Our preschool

Why choose our public preschool?

Our public preschool is a fee-free preschool at Oak Flats Public School. It’s an easy choice for local families with young children.

We give every child the start in early childhood education. At our preschool, children explore, ask questions and grow in a safe and caring place. Our friendly team helps each child learn and feel good through fun, hands-on play that builds confidence and curiosity.

We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our preschool. Contact us to talk to our team, book a tour or join our waitlist.

Preschool days and hours

Our preschool is open for 6 hours a day, on the same days as all NSW public schools. To learn about our preschool rotational hours, please contact us.

Hours of Operation

Daily Routine

Our curriculum is guided by The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia - "Belonging, Being, Becoming"

Our curriculum encompasses all experiences, routines, events and interactions, intentional and spontaneous, indoor and outdoor and therefore reflects the Practices and Principles outlined in the Early Years Learning Framework.

Principles

Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
Partnerships
Respect for diversity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives
Equity, inclusion and high expectations
Sustainability
Critical reflection and ongoing professional learning
Collaborative leadership and teamwork

Practices

Holistic, integrated and interconnected approaches
Responsiveness to children
Play-based learning and intentionality
Learning environments
Cultural responsiveness
Continuity of learning and transitions
Assessment and evaluation for learning, development and wellbeing

The children will be working towards the following learning outcomes:

Children have a strong sense of identity
Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Children have a strong sense of well being
Children are confident and involved learners
Children are effective communicators

We believe that children learn through play and that their learning is dynamic, complex and holistic.

The children will have opportunities to access a variety of activities from these curriculum content areas:

Approaches to learning
Social and emotional development
Physical development and health
Language, literacy and communication
Numeracy
Creative arts
Science and Technology
Social Science

Our curriculum is supported by these programs:

You can do it

A program that helps to develop confidence, persistence, resilience, organisation and getting along.

Munch and move

A healthy lifestyle program for preschool children. This program focuses on supporting the development of fundamental movement skills through games based activities, encouraging healthy eating, reduced screen time.

Transition to school

The children regularly visit the "big" school for library , playground and kinder visits.

Technology

Technology is an important component of the daily curriculum. The children have access to a computer, an interactive whiteboard, iPads and cameras. Technology is used to engage the children and challenge their learning.Attendance Curriculum

Public preschools enrol children for one year only, the year before they start school.

Children can enrol from the beginning of the school year if they turn 4 years of age before 31 July that year.

Meals

Children bring their own meals and snacks to preschool. For more information, please contact us.

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How to enrol

Unlike NSW public schools, there are no intake areas for public preschools. Enrolment is on application only.

Enrolling in a preschool within a school does not guarantee a place at that school for Kindergarten.

Children are eligible to enrol in NSW public preschools if they turn four on or before 31 July of that year. Applications for next year are taken from term two of the current school year.

Please make an appointment with us to apply to enrol your child. You will need to bring these documents with you:

your child's birth certificate or identity documents
proof of child's address - originals of different documents such as your council rates notice or residential lease and electricity bill
low income health care card (if applicable)
family law or relevant court orders (if applicable).