Bond Street Kindergarten is an independent community managed kindergarten that has been delivering high quality preschool education in Newtown (Geelong) since 1925.
The kindergarten is a double unit kindergarten and ensures excellent quality experiences in unique play spaces for all preschool children from the ages of 3-5 years. Bond Street Kindergarten provides an open-ended play-based learning environment, challenging children with uninterrupted periods of play. Emphasis on both indoor and outdoor play equally, ensures children learn best in a rich and beautiful environment. The outside play spaces are natural and flowing, offering great choice to the children.
Bond Street recognises children should be catered for individually and encouraged to problem solve themselves. Children are given a voice and empowered to make decisions regarding their play and interaction.
Bond Street Kindergarten community acknowledges and pays respect to the traditional Aboriginal owners of country throughout Australia, their culture and Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge that the Wadawarrung people of the Kulin Nation have been caring and educating their children on these lands for thousands of years. We are commited to increasing our understanding of Aboriginal ways of being, knowing and connection to land within our childrens’ programs.
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Child Safety
Bond Street Kindergarten Chilwell Inc. (BSK) is committed to safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.
BSK has zero tolerance for child abuse.
BSK is committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives.
Particular attention will be paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.
Every person involved in BSK has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role he/she plays individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all children and young people is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.
Child Safe Standard |
Our commitment |
| Child Safe Standard 1 – Organisations establish a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identifies and experiences of Aboriginal children and young people are respected and valued | We are committed to ensuring our service is a place where Aboriginal children feel safe, respected and valued. |
| Child Safe Standard 2 – Child Safety and wellbeing is embedded in organisational leadership, governance and culture | We commit to consider the safety and wellbeing of children in everything we do. |
| Child Safe Standard 3 – Children and young people are empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously | We commit to engaging with children in the design of key policies and directions and co-developing an ongoing engagement framework to inform and enrich our work.
We commit to developing and sharing child friendly information and pathways for children to contact and engage with the service. |
| Child Safe Standard 4 – Families and communities are informed, and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing | We commit to communicating with communities about our child safety and wellbeing operations |
| Child Safe Standard 5 – Equity is upheld, and diverse needs respected in policy and practice | We are committed to understanding the diverse circumstances of children and working to ensure this knowledge informs everything we do. |
| Child Safe Standard 6 – People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice | We commit to reviewing and continuously improving our practices in line with best practice, to:
· deter and prevent unsuitable people from working or volunteering at our service. · ensure that all staff, contractors, volunteers and authorised persons understand and enact their responsibilities to support the safety of children · identify and take action to address behaviours and practices that place children at risk of abuse. |
| Child Safe Standard 7 – Processes for complaints and concerns are child focused | We commit to having clear procedures to inform staff, volunteers, contractors and authorised persons of their obligation to report child safety concerns and processes to do so.
We respond to disclosures and allegations of abuse in a trauma informed way that removes the barriers to disclosure and manages the risks of further harm to children. |
| Child Safe Standard 8 – Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ingoing education and training | We commit to ensuring our staff have the skills to keep the safety of children at the centre of everything they do. |
| Child Safe Standard 9 – Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed | We commit to ensuring our online environment is used in accordance with our Code of Conduct, eSafety and Child Safe Environment and Wellbeing policy and practices.
We commit to identifying and mitigating risks to the safety of children in all our operations. |
| Child Safe Standard 10 – Implementation of the Child Safe Standards is regularly reviewed and improved | We are committed to ensuring Child Safe Standards reflect latest research about harm prevention strategies for children and young people |
| Child Safe Standard 11 – Policies and procedures document how the organisation is safe for children and young people | We are committed to ensuring our policies and procedures are clearly documented and accessible. |
Diversity Statement
We strive to provide an environment whereby all families, children, employees, students, and visitors to the kindergarten feel safe from discrimination. We endeavour to facilitate an inclusive environment where all people living with a disability, first nations people, people of all ages and genders, LGBTI and CALD communities feel valued, connected and safe.
