills of young children who have turned 3 years old.
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4yr Old
FUNDED KINDER
4 year old Kindergarten are government funded and are 15 hours per week. Children are eligible to attend kindergarten if they turn 4 years of age on or before 30 April in the year of attendance. A cost will be required by families, these are term fees.