Woodlands Tarneit Long Daycare and Kindergarten

1 year - 2 years

Woodlands 1 to 2-Year-Old Classrooms are thoughtfully designed spaces that motivate toddlers as they take on new challenges and develop their self-awareness, social skills, and communication. The classrooms provide opportunities for toddlers to use new skills and be active in safe surroundings.

Toddlers at this age have access to open ended resources to satisfy their growing curiosity. Fun activities including music and movement, early literacy and numeracy, crafts and gardening, and children have the explore and discover.

2 years - 3 years

Toddler classrooms are designed to foster a toddler’s natural desire to do things for themself, to explore, be active, imagine and create. The curriculum develops their self-awareness, self-regulation, communication, social skills and helps them make sense of the world around them. 

Each day includes adventure. A day may involve playing instruments with ‘everyday’ tools, learning independence through making their own bed or cleaning up after themselves, to practising mud-cooking with their friends in the sandpit.

3 years - 5 years

Kindergarten classrooms are thoughtfully designed to be stimulating and challenging for children as they prepare for primary school. The experienced educators design and implement engaging, child-centred environments and experiences that embrace the individuality of each child by extending skills without limits. 

The Kindergarten Program helps children transition to school with support for learning language and numeracy, crafts and painting, practical self-sufficiency and social skills.

Morning

Ben is two years old and he loves playing outside when he arrives each day. Today an educator is teaching Ben and his friends about gardening, and he is excited to see freshly grown carrots.

Lunchtime

Ben and his friends have a yoga class today. They stand in line, practising bending and stretching. 

Afternoon

Ben’s group is learning about numbers. They each take some coloured blocks and practice putting them in piles of one, two, three and four.

Morning

Anna is 5 years old and loves the herb and vegetable gardens. The centre chef is making pasta today and Anna and her friends are picking fresh ingredients for their lunch.

Lunchtime

Anna is excited to be starting big school next year and feels all grown up. As part of the lunch box program, she has a packed lunch today with a sandwich and banana.

Afternoon

It’s time for music and movement. The children each pick an instrument and Anna chooses a drum. They practise making sounds with their instruments, before standing up and stamping their feet in time to the music.