About Us

About Us

At East Lindfield Community Preschool, we are dedicated and motivated to create a warm and welcoming space for the children to grow. Our Preschool team has a strong commitment to the education and growth of all the children in our care. We value the connections and relationships that we share with the children and their families. We strive for all our children to feel valued, to show respect, to share and have a sense of community and belonging.


We have six classes at the Preschool, offering 2 or 3 day enrolments.  Each classroom has a qualified Early Childhood teacher and an additional two experienced qualified educators. 

Our Philosophy

Our philosophy was created by our team which underpins the core values that we share and value.



Our play based philosophy has been created to provide a safe, caring and stimulating learning environment for all the children and families at our preschool.



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Preschool Programme

The children at East Lindfield Community Preschool are exposed to a variety of experiences which are thoughtfully planned for by the educators. These experiences are planned to stimulate the children’s desire for learning, to engage them in meaningful social experiences where they learn about relationships with their peers and to enhance and maximise each child’s learning potential.


We work in a partnership with families to ensure we are meeting the individual needs of each child. We value the feedback of all families and respect each families different social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.


We follow the guidelines of the Early Years Learning Framework to guide our teaching practices.



Each class has a routine/timetable to give the children a sense of stability, which they follow while allowing the children the freedom to play

Play Based Education

Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Framework for Australia is used in partnership with families to develop a programme that is responsive to the children’s interests, strengths and abilities and recognises that children learn through play.

CHILDREN ENGAGE IN PLAY-BASED EDUCATION
Young children’s play allows them to explore, identify, negotiate, take risks and create meaning. The intellectual and cognitive benefits of playing have been well documented. Children who engage in quality play experiences are more likely to have well-developed memory skills, language development, and are able to regulate their behavior, leading to enhanced school adjustment and academic learning.

 Curriculum decision making contributes to each child’s learning and development outcomes in relation to their identity, connection with community, well-being, confidence as learners and effectiveness as communicators. In play, children usually have increased feelings of success and optimism as they act as their own agents and make their own choices.

“Play provides children with opportunities to be supported to learn to make play safe, fair, just and equitable for all participants”

EARLY YEARS LEARNING FRAMEWORK
The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, aims to extend and enrich children’s learning from birth to five years and through the transition to school.

Research has shown that play-based learning enables children’s brains to develop. Neural pathways are expanded as the children engage in thinking, exploring and problem solving.

Within the context of play there exists a myriad of learning opportunities. Children explore social relationships, contribute ideas and take on the ideas of others. Play provides children with the opportunity to experiment, explore, discover and to solve problems. As children play, there are many opportunities for conversations and shared sustained thinking to be had.

Our educators play an important role in supporting the children’s learning within the context of our play-based program. We provide resources which support children to form connections, to explore, create, construct and solve problems. 

Play is a fundamental right and a basic need of all children. From this comes the deepest forms of discovery and insight. The right to play is also the right to joy, the right to love, the right to engage in deeply meaningful learning experiences, the right to grow, learn and develop.  Play is not frivolous, play is vital for children. It supports health, it supports well-being, it supports learning, it promotes creativity, it sparks curiosity, it supports the environment – it is learning for sustainability.  And for children – it is fun…

“Play is not only our creative drive; it’s a fundamental mode of learning”
David Elkind – psychologist

“Play is the leading source of development in terms of emotional, social, physical, language or cognitive development”
Lev Vygotsky

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