This service goes beyond the requirements of the National Quality Standard in at least four of the seven quality areas, with at least two of these being quality areas 1, 5, 6, or 7.

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Southern Montessori Education Centre

Southern Montessori School, O'Sullivan

Southern Montessori offers the authentic method of educating and growing a child from birth to adolescent, preparing them for adulthood. We have been affiliated with Southern Montessori for more than 16 years with both our children having the benefit of attending from toddlers to year nine. The support, holistic development opportunities and application of Maria Montessori's method has assisted our children develop and grow into happy
well functioning young adults. Take a tour, visit and see the learning environments and see for yourself how the teaching and support staff can facilitate your child's development.

Southern Montessori School is the most nurturing education environment I have been in. Being a small, tight-knit community the staff, students and families know and take care of each other with the utmost respect and kindness. The words nurturing, respect and kindness are my biggest takeaways from my time here because they are not only verbalised by and to both children and adults but practised in classrooms, playgrounds, staff rooms and hallways all the time. As a pre-service teacher on placement here, I felt so included and valued that I continued on as a volunteer. Additionally, with a one and a half year old daughter myself, this school is now on the top of my list for her!

Previously I have also attended Baby Time which was excellent and before that the Montessori Foundation training course, too. All my experiences have been nothing but positive here and I feel so fortunate to have been a part of this community and to have this school in my local area.

Great school with great teachers and lots of support for kids of all abilities. I have my two sons there and they are thriving in a very hands on environment.

As an advocate for education, and a supporter of the great work that teachers do, this is a review I've not relished writing. However, it's a review that I feel needs sharing for the parents considering this school.

Pros:

- The are some lovely families and children that attend this school, and we've made some great friendships through the community.
- There are some dedicated and passionate teachers trying to deliver a quality education

Cons:

- The leadership of the school and the board, have made some terribly poor judgements. Behaved extremely unprofessionally, at times bordering on rude. More so, they have shown on several occasions tendencies to bully both staff and parents. Their culture is nothing short of toxic.
- The school have very woolly policies. We had direct experience in relation to a duty of care issue. Where our son left school grounds, after he had been taken to class and left in the teachers care. Once again leadership decided to place the blame for this at the feet of anyone / anything but themselves. We had numerous meetings, made numerous suggestions and nothing changed.
- The school has a healthy food ethos, which is great in principal. However, children are often encouraged out to break time and do not get taught the value of actually taking time to eat the healthy food so often ended the day hungry & cranky.
- The premise of the education provided at this school is “To meet your child where they are at”. As the parent of a child with specific, identified, learning needs, the school fails to adapt the education they provide to actually meet the needs of your children. Their version of Montessori has no room for gifted pedagogy. In fact, their understanding of meeting the need of gifted children was extremely disappointing and detrimental to our child.

Please take time to carefully consider if this is the environment you want your child to be educated in.

I have found SMS to be an awesome school for my boys. I have one son in the early learning centre with Kate and Coco, who are so dedicated to what they do, with kind nurturing personalities that both my boys have loved. My eldest son has just started grade one, and his teachers have been both warm and helpful. They have helped him transition nicely, and have readily answered my questions and emails.
Last year in reception, the teacher was lovely and always had the time to talk with parents after school. She never made me feel rushed or like she was too busy. She put 100% into that class.

In my experience, the leadership team are always available to talk to. They are often there ready to welcome you at the gate or to say goodbye at the end of the day. I have found them friendly, good at communicating, and any concerns I’ve had have been handled straight away.
Most important to me, is how my boys come home feeling, not just what they’ve learnt. In our time there, my boys have come home with smiles, happily tell me about their day, and they feel like they have been heard. If I ask my eldest about his teachers he says they are ‘nice and kind’
We love this school and I love that it’s a small school too, where all the students and teachers know each other. We feel at home there, and are looking forward to another great year.

Preschool/Kindergarten

Southern Montessori Education Centre Southern Montessori Education Centre Inc Australia 53 Galloway Road  SA  5166

More Than 36 Months

Pre-School / Kindergarten

Welcome to Southern Montessori Education Centre.

Located at 53 Galloway Road, Osullivan Beach, SA 5166, this centre is licensed to provide Centre-Based Care for up to 41 children and received service approval by ACECQA on 01 January 2012.

This centre has a current KindiCare rating of 9.1. This compares to an average KindiCare rating of 8.4 for the area.

Southern Montessori Education Centre has received a National Quality Standard (NQS) rating of Exceeding NQS under the National Quality Framework, and had its most recent NQS review, assessment and rating given by ACECQA on 01 August 2014.

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