Tecoma Preschool is a not-for-profit community-based kinder committed to providing high-quality pre-school education and facilities for our children.
Each year, our passionate educators design engaging and educational programs that reflect both individual children’s interests and the interests of the group. Our programs are guided by the Victorian Early Years & Development Framework (VEYLDF) and the National Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), which support high-quality learning outcomes through collaborative, reflective, and inclusive practice involving children, families, and the wider preschool community.
Our 3 & 4-year-old kinder programs involve a combination of indoor and outdoor activities, including mat time, discussions, songs, stories, art, music, movement, literature, and dramatic play. All programs are structured to encourage creativity and self-expression through play in a safe, supervised, hazard-free environment.
Our programs will provide your child with a:
Supportive learning environment.
- develop your child’s confidence, self-esteem and independence
- foster social skills through interactions with peers and adults
- inspire a love of learning, discovery and new experiences through play
- stimulate, challenge and extend your child’s development through age-appropriate experiences
- encourage awareness and appreciation of the environment
A safe place to play.
All programs are structure to encourage creativity and self-expression through play in a safe, supervised, hazard-free environment. Our facilities are designed to encourage your child to move freely and safely between activities, while allowing exploration of the play environment.
Tecoma Preschool aims to be a nut-free kinder.
Assisting transition to primary school.
Our preschool programs helps prepare children for primary school. We work closely with Prep/ Foundation classes and teachers to assist your child’s transition from 4-year-old kinder to primary school live.
Tecoma Preschool has formed a strong association with Tecoma Primary School. Many of our children, but not all of them, transition into Tecoma Primary School when they complete preschool.
National Quality Framework Assessment.
Tecoma Preschool received an Exceeding rating in the National Quality Framework Assessment 2022!
Child Safety
Tecoma Preschool is committed to establishing a safe environment for all children and adults. As such we are committed to enacting the New Victorian Child Safe Standards. Our policies are in line with the current standards and staff are educated in identifying and addressing Child Safety and Family Violence in the kinder environment. If you are interested in learning more or would like to discuss please approach a staff member in all confidentiality.
Sustainability Commitment
- We will promote respect for, and an appreciation of, the natural environment among all at the service
- We will foster children’s capacity to understand and respect the natural environment, and the interdependence between people, plants, animals and the land
- We will support the development of positive attitudes and values in line with sustainable practices
- We will ensure that educators and other staff engage in sustainable practices during the operation of the service.
We welcome any suggestions or innovative sustainable ideas that we can implement into our programs that can assist us in taking care of the environment.
Parent Committee of Management
Our kindergarten is managed by a volunteer parent committee. The committee is the approved provider and is responsible for the administration and operations of the kindergarten. Each year the committee is elected by parents at the AGM. The Committee meet approximately once a month and is responsible for the overall administration of the kindergarten. There are specific guidelines laid down with regard to the financial accountability of the Committee, as well as other documentation required to obtain government funding.
Being a member of the Committee provides a sense of involvement in one of the most important years of your child’s education and is a worthwhile and fulfilling role to assume. It also allows forging friendships with the parents of other kinder children, many of whom will attend school with your child.