Our Program and Approach
At KU Merewether Preschool, we aim to provide an innovative educational opportunity and experience for all children to develop their unique strengths and realise their full potential.
We recognise this will be different for each child and the key to our teaching is to understand and know children as individuals. We do this through building relationships with children and families from the very first moment.
Our play-based environment offers an exciting opportunity to discover and learn. We believe that through play, children learn the skills of independence, self-regulation and planning, using feelings and dispositions that provide a solid foundation for their lifelong learning and relationships.
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 experiences including visual arts, gardening, music, physical play, building and constructions, sand and water play, science experiments, early numeracy activities such as counting and measurement, and early literacy activities such as drawing and reading.
At KU Merewether, we are proud of our long history since 1959 and reputation within the local community of providing rich education and care that concentrates on individual children in a family-focussed and supportive way.
We aim to establish an 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 Specialisation
In addition to the high quality well-rounded programs we offer, all KU centres are also encouraged to develop an area of specialisation.
At KU Merewether Preschool, we specialise in learning through ongoing projects and investigations lead by the children’s interests.
We incorporate this throughout our program weaving multiple learning areas and learning styles within our curriculum and beyond.
We feel that the children benefit from project based learning as they delve deeper into understanding areas of interest as we research, discover and learn together. Parents and families also collaborate with the learning extending through to home and back to preschool. We document and display the amazing learning journeys from these projects regularly within the preschool and in digital formats.
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 Exceeding the National Quality Standard.
However what matters most is what our families think...
"A big thank you for your effort into making such an amazing, fun learning environment for the children. KU Merewether Preschool is such a special place." - KU Merewether 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 with the environment acting as a supportive element to these relationships. We work hard to create beautiful, interesting, homelike learning environments for children.
Our playground is designed to allow children to explore nature and discover the natural environment. We want children to be able to dig in the mud, climb trees, garden, discover and learn about insects and enjoy connecting with nature. The many play experiences we offer enable children to immerse themselves in the natural elements of their surroundings and 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 Merewether, we began our journey to develop our centre’s RAP in 2017 and we are proud to launch it now. Please view it here.
