Employment Opportunity

Primary Teacher

The Kinma Community is looking for a suitably qualified teacher who thrives in teaching primary aged children. We are a small community on Sydney's Northern Beaches, spread out across five acres of bushland: an integral part of our students' learning.

Our school philosophy centres around genuinely involving children and their families in education. Our staff employ a progressive practice and optimally, we seek a teacher with experience in and/or a great passion for such learning practices.

If you have an interest in exploring our learning and teaching environment, please explore our website further and consider submitting an application form.

The successful applicant will be offered, in the first instance, a one year maternity leave position.

Please submit an application to Julie Carr (Manager): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Applications close at 3pm on Friday 12th May, 2017.

For any further information or inquiries, please telephone 94500738

Focus and tinkering at Kinma

Primary tinkering

The ability to focus on one activity or experience for a considerable period of time is universally agreed upon as very beneficial in the suite of learning skills. It can also be incredibly enjoyable and according to Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow, when it is, the learning and outcomes are enormous for the individual and the community of which they are a part.

What does focus look like at Kinma? Where is it found? How do teachers arrange scenarios to encourage it?

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Kinma Preschool: Exceeding National Quality Standard

preschool

Kinma Preschool completed the new NQS assessment and ratings process with the Education and Care Services Directorate, NSW Office of Education and Communities in November 2013. We are pleased to announce that we have been assessed with an overall rating of: EXCEEDING NATIONAL QUALITY STANDARD 

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The importance of play in our curriculum

Primary maths-rocksPlay is predominant in the early years at Kinma. It is seen as a leading factor in the child's development. Central to the success of play is the child's self-control.

From play, children learn how to behave in social situations that are acceptable. Since play is child-centred and directed, the children learn self-discipline and self-motivation.

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The Friendship Seed Project

We believe that people who are friends care for each other so the more friends there are, the more people are cared for and the less people are harmed. As a symbol of children's friendships all over the world, we are creating the world’s longest friendship band and hope you will join us in its creation.

Click here and find out how to participate. Lets design world peace together.

The Friendship Seed team

Kinma values a school environment that utilises the resources of our bush environment and the community.

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