There are two types of Kindergarten programs that the government funds. Long day care kindergarten and sessional kindergarten. Sessional programs have set hours to attend across the week equalling 15 hours. At Cuddly Bear Child Care Centre and Kindergarten our long day care kindergarten program is available over 5 days per week, with the care and education between 7.00am – 6.30pm. It is recommended by the government that each child has 15 hours access to the program per week. Our Kindergarten Program operates from 9.00 am to 4.00pm allowing 7 hours direct contact with the children in the program.

Our Program

At Cuddly Bear Child Care Centre and Kindergarten, we believe children’s interests support their learning.  We use inquiry-based learning to extend children’s learning. Our teachers support and scaffold children’s learning encouraging them to explore, question and process the information they are learning. Along with the teaching of skills and understandings in literacy, numeracy and the world around them.

Some of the key goals for children’s learning are to promote in them the ability to think laterally and creatively. To be able to self-initiate, to problem solve, to think deeply, to construct ideas and utilise their own understandings and discover new ones, to become interested in endless possibilities and opportunities and to become increasingly intrinsically motivated to learn.

We aim to equipment our children with life skills and life readiness:

• Physical health
• Gross Motor Skills
• Fine Motor Skills
• Perceptual Abilities
• Social Adaptation
• Intellectual Ability
• Concentration and Perseverance
• Skills in Categorizing
• Language Development
• Pre literacy and numeracy
• Emotional Readiness
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Thirst for Knowledge

Early Learning Languages Australia

In the pre-prep room we run  the ELLA program focused on Chinese (Mandarin). ELLA is a digital, play-based language learning program for preschool children. This Australian Government initiative inspires children by driving a genuine interest in a new language and culture. More information can be found at the ELLA website.