Vision, Values and Aims

Our Vision was reviewed during session 2024/25 through consultation with children, families and staff. These were agreed as follows:

Our Vision

At Hazeldene, we provide a happy, homely setting where every child is seen, heard and valued.  We celebrate childhood as a unique stage and nurture each child’s development through strong relationships, a sense of belonging, and meaningful experiences within a supportive community.

Values (being reviewed during session 2025/26)

  • Nurture – The best interests of children are promoted throughout the centre.
  • Relationships – Warm, responsive relationships create a positive climate for achievement.
  • Achievement –  we value the importance of play and time for children to investigate, create and develop at their own pace
  • Well-being – We value each child as an individual, but also as part of a family and community.
  • Respect – We celebrate diversity, respect others’ views and promote openness, honesty, trust and fairness

 

Our Guiding Principles of Early Childhood Education and Care

At Hazeldene:

  • Childhood is seen as valid in itself.  It is a stage of life and not simply preparation for the future.
  • The whole child is considered to be important: social; physical; intellectual; moral and spiritual aspects of development are related.
  • There is potential in all children which will emerge powerfully under favourable conditions.  Each child is unique and special, with individual ways of learning.
  • Parents are the first and continuing educators of their children.  Educational establishments should value and build on parental expertise.
  • Learning is holistic and interconnected.  The young child does not separate experiences into different compartments.
  • Young children learn through exploration, play and talk.
  • Our starting points for supporting learning are what children CAN do and what they can NEARLY do.
  • Intrinsic motivation is recognised and valued as a powerful force for learning.
  • The relationships that children establish with adults and other children are of central importance in their development.
  • Children’s education is seen as the total experience of, and interaction with, their environment.

 The school should be seen as a community.

Let us live with our children

Let them live with us

So we gain through them

What all of us need.

Froebel

 

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