Early Learning Centre

Enrolments are open 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

If you have not enrolled your child, please do so immediately to be included in our transition sessions and preparations for next year.

Our first transition session commences on 22nd November, so please ensure you have enrolled prior to this date.

Contact the school on 97046313 or email at hillsmeade.ps@education.vic.gov.au

If you know of families in the area that are also yet to enrol, please let them know.

During this fortnight in the 3 and 4 year old kindergarten, the children have been undertaking learning in the following areas:

Reading	Finding their name on sign in sheet; identifying the first letter and finding other names that start with the same letter Identifying the messages conveyed in signs and environmental print Listening and responding to music through dance and movement
Writing	Strengthening and refining their fine motor skills through work with clay, dough, manipulative equipment Signing their names on arrival Developing an understanding that drawing/images and approximations of letters and words can be used to convey meaning Writing letters/postcards to one another in post office areas
STEM	For the children to explore formal units of measurement For the children to explore mapping using a key to create a map For the children to explore geometric shapes and how to create an image
Inquiry	In Term 4 the children in all groups are undertaking a study of the Inquiry Unit Our Community through which they will be exploring what a community is; the people in the community and the roles they play; and the places in our community and the services they provide.
Social & emotional learning	Cosmic kids yoga Relating our discussions about how the members of a community care about safety and look after each other relates to our own relationships with the people in our families, kinder, and neighbourhood.