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About Us
Welcome to Kensington Montessori Early Learning Centre and Stirling Montessori Early Learning Centre, two family-owned and operated Montessori early learning centres dedicated to providing exceptional education and care for young children across Perth.
Located in Kensington and Osborne Park, our centres offer high-quality Montessori child care programs for children aged 15 months to 6 years, supporting each child's unique developmental journey in a nurturing and inspiring environment.
By embracing the Montessori approach to education and care, our environment ensures an inclusive, inviting and safe environment for children that fosters creativity, critical thinking and a lifelong love of learning.
Our thoughtfully designed learning spaces encourage independence, concentration, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, helping children develop the skills and confidence they need for the future. We are proud to provide environments where young minds can flourish, and we look forward to welcoming your family into our Montessori community.
Our Philosophy
We are not a franchise – we are a family!
At Kensington Montessori and Stirling Montessori, we believe every child is a unique individual with their own strengths, interests, experiences, and potential.
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Our role is to nurture each child’s development by providing a respectful, caring, and inspiring environment where they feel valued, confident, and have a true sense of belonging guided by Montessori principles and the Early Years Learning Framework.
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We support the development of the whole child — including their independence, creativity, confidence, social connections, emotional wellbeing, and curiosity for lifelong learning.
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Our prepared learning environments encourage children to explore, discover, problem-solve, and engage in meaningful hands-on experiences at their own pace.
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We view children as capable and active learners.
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Our educators act as guides and observers, carefully supporting each child’s individual journey through respectful relationships, thoughtful interactions, and responsive curriculum planning.
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We follow an emergent approach that builds on children’s interests, strengths, family experiences, and cultural identities.​
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Our mixed-age learning communities encourage collaboration, kindness, leadership, and respect.
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Children have opportunities to learn with and from each other while developing independence, responsibility, empathy, and confidence.​
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We value strong partnerships with families and believe that each family brings unique traditions, cultures, and perspectives that enrich our community.
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We celebrate diversity and promote inclusion by creating an environment where all children and families feel respected, recognised, and welcomed.
We acknowledge and embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and respect the Traditional Custodians of the land as the First Nations Peoples of Australia.​
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Our commitment is to provide a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where children are encouraged to explore the world around them, develop a love of learning, and grow into capable, compassionate, and confident individuals.
Statement of Commitment to Child Safety and Wellbeing
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At our centres safety, wellbeing and rights of every child are our highest priority.
We are committed to providing a child-safe, inclusive and nurturing environment where every child is respected, protected, valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
We believe that every child has the right to feel safe, be heard, participate in decisions that affect them, and learn in an environment that promotes their physical, emotional, social, cultural and educational wellbeing.
Our commitment is guided by the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF V2.0), the National Quality Standard, the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Our services have zero tolerance for child abuse, neglect, grooming, exploitation, discrimination, bullying and any behaviour that places children at risk.
We are committed to preventing harm by embedding child-safe practices into every aspect of our leadership, governance, daily operations and educational program.
We are committed to:
• Embedding child safety and wellbeing into our organisational leadership, governance and culture.
• Respecting and upholding children's rights, voices and participation in decisions that affect them.
• Building secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships that foster children's confidence, resilience and sense of belonging.
• Working collaboratively with families and the wider community to promote children's safety, wellbeing and learning.
• Providing equitable, culturally safe and inclusive environments that respect the diverse identities, cultures, languages, abilities and family structures of all children, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
• Recruiting, screening and supporting suitable educators, staff, students and volunteers who demonstrate a strong commitment to child safety.
• Ensuring all educators maintain current Working with Children Checks where required and participate in ongoing child protection, safeguarding and mandatory reporting training.
• Maintaining child-focused complaints and reporting processes that encourage children, families and staff to raise concerns safely and confidently.
• Identifying and managing risks within our physical and online environments to minimise opportunities for harm.
• Continuously reviewing our policies, procedures and practices to strengthen our child-safe culture and ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
