Wattle Group
Attends a five-day fortnight — for example Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays — across the kindy term, giving children 15 hours of kindy each week.
Our program
Learning that looks like play.
An approved Queensland kindergarten program for 3–5 year olds — where early literacy, numeracy, science and social skills hide inside cubbies, puddles and very important sandcastle business.
The curriculum
Guided by the QKLG
Our program follows the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline (QKLG) — the same framework used in approved kindies across the state. It builds five areas of learning and development:
- Identity — "I am me, and I can do things"
- Connectedness — friendships, community and care for country
- Wellbeing — strong bodies and steady feelings
- Active learning — curiosity, problem-solving and persistence
- Communicating — language, early literacy and numeracy
What a week might hold
A bug hunt that becomes a counting game. A cardboard box that becomes a rocket, then a shop, then a very small library. A puddle that becomes a lesson in volume, floating and sinking — and, inevitably, wet socks.
Teachers document each child's learning journey and share it with families, so you can see the thinking behind the play.
Our groups
Two groups, one big family
Children attend in one of two kindy groups, each with its own tight-knit crew of friends and the same wonderful teaching team.
Bottlebrush Group
The mirror of Wattle — attending the alternate days of the fortnight, so every child enjoys the full program and the same unhurried days.
Group names and session patterns are indicative — our committee confirms current group days and times each year.
Our outdoor classroom
- A mud kitchen with a five-star menu (soup of the day: mud)
- Native gardens planted and tended by kindy families
- Climbing, digging, building and balancing every single day
- Shady trees for slow afternoons and big stories
Nature play
Mud is a teaching tool
Research keeps proving what four-year-olds already know: outdoor play builds stronger bodies, braver problem-solvers and calmer minds. Our leafy playground is where children learn to assess risk, negotiate turns and discover that worms are actually fascinating.
We play outside in most weather — so pack the gumboots and leave the good clothes at home.
School readiness
Ready for Prep, the kindy way
School readiness isn't about worksheets. It's about a child who can put on their own shoes, ask for help, wait their turn, bounce back from disappointment and walk into a new classroom with their head up.
Through the year we gently build independence, early literacy and numeracy, and social confidence — and we work closely with local schools so the transition to Prep feels like a step, not a leap.
"Prep teachers can always spot a kindy kid — they walk in ready."
Practical things
What to pack in the bag
Food & drink
Morning tea, lunch and a named water bottle. We're a nut-aware kindy — we'll share current guidelines at orientation.
Play clothes
Clothes that can get gloriously dirty, a spare set, and a broad-brimmed hat. We provide the sunscreen top-ups and the mud.
The invisible stuff
A cuddle at the gate, a wave goodbye, and trust that we'll take it from there. Tears on day one are normal — and they never last long.
See the program in action.
Reading about play is one thing. Watching twenty four-year-olds negotiate a cubby build is another. Come and visit.