Benefits of Long Daycare Kindergarten

Eastwood Early Learning Centre and Kindergarten offers funded 3 and 4-year-old kinder programs with long daycare hours. This means we’re open for longer days and school holidays, enabling us to support working families and the community throughout the year.

The Victorian Government provides up to 15 hours of funding for three and four-year-old kindergarten programs. We deduct the kinder funding from your fees, saving you $2,050 per year. Kinder funding is in addition to the Child Care Subsidy from Centrelink. For most of our families, this ensures free or low-cost kinder.

Educational and Social Benefits

Play-based learning supports your child’s development, with benefits lasting well into their school years.
Attending a quality kindergarten program for two years helps them learn key life skills, language and literacy skills, creative thinking, and emotional and social skills.

Programs

Play-based program following Australian Children’s Educational and Quality Authority (ACECQA) guidelines and the National Curriculum (EYLF)
Indoor/Outdoor Program, Alexander Kitchen and Gardening Program, Gunaikurnai Language Program
Wellbeing and emotions programs, music, yoga, creative arts.
Walker Learning-inspired curriculum and play-based learning. Children have access to a range of sensory-rich, open-ended and durable resources that support their holistic learning and development.

Flexibility for Families

Operates 51 weeks of the year, closing only for public holidays and 1 week between Christmas and New Year
Open from 6.45am to 6pm.
Sessional kindergartens, on the other hand, are open for shorter sessions (e.g., 8.45am to 4.15pm) and close during school holidays.

Other Benefits

Attend a service rated as ‘Exceeding’ the National Quality Standards.
Run by professional childcare providers
We work above the staff-to-child ratio, meaning more 1-on-1 support for all children.