The Oxford Early Learning Centre prioritises a stimulating, family-oriented education, promoting holistic child well-being.
Recognising each child’s uniqueness, the centre values individual, cultural, and family backgrounds. With a focus on lifelong learning, educators play a pivotal role in guiding, observing, and supporting each child, fostering strong relationships. The goal is to nurture lifelong learners by providing support and encouragement to both children and their families, recognising education as the foundation for a child’s future growth.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
At Oxford, we believe that community engagement is important as it has an immense impact on a child’s wellbeing and learning. Engaging with the community builds on children’s interest and expertise in being and becoming contributors to their world.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
We believe that secure, respectful, and reciprocal relationships provide children with a secure base for exploration and learning. Our educators strongly believe that children learn through play based experiences and are influenced by the educational philosophy of Reggio Emilia, where children are viewed as capable and competent citizens and are active protagonists of their own lives and others.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
We believe young children represent the first of the future generations which makes it important for us, as educators, to help the children realise the significance of caring for and protecting their environment. We embrace sustainability by educating the children about sustainable practices and care of the natural environment.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
We believe that a sense of wellbeing in children incorporates both physical and psychological aspects and is central to belonging, being and becoming. Educators attend to children’s wellbeing by providing safe and secure environments, affirmation and respectful for all aspects of their physical, emotional, social, cognitive, linguistic, creative, and spiritual being.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
Learning environments promote opportunity for sustainable shared thinking and collaborative learning. Our environments are family friendly inclusive, promotes competence, independence and learning through play. Our centre provides a safe and healthy environment, where children and adults are encouraged to be respectful of the environment and rights of others.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
We believe working in collaborations with educators, families, and children by using learning outcomes to guide children’s learning. We use the Early Years Learning Framework to guide the educators in their curriculum decision making as part of an ongoing cycle to assist in planning, implementation and evaluating children’s learning. Children will experience self – directed, experimental learning in relationship- driven environments as per the Reggio Emilia approach, working in conjunction with the Early Years Learning Framework.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
We believe that families are children’s first and most influential teachers. Partnerships are based on the foundation of understanding each other’s expectations and attitudes and build on the strengths of each other’s knowledge. We trust each other by communicating freely and respectfully with each other to engage in shared decision making.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
Diversity is an integral aspect of a child’s learning experience; therefore, learning is linked to each child’s individual needs, values, home, and the outside world. We believe each child is unique and diverse and because of this we cater for differing individual values in every area of a child’s development.
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Oxford’s Philosophy
At Oxford Early Learning Centre, we take pride in our professional team of educators who welcome all families and children to the service. It is though our passion in education that we will build the foundation of growth for each child’s future. Our passion, Their future.
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Community
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Children
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Sustainability
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Wellbeing
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Learning Environment
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Pedagogical Documentation
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Families
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Culturally Competent
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Educators
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