Engadine Preschool Kindergarten Inc
Community based, not for profit Early Education and Care Service
Our service has two classrooms, each with university trained teachers and qualified childcare educators. Each room also has an additional support educator, making our ratios above the Education and Care Services National Regulation, 2011 required ratios. Our staff are long standing and have been with the preschool for many years. We welcome children aged from 3 years to school entry. The service is funded under the Federal and State Governments "Start Strong Funding" initiative. We are licensed for 50 children to attend each day. We welcome children with additional needs and children who require support to participate inclusively in our daily program. Your child will enjoy a program that is educational, exciting, innovative and creative, with access to a huge variety of equipment designed for play based learning.
Normal hours from 8.30 am - 4.00pm daily during school terms, with extended hours available 8am to 8.30am and 4.00pm to 5.00pm.
Learning Environment
Our flexible individual programming is designed to meet the needs and interests of each individual child, using the National Quality Framework as our guide.
Curriculum
The staff have developed a comprehensive curriculum based on sound child development and educational knowledge delivered through play based learning.
The National Quality Framework comprises seven key areas of child care quality. The required standards in each area are extremely high, as you would expect.
Engadine Preschool Kindergarten has an overall rating of “Exceeding”, which ranks it among the highest quality centres in Australia.