Why It Matters

When children feel safe and connected, their brains are better able to learn, grow, and make good choices. Conscious Discipline helps us create a culture where mistakes are seen as learning opportunities, and where both children and adults are supported in becoming more aware, intentional, and kind.

Apart from helping in the moment to resolve conflicts or regulate big emotions, these practices also lay the foundation for life-long social and emotional skills. These support our educators, too by offering a consistent framework for staying calm, responding rather than reacting, and building stronger relationships with children and families.

A Continuing Journey

Embedding Conscious Discipline is an ongoing journey, not a one-time training. Our educators attended years of workshops, learning circles and professional development trainings with the child psychologist, Beth Macgregor. Through these, they learned the skills and powers of Conscious Discipline to become brilliant brain builders and be able to pass this brilliance to children. They continue to reflect on their own emotional responses, model healthy regulation, and seek out professional learning to deepen their practice.

We are proud of the way our team walks alongside children every day as they teach them what to do, and show them how to be.

Together, we are growing classrooms for children that are places of learning, belonging, connection, and care.

Our Children’s Services are very popular within the community so to ensure everyone can express their interest in our services we have created the Early Childhood Waiting List.

For more information on enrolling your child at a Northside Early Childhood Centre please visit our Enrolments page.