Operational information about our preschool
Most of the relevant staff, philosophy, policy and administrative information is available in the Parent Handbook available on the current families page.
Hours of operation
The Centre operates Monday to Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm and closes for school holidays and public holidays. Fees are not payable during gazetted public holidays and school holidays.
The Centre operates Monday to Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm and closes for school holidays and public holidays. Fees are not payable during gazetted public holidays and school holidays.
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Our Preschool
The Centre's facilities include:
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Our Philosophy
At Glenbrook Preschool we acknowledge the Darug and Gundungurra people, the traditional owners of the land on which our preschool is located.
Glenbrook Preschool promotes a play-based learning environment built on the foundations of the Early Years Learning Framework. Opportunity to explore their interests, friendships and build on their current knowledge through open ended play allows children to make sense of their world. We encourage the child’s individual learning dispositions of curiosity, enthusiasm, confidence, commitment, reflexivity and co-operation. We value the benefit of risky play and encourage the children to explore and engage in play that challenges them.
Establishing strong relationships with our families and community are of utmost importance to build and support our children to grow and learn in a holistic way. Children are encouraged and supported to share their voice as a valuable way of encouraging the child’s sense of agency and belonging to our community.
Glenbrook Preschool is an inclusive community that values each child and family as an important part of our preschool. We respect the uniqueness of each individual and the diversity of families and communities.
We value the importance of early childhood education in the lives of all children and promote the need for all children to have access to high quality early childhood education. Educators value the opportunity to continue to learn and expand their knowledge and skills, whilst continually reflecting on current pedagogy and practices.
Our nature-based environment and bush play preschool recognises the natural environment as an important learning space where children can explore and learn to care for their world.
We think of our preschool as a space in the world, surrounded by bush, where children have the choice to be active, engaged, have fun, be barefooted, muddy, engage in all weather play, feel emotions, be creative, carefree, spirited, experiment, pretend, imagine and explore.
Glenbrook Preschool promotes a play-based learning environment built on the foundations of the Early Years Learning Framework. Opportunity to explore their interests, friendships and build on their current knowledge through open ended play allows children to make sense of their world. We encourage the child’s individual learning dispositions of curiosity, enthusiasm, confidence, commitment, reflexivity and co-operation. We value the benefit of risky play and encourage the children to explore and engage in play that challenges them.
Establishing strong relationships with our families and community are of utmost importance to build and support our children to grow and learn in a holistic way. Children are encouraged and supported to share their voice as a valuable way of encouraging the child’s sense of agency and belonging to our community.
Glenbrook Preschool is an inclusive community that values each child and family as an important part of our preschool. We respect the uniqueness of each individual and the diversity of families and communities.
We value the importance of early childhood education in the lives of all children and promote the need for all children to have access to high quality early childhood education. Educators value the opportunity to continue to learn and expand their knowledge and skills, whilst continually reflecting on current pedagogy and practices.
Our nature-based environment and bush play preschool recognises the natural environment as an important learning space where children can explore and learn to care for their world.
We think of our preschool as a space in the world, surrounded by bush, where children have the choice to be active, engaged, have fun, be barefooted, muddy, engage in all weather play, feel emotions, be creative, carefree, spirited, experiment, pretend, imagine and explore.
