Early Learning Centre
Hillsmeade Primary School
Miss Jessica
Ms Katrina
Miss Jacqui
Miss Kristen
Miss Jessica
Ms Katrina
Miss Jacqui
Miss Kristen
Our Learning - Weeks 9&10
Pre-Reading: Identifying the printed letter and its sound and thinking about other words that start with the same letter Playing word games and alphabet bingo Exploring rhyming words through books |
Pre-Writing: Telling a story through their drawings/paintings Children signing themselves in on arrival Strengthening and refining fine motor skills Writing letters to family, friends and to Santa |
STEM : For children to explore the concept of maps through drawing their walk to school or recognising common places on maps For the children to explore the concepts of numbers and one to one correspondence |
Inquiry : Our Community. For the children to explore and to begin to consolidate learning of the different services in the community, roles their parents play For the children to explore the role of the emergency services in helping our community and in keeping us safe |
Social & emotional learning : Discussions about how to be kind and a good friend Puppet plays to build conflict resolution skills Group games involving sharing and turn-taking 4 year old kinder- discussions about transitions and starting school |
Celebration of learning
Long Day Care
Did you know we offer Long Day Care, including three and four-year-old Kindergarten with Child Care Subsidy?
As a not-for-profit service, our fees are lower than those of other services in this area.
We are open from 7am to 6pm, and the kindergarten program runs from 9am to 2.30pm each day.
Limited places left for 2026. Please come and visit for a tour, and we can tell you more about the program.
After the Child Care Subsidy, you pay the gap fee, minus the state government's free Kindergarten, with $2000 offset from your fees via a fortnightly deduction over the year.
The ELC also offers 15 hours a week of sessional free three and four-year-old kindergarten; enrolment is through Casey Council.
Enrolments for free 3 and 4 year old sessional kindergarten.
Enrol through Casey Council for Hillsmeade Kindergarten.
Long Day Care enrolments with kindergarten is through the ELC office.
You can contact the ELC or pop in for a visit for enrolment inquires.
Phone: 9704 6313 - Option ELC
Email: elc@hillsmeade.vic.edu.au