St Mary's Community Of Learners Darwin

Our practices include listening and responding to the children and extending on their ideas and thoughts through our observations which then enrich our program.

The learning environment is play-based where children have a wide variety of activities to engage in at any one time encompassing a range of abilities and skills.

We strive to establish positive relationships with all families as we work towards the mutual goal of helping children achieve the best possible outcomes.

We have high expectations with regard to what the children are able to accomplish and we believe that children are able to make their own meaning of the world around them.

All children learn from their experiences and we recognise that families are the first and most influential educators of their children.

We value diversity and encourage children to respect differences and develop capacity for viewing the world around them.

Our aim is to provide children with a high quality education that embraces the vision of the Early Years Learning Framework, Belonging, Being and Becoming, Each child is respected, valued and their uniqueness celebrated with their strengths and interests forming the basis of our learning program.

This is known as an Emergent Curriculum and is considered to be the most effective means of educating young children.

At St Mary's Community of Learners we believe that the early years of life are the most significant years for learning.