About

Who wE ARE

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten provides engaging, high quality three and four year old sessional kindergarten programs with a commitment to excellence and the holistic development of children in early childhood education.

It is through our inclusive, open-ended and play-based learning environment that our children learn about themselves and their active roles in the community with all of the rights and responsibilities that follow. Such as respect, the right to feel safe and included, the right to be treated fairly, to care for each other and for the environment. We foster a sense of learning as being fun in a supportive, caring and nurturing environment. Educators provide a range of indoor and outdoor learning experiences, intentionally based upon the acquisition of skills through key learning areas including: dramatic play, sensory exploration, construction, literacy, numeracy, visual arts, fine and gross motor development, science and the natural world.

Our place in the school community is extremely important to us.  Utilising the school facilities and shared resources plus our inclusion in many school events and educational programs enhances our curriculum and promotes children’s sense of belonging to the wider school community.

Our staff are highly qualified and experienced, and work as a team to provide learning based on children’s needs and interests. We aim to work in partnership with families and the broader school community.

Documentation is an important part of our programs. This includes daily observations of children’s learning, taking photographs, artifacts of children’s artistic representations and other collected samples of their work are often used to analyse and develop further learning.

The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF), the National Quality Standards, our own kindergarten philosophy and the UN Convention on The Rights of The Child underpin our play-based emergent curriculum, with an emphasis on developing all aspects of the child’s learning and development.

The outcomes of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) inform all of our curriculum decisions.

Philosophy

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, learn and play, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We pay respects to their elders past, present, and emerging. We strive to embed reconciliation into our daily practice and to be an example of reconciliation to the wider community.

The Oakleigh Primary School Kindergarten and OSHC communities share common goals and values about the best ways to support children on their educational journeys. We encourage respectful, collaborative relationships between children, families, the school, educators and the broader community, with our common focus being the child.

We value an inclusive and supportive environment where children can become inquisitive, respectful and involved learners. We recognise that children’s education and development is best supported through meaningful and engaged play based learning. Our programs of learning reflect this with adult and child-led learning equally informing our programs of learning. We recognise that children have their own unique perspectives on the world and nurture a sense of learning as fun and exciting.

We believe children and all community members have a right to feel safe and secure, and to have their dignity maintained at all times. We uphold a high standard of professional understanding, education and practice relating to child safety standards and children’s protection from harm. We recognise that children’s safety is the responsibility of the whole community and promote a culture of child safety. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and practices which are developed and continually reviewed in collaboration with our community.

We respect and celebrate the diversity within our community and beyond. We provide support to each child to promote their health, wellbeing and individuality through a commitment to social justice.

We are committed to a strong focus on sustainability through both sustainable education and the modelling of sustainable practices. We acknowledge that sustainability as a practice has broader implications for the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the community and planet.

January 2023

Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government. 

Authorised Point of Contact - Belinda Zajda

Phone 9568 6315

Email: belinda.zajda@education.vic.gov.au