Education and Care

The Centre’s pro­vi­sion offers both qual­ity edu­ca­tion and care for all chil­dren pro­mot­ing an holis­tic approach to their devel­op­ment. Young chil­dren thrive in an envi­ron­ment where they make pos­i­tive rela­tion­ships through inter­act­ing with oth­ers. They learn in an atmos­phere of nur­tu­rance and care, where chil­dren are respected and lis­tened to and where their emo­tional well-​being is con­sid­ered a pri­or­ity. Work­ing with the whole child where learn­ing and care are equally val­ued enables them to make sense of their lives and estab­lish their indi­vid­ual iden­tity in their com­mu­nity.
The pub­li­ca­tion in 2003 of the Green Paper (Every Child Mat­ters) was a sig­nif­i­cant step towards sup­port­ing all chil­dren bet­ter with the coör­di­na­tion of all main­stream services.

The five key areas of Every Child Mat­ters are:

• Strong foun­da­tions in the early years
• Strong focus on par­ent­ing and families
• Early inter­ven­tion and effec­tive protection
• Bet­ter accountability
• Reform of the workforce

At the cen­tre the focus is on enti­tle­ment for chil­dren through five main outcomes:

• Being healthy
• Stay­ing safe
• Enjoy­ing and achieving
• Mak­ing a pos­i­tive contribution
• Eco­nomic well-​being