Preschool Room (Qld Kindergarten Funded Program)
3 years to 5 years
The minimum staff ratios in this room are 2 staff members and 22 children. The preschool room has 2 qualified Early Childhood Teacher. The emphasis of the preschool room is on encouraging children to play a larger part in the planning process while developing skills that will be used at BIG school.
In the Preschool 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. The programming in the Preschool Room is based on the QKLG (Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines).
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
- Computers
- Puzzles
- Physical play
Under the funding guidelines from the QLD Government the centre needs to offer a 15 hour a week program over 40 weeks. The preschool room program runs from 9:00am—2:00pm everyday.
Click HERE for Qld Government Statement of Fees
The Educators in our Preschool Room
Early Childhood Teacher - Nadine who has a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education. She has been in the industry since 2001 and at the centre since 2025.
Early Childhood Teacher - Kim who has a Diploma and is studying her Bachelor in Early Childhood. She has been in the industry at our centre since 2012.
Educator- Chloe who has her Certificate 3, is studying her Diploma in Children's Services and been in the industry at our centre since 2023.
Lead Educator- Tianji who has his Diploma in Children's Services and has been in the industry since 2018 and at our centre since 2024.