Pre-School (36 months – School Age)
Our Preschool Room caters for children aged 36 months to School Age.
The Preschool Room is home to our School Readiness Program led by our Early Childhood Teacher. Each child is supported as they build independence in readiness for school through an active, exciting and stimulating educational program. The focus of this program is to ensure your child is meeting social and developmental milestones, to allow them to thrive in a school environment. Placing an importance on the foundations of literacy and numeracy skills, by providing experiences that encourage one to explore, discover, negotiate, take risks, create meaning and solve problems.
Our educators challenge and scaffold individual and group learning to ensure all children are acquiring knowledge, asking questions, investigating and reflecting upon their daily experiences. Children are supported to understand their feelings and emotions and apply this to everyday life.
ROUTINE
| 7:00 am | Children arrive at the centre. Breakfast and family grouping |
| 8:00 am | Indoor educational program |
| 9:30 am | Yarning Circle Dharawal Welcome. Group time – Literacy & Numeracy focus |
| 10:00 am | Morning tea |
| 10:30 am | Outdoor exploration |
| 11:45 am | Safe Book Series and Group Time – Music, Munch & Move |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch time |
| 1:00 pm | Rest Time (Non-Sleepers read quietly and are offered quiet school readiness activities) |
| 1:45pm | Stop and Create |
| 2:00 pm | Afternoon tea |
| 2:30 pm | Outdoor exploration |
| 4:00pm | Indoor educational experiences |
| 5:00 pm | Late snack and family grouping |
| 6:00 pm | Centre closes |
Our routines are flexible, to ensure we are meeting every individual child’s needs.
DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES
- Transfers weight forward to throw ball and attempts to catch ball with hands
- Holds crayon/pencil etc. between thumb and first two fingers and exhibits hand preference
- Independently cuts paper with scissors
- Toilet’s themselves, dresses and undresses with little help
- Uses objects and materials to build or construct things, e.g. block tower, puzzle, clay, sand and water
- Has a longer attention span and answers simple questions
- Writes some numbers and letters
- Counts by rote, one to one correspondence
- Shares, smiles and cooperates with peers
- Develops independence and social skills they will use for learning and getting on with others at preschool and school
- Speaks in sentences and use many different words
- Enjoys jokes, rhymes and stories
- Will assert self with words
- Understands when someone is hurt and comforts them
- Likes to give and receive affection from parents
- May praise themselves and be boastful
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