Stonnington Children’s Centre offers Early Learners, 3 & 4 Kindergarten.
Stonnington Children's Centre is an integrated community of families and educators, all of whom respect common values and beliefs which underpin the care and education of young children.
Since 1997 our centre has been delivering the highest quality care and education for Early Learner and Kindergarten children from South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, Armadale, Toorak, St Kilda and beyond.
We have established an outstanding reputation, offering a full educational and individualised curriculum, within a warm, inviting and happy environment for all our children and parents.
If you would like to enquire about availability, waitlists and how we can accommodate your child, please contact our friendly centre staff.
About Stonnington Children’s Centre
We have achieved an overall rating of ‘EXCEEDING’ in the National Quality Standard because of our passionate educators who believe in quality Early Childhood Education.
Our greatest asset is the dedicated team of 15 qualified staff, including two qualified kindergarten teachers. All of our staff welcome regular communication with families, as these relationships between parents and staff are vital to the centre.
Our centre is run as a not-for-profit Incorporated Association and is managed by a committee of parent representatives.
We embrace an Emergent Curriculum where children are encouraged to focus on the journey of Belonging, Being and Becoming.
Play is our brain's favourite way of learning
Care & Education
The Early Learners Room
11 Children
1- 2.5 years old
Our Early Learners room has 11 children aged between 12 months to 21/2 years old.
There are 3 qualified educators within the room.
Our curriculum aims to meet the individual needs of each child. Allowing each child to feel nurtured , secure, responsive and stimulated with the room.
Our educators will work collaboratively with the family and child gathering background information on their child's feeding and sleeping preferences and interests that they have.
Three Year Old Kinder
20 Children
2.5 - 3.5 year old room
Our 3 Year Old Kinder room has 20 children aged between 21/2 years old and 31/2 years old.
There are 3 qualified educators within the room , with our Lead educator studying her Bachelor of Education.
Within the room we aim to provide a safe, nurturing, supportive and holistic environment for your children.
We encourage and foster the children in developing trusting relationships with their peers and educators.
Children are encouraged and supported to develop their self-help skills and independence.
Four Year Old Kinder
22 Children
3.5 - 5 year old room
Our emergent curriculum is a play-based learning environment which evolves from the interest that is generated through involvement, enjoyment, discussion, play and parent participation. All our children are unique and individual, as are their abilities. We provide an environment where individuals are encouraged to focus on the journey of Belonging, Being and Becoming. Our resources are open-ended and culturally inclusive to facilitate learning.
The kinder educators set realistic and appropriate, yet challenging goals for these children, so they can explore and develop school readiness skills in a nurturing, stimulating and social environment.
Self help skills and empathy are a continuous focus within our kinder curriculum. Children are encouraged to develop their skills and independence both in preparation for their first year of school and for life. School readiness is an important aspect of the curriculum. Educators work in collaboration with families to ensure a smooth transition to school.
The children fill their every day with learning and enjoyment throughout a variety of independent and small group activities. Children experience the joy of learning through books, stories and early writing experiences. They develop maths and social science skills and enjoy creative arts such as; painting, singing and drama. There is also time to join together as a centre for larger events on occasion.
All the activities and experiences provided are designed to prepare children for school and to be fun so children do not just learn, they love to learn.
A Rich Learning Environment
Each of the rooms functions within a flexible routine, which includes a balance of both planned indoor and outdoor play, group times, sleep times and meal times; morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. There is also time to join together as a centre for larger events on occasion.
At Stonnington Children’s Centre we provide a number of learning experiences that will extend all children in all areas of development social, emotional, language, cognitive, sensory and fine and gross motor skills. Our curriculum is based around an emergent curriculum.
Both the National Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework underpin all programming and experiences for children.
The staff respect all parents’ rights to the very best care for their children and recognises that all individuals have different beliefs and values. Therefore the staff always make themselves available to parents when the need arises. Parents' suggestions and ideas are a welcome and valuable contribution to our centre.