Sea Stars & Turtles
8:30am - 4pm
28 children
1 Teacher & 2 Educators
Sea Stars & Penguins
8:30am - 4pm
28 children
2 Teachers & 1 Educator
Turtles & Penguins
8:30am - 4pm
28 children
1 Teacher & 2 Educators
*Drop off at Braeside Park for Bushkinder Program in terms 2 and 3, pick up from kinder*
We offer two long day (7.5 hour) sessions for 4-5 year-olds for a total of 15 hours per week. We run a rotational model timetable for our 4-year-old kinder groups.
We have three 4-year-old kinder groups;
Each group contains 14 children and rotates with the other two 4YO groups each time they attend, for a total of 28 children per session. This is a great opportunity for the children to diversify their social skills and friendships over their 15 hours per week.
We have:
Teachers:
Bush Kinder
Bush Kinder is offered for our Penguins and Turtles groups on Thursday mornings at Braeside Park during Term 2 & 3. Parents drop off at Braeside Park in the morning, and children return to kinder later in the day via coach hire.
For more information, click below to read our thorough Bushkinder Parent Handbook.
Incursions are scheduled each year for all groups and may vary depending on the interests of the children.
Past incursions in the 4 year old program have included Music and Dance, African Drumming, Bee Education program, Body Safety, Responsbile Pet ownership, Road Safety, Gould League education, Museum and Animal visits.
Excursions for 4 year old groups could include Parkdale Library, Beach visits, community walks, visiting local schools or the Royal Botanic Gardens- it varies from year to year.
We also receive visits from the local primary schools, Mentone Primary School and St Patricks Primary School. These visits can include student leaders reading stories and playing with children, school choir and band performances as well as educational experience run by primary students with teacher supervision.
