Curriculum, Quality Standards & Practices

We believe in offering more than just high-quality childcare services, we are purposeful in the way we design our learning environments and are deliberate in our teaching practices.

Our Educational Program

Our Educational Programs are developed in conjunction with the Educational Leader. Our Team of Lead Educators and Teachers collaborate to create Term Programs which are broken up into inquiries. Within each inquiry the program sets out the learning for the term, how it will be implemented with links to the Early Years Learning Framework. With the broad nature of our term programs, we are able to include intentional and spontaneous teachings daily. Incursions and/or Excursions are a part of our weekly program to continue to have ties to our community of Bronte. Not only do we head out into the community, but bring what the community has to offer into the service. That is, within our educational program we engage with external companies who come into our service and implement sports, music, literacy, and science programs. Essentially, we aim to connect our children with the world around them through meaningful and intentional programming.

Here are some of the guiding documents from our resource library we use to inform our daily practice:

National Quality Framework

The National Quality Framework provides a nationwide approach to compliance, assessment and quality improvement in early childhood education and care. At BKP we are committed to provide a high quality of care and in alignment with the National Quality Framework which consists of:

The National Law and National Regulations
National Quality Standard
Assessment and Quality Rating Process
National Learning Frameworks

What quality areas are in the National Quality Standard?

The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a high national benchmark for early childhood education and care and outside school hours care services in Canberra and Australia.

The NQS includes 7 Quality Areas that are important outcomes for children including:

Quality Area 1 – Educational program and practice: Educational program and practice of educators are child-centred, stimulating and maximise opportunities for enhancing and extending each child’s learning and development.
Quality Area 2 – Children’s health and safety: Children have the right to experience quality education and care in an environment that safeguards and promotes their health, safety and wellbeing.
Quality Area 3 – Physical environment: Physical environment is safe, suitable and provides a rich and diverse range of experiences that promote children’s learning and development.
Quality Area 4 – Staffing arrangements: Qualified and experienced educators, who develop warm, respectful relationships with children, create predictable environments and encourage children’s active engagement in the learning program.
Quality Area 5 – Relationships with children: Relationships with children are responsive, respectful and promote children’s sense of security and belonging.
Quality Area 6 – Collaborative partnerships with families and communities: Collaborative relationships with families are fundamental to achieving quality outcomes for children, and community partnerships based on active communication, consultation and collaboration are essential.
Quality Area 7 – Governance and leadership: Effective leadership and governance of the service contributes to quality environments for children’s learning and development. Effective leaders establish shared values for the service and set a clear direction for the service’s continuous improvement.

Services are assessed and rated by their regulatory authority against the NQS, and given a rating for each of the 7 quality areas and an overall rating based on these results.