Back to Basics Early Learning Centre is a proud provider of the Victorian Government’s Free Kinder Offset initiative. This means you will receive a Free Kinder fee offset of up to $2,101 on your out-of-pocket fees.
Free Kinder helps all Victorian children access two years of a high-quality kinder program before they start school. Enrolling your child in a kinder program for two years helps their learning and development so they do well in life and school.
Free Kinder is for everyone!
Free Kinder is available if your child attends either our Three-Year-Old Kindergarten program for 15 hours per week on Wednesday and Thursday each week or Four-Year-Old Kindergarten program for 15 hours per week on Monday and Wednesday each week. If your child is enrolled in our kindergarten program, you will receive a savings from your out-of-pocket fees. We will apply these savings to your weekly invoices during school terms. Remember, you can only enrol your child in one funded kindergarten or Pre-Prep program at any one time.
Remember, you cannot enrol your child in more than one funded kindergarten program at any one time.
Reggio Emelia Approach to Learning
The Reggio Emelia approach to teaching young children, puts the natural development of children as well as the close relationships that they share with their environment at the centre of its philosophy. Early childhood programs that have successfully adapted to this educational philosophy, share that they are attracted to Reggio because of the way it views and respects the child.
Parents are a vital component to the Reggio Emelia philosophy. Parents are viewed as partners, collaborators and advocates for their children. Educators respect parents as each child’s first educator and involve parents in every aspect of the curriculum. The Educator is considered a co-learner and collaborator with the child and not just an instructor.
Accredited Kindergarten Program
Under the guided wing of our Early Childhood Teacher, the kinder group develop their independence, self-help, social and academic skills in a structured and supportive environment. Our innovative and emergent programs allow the children to contribute to the development of the curriculum, which is guided by individual and group interests. In support of the learning outcomes we seek for every child, the kinder group also participate in many intentional teaching experiences throughout the year, such as water safety, road safety, school readiness, literacy and numeracy projects, cooking, pet awareness responsibility, health and hygiene, and many more.
Learning Portfolios
At Back to Basics Early Learning Centre your child’s development, routines and daily activities are recorded for you to enjoy and share. As part of our daily practices, we record information and observations that are designed to not only keep you informed, but to further extend on your child’s abilities, interests and strength.
Regular documented learning is provided in the form of: Daily Communication Book, Daily Reflection, Group & Individual Learning Stories, Developmental Portfolios, Group/Wall Displays and Parent and Education interviews.