Our Values
Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Belonging
Our Vision
We endeavour to care for and educate young children towards being
community-minded, environmentally aware and respectful members of society.
Our Mission
We are a not-for-profit, community-based childcare Centre and kindergarten.
We are run by a parent cooperative and a team of exceptional educators.
We are committed to nurturing our children through best-practice early
learning to become engaged, active and environmentally aware members of
the community.
Our Story
Windsor Community Children’s Centre Co-op (WCCC) was established in 1977
on the traditional land of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation
as a not-for-profit community-based early childhood education and care
service.
We continue to lead for and respond to the needs of a diverse community
by maintaining a collaborative culture of reflection. Through our
commitment to evolving contemporary practices built upon the rights of
children, families, educators and the wider community, we foster an open
and supportive environment. With this view and connection to our
heritage, we engage continuously with place, learning, practice and
aspirations to drive a learning culture.
Our Core Themes
Place
Respect is ingrained in our Centre through our deep connection to
people, place, land and culture. We strive to harness sustainability in
partnership with the constructed and natural environments.
Learning
We demonstrate our commitment to quality through our relationships with
children and strong connections to the community with a focus on
respect, kindness and empathy. We support children to evolve into
confident, independent thinkers with a strong sense of identity and the
knowledge and understanding to effectively communicate their values and
rights.
Practice
We value the uniqueness of every child and support them through
contemporary teaching practices that empower their sense of agency.
With a multidisciplinary approach and the support of external services,
we use theories of attachment, scaffolding, inquiry and kinship to
underpin our decisions about teaching and learning.
Aspirations
We aspire to collaborate as a community with a vision of creating
reciprocal inquiry-based adventures with children and families. We seek
to advocate within our sector using a wide range of influences and
inspirations. We aim to follow an anti-bias curriculum with an outcome
of creating secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships that value
diversity among all people.
