Warrawong Community Preschool
Call 1300 001 237 for vacancy enquiries
PORT KEMBLA NSW 2505
7am-6pm
From our Director Belinda McGranahan
At Warrawong Community Preschool we have an experienced team of educators who value quality education and care for all our children. We are an inclusive service, with a large number of children from diverse cultural backgrounds and children with additional needs supported in our care. We have two rooms, an Early Learning Room catering for our children 0-3 years and Preschool Room catering for 2-5 year olds. We have two outdoor play spaces with experiences intentionally planned catering to the ages and needs of the children in our care, with lots of natural materials and loose parts play, enabling all children many opportunities to explore and engage with their peers and educators. Our outdoor spaces include climbing/balancing, bush tucker gardens, large sandpit and mud play area including ‘mud’ kitchens, a fort and dry river rock beds. We provide for water play and for the children to look after their natural environment with us.
We have a cook who prepares all our meals from breakfast until late afternoon tea – ensuring that all children’s dietary needs are provided for. We engage the children in cooking experiences as well as a range of art/crafts, STEM and social play experiences (Including sunshine circles to support self-regulation skills).
We operate a transition to school program. As part of this program we connect with local schools to develop meaningful relationships and skills that will be required during the transition process.
What Parents are Saying About Warrawong Community Preschool
At Warrawong we are an inclusive service, with a large number of children from diverse cultural backgrounds and children with additional needs supported in our care. We have an Early Learning Room catering for our children 0-3 years, a preschool room catering for 3-5 year olds and the outdoor space is family grouping with all our children getting the opportunity to play together and share skills across age groups. This includes spaces with veggies and trees, large sandpit with ‘mud’ kitchen, worm farm and dry river rock bed. We have built in play equipment for the children to balance, climb and slide. We provide for water play and for the children to look after their natural environment with us.
We provide a ‘munch and move’ program and literacy program for all the children to be involved with each day in both rooms and also have a cook who prepares all our meals from breakfast until late afternoon tea – ensuring that all children’s dietary needs are provided for.
We operate a transition to school program. As part of this program we connect with local schools to develop meaningful relationships and skills that will be required during the transition process.
We are also working along with Kids Matter to support our children’s whole development including their mental health.
What’s included?
Meals – breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and snacks
Nappies
Sunscreen
Spare hats
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
Bespoke 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.
What we offer
All meals provided
Our cooks and staff enjoy exploring ways to expand your child’s palate while ensuring they get all the important nutrients that their little bodies need to grow strong and healthy (EL&C and Fun Club Only).
Outdoor spaces
We believe in the wonder of the great outdoors! All of our services offer outdoor areas for play-based learning.
School readiness
We believe preparation for big school starts from the very first day! All Big Fat Smile Preschools support and engage their local Transition to School program.
Nappies and wipes
We know you value the big little extras, so in all Early Learning and Care services, nappies and wipes are provided for you.
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
