Our Kindergarten
Our Kinder teachers are highly qualified educators who strive to create a learning environment suited to each child’s needs. Implementing experiences following the Early Years Learning Framework, with a heavy emphasis on theories of play-based learning, at Marysville Kindergarten all children are celebrated and given the opportunity to learn valuable skills preparing them for school. Kindergarten takes place in the Goorbil Room, with a shared outdoor space. For the 2025 year both our 3 & 4 Year Old Kinder Programs are fully funded.
3 & 4 Year Old Kinder
The Kindergarten program works closely with the local community and Primary Schools, setting our children up to be active members of their community. Our Kinder program is fully funded, which means no fees. As of 2024, we run both 3 Year Old and 4 Year Old Kindergarten programs.
Our 3 Year Old program is led by Kellie Harris, and is run from 8:30am – 4pm of Mondays and Tuesdays. These sessions involves learning experiences in the community, sensory experiences to help children explore their world, arts and crafts activities, and many other learning experiences guided by the EYLF.
Our 4 Year Old program is led by Sherrie Ackerman, and is run from 9:00am – 2:15pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. These sessions also involve many learning experiences based on the EYLF, with a heavier emphasis on school-readiness. The 4 Year Old program also involves fortnightly Bush Kinder experiences.
In 2025 our Kindergarten program will be changing slightly! With the Victorian Government placing focus on the importance of learning in the Early Years, funded Kindergarten hours will be increasing. In 2025 the 3 Year Old Kinder program will be running from 8:30am – 4:00pm on Thursdays and Fridays, and the 4 Year Old Kinder program will be running from 8:30am – 3:00pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
Bush Kinder
At Marysville Kindergarten we believe in the importance of nature and outside play in a child’s learning and development. Numerous studies also support the need for children to spend time outside in nature. Children are natural learners, our Bush Kinder will provide the children with the ideal learning environment: time and space to play in a natural setting, materials provided by nature and their own interests and enjoyment spurring them on in their learning.
They will have the opportunity to play in the rain, the mud, roll down hill, balance on fallen logs, find insects, birds, animals and plants that interest them. Children will explore their natural world by playing with water from the creek, race stick boats, collect rocks and sticks to roast marshmallows on our camp fire!
These experiences will expand their knowledge and skills and share them with family, friends and educators. Each child’s development progression, advancing skill levels and particular interests will be noted by their teachers, and from this information the teachers will incorporate these interests into their plan back at kinder too! Through play the children will connect with their land in a way that cannot be done under a roof or within walls.
Location
The Bush Kinder site is located on Pack Road, Marysville! It’s walking distance from our Kindergarten.