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Tamar Valley Child Care
Kinder - Prep
In Tasmania most children start school in Kindergarten when they are 4 years of age. Children who are 5 years of age must be enrolled in a school (in Prep) or be provided with home education.
Tamar Valley Steiner School offers a combined Kinder/Prep class at our beautiful St Leonards campus.
Our Kinders attend school for two and a half days each week:
- Kinder Group 1: Monday, Tuesday (9am to 3pm) and Wednesday (9am to 12noon). Wednesday is Bush School day and held at the Trevallyn Nature Reserve.
- Kinder Group 2: Wednesday (9am to 12noon) and Thursday, Friday (9am to 3pm).
Wednesday is Bush School day held at the Trevallyn Nature Reserve.
Our Preps attend school five days a week: Monday to Friday (9am to 3pm).
Wednesday is Bush School day and parents take their child to the Trevallyn Nature Reserve between 8.30am-9am. The children are then bussed to St Leonards for the normal finish time of 3pm.
At this age, a key focus of learning and development is imaginative play and imitation, and our specially created environment encourages children to discover learning in a nurturing and supportive way.
We support healthy development by creating and providing:
- An atmosphere of loving warmth and guidance that promotes joy, wonder and reverence.
- A healthy rhythm and order to each day, along with the celebration of festivals during the year to support a sense of wholeness and community.
- Opportunities for self-initiated play with simple natural materials.
- An environment with structure, protection, and boundaries that also gives children opportunities to take risks and be challenged.
- Artistic activities including storytelling, music, drawing, painting, modelling and rhythmic games.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a school tour, please complete the Expression of Interest form below or contact the School Office on enrolments@tamarvalleysteiner.tas.edu.au or 03 6711 3238.
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