Programs & Facilities
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The Harty Street Kindergarten C&K educational program will honour every child’s right to play, build on their existing learning from home and provide foundations to be a successful lifelong learner. Your child will experience many opportunities to explore, enquire, solve problems, develop friendships, use their creativity and extend their capabilities in all curriculum areas including language and literacy, numeracy, science, technology and the arts as well as social, emotional and physical development.
Explore our Playground
Our playground is one of the most special elements at Harty Street Kindergarten C&K. The space allows for exploration, friendship development and inspired learning all in a safe, nature-based setting. We are so incredibly grateful to offer this to your child as part of their Harty Street Kindergarten C&K journey.
Activities & Incursions
outdoor play
Develops muscular growth and co-ordination and the opportunity to interact socially at their own level of development. Exposure to natural outdoor environments improves children’s cognitive development by improving their awareness, reasoning and observational skills.
music & movement
As well as providing an avenue of expression and creativity, these experiences aid in the development of a range of physical and sensory skills. Children learn to develop spatial and directional awareness, develop coordination and listening skills, explore sounds, musical instruments, singing games and action songs.
art
This includes painting, collage, clay, dough, drawing, and more. It is another area of creativity and self-expression. Art allows the individual to emerge in a situation in which he/she has complete control and responsibility.
history
We subscribe to the Queensland Museum for fortnightly loans and we can organise items that the children are interested in. Borrowed items include bugs, animal skeletons, fossils, rocks and many more exiting items for the children to ask questions about.
incursions
Events are regularly scheduled at Harty Street Kindergarten C&K to share experiences and activities with your child. Incursions include:
- Evergreen Children’s Theatre Puppet Show
- Professor Jellybean (science incursion)
- Multicultural Storytelling
- Hello Africa Drumming Group
- Magic show
- Health Services
- AVA Pet PEP – Animal safety & responsible pet ownership
- Local emergency services such as the Police & Fire Brigade
Programs
Long-day kindergarten
- 7.5 hours per day
- 2 days per week
- 8.30am – 4pm
- Monday & Tuesday or Thursday & Friday
Extended-day kindergarten
- 10 hours per day
- 2 days per week (offering an excellent alternative to daycare)
- 8.00am – 6pm
- Monday & Tuesday
Short-day kindergarten
- 6 hours per day
- 5 days per fornight
- 8.45am – 2.45pm
- Alternative Wednesday, Thrusday & Friday
Pre-kindy program
This one-day per week (Wednesday) program is for children who have turned three by the start of the year (conditions apply). The pre-kindergarten program is run by an early years trained teacher and qualified assistant.
- 6 hours per day
- 1 day per week
- 8.45am – 2.45pm
- Wednesday
Teaching Strategies
Our educators use intentional teaching strategies to expand on your child’s disposition for learning and their understandings in literacy, numeracy, and other areas of development. Educators are open to your child’s ideas and will foster their social and emotional growth as they provoke their curiosity. Our experienced educators will build on your child’s strengths and interests through their play, to grow their learning and support their development.
