ECE Uniforms
Kindergarten and Pre-Primary uniforms are royal blue shirts with orange collars. ECE children are asked to wear either a legionaries hat or the broad brim hat. New hats with faction colours underneath are available for purchase from Total Uniforms.
National Quality Standard
The National Quality Standard is comprehensive and sets a ‘high bar’ for early childhood education and care. Waggrakine continues to meet the National Quality Standards, it is necessary to meet every element that makes up every standard within all seven quality areas.
Follow this link National Quality Standards – ACECQA to view the ACECQA website and view relevant information relating to the National Quality Standards for Early Childhood Education.
Early Years Learning Framework
The framework offers a vision where all children experience learning that is engaging and builds success for life. It has been designed so that we can develop our own strategies to implement the curriculum under its three objectives: Belonging, Being and Becoming. Follow this link to the Early Years Learning Framework website for more information
Story Book Home Reading Program
To support and encourage the love of reading in the Early Years, Waggrakine has a well-established shared reading program. During the year your child has the opportunity to bring home a beautiful picture book for a week. During this week you and your child get to immerse yourself in the book. Support questions are provided for different pages in the book to help promote constructive discussions around the book. In Pre Primary you can record each time you read in your Home Reader diary to go towards our whole school reading awards.
Australian Early Development Census (AEDC)
The AEDC is a nationwide census that gathers information about young children’s development every 3 years. The last census was conducted in 2018. It provides a snapshot of children’s progress at national, state/territory and community levels. Schools throughout Australia participate in the AEDC, with teachers completing the Australian version of the Early Development Instrument for children three months after they start Pre-primary.
Better Beginnings
Better Beginnings is a Western Australian government initiative that aims for every child to have a wonderful experience of sharing books and stories with the adults in their life. This supports early literacy skills that your child needs to become a good reader and succeed at school. Our Kindergarten students are visited by our local Library and given reading packs to take home each year.
Child and Parent Centres
Research shows that 90 per cent of a child’s brain develops by the age of three. So all the experiences they have during this time influences their success at school and in later life.
To make sure these children get the best possible start to life, Child and Parent Centres have been set up on or near public schools to support families as they lay the foundations for their children’s development and learning. Rangeway Child and Parent Centre.