Oxford Early Learning programs for children
At Oxford Early Learning Centre, we provide high-quality early childhood education for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years. Our childcare services in Croydon are designed to nurture your child’s growth in a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment. Based on the Reggio Emilia approach, we offer a variety of learning experiences such as cooking, yoga, language lessons, and sports, helping your child develop essential life skills.
Oxford Early learning Centre provides high quality programs for children that meet with the National Quality Framework for Education and Care Services. We believe in making affordable childcare accessible to families through the Child Care Subsidy, so every child has the opportunity to benefit from our programs.
As a trusted provider of childcare in Australia, we are proud to offer enriching preschool child care that sets the foundation for lifelong learning. If you’re looking for high-quality and affordable childcare in Croydon, we invite you to join the Oxford Early Learning Centre family and give your child the best start in life.
Driven by the children’s own passions and interests, our approach celebrates the diverse ways that children learn and express themselves. Children are encouraged to develop skills in problem solving, hypothesizing, and collaboration. They will be asked to document their ideas build on their knowledge and what they already know in many different ways.
At Oxford we believe in collaborative project based learning. The project involves a process of gathering and analyzing information as evidence of what children know, can do and understand and providing them with resources and experiences to extend and build on the topic.
The project approach gives the children opportunities to engage in meaningful learning experiences based on their interests and funds of knowledge. It also focuses on provoking children’s dispositions and their learning in areas of literacy, science and mathematics.
Oxford Early Learning program curriculum is planned on a weekly cycle and consists of children’s interests, current interest based project, children’s voices, family input, intentional teaching, extension on children’s observations, curriculum reflection. In partnership with families and the educational leader, the educators plan purposeful and meaningful play learning experiences daily.
The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is the program that will be utilized at the centre which describes the principles, practice and outcomes essential to support and enhance young children’s learning from birth to six years of age, as well as their transition to school.
Core Reggio Emilia Beliefs
- Children learn through a play based experiences
- The child is capable of constructing their own learning
- Community is important and children learn by collaborating with their communities
- Humans are natural communicators and children should be encouraged to express themselves
- The environment is the third teacher and must be enriching and supportive
- Teachers are partners, nurturers and guides to children and help them explore their interests through projects
- A child’s learning must be documented
- Parental participation is vital
Oxford Early Learning Centre also provide programs that your child can take advantage of such as: