Inspiring Creative Learning - your child's learning journey

We are committed to providing an inspiring creative learning experience to every child in our care.

When your child starts at Acre Woods they begin their learning journey. From nursery through to preschool, our team facilitate fun and interesting experiences through play, that nurture the children's development and build valuable foundations for the future - with the goal of preparing them for the transition to school.

Young children learn best through play and enjoying what they are doing.  Inspiring creative learning is about our team of teachers providing as many hands-on activities as possible for the children. This holistic approach allows the teacher to interact at the child's level with the focus on guiding children through the learning process rather than showing them how to learn.

This process allows children to develop resilience, learn to cope with many issues positively, communicate well and problem solve.  We encourage children to become CONFIDENT LEARNERS.  The world is changing so quickly that children have to constantly learn new skills and be confident in how to apply those new skills.

Our Curriculum is central to a child's program and includes all the interactions, experiences, activities, routines and events, unplanned and planned that occur in our centres.

We use a holistic approach in response to each child's individual needs and interests and provide environments that are conduicive to learning and exploring, focusing on the EYLF approach of belonging, being and becoming. We work in partnership with families to develop learning programs that are responsive to children's ideas, interests, strengths and abilities, and recognise that children learn through a balance of play and incidental teaching. 

This ensures we focus and are aware of factors that influence children’s lives such as family, community, environment, cultural diversity and personal interests: 

• Belonging is the basis for living a fulfilling life. Children feel they belong because of the relationships they have with their family, community culture and place. 
• Being is about living here and now. Childhood is a special time in life and children need time to just ‘be’ – time to play, try new things and have fun. 
• Becoming is about the learning and development that young children experience. Children start to form their sense of identity from an early age, which shapes the type of adult they will become.

Acre Woods supports a learning program for each child that: 

• gives ownership to children, employees and parents 
• supports all types of learning 
• encourages unity 
• supports ideas and development 
• respects creativity