Our History
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Tumut Community Preschool was founded in 1960. A new building was built on the current Howick Street site and was officially opened late in 1992. This building continued operating until further upgrades and landscaping were completed in 2012.
The Preschool is a purpose built facility designed to provide an abundance of natural light and ventilation. Our Preschool has a parent room and age specific educational learning environments, material, equipment and technology Our outside playground is beautiful with lots of grassed areas, big shady trees, and room enough to run, play and have fun. |
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Our Values and Philosophy
We believe children are successful, competent and capable learners.
Our educators use professional and inclusive practices to encourage learning:
Our educators use professional and inclusive practices to encourage learning:
- by nurturing children to develop interdependent relationships with others
- by supporting children to know where and with whom they belong,
- by contributing to the child’s world, being in the here and now and
- by empowering children through the process of becoming.
- their creativity and discovery
- their development of friendships, family relationships and community connections
- their learning through play and fun
- their happiness and joyfulness and
- their capacity to share and care for others
- secure respectful relationships
- partnerships with families
- high expectations and equity
- respect for diversity
- ongoing learning and reflective practices
- continuous improvement of our practices and processes,
- the health, safety and wellbeing of children attending our preschool
- improving the educational and developmental outcomes for children attending our preschool and
- embedding the national quality standards into our service operation