Little Stars Kindergarten program
Our Service
Within a beautiful, warm and homely setting we offer our 4-year-old
funded kindergarten programs to the children within our communities. Our Kindergarten
program is completely embedded into our long day care service and the beauty of this is that
it is basically an added extra and the cost is included in your normal daily fees.
It provides our families with an amazing school readiness program for the children whilst
enabling flexibility for our working and busy families. Our families can easily meet the
15 hours of kindergarten requirements whilst continuing to use our service between the hours
of 6:30am and 6:30pm.
Our high quality program meets affordability
If you’re looking for a play-based + structured kindergarten program to
support your child’s preparation for school, consider 4-year-old.
- Little Stars has higher National Quality Standard ratings for kindergarten programs
for early childhood education and care and follows the Reggio Emilia philosophy, it
is an approach to teaching, learning and advocacy for children. In its most basic
form, it is a way of observing what children know, are curious about and what
challenges them. Teachers record these observations to reflect on developmentally
appropriate ways to help children expand their academic and social potential.
- We offer a government-approved Kindergarten Program taught by Degree A qualified and
passionate Teacher who is committed to supporting your child to develop a love of
learning that will set them up for future learning as they transition into their
school life.
- Programs are based on the National Quality Framework and the Victorian Early Years
Learning and Development Framework.
- Children get a tailored approach, based on their interests individual abilities and strengths, inquiry base plan for each term and needs as they prepare for school
and life
- Provides a very exciting calendar of events including special days, educational
visits, excursions, incursion concerts, graduation and much more.
Transition to School (School Readiness)
- The School Readiness Program prepares your child to successfully make the important
transition from 4-year-old Kindergarten into Primary School. A smooth transition
from Kindergarten to school lays the foundation for future positive learning
experiences.
- We encompass a range of specific content-rich experiences within our kindergarten
curriculum that reflect the Early Years Learning Framework as well as the Australian
School Curriculum. This has specific learning areas that enable children to become
successful, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens. As
well as the outcomes listed earlier these learning areas include; Language &
Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Humanities, Arts, Technology, Health and Physical
Education.
- The year before children transition to Primary School is crucial for so many
reasons. Children need to start Kindergarten with the basic
foundations for literacy and numeracy, including how to recognise their name and
possibly even write it. To be able to possibly recognise numerals and count with
meaning. We are confident that the children who participate in our Kindergarten
Program will feel confident as they start their first year of school as social,
confident, resilient, independent children. This includes being able to share,
cooperate in a variety of situations, look after their belongings, negotiate with
peers during conflict situations, concentrate on a task for long periods.
- Through a holistic approach to school readiness we believe the children will be more
prepared for school as they will have had time to develop the life skills necessary
to aid for a smooth transition into their Primary School journey. Through our
Kindergarten Program, we support and help prepare the children for the next step in
their educational achievements.
