The Victorian State Government provides funding for all Victorian children to access kindergarten in the year before they start school. Kindergarten programs are offered as sessional and extended hours (long day care) programs. Please read the pdf attachment at the bottom of this page for information for families regarding our long day care and sessional kindergarten services.

Play-Based Curriculum
The 3 and 4 year old kindergarten programs use a play-based curriculum using the Early Learning Years Framework (see pdf at bottom of page for more information).

It may look like children are "just playing", but learning is going on through play. Experiences set up in the room are planned from observations of the children's strengths, needs and interests and encourage exploration of literacy, numeracy and science concepts etc. Interacting with the children also encourages these explorations.

USA research shows a push to bring the play-based curriculum back into kindergarten (equivalent to our Prep). The research undertaken by Edward Miller and Joan Almon is called called “Crisis in Kindergarten: Why Children Need Play In School”. It was found that children who engage in socio-dramatic play have greater language skills, social skills, more empathy, more imagination and a greater capacity to know what others mean than non-players. See the summary of this research by clicking on the pdf link at the end of this page.

To find out more about what the children are learning through play experiences, click on the pdf link at the end of this page to view our A4 posters.

Kindergarten Session Times

Session times are allocated each year to best meet the needs of families using the service. Kindergarten sessions operate in line with the Victorian school term dates and do not run on public holidays.

To go on to our waiting list for sessional kindergarten, please complete an online application form under the Services/Enrolment menu.