Welcome
The Flinders Children's Centre is a Department of Education and Children's Services site. Tji Tji Wiltja is an Aboriginal 3 year old program funded by the Commonwealth Government. Tji Tji Wiltja amalgamated with the Flinders Children's Centre in 2000.
Contact Information
| Director: | Kerry Moosha and Amanda Nunn |
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| Phone: | (08) 8642 2067 |
| Fax: | (08) 8642 6646 |
| Address: | 122 Tassie Street PORT AUGUSTA SA 5700 |
| Region: | Far North and Aboriginal Lands |
| E-mail: | kindy.director@flinderscc.sa.edu.au |
Session Times
Children are entitled to four sessions of Pre-school per week.
| Morning Sessions | 8.45am – 12.30pm, Monday to Thursday for 3 year olds |
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| Full Day Sessions: | 8.45am – 3.30pm, Monday to Thursday for 4 year olds who are entitled and allocated two days. |
| Friday Session: | 8.30am – 12.30pm, for 4 year olds only |
Parent Information
The staff recognise and value parents as the first and foremost educators and always work in partnership with parents to develop appropriate programs that are relevant to the learning needs of all children.
We have a strong Governing Council parent group and always invite new parents to become members.
The staff create a warm, welcoming, safe and nurturing environment and provide an active play based learning environment that accommodates and embraces differences.
We provide teaching and learning experiences that focus strongly on Literacy, Numeracy, Engagement, Wellbeing and building positive relationships.
Our Curriculum covers the areas of the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework.
- Understanding Our World
- Design and Technology
- Diversity
- Self and Social Development
- Physical Development
The Centre provides a nutritional program daily that incorporates breakfast, snack time and lunch with a focus on "Healthy Eating".
We provide a bus service daily to pick children up from home and drop children off at home when their session is finished.
What Your Child Needs to Bring;
- Healthy lunch is encouraged
- Change of clothing if required
Resources Available to Children;
- Literacy/Numeracy kits are readily available to parents to borrow
- Literacy bags with books are also available to borrow
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Pedagogical Statement
OUR DEFINITION:
"Learning occurs all the time and the most important influence on what children learn are the responses of us as educators. We lead children through a journey of self discovery and exploration, one that will develop each individual to their full potential".
WE BELIEVE ABORIGINAL STUDENTS LEARN BEST BY:
- Linking learning to prior knowledge-family, environment, experiences
- Multi sensory approach to learning factoring in strong visual clues to support communication for example, what to do? how to do it? and show the end product
- Relating socially as they learn, working in groups with peers, strong relationships with staff, allowing peers to be role models
- Reinforcing culturally appropriate practices, promoting culture through language, stories and songs.
THE STAFF:
- Have a good understanding of the community
- Share the passion families have for the care, wellbeing and success of their children as learners
- Communicate effectively between home and preschool - communication in an easy understood way
- Link other agencies with the preschool program, especially health agencies, routine health checks, and support for individual needs.
Context Statement
The Context Statement provides detailed information about our preschool.
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| Flinders Children's Centre Context Statement | 19 KB | Adobe PDF |
Feedback and complaints
Let us know if you have feedback or a complaint, or if you want to give us a compliment. Feedback is valuable as it helps us shape our services to meet your needs.
Our parent guide to raising a concern or complaint (word 904KB)
