We offer two long day (7.5 hour) sessions for 4-year-old kinder(4-5o) 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 each group attends for two full day sessions from 8.30am-4pm.
Each group will rotate with the other two 4 year old groups each time they attend for a total of 28 children per session.
We have 1 teacher & 2 educators on Monday & Thursday and 2 teachers & one educator on a Wednesday.
This is a great opportunity for the children to diversify their social skills and friendships over their 15 hours per week.
4yo Sea Stars & Turtles groups
4yo Sea Stars & Penguins groups
4yo Turtles & Penguins groups
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.
