Kindergarten
3-4 year old integrated kindergarten
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Melton Uniting Kindergarten
15 Yuille St, Melton Victoria
Early Learning Centre
Early learning in Melton .
Our kindergarten is located at the Melton Uniting Church, behind the Melton Valley Golf Club and a short walk from Melton Primary School.
We offer a creative kinder program, led by educators who are focussed on nurturing your child’s strengths, interests and social connections.
We teach values that reflect our small local community, including kindness, resilience and teamwork.
Our educators provide an inclusive environment and are experienced in working with children of diverse needs, strengths and abilities.
Program hours and fees
Our centre
Your child will enjoy indoor and outdoor learning activities to improve their motor skills and build friendships. Our kindergarten features:
- Planned indoor spaces
- Large outdoor spaces
- Sand and mud pit
- Trees and natural shade
- Gardening beds for vegetables and herbs
- Shade sail
- Play area with climbing equipment
- Swings
- Bicycle track
- Cubby house
- Equipment for climbing, skipping, throwing and catching
- Worm farm
- Water tank
- First Nations rock garden.
Our centre
Your child will enjoy indoor and outdoor learning activities to improve their motor skills and build friendships. Our kindergarten features:
- Planned indoor spaces
- Large outdoor spaces
- Sand and mud pit
- Trees and natural shade
- Gardening beds for vegetables and herbs
- Shade sail
- Play area with climbing equipment
- Swings
- Bicycle track
- Cubby house
- Equipment for climbing, skipping, throwing and catching
- Worm farm
- Water tank
- First Nations rock garden.
The parents say
“The educators have been very nurturing and welcoming. It's a very safe and comfortable environment for our child.”
- Mary, parent
Learning experiences
We encourage hands-on, nature-based activities and collaborative play in an environment that will empower your child to take initiative in their learning journey and make friends along the way.
Caring for the environment
Your child will learn about sustainable practices and get their hands dirty in our garden. We encourage children to develop everyday sustainable practices through activities such as recycling and composting. We grow our own fruit and vegetables.
Incursions
We organise fun and informative workshops at our kindergarten, including:
- Responsible Pet Ownership Program
- Museum Outreach Program
- Western Water
- Police officer visit
- Local Bunnings Gardening Workshop
- Wurrundjeri Land Council education session
- Healthy Early Childhood Services Achievement Program.
Family and community connections
Community is at the heart of everything we do. We encourage families and the local community to get involved in our kindergarten. We encourage you to participate in:
- Celebrating significant cultural festivals and days
- Talking to the children about your job, hobbies and other interesting topics
- Volunteering your time to support our programs
- Assisting with fundraising
- Our Parent Partnership Group (positions are elected at the annual meeting of kindergarten parents)
- Caring for our pets on weekends and during the holidays.
To help your child learn about our community and form connections, we engage with the local:
- Primary school
- Library
- Museum
- Emergency services
- First Nations community groups and members
- Animal trainers and handlers
- Church
- Neighbouring playgroup
- Council.
Languages
We have educators who speak Punjabi in addition to English. We can also provide formal and informal interpreter services with families as needed and translate and provide information in various languages of our community including Arabic, Vietnamese and Turkish.
Program hours and fees
Kindergarten Teacher
Renee
Hi, I’m Renee and I’m the Nominated Supervisor and a Kindergarten Teacher at Melton Uniting Kindergarten. I have worked with Uniting for the past nine years at several of our services across Melbourne’s north west as a teacher and Nominated Supervisor. I have a Post Graduate Degree in Education (Early Years) and a Bachelor of Business with a double major in Human Resource Management and Communications. As a mother of two children, I understand the importance of my role. I feel I have the very real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children by building strong, connected and respectful relationships with each child and their family. Our amazing educators work tirelessly to create a safe and welcoming environment that provides endless opportunities for children to engage and explore, create, develop trust, friendships and a sense of belonging.
Health and wellbeing
Mental health
Our educators are trained in various programs to support the emotional wellbeing of your child and are skilled in working with children who have experienced challenges and trauma. We also offer mental health support for families if you find yourself in need of assistance.
Nutrition
We help children form healthy eating habits. We do this by encouraging them to take an active role in their food preparation through tending to our vegetable, fruit and herb garden. At our kinder, we:
- Grow our own produce
- Practise food safety
- Accommodate all dietary requirements
- Work with families from a range of cultural backgrounds to ensure cultural foods meet standard requirements
- Offer progressive snack and lunchtime to empower children to ask for what they want and when.
Safe environment
As a child safe organisation, our educators undergo regular working with children’s and police checks. We are focussed on delivering learning and development in a safe and supportive environment, so you can trust that your child is in good hands.
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