Our Program and Approach
At KU Croydon, we are proud of our reputation within the diverse, multi-cultural local community of providing rich education and care that concentrates on individual children in a family-focussed and supportive way.
Our centre is a welcoming and nurturing space where each child is immersed in a rich tapestry of educationally interactive experiences – a space where children are supported to be their own, unique selves, growing and developing a sense of belonging and empowerment.
Our program offers children the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of learning experiences and activities, each specifically designed to promote children’s confidence as capable, active participants in their own learning. Children are presented with a range of activities including gardening, arts and crafts, music and movement, physical play, block building, sand and water play, science experiments, early numeracy activities such as counting and measurement, and early literacy activities such as reading, drawing and writing.
We aim to establish immediate rapport and a sense of belonging in our community, as families arrive through the front door.
We greatly value the strong relationships between our staff, children and families, and we look forward to the opportunity of including your family in the life of our centre.
Our Special Interest
In addition to the high quality well-rounded programs we offer, all KU centres are also encouraged to develop an area of interest.
Our special interest is the ‘Creative Use of Physical Spaces’.
We link this into our program of embedded sustainability, recycling, care and maintenance of all areas including plans for a redesigned vegetable garden, as well as bringing art and crafts to the outdoors with full use of the veranda and enormous shady tree.
This special interest will focus our attention to the aim of incorporating our Reconciliation Action Plan into regular daily experiences.
We feel that the children benefit from this interest in the expansion of their sense of wellbeing and the development of dispositions of curiosity, adaptation of experience and learning and natural wonder of the world around them in every space.
Our Quality
Our centre has been independently assessed by the Department of Education NSW under the National Quality Standards, and are proud to be rated as Meeting the National Quality Standard.
However what matters most is what our families think...
“I feel so privileged to have watched my daughter flourish at KU Croydon over the past two years. It is such a rich world of creative inspiration, providing so many opportunities for exploring new ideas and concepts with staff who truly celebrate each child’s inquisitive nature. My daughter has blossomed into a confident, eager learner ready for formal schooling.” - KU Croydon Parent
“KU Croydon provides excellent care for my child. I know that the staff respect my family's confidentiality. At KU Croydon, I know my child is exercising well, learning to write their name, and doing many educational games targeting fine motor skills, as well as coordination and larger motor skills, getting my child the very best start in their education.” - KU Croydon Parent
Our Environment
Each KU centre is unique. The best outcomes for children are created within relationships and interactions between children and staff, and children and their families, not within four walls. We work hard to create beautiful, interesting, homelike learning environments for children which incorporate diversely cultural backgrounds – whatever our setting.
Our playground is designed to maximise the use of the natural environment and allow children to play and explore as they would in their own backyard. We are able to maximise the use of large grounds, surrounding veranda and open playroom throughout the day. We offer stimulating activities that arouse children’s curiosity and encourage them to choose from a variety of planned experiences, expanding their learning potential.
Our playground includes natural elements such as a beautiful plane tree which shares its shade, green and autumn leaves, and twigs, sand, water, grass, mud, and we also offer challenging gross motor experiences such as climbing, jumping and physical play. We foster the holistic development of each child so they feel inspired to create, imagine and play.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan
KU was proud to launch its inaugural Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in 2016. At KU Croydon, we began our journey to develop our centre’s RAP in 2018 and we are proud to launch it now. Please view it here.
