Windsor Community Children’s Centre (WCCC), is a community-based early learning centre and Kindergarten. It is run by a Board made up of families, educators and sector leaders.
WCCC provides long day care and Kindergarten for children aged six months to five years, on a part-time or full-time basis. WCCC is not zoned; children from all areas are able to attend the Centre when vacancies are available.
WCCC provides a program that is based on fostering children’s interests providing learning that caters to each child’s individual stage of development with emotional and social development being a fundamental part of the program. We are underpinned by the National Early Years Learning Framework, the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework, Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics and United Nation’s Rights of the Child. We also find inspiration and guidance in several pedagogic approaches and philosophies including Reggio Emilia, Anti-Bias and emergent curriculum. We pride ourselves on the partnerships we have with our families where we seek their input into our program and work together through their early childhood journey.
WCCC children are free to make their own choices. We have informal routines (such as morning and afternoon tea, lunch and sleep/rest times) and the children are given the option of indoor or outdoor play whenever possible. The centre is committed to environmentally sustainable practices. This is seen through our large natural outdoor space, use of natural materials and the community garden which are all integral parts of our place in the community.