Our Approach
Connection first. Learning with purpose.
At Kelvin Kindergarten Long Day Care & Preschool St Ives, secure relationships create the foundation for thoughtful play, intentional teaching and confident participation.
Our Guiding Principles
Five Capabilities children use every day.
Our Educational Leader framework connects daily routines, relationships and learning experiences to capabilities that support children now and through the transition to school.
Self-Regulation
Recognising feelings, recovering from strong emotions and using support and strategies.
Expressive Communication
Sharing ideas, listening, asking questions and expressing needs with confidence.
Executive Function
Remembering, focusing, planning, adapting and persisting through challenge.
Social Competence
Joining play, cooperating, negotiating and building respectful relationships.
Confidence as a Learner
Trying, wondering, making choices and seeing oneself as capable.
Learning in Practice
How children learn at Kelvin.
Play
Hands-on experiences support imagination, problem-solving, language and early concepts in ways that feel natural to children.
Social learning
Shared experiences help children practise communication, cooperation, empathy, negotiation and friendship.
Emotional growth
Calm guidance helps children recognise feelings, recover from challenges and develop self-regulation.
Real Learning Moments
Relationships and investigation, side by side.
The Role of Educators
Present, observant and responsive.
Because Kelvin is a smaller centre, educators can listen closely, understand each child’s routines and interests, and extend learning without taking over.
Know the child
We notice children’s communication, confidence, relationships and ways of approaching challenge—not only the activity in front of them.
Extend with intention
Educators add language, questions, materials and support at the right moment, helping play become deeper learning.
Quality Curriculum
Connected to the Early Years Learning Framework.
Our preschool and long day care curriculum reflects Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia V2.0 and the National Quality Standard.
Belonging. Being. Becoming.
Children learn through secure relationships, active participation, identity, wellbeing, communication and connectedness to their world.
See Our Approach in Action
Visit our St Ives early learning community.
Meet the educators, experience the atmosphere and see how connection and purposeful learning come together throughout the day.