Gormandale Kindergarten

Our rural backdrop forms part of your child’s education program with rich sensory experiences at their fingertips. We make the most of our countryside by encouraging children to explore and play outdoors while they learn about sustainability, how to care for the environment, and the rewards of growing their own produce.

Our kindergarten features:

• Planned and intentional indoor spaces
• Large outdoor space
• Trees and natural shade
• Vegetable and herb gardening beds
• Worm farm
• Birds and bugs

Children enjoy a range of new experiences at our kindergarten and during exciting excursions with their kinder friends. We design our activities to make learning as fun and engaging as possible, while also encouraging social connections between the children, their community and the environment.

At Gormandale Kindergarten, we promote sustainable living and encourage children to develop everyday sustainable practices. This includes maintaining a worm farm and encouraging composting, as well as promoting recycling of materials and water.

We’re lucky to host a wide variety of visitors, guest speakers and incursions:

• Melbourne Museum Discovery Program
• Wild Action Zoo
• Early childhood educators and entertainers, Jack & Molly
• Library Visits
• Gallery Visits
• Gippsland Water
• Flying Bookworm
• Dentists
• Country Fire Authority (CFA)

Our excursions are also fun and exciting! Some of the places we like to visit include:

• Wellington Art Gallery
• Fauna Park Sale
• Woodside Beach
• Family Farms
• Gormandale Recreation Reserve
• Gormandale Post Office
• Sale Wetlands

Health education is hands-on and engaging at our kindergarten. By growing our own produce children learn about where fresh food comes from and why it’s nutritious. While progressive morning tea and lunchtimes teach them about when to eat and demonstrates the social joys of sharing a meal as a little community.

Families are encouraged to share in their child’s early education. There are many wonderful opportunities for getting involved and enriching children’s experiences in positive, meaningful ways.

We welcome parents and families to:

• Celebrate significant cultural festivals and days together
• Volunteer their time to provide support and resources for our programs
• Assist with fundraising
• Take an active role in our Parent Advisory Committee
• Talk to the children about your job or hobbies
• Help in the garden, with reading, or during excursions

As a small community, we work closely with:

• Local primary school
• Local library
• Museums
• Local service people (e.g. police, paramedic, nurse, fire and emergency services, etc.)
• Animal trainers or handlers
• Farms or farmers

We also participate in community activities and programs such as:

• Smiles 4 Miles
• Wellington Gallery Arts Program
• Early Language Learning Australian - Italian
• SeeMore Safety Program
• Responsible Pet Ownership

4 year old kindergarten

$395.00 per term

Tuesday and Thursday 9.00am -3.00pm, Wednesday 9.00am - 12.00pm

3 year old kindergarten

$255.00 per term

Tuesday or Thursday 9.00am - 3.00pm