Early Learning Centre

We Provide:

A Playgroup program:

  • For children up to 3½ years old.

A Pre-entry program:

  • For children aged from 3½ to 4 years old.

A Pre-school program:

  • For children aged from 4 - 5 years old.

Playgroup Program

The St George College Playgroup program offers two sessions every Friday morning -

9am - 10:30am

11am - 12:30pm

The Playgroup is a precursor to our other pre-schooling programs namely our Pre-entry and our Pre-school classes.

The Playgroup program at St George is designed to:

  • Provide children with play activities that are stimulating and innovative and within a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment.
  • Provide children and parents with opportunities to interact in both Greek and English in appropriate and purposeful ways.
  • Enhance parents’ understanding about their children’s needs and development.
  • Contribute to children’s social development particularly through activities that promote sharing and cooperation with others.

A Typical Playgroup Session

9.00am

 Group mat time - introduction to theme of the day

9.45am

 Puzzles, sand play, block play, role play, painting, craft activities

10.00am

Sand Pit, cars, cubby house, slippery slide, balancing

10.15am

Story / Songs (English & Greek)

10.30am

Goodbye song, Home time

Fees
$55 per term

 

Pre-entry Program

Pre-entry Program

At St George College the Pre-entry Program is specifically designed to cater for the learning and development needs of children aged between 3½ and 4 years.

The Pre-entry program is usually of six month duration (one semester) and operates throughout the school year every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.

A Typical Pre-entry Session

1.00pm

Children arrive. Quiet activities, tables set out with planned activities for fine motor skill development, including:

  • drawing
  • painting

  • play dough
  • puzzles
  • cooking
  • collage work
1.30pm

Indoor / Outdoor play and activities including:

  • sand play
  • block play
  • water play
  • climbling
  • role play
2.00pm

Shared Fruit Snack

Indoor / Outdoor Play

2.30pm

Pack up - all children help to pack away

Mat time for:

  • story
  • music
  • songs
  • rhymes
  • group games
  • The Pre-entry class visits the Resource Centre weekly for story reading and book borrowing.
  • The Pre-entry class is visited weekly for Orthodox Studies by the Religious Education teacher.
  • The Pre-entry class as part of its learning activities at times and in a planned and integrated manner engages students through the medium of the Greek language.

 

Pre-School ProgramChild and Iceblock

 

At St George College the Pre-school program is specifically designed to

cater for the learning and development needs of children aged between 4

and 5 years.

The Pre-school program operates throughout the school year every Monday to Friday morning from 9.00am and 12.00pm.

The Pre-school program is designed to prepare students for entry into the formal part of schooling at our College, namely Reception.

A Typical Pre-school Session

8.30am - 9.15am
  • children arrive
  • quiet activities
  • tables set out
  • computer games

9.15am - 9.30am

  • roll, housekeeping rules
  • morning talks
  • today's day - day, date, month, time, weather
9.30am -10.00am

Group time with teacher directed activities involving:

  • self and social development
  • language / communication
  • understanding our World
  • health and physical development
  • arts / creativity
  • design and technology
  • diversity
  • greek language
  • religious education
10.00am - 11.00am

Outdoor activities on play equipment including:

  • climbing
  • physical skills

Snack time (shared fruit, drink)

Free play activities include:

  • indoor games
  • puzzles
  • block play
  • manipulative play equipment
  • sand and water play
  • tracing cards
  • painting / drawing
  • make table
  • home corner
11.00am - 11.30am

Large group time with teacher directed activities including:

  • painting
  • craft
  • music / drama
  • fitness fun skills
11.30am - 12.00pm

Pack up - all children help pack away:

  • relaxation time
  • quiet music
  • story / songs / rhymes
12.00pm

Dismissal

Further Information

Miss Stephanie Kosmetos
Head of School - Primary Years
Phone: 8159 8100