Camelot Early Learning Centre – Richmond

Sharon Konradt – Centre Manager

Sharon Konradt is the new Centre Manager covering a maternity position at Camelot Early Learning Centre.  Sharon has achieved the following qualifications: Certificate in Child Care (Assistant) in October, 1995, Diploma in Children’s Services in 24^th April, 2002 and Certificates in First Aid, CPR and Anaphylaxis.  As part of her professional development Sharon enjoys updating her skills and experiences through in-services and workshops.

As Sharon’s work history suggests, she has been in the child care industry for a long time.  Her passion is to provide all children with a safe, warm and nurturing environment.  Sharon loves to see children developing at their individual rates and enjoys knowing that carers have made a contribution to their learning.  Sharon believes children’s learning can be accelerated by forming strong attachments to familiar carers and participating in a program which cater to individual needs, strengths and interests.

Sharon’s professional goals for this year are to ensure that our Camelot Early Learning Centre continues to provide a welcoming environment that is safe, stimulating and a place that your child/ren enjoy attending.  Sharon will endeavour to learn more about her role as a Centre Manager and what it means to provide high quality customer service.

If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to drop into the office for a chat or send me an email.  Sharon looks forward to meeting and working with you all.

At Camelot Early Learning Centre we believe that all children are equal irrespective of culture, capabilities, religion, gender and age.

We recognise that all children are special and have individual needs that are embraced and accepted. We believe in recognising and supporting individual requirements for children with additional needs. Staff challenge anti-bias behaviours within the program.

We believe that cultural values and cultural diversity is an important aspect within today’s society and as such is welcomed at Camelot. We respect diversities between children and encourage culturally diverse programs.

We believe that a child’s diet is an important aspect of their development so therefore at Camelot we will provide a menu that is nutritious, well balanced and caters for diversity and individual needs.

We believe that the contributions of families are essential and suggestions, participation and feedback is strongly encouraged. The centre will endeavour to find new and innovative ideas to encourage this. Open and honest communication between staff and parents is encouraged. We believe that a child’s family is the most important factor in a child’s life so therefore unity of families at the centre is celebrated.

We believe that staff’s role is to provide a nurturing, stimulating and responsive environment and to interact with all children in a way which makes learning possible. We believe that one of the roles of staff is to manage behaviour through guidance positive reinforcement and encouragement. We value staff that have a commitment to young children and their families and a range of early childhood qualifications and/or experience and will endeavour to employ staff that reflect a diversity of backgrounds.

We believe it is necessary for management to establish relationships with staff, children and families. We value the need of open, honest and trusting communication between all.

We believe in offering quality care to the community and strive to form relationships with local community bodies. We believe in utilising the resources within the community to enhance the standards of care.

We believe through guidance and expectations of governing bodies we achieve high quality care and apply systematic approaches to all areas of programming and administration.

We believe that a statement of the centre’s philosophy changes as new insights are gained and practice is evaluated.

Our Values and Goals

• Each child is valued and respected as an individual
• To extend and develop each child’s skills, knowledge and interests through successful experiences which encourage the development of a healthy self-concept and positive self-esteem
• To encourage social development so each child learns to interact successfully in a variety of situations
• To be sensitive and respectful of varied cultural and religious practices
• To provide an environment that encourages children to develop their capabilities and interests at their own pace and according to their individual needs
• To provide a warm, nurturing and safe environment that encourages the development of the whole child
• To be a support to all families in all aspects of each child’s development
• To provide qualified, experienced and caring staff to meet the needs of all children in our care
• Equality of access

Camelot Early Learning Centre Richmond offers a quality Child Care Centre Richmond catering for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Our Richmond Child Care Centre manager encourages a day care environment that makes the children feel safe whilst enjoying the freedom to express themselves as individuals. Our Childcare Centre provides nutritional meals, nappies and provide a strong foundation for early learning.

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