Developmental Program

St Paul's is proud of the expertise of the staff and the high quality programming that they bring to the centre.

Our program is designed to reflect our philosophy to create a developmentally appropriate caring and teaching environment of the highest quality. Caregivers carefully plan to ensure the philosophy is adhered to. Their program is designed to meet the needs of all children, allowing for flexibility to achieve the centre's philosophy.

One vital aspect of developmentally appropriate practice is having an understanding of how children grow and develop. Caregivers match observed actions and behaviours with expected stages of development. Children mature at different rates and they do not all reach the same stage of development at the same time. We offer a variety of programs specially designed to suit the needs of all children. Caregivers offer more challenging and difficult activities to meet the developmental needs of children at various age groups.

Our centre is a nurturing and learning environment. The early years of a child's life are full of learning experiences. Our goal is to make those experiences both enjoyable and beneficial to children. We want to help all children feel good about themselves and develop confidence in themselves. Children with confidence are able to solve problems and are better able to cope with the challenges and changes that life brings.

We develop a well-rounded teaching and caring environment that is beneficial to children's well being. The criteria which reflects our program is: - interactions amongst staff and children, curriculum, staff-parent interactions, staff qualifications and development, staffing ratio, physical environment, health and safety, nutrition and food services and evaluation. When assessing the strengths and weaknesses of our program, we use these criteria to conduct a self-evaluation.