Bluebird Early Education Benedict House

Hello, my name is Bianca, and I am the Nominated Supervisor here at Bluebird Early Education Benedict House. My journey in Early Childhood Education began with a deep passion for children’s learning and development, leading me to complete a traineeship and a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care in 2021.

As an educator, I have dedicated myself to providing high-quality care, creating engaging play spaces, and ensuring a safe, enriched environment for every child. I believe in the power of strong relationships and strive to build meaningful connections with children, families, and the community. By fostering trust and open communication, we can work together to achieve the best educational outcomes.
In my role as Centre Manager, I am committed to inspiring and leading a team of educational professionals to create a vision of excellence in children’s education. I highly value partnerships with families, recognising them as their children’s first and most influential teachers. Engaging families in our Service and curriculum enhances our educational outcomes and fosters a sense of belonging within our community.

I look forward to building strong, reciprocal relationships with you and your family at Benedict House, working together towards common educational aspirations and dreams for your child.

Bluebird Early Education strives to be at the cutting edge of educational pedagogy and fosters an holistic early learning program that supports every child to achieve their full potential.

Our inspired curriculum embraces a range of early childhood philosophies and proven teaching practices, in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework of Australia. Our major philosophical influences include, Reggio Emilia, Steiner, and Montessori.

Most importantly, your little learner will be safe within the care of our passionate and highly experienced educators who receive ongoing professional development and mentoring from industry leaders.

Bluebird’s extended curriculum is based upon proven research that supports the successful development of the whole child through activities that enhance cognitive, social, emotional, physical and creative skills.

Each Studio designs a group program, which is based on current interest at the time. Various curriculum areas and expressive art mediums are integrated throughout our educational environments.  Children are also provided opportunity to investigate group projects throughout the terms.

Through a range of strategies, the teaching team support, extend and challenge children’s learning, thinking and development as they engage with new concepts, persist with difficulty and master new understandings. This process is important and offers insight into how each child approaches learning.

Documentation of learning is captured through individual learning stories, group learning stories and anecdotal assessments, which highlights the skills, knowledge and dispositions each individual child demonstrates.

Families have access to an online Individual Learning Journal for their child, which is a dedicated record of learning and development.  This can be accessed at any time during the year and shared with extended family members.

Our Learning Journals contain a collection of various assessments and documentation that reflects a child’s progress of development and learning. It provides evidence and samples of a child’s achievement throughout the year. For educators, Individual Learning Journals offer an opportunity to reflect on an individual child’s efforts and achievements over time. For children and families, Learning Journals enable them to be part of a collaborative approach where all contributions are welcomed and gain an insight and understanding your child’s learning.

Early childhood experts regard the Kindergarten or “Pre-school” stage as one of the most significant in terms of children’s cognitive, physical and emotional development. That is why we have developed the Bluebird Kindergarten program, dedicated to helping children excel during this pivotal year.

Our Kindergarten Program is lead by university- qualified early childhood teachers who specialise in teaching academic fundamentals within the framework of play-based enquiry.

We pride ourselves on delivering a world-class Kindergarten curriculum that focuses upon the development of academic competence, creative problem solving, decision-making skills, independence and a life-long passion for learning.

Set within long day-care hours, our 5-day program provides each child with an individually tailored program focused upon developing the skills for a success at school and well beyond.

• Solid academic foundations including literacy and numeracy skills
• Social maturity and emotional strengths
• Independent inquiry and creative problem solving abilities
• Memory and concentration skills
• Motor skills and physical coordination
• Good health, nutrition and wellbeing
• Responsible citizenship qualities
• Independence and strong self-esteem