Toora Kindergarten

Toora Kindergarten offers a Kindergarten Program for 3 and 4 year old children. Kindergarten is offered for 30 hours a fortnight during Victorian school terms.

The 2024 Toora Kindergarten Timetable can be found here

TOORATERM FEEMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAY
Kindergarten (Week 1)FREE9am – 3pm9am – 3pm
Kindergarten (Week 2)FREE9am – 3pm9am – 3pm9am – 3pm

Philosophy

Toora Kindergarten provides quality early childhood education incorporating the National and Victorian Frameworks (Being, Belonging and Becoming, and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Developing Framework)

  • We, the educators and parents of Toora Kindergarten believe children need to feel safe, respected, valued, happy, encouraged, reassured and cared for.
  • We the educators value children’s agency.
  • We believe in providing a program which is stimulating, nurturing and responsive to children’s need to learn through play.
  • We believe in children being actively involved in their own learning.
  • We believe in providing a program catering for all round development of the child. (Identity, Learning, Wellbeing, Communication and Community)
  • We believe in developing children’s positive self-concept.
  • We believe in supporting children to develop communication skills and to develop the skills to interact effectively with others.
  • We believe in giving equal access to all children, acknowledge their different developmental stages and cultural backgrounds.
  • We believe one of our roles is to manage behaviour through guidance, positive attention and encouragement.
  • We appreciate and support the knowledge held by and the close ties between the child and their family. We welcome family involvement in the program.
  • We believe in educators and families working together in the interests of their children.
  • We believe in providing an environment that supports sustainable practices.
  • We value relationships and our interactions with each child and the individual unique contribution they make.
  • We believe it takes a community to raise a child