Our Pre-Prep Room caters to children aged 3-5years. We have 2 staff in the room (a Teacher and an Educator Assistant) with a maximum of 24 children. The Pre-Prep room has a qualified Early Childhood Teacher who facilitates the Early Years Leaning Framework or the Queensland Kindergarten Program. The emphasis of the pre-prep room is on encouraging children to play a larger part in the planning process while developing skills that will be used at school.

In the Pre-Prep room staff closely monitor the children’s ever changing interests and then base learning around these experiences to ensure that the learning has intrinsic meaning and value to the children.

Our Goals are for children to develop:

• Pre-reading & Pre-writing skills
• Mathematics concepts
• Language skills
• Concentration skills
• Large/ small muscle dexterity
• An ability to follow directions
• Listening
• General knowledge
• Self discipline
• An appreciation of the arts
• Relaxation skills
• Social skills
• Confidence
• Love of learning
• Independence
• Creative expression
• Environmental awareness
• Multicultural awareness

Opportunities are offered in the preschool room for children to learn through:

• Music, Singing and Dancing
• Drama and Role Play
• Construction
• Language
• Creative Arts
• Manipulative Play
• Computers
• Puzzles
• Physical play
• Technology
• Environmental activities (gardening, recycling etc)

Daily Room Routine

6:30 - 7:50 Open routine. Inside Preschool room. All ages combined. At 7:30 babies go to nursery.

7:50 - 8:00 Packing up room. Sunscreen to be applied.

7.00 -8.00 Centre opens.  Indoor activities in Pre-Prep Room.

7:50 - 8:00 Packing up room. Sunscreen to be applied.

Pre-Prep begins

8:00 - 9:00 Outdoor play , combined with Kindy.

9:00 - 9:30 Lining up, washing hands, morning tea, transitions

9:30 - 9:45 Group time; roll, story, songs, transition

9:45 - 10:50 Educational Program

10:50 - 11:00 Pack away time

11.00 – 11.10 transition to Outdoors and sun cream applied.

11.10 – 11.45 Outdoors Play

11.45-12.00 transition to lunch time (hand washing etc)

Midday

12:00 – 12.30 Lunch time

12:30 - 2:00 toilet, rest time

2:00 - 2:30 Pack beds and sheets away, shoes on, wash hands, sit at table

Afternoon

2:30 - 2:45 Afternoon tea

2:45 - 3:00 Sunscreen, story

3:00 - 4:30 Outdoor play, combined with Kindy

4:30 - 6:00 Indoor Activities.

6:00 Centre Closes