3 YEAR OLD & 4 YEAR OLD

Kindergarten at Lang Park

We would like to extend a warm and friendly welcome to your family.  We trust that your child’s experience will feel like an extension of your family home.  By working together we will provide an environment that promotes quality care and education for your child, a place where they will be accepted for who they are, and a place where laughter and play are cherished and where children’s innate curiosity is captured and given a chance to grow.

Lang Park ELC and Kindergarten is a privately owned Early Learning Centre and Kindergarten. We are committed to providing the highest quality care for your child/children and are confident that we can meet the needs of the families in the local community.

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Exceeding National Quality Standards

Our Kindergarten Teachers

    Lang Park ELC and Kindergarten run a quality 3 year old and 4 year old Kindergarten programs with Qualified and Experienced Educators. Our teachers each hold a Bachelor in Early Childhood studies.

    We recognise the role we as educators play in guiding your child in his/her development. Our program describes how we undertake this. It is influenced by our philosophy. The planning and programming process recognises that children mature at different rates and have individually preferred styles of learning; therefore the progress of each child is monitored closely. We look at the whole child and then plan an environment, experiences and interaction, which will further develop their strengths as well as address the areas of need.

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Belonging, Being and Becoming.

Kindergarten

Education

Children who come to Lang Park ELC and Kindergarten are seen as unique and capable individuals that have their own interests, skills, and ideas. We feel children have the right to be active participants in their own learning and must be empowered to express their views and ideas. We will value, respect and appreciate their individual uniqueness. Guided by the Early Years Learning Framework we will work alongside your child to actively promote meaningful learning in all areas of development.

We believe in a program that is play based and guided by the child’s interest. We embrace the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, with its belief that children have rights and should be given opportunities to develop to their full potential. Children are encouraged to share their thoughts and ideas. We believe children must have some control over the direction of their learning incorporating the child’s voice. Our curriculum is guided by the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the concepts of Belonging, Being and Becoming.
LEARNING FRAMEWORK

Our Curriculum

    Our curriculum provides the foundations for our program and our teaching ensures that we are able to deliver high quality developmental outcomes. We are then able to supplement these with a range of engaging activities designed to broaden your child’s experience and love of learning in their transition year.

    We recognise the importance of a responsive program we aim to use the best possible teaching tools to support children’s learning. The educators carefully adapt their learning environment to enhance the children’s learning and development in every way possible.

    We strive on great family relationships and input, to support and guide your child’s learning throughout the all-important transition year to formal schooling.

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Our kindergarten program continues to build on previous learning experiences with an additional emphasis on ensuring your children are prepared for their transition to school

Building children’s independence, problem solving, responsibilities in caring for belongings, the environment and community

Our kindergarten program is designed to ensure your child develops a love of learning and the dispositions of learning such as exploration, perseverance, resilience, asking questions, researching and project-based learning.

Our aim is to ensure that each and every child graduates from our kindergarten program fully prepared for their next educational step.

We offer excursions and incursions throughout our kindergarten year. These are carefully planned and organised, supporting our children to explore the world around them and learn about their community. Our excursions include outings such as, Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne Museum, TwistED science & The Big Goose.

Why School Readiness?

School readiness has become increasingly important as educational expectations continue to rise. It is our belief that a comprehensive and holistic Kindergarten Program is an essential part of a child’s learning journey.


Our Kindergarten Program is developed with reference to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), an Australian Government-approved framework designed to ensure that children in all early childhood education and care settings receive quality teaching to achieve the required outcomes.

The Early Years Framework focuses on the view that early childhood is a time for children to explore the notions of “being”, “belonging,” and “becoming”, these are essential to the development of identity, cognitive reasoning and wellbeing.

Educational expectations around school readiness create the curriculum using the framework around children’s interactions, activities and experiences, both intentional and child-led. Educators use the Early Years Learning Framework as a tool in your child’s learning, ensuring that your child is fully prepared in every way possible to transition confidently to the school environment.

Play-based learning meets a range of developmental outcomes such as personality, expression, individuality, relationship development, curiosity and creativity as well as developing a strong sense of wellbeing. Our highly qualified educators promote the developmental outcomes through a daily schedule of indoor-outdoor activities, engaging child-adult interactions and child-child interactions, promoting positive friendships within the learning environment and multiple creative activities such as arts, movement and music.

"From little things, big things grow"

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