Our Vision
Our vision is to nurture and assist every child in developing their unique abilities and discovering their future unlimited potential.
Horizons Preschool is a value-based early learning environment where your child can develop into a strong, confident, happy, and healthy individual – in both mind and body.
We aspire to:
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Provide an atmosphere that awakens the love of learning
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Nurture a sense of wonder and inspire the spirit of human imagination
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Follow a holistic approach encompassing a connection of mind, body, and spirit
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Cultivate a child’s self-awareness of their body, feelings, thoughts, and attitudes
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Support the discovery of each child’s unique personality
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Foster an understanding and respect for the natural environment
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Encourage sustainable practices to nurture children’s understanding of their responsibility to care for the environment
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Engage and uphold the values on which Horizons Preschool was founded
Our values
Our values are embedded into everything we do – with every child. In addition to believing these values, we live them out every day at Horizons Preschool.
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We believe all learning is integrated and interconnected, and unique for each child
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We value and respect cultural diversity, individual differences and development
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We see value in adapting the learning environment to each child’s developmental stage
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We allow children to take initiative and experience freedom while playing
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We discover and encourage the living beauty of childhood imagination
These values are integrated into our high-quality educational programs based on the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and emergent curriculum play-based learning.
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Our commitments
All our educators are guided by our ‘Statement of Intent’ which outlines our philosophy, ethics and social responsibility. We are committed to:
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upholding the rights of all children and acknowledges the place of childhood as a unique and critical part of human lifespan development.
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supporting educators as lifelong learners who will always act collectively and collaboratively in the best interests of children and each other.
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recognising families as children’s most important social and cultural community, where they learn about who they are and their place in the world.
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ensuring the broader community share a united obligation as advocates for and on behalf of our youngest citizens, attentive to the international mandate that the voices of children should be heard and acted upon.
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