Thirteen years, one continuous line.
Four stages that join up, plus day care that wraps around them. Each stage was shaped by the one before it — which is why a child never has to start over.
The first bridge away from home — gentle separation, small confidences, and a world outside family that is safe and kind.
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Curiosity finds company: sharing a space, waiting for a turn, and making friends amid early language and spilled paint.
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Structure begins to take shape while wonder stays at the centre — full stories, first pencils, and questions that become sentences.
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The last year of early childhood, where it all comes together — early reading, real independence, and readiness for big school.
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A warm, supervised home from home for working families — meals, rest and play, before school and long after the last bell.
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| Stage | Age | Hours | Class size | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toddler | 2½ – 3 | 8.00 – 11.00 am | 10 max | Settling, play & practical life |
| Playgroup | 3 – 4 | 8.00 – 11.30 am | 14 max | Language, sharing & making |
| Lower Kindergarten | 4 – 5 | 8.00 am – 12.00 pm | 18 max | Early letters, sounds & number |
| Upper Kindergarten | 5 – 6 | 8.00 am – 12.30 pm | 18 max | Early reading, writing & Grade 1 readiness |
| Day Care | 2½ – 6 | 7.00 am – 6.00 pm | By place | Full-day care, meals & rest |
What a child actually learns.
Our teachers work to an internationally recognised early-years framework — seven areas of learning, all of them met through play rather than worksheets.
Communication & language
Listening, understanding and speaking. The single biggest predictor of how a child will do later — so we feed it all day, in English.
Early literacy
Letter sounds, blending, name-writing and a daily story — building, gently, towards a child who reads because they want to.
Early mathematics
Counting, quantity, pattern and shape, met in the hands with objects and games long before anything is written down.
Personal & social
Confidence, sharing, managing feelings and getting along — the quiet curriculum that makes all the rest possible.
Understanding the world
People, places, nature and how things work — the garden, the seasons, and endless, useful questions.
Physical & the arts
Running, climbing and balance; painting, music, dough and dance. Big movements and small ones, every single day.
Bring them in. We will tell you.
Placement is by readiness, not only by birthday. An informal morning with us settles it far better than a form does.