Thrive Early Learning Centre - Rosehill

The educators at Thrive Early Learning Centre Rosehill offer a secure and safe environment where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are explored, and discovery is celebrated. The educators understand that every child is unique, and work alongside families to tailor every part of the children’s experience from their learning style to dietary requirements. 

The team places great value on culture, whether it be a family’s cultural background, their family traditions and practices or languages spoken. They believe that it is important for children, families and educators to feel connected to the service, that their culture is reflected in their experience, that they belong. This information is collected during orientation and from conversations with families, communication from the educators, regular menu reviews to ensure they reflect the cultures within the service, participation in cultural celebrations, offering resources (such as books, dolls, music) that reflect the community’s cultures.

Community connection is a huge part of the culture at Thrive. The educators help the children to develop relationships within their local communities. This is achieved through visits from local firefighters or police; taking trips to the local supermarket; working on a project with a local primary school; or making connections with Indigenous groups in the area.

The educators offer orientation visits for new children to the service, which tend to involve a minimum of three 45 minute sessions with their parent or guardian present. 

Educators communicate with families in person as well as through the centre app, where they can maintain contact with their children’s experiences through photos, stories and learning outcomes.

Thrive Early Learning Centre Rosehill uses the KinderM8 platform to facilitate seamless centre-to-family communication. Each day the educators share photos, videos and learning stories that parents can view in real time and see a summary of their child’s day.

The updates are shared privately and securely so parents can feel connected to their child while they’re attending the centre. KinderM8 also allows parents to easily check-in each day and view upcoming events happening at the centre. These events include open days, fundraisers and family gatherings, among others.

KinderM8 also allows parents to message educators if their child is sick or running late, saving time on these admin tasks.

Of course, digital communication is just one way in which educators are available to parents. For any questions or concerns, parents can also speak with their child’s educators at other times. This open and transparent communication is important for parents to feel connected and for educators to get to know each child and their unique needs.

At Thrive Early Learning Centre Rosehill, the focus is on the following curriculum pillars, in the context of relationships, experiences and the environment:

Socially Thriving

Structured play helps children develop crucial interpersonal and communication skills. The centre has created environments in which children experience mutually caring and respectful relationships with their peers whilst also developing independence, resilience and confidence within themselves.

To support children’s learning, educators promote trusting relationships, safe environments and respect for all aspects of a child’s physical, emotional, social, cognitive, linguistic, creative and spiritual being.

Academically Thriving

Children acquire a range of skills which develops fundamental critical thinking and language skills. The educators shape confident and enthusiastic learners by implementing learning which encourages problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

Ecologically Thriving

Educators promote learning opportunities in which children exercise respect, care and an appreciation for the natural environment. All Thrive centres use rainwater tanks to enable the watering of garden beds in a sustainable way.

Physically Thriving

A child’s wellbeing incorporates both physical and psychological aspects which are integral to self-confidence. The Thrive educators promote learning experiences which encourage healthy lifestyles, including nutrition, personal hygiene, physical health and social relationships which contribute to a child’s concentration and participation in play and learning.

School Readiness and Pre-Kinder Program

The children are taught the skills to learn effectively, take on new challenges with confidence and have a sense of belonging to the wider community. The educators prepare the children for reading, writing and arithmetic through their everyday activities at Thrive. The program teaches them to become familiar with the school environment and associated routines, tasks, rules and expectations within that environment. It helps them to develop a positive self-esteem, motor skills, cooperative skills, listening skills and the social skills needed to thrive at school.