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First Grammar Wantirna South Centre overview
First Grammar Wantirna South Centre highlights
- Our centre proudly offers the VIC Government-approved Kindergarten program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our Kindergarten program supports your child's learning, development and well-being, to help ensure a successful transition to school.
- Our community engagement program encourages children to interact with and discover their local community. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment.
- Our longstanding team, including staff with over 10 years of experience at the centre, creates a calm and nurturing environment to ensure children feel loved, safe, and secure.
About First Grammar Wantirna Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to First Grammar Wantirna. We're ideally located for families in Wantirna South, Wantirna, Knoxfield, Ferntree Gully and Glen Waverly.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
We provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our longstanding and multicultural dedicated team of Teachers and Educators provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring learning environment - where your child can thrive, and be their wonderful self, every day.
Getting school ready? We offer the Government-approved Kindergarten program that helps ensure your child has a successful transition to formal schooling.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at our Centre including:
- Sustainability Program: Helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, growing food and the importance of protecting our planet.
- Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community. We often have visits from community services, and we go out on adventures to teach the children about their local environment.
- Music & Movement Program: Designed to develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self-regulation, memory, and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music - and of course, have fun.
- Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports and movements.
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Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Kindergarten/Preschool Programs
Our centre offers the VIC Government-approved ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Kindergarten Program.
At First Grammar, your child will benefit from the VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program as part of our enhanced learning program. Our program will support your child’s learning, development, and well-being for now, at school and beyond. We tailor our Kindergarten program across:
- Numeracy
- Literacy
- Emotional and Social Development
- Self regulation
- Healthy minds and bodies
The added benefits of our Kindergarten program include:
- VIC ‘Best Start, Best Life’ Government-approved program
- Extended opening hours
- Open all year round (excl public holidays)
- Programs developed and delivered by our Early Childhood Teachers
- Exclusive music and movement program for self-regulation
About the Curriculum
About the Curriculum
“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber
Nursery Space: 6 weeks – 2 years
Learning starts from before birth, and our Educators have created a welcoming and nurturing nursery environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover new things - through their senses, their communication and cues (body language, facial expression and sounds) and by experimenting. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play, water play, music time, story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing!
Toddler Space: 2 - 3 years
Our teachers and educators encourage the children to learn through play to help enhance their sensory-motor development. This happens through carefully planned music, dance, games and reading experiences.
On any given day the Toddler children can be seen developing their numeracy by building a tower, sorting objects, pointing and identifying shapes and patterns and participating in counting songs and games.
Children in our toddler space are encouraged to participate in group play. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as, turn taking, developing self confidence and emotional self regulation. Our team helps children through talking, planning and role modelling.
Kindergarten Space: 3 – 6 years
Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for later learning including confidence and curiosity, important skills for starting school. Our play-based program encourages active engagement in learning and supports a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking and creativity.
The oral language supports literacy learning. A child’s oral language ability is the best predictor for later success in learning to read and write. Hearing the sounds within a language is the first critical step for all literacy learning. Our team supports our Kindergarten children's development by engaging in rich discussions, introducing new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations, as well as singing, playing games, and reading with the children daily.
Throughout the Kindergarten year, children use their language to share ideas, ask questions, express themselves, and connect with peers and adults in social settings.
Social-emotional skills, including the ability to self-regulate emotions, is supported through group learning environments. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by labelling and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Lastly, ensuring that all children are ready for the ‘big school’ by preparing them for all that ‘big school’ has to offer.
Morning
Mary is 11 months old and enjoys sensory play outside in the sandpit with her friends. She sits near her educator who helps teach her how to scoop the sand into the bucket. Mary is learning how to dig, carry, and move the sand. She is also exploring texture and learning what happens to the sand when she adds water!
Lunch
Mary has finished her lunch and is preparing to take a nap. Her educator changes her nappy, prepares a bottle and reads Mary a story before her afternoon sleep.
Afternoon
Mary and some of her nursery friends enjoy some story time and songs outside in the shaded garden. They read ‘Peepo’ which is Mary’s favourite book.
Morning
Damo is two and a half years old and loves to start his day at the centre outside on the climbing equipment. His friends join him, and together they pretend to be pirates on a ship looking for treasure. Through this exciting dramatic play, Damo is learning about himself and the world around him. Dramatic play is helping Damo identify his interests, abilities, likes and dislikes.
Lunch
Damo is watering the vegetables in the garden. By doing this, Damo is learning the importance of growing and caring for the veggies in the garden. Damo picks a tomato from the garden, which the Chef will use to help make Damo and his friend’s lunch - Spaghetti Bolognese!
Afternoon
Damo enjoys art, and today he is painting a beach scene from a recent family holiday. He adds the finishing touches and sets the painting aside to dry; so that he can take it home to share with his family.
While painting, Damo is learning how to express himself creatively and how to convey his ideas and emotions. Painting is also helping develop Damo’s hand eye coordination, finger, wrist and hand strength. Making marks on paper is important for self expression as well as later learning.
Morning
Jo is almost five years old and can’t wait for today’s carpentry experience - she loves building things! Carpentry experiences allow Jo and her friends to extend their learning through real-life experiences. While participating in carpentry, Jo is learning to problem solve, experiment and predict. She is also improving her hand eye coordination, manipulative skills and muscular strength.
Lunch
Before Jo sits down for lunch with her friends and educators, Jo takes part in the centre’s sports program. Jo loves sports. Sports helps Jo improve her flexibility and strength (perfect for growing bodies!). Sports also allows her to practice different skills in a fun and engaging way.
Afternoon
Jo is off to ‘big school’ next year and she can't wait to start! Jo and her friends will be visiting the local primary school next week. In preparation for the visit, the class is creating a list of questions to ask the Principal and school children.
Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition
Our centre chef prepares and cooks healthy and nutritious meals daily, catering to the unique dietary requirements of every child. We believe that by encouraging active participation (such as growing their own fruit and vegetables, preparing, and finally cooking!) children learn to appreciate and understand the importance of healthy eating.
Our centre offers children nutrient-rich, unprocessed, and seasonal whole foods – created to delight the fussiest eaters.
Meet the team
Meet the team
Hi my name is Sara, and I am the Centre Manager here at First Grammar Wantirna South. I began my career in early childhood education and care in 2009 and have been working at First Grammar Wantirna South since 2021. I hold a diploma of early childhood education and care and have been working in various roles including assistant educator, lead educator, assistant centre manager and centre manager.
There’s nothing more rewarding than watching a child learn with passion and wonder. As a mother of 2 beautiful children, I understand that parents need a place where they can drop off their precious child to people that genuinely care about them and will help them in those crucial first five years of their learning journey. I love working in early childhood, have grown up with children all my life. To me every day is a new day, there is nothing than rewarding seeing the children develop their own personalities, watching a child learn, grow and becoming their own person.
The benefits of attending an early childhood education centre are endless. It encourages social skills, improves social anxiety and more development needs. High quality early childhood education gives children the best start in life. It provides important opportunities to learn and develop. Early childhood education can help your child make friends, develop independence, and learn new routines. It also supports their transition to school.
We have qualified educators guided by the children's interests and the Early Years Learning and Development Framework (EYLDF). Our team is extremely passionate about creating a child care centre that is a home away from home for both families and children. The centre really is an extension of the home environment, and we work in partnership with families to ensure this is the case, understanding each child’s individual needs.
We understand that starting at a new early education centre can be overwhelming, which is why we communicate with families regularly. We walk families through all the forms and administration that need to be done. This includes enrolment forms, Child Care Subsidy (CCS), explaining subsidies, government caps, centre schedules, our centre menu and more.
On the first orientation the child will orientate in the room. Educators will discuss with the family the child’s needs and then the child/children will start after a few orientations or when educator and family think child is ready. Our team will make the transition as smooth as possible. We are happy to help.
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Centre Reviews
Our daughter joined the baby room around June and she had a hard time initially adapting to the change. The carers at First... Our daughter joined the baby room around June and she had a hard time initially adapting to the change. The carers at First Grammar have been amazing with her and really helped us through each step of the journey as well. She is now flourishing and seems to really enjoys her time here. All of the carers have been wonderful, very genuine and accommodating. They are always happy to offer advice if asked and really do care about the little ones. It can be very difficult to choose a daycare for your child but we are so grateful that we chose First Grammar, really couldn’t speak more highly of everyone here. Read more
excellent centre. In kinder room, Rachel is an amazing teacher with rich experience and professional teaching methods. And other teachers are super patient... excellent centre. In kinder room, Rachel is an amazing teacher with rich experience and professional teaching methods. And other teachers are super patient and friendly, they really help the kids grow in all areas. The management team like Jessica and Sara, is very responsible and always make sure the kids have the best environment.I definitely recommend sending your child here , can feel confident they’ll be happy and well taken care of. Read more
Dear Miao, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The First Grammar Team.
My daughter has been going here from past 2 years - she just loves it. All the kinder room staff ( Rachel, champa... My daughter has been going here from past 2 years - she just loves it. All the kinder room staff ( Rachel, champa and Chris) are amazing - very caring and helpful. All other educators are always so friendly and courteous. Special note to the centre director Sara - friendly and hand on. I have always felt that my daughter is safe, secure and well cared here. One great and rare thing I found about this centre is - many of their educators(including kinder teacher Rachel) have been working there for more than 11yrs which is amazing. They all are highly skilled. I strongly recommend this centre. Thank you everyone. Read more