Our Programs

Sessions start at 1pm on the first day of Terms 2, 3 and 4,as staff attend meetings and set up the rooms in the morning. Please note that if the first day of term is a Monday there will be no 3YO session on that day and the 3YO group will commence on the first Friday of term.

2021 Term Dates

Term 1 Staff commence 27 Jan. Children commence from Thurs 28th Jan. Term ends Thursday 1st April.

Term 2 Monday 19 April – Friday 25 June

Term 3 Monday 12 July – Friday 17 September

Term 4 Monday 4 October – Friday 17 December (children finish Wednesday 15 December)

3 Year Old Rosellas Program

The Rosellas group includes children who are 3 and those turning 4. It has two sessions per week which run back to back, to provide opportunities for children to become more deeply engaged.

The welcome for our new children and families is very important. The significance of these relationships, for children to feel valued, respected and cared for, allows many positive and worthwhile experiences to occur. Of equal importance is the collaborative partnership with parents, this enables trust to grow and dialogue to begin. This information sharing strongly enhances children’s learning.

We see all children as competent curious and capable social beings that are able to develop responsibility for their own learning. As the year proceeds we listen to the children, to their conversations, their theories and their ideas. We observe their creations, their discoveries, their moments of joy and we give them time to reflect, revisit and refine their skills. The environment then provokes thinking, questioning and fosters exploration. It builds on their strengths and competencies, with appropriate and challenging learning experiences. It is very carefully planned, but flexible and open to many ways of use.

Teaching the Rosellas group at Davis Street is an absolute joy, we have a wonderful team of staff, a very supportive Committee and lovely families. Together we have created a beautiful environment for our children to flourish.

There are 20 places in our 3YO Rosellas group.

Session Times

3YO Rosellas – 8 hours per week

Monday: 8.30am-11.30am
Friday: 8.30am – 1.30pm

Program Timetable

Fees

The fee for the 3YO Rosellas program is $800 per term. Top

4 Year Old Sessional Program

We aim for the children not only to experience the joy of friendship but also to appreciate diversity in the context of group learning. The opportunity to develop these relationships comes through play encounters and is deepened by the involvement of the adults with the children in their play and in group projects. These projects are centred on the children’s enquiries, fostering curiosity and involvement in learning. The children are encouraged to contribute their ideas, listen to and respect those of others, influencing the direction, possibilities and challenges often encountered in projects. There develops a sense of shared responsibility and ownership in the group work, a growing sense of achievement and sense of belonging to a community.

We are a group of enthusiastic educators, passionate about early childhood education and the wellbeing of children.

There are 22 places in our 4YO Cockatoo group and 6 places in our 4YO Koala group. Both these groups attend in the same room on the same days, except that the Koala group does not attend on Tuesdays (refer to hours below).

Session Times

4YO Cockatoos – 23 hours per week

Monday:   12.30pm-4.00pm
Tuesday:   8.30am-3.00pm
Wednesday:   8.30am-3.00pm
Thursday:   8.30am-3.00pm

4YO Koalas – 16.5 hours per week

Monday: 12.30pm-4.00pm
Wednesday: 8.30am-3.00pm
Thursday: 8.30am-3.00pm

Program Timetable

Fees

The fee for our 4YO Cockatoo program is $1,185 per term and the fee for our 4YO Koala program is $840 per term. Top

4 Year Old Pre-Prep Program

4 Year Old Pre-Prep is a 4YO program offering 5 days a week. This program caters to families wanting a longer program and is also designed for children who could attend school, however have either been funded to attend a second year of preschool or have attended three year old kinder and are turning 5 years of age in the first few months of the year. There are 28 places in our 4YO Pre-Prep program.

With one group of children attending all five days, a strong community is established quickly which enables children and adults to engage in deep and meaningful research. Children are encouraged to see peers and adults as resources for their learning and to celebrate their successes with each other.

Our program is play-based which is driven by the children’s individual and communal interests, often resulting in a large project or several small projects running simultaneously which combines child directed exploration and investigation balanced with intentional teaching. The competent teaching team is led by Ruth and Jane who teach and plan together one day a week to ensure a cohesive and consistent program where all children can thrive.

Our philosophy and practise is guided by the belief that all children are strong, capable and competent learners who learn best in a social context where they work and negotiate in a group environment which values all contributions and enhances the development of respect for others’ rights. During our year together we strive to ensure children leave our program with a love of learning and a belief that they can do anything.

Every Wednesday morning as part of our regular program, the 4YO Pre-Prep group relocate their morning session to a local aged care facility for C.I.R.C.L.E Day (CIRCLE being the acronym for Creating Intergenerational Relationships and Creating Learning for Everyone). Children are dropped off at the aged care facility via their parents and at the end of the session are returned to the kindergarten by bus. Equipment and materials are transported from the kindergarten by the teachers. By engaging with the residents on a regular basis, children are positioned to exchange ideas, theories, move between the role of teacher and learner, build genuine relationships and extend their sense of community as they embrace difference and diversity. This inspirational program has sparked the interest of several media mediums in recent years. Please click here to view an SBS news story about our C.I.R.C.L.E Day.