About Ripples Pre-School & Daycare Centre

Dear Parents

Welcome to the Ripples Pre-School and Daycare Centre. We look forward to a wonderful year with your child.

Our goal is to provide the highest quality care and education for children and to ensure that parents are valued and respected. To accomplish this we depend on parents to be responsible and read this handbook.

Following the policies and procedures outlined here will help us together provide a safe, comfortable and enjoyable setting ﬁlled with opportunities for nurturing and learning during your child's foundation years.

We welcome your comments, queries, concerns and suggestions about your child's experience and the program.

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Regards,

Team RIPPLES

At Ripples Pre-School children are...

Leaders
Thinkers
Team workers
Self-disciplined
Resourceful
Persistent
Civic minded
Courageous
Creative
Resilient

Empathetic

Communicators

Compassionate

Humble

Humorous
Enthusiasts

At Ripples Pre-School we believe that all children can learn. Research states that the early years are an important period in the growth of a child. The foundation for how children regard themselves as conﬁdent and competent individuals, as caring members of the community and the world lays in the quality of their early experiences.

With our early childhood education program and our unique pedagogy. We provide a special opportunity to open a new door to the child's future. We foster independence, build self-conﬁdence, encourage creativity, promote sharing and problem solving, aid in concept building and developing language. Children are encouraged to become 'active learners' through developmentally appropriate programmers’ which are 'hands on' and 'minds on'.

By building a strong foundation at Ripples Pre-School and Day Care we ensure our children become 'future ready' citizens. We aim to create in each child a Successful and Responsible Global Citizen who is able to adapt to a constantly changing world by equipping children with THINKING SKILLS...

Our Core Values

Integrity: We promise to deliver!

Collaboration: We will have productive, supportive and healthy relationships with all our stakeholders.

Accountability: Everyone within the system will be responsible for the positive development of the child.

Right for the child: All our actions revolve around what is right for the child.

Excellence: We ensure excellence in whatever we do

The Ripples Curriculum

The following programs with our unique pedagogy ‘Asteria’ will be conducted with children as a part of the curriculum:

Ripples explore
Ripples numeracy
Ripples circle
Ripples shake
Ripples literacy
Ripples writers
Ripples discover
Ripples in a nutshell
Ripples creative

Home Assignment

Children will receive home assignments over the weekends.

In addition to practicing what is taught in class and keeping parents updated with what children have learnt, home assignments helps children to develop important skills such as:

Time management
Working independently
Taking responsibility of completing the task at hand
Using resources effectively

Library

Reading is an essential skill for success, hence we have a well-equipped library with carefully chosen age appropriate books

Reading programmes are conducted regularly in class as part of the schedule. We also provide library books to children for the weekends to create a love for reading in them.

If a library book is lost or returned in a damaged condition, the parent will have to bear the replacement cost.

Ripples Bite and Munch

To ensure healthy eating habits, a snack menu will be planned and shared with you. Please follow the same

The fruits/vegetables and snacks are to be sent in two different labelled containers.