RAGLAN CHILDCARE CENTER MISSION STATEMENT
Raglan child care center is committed to the best interests of the children, in its care, promoting and respecting their rights in all areas of our work.
OUR PHILOSOPHY • The staff at raglan wish to work as a team with the parents and share in the care of all the children in our care • We embrace equality for all, irrespective of gender, race, religion or disability. • We aim to embrace an ethos, that leads to happy children, happy caring staff, happy parents and positive interactions. • We strive to maintain a safe, developmentally appropriate environment, which respects, supports and celebrates children’s individual needs, culture and differences. • We provide an environment, which encourages children to express themselves freely and spontaneously, and promotes enthusiasm for learning. • In as much as is possible we aim to provide care in a home from home setting. As we are a small crèche with small numbers in the groups settings. • We are constantly retraining and upgrading our standards of care.
OUR OBJECTIVES • To provide a safe secure, stimulating environment which embrace all children and values their race and language. • Gender, age, disability, culture, class and religion. • To value all children as individuals and appreciate their uniqueness. • To value parents and carers as the primary educator of the child • To have high expectations of the children and ourselves • To ensure that all staff receive appropriate training and maintain high levels of practice • To develop practice which is based on a philosophy of responsibility towards each other. • To enthuse the children about the extensive range of creativity and imagination experiences through the arts. • To recognise children as part of communities, for example peer groups, families and wider society.
OUR AIMS We aim to support the learning and development of each individual child by providing an integrated, balanced, broad, stimulating and differentiated curriculum. To achieve this we work in partnership with parents, carers, and the children. We want to provide a secure learning environment, which enables children to be. • Respectful of themselves and others. • Happy and confident • Independent and interdependent. • Compassionate and caring. • Tolerant and patient, • Curious and creative. • Appreciative and appreciated.
