Corrimal Community Preschool

02 4285 5831

Call 1300 001 237 for vacancy enquiries

DHARAWAL COUNTRY
6 Short Street,
CORRIMAL NSW 2518
Age range
0-2yrs, 2-3yrs, 3-5yrs
Opening hours

7am-6pm

From our Director Kelly Tarlinton

We believe learning starts with curiosity—and that the best learning happens through play.

Every child brings their own ideas, interests and strengths. We celebrate this by creating opportunities for children to explore, experiment and discover, building new skills through hands-on experiences and meaningful connections with the world around them.
Our centre is a warm, caring space where children feel safe to be themselves. Here, they build friendships, grow their confidence and develop important life skills like resilience and emotional awareness—all while engaging with the natural world.
We are deeply connected to our local community, often heading out to explore the library, local parks and neighbourhood spaces, turning everyday moments into exciting learning adventures.
Families are a vital part of our community. We welcome your involvement and truly value your ideas and contributions, because when we work together, children flourish.

What Parents are Saying About Corrimal Community Preschool

“My child seems extremely happy and always says his day was “fun” after I pick him up. Its all we want for our child at this young age – to enjoy being a child. My son has come along in leaps and bounds socially and developmentally since starting and seems to have a very good relationship with his teachers and peers. The teachers always give us a great update at the end of each day and seem very invested in exploring my son’s interests further.”

“Everyone at Corrimal Community Preschool BFS is amazing and my child is so happy being there and is developing so well. They care for my child like he is their own and that is very assuring when I have to leave him in their care and go to work.”

” We have been at CCPS for over 3.5 years. Our daughter has been genuinely well cared for. The learning program is varied and interesting. The kids have so much fun which is the most important thing. The food is great. Flexible with extra days as available. Great location. Great facilities. Clean. Great customer service to parents”

We have a large outdoor area that provides a variety of learning experiences for children to extend their skills. These areas include; bike tracks, outdoor musical drums, slippery dip with climbing wall, sand pit, vegetable garden, dirt pit, etc.

We provide school readiness and a Transition to School Program, and work with local primary schools all year to make the transition as smooth as possible for children and their families. Our program promotes the skills needed for starting Primary School e.g. sharing and turn-taking in even our youngest children.

We use a variety of frameworks to facilitate and extend children’s social and emotional development and have extensive experience working with children from diverse backgrounds with varied and complex needs. We aim to provide a tailored educational program to allow every child to reach their full potential.

We participate in ongoing excursions throughout the year to extend on children’s learning. These include regular visits to the library, Corrimal Cougars stadium, local shops, nursing homes and more.

We encourage children to learn at their own pace and we believe that children learn best when they are interested and engaged. Throughout the year children engage in a variety of explorations with their peers and educators that allow them to build social skills, problem solve and which promote a curiosity for learning. We like to think outside the box and encourage unique ways of learning that are most appropriate for each child.

What’s included?

Meals – breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and snacks
Nappies
Sunscreen
Bedding

What to bring?

Change of clothes in a bag
Hat
Drink bottle

Smiles all round!

Big Fat Smile exists for children and families, working to provide access to the highest quality early education and care in Australia. In fact, quality is central to everything we do.

Uniquely BFS

Educational framework

Our Educational Framework

 The educational framework is a benchmark for best practice across all Big Fat Smile services, setting out expectations for pedagogical learning and teaching practices that support the promotion of learning in the early years. 

Safeguarding children

Child safety is a part of our vision and values

We are a child safe organisation. We take a whole of organisation approach towards creating and embedding a child safe culture, environment and practices for all children, across all service types and programs.

Our values

Our values guide our practices across all levels of our organisation, from Head Office, to Educators in services.

Safety


Integrity


Child-centric


Leadership


Inclusion


Connection