Here at Kennedy Kids, we fully recognise and respect that families are children’s first and the most influential teachers. We value parental culture, knowledge, insight, and perspectives and encourage them to contribute to and be a part of our centre. We believe that children thrive when families and educators work together in partnership to support children’s learning and to form a sense of identity that with help shape the adults that they will become. Our highly experienced team of dynamic, enthusiastic, professionally trained educators are dedicated to supporting the early learning and development of children through meaningful interactions, experiences and learning rich environments. We understand every child is different and each child’s current knowledge, strengths, ideas, culture, abilities, and interests are the bases of our learning curriculum. Early learning and development helps children in not only education but with their identity, connection with community, making friends, their wellbeing, along with guiding them and building confidence as learners and effectiveness as communicators. Proven through multiple studies and research, the early years of a child’s life is an integral stage for rapid learning. We pride ourselves on supporting and extending children’s knowledge of the world. At Kennedy Kids we provide indoor and outdoor learning environments that are welcoming, challenging, vibrant and flexible whilst catering for the different learning capacities and styles of the children. We believe the environments should reflect the children’s needs and interests and invite open-ended interactions, spontaneity, challenges, exploration, and discovery. We believe the environment should engage the children providing them with enjoyment at any given time and they should be given the opportunity to use their imagination.

A child’s early learning experiences and environment has a profound impact on that child’s life opportunities and outcomes. We encourage children to be in the moment and take their time to explore their interests. Every day is important when it comes to nurturing a child’s spirit and providing learning opportunities, we encourage children to make the most out of every single day.

Each element of our philosophy plays an integral part in the way our team cares for and educates children. How our staff care and educate not only individually but as a team influences the philosophy whilst maintaining our vision for children’s learning.