Welcome to St Helen's Park Kindergarten
Welcome to St Helen's Park Kindergarten. We are situated in Koonga Avenue, Prospect and border onto the back of St Helen's Park on Prospect Road.
We provide a play-based curriculum for four year old children in a warm and caring environment.
St Helen's Park Kindergarten is a Department of Education & Children's Services site.
Contact Information
| Director: | Annette Brown |
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| Phone: | (08) 8344 1735 |
| Fax: | (08) 8344 5961 |
| Address: | Koonga Avenue PROSPECT SA 5082 |
| Region: | Eastern Adelaide |
| E-mail: | kindy.director@sthelenskgn.sa.edu.au |
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Feedback and complaints
Let us know if you have feedback or a complaint, or if you want to give us a compliment. Feedback is valuable as it helps us shape our services to meet your needs.
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Session Times
Children attend four sessions per week for the year prior to school entry. Pre-entry is offer one term before session preschool.
The Kindy also offers one full day sessional kindergarten to allow working parents access to pre-school.
| Morning Sessions | 9.00am – 11.45am, Monday to Thursday |
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| Afternoon Sessions: | 12.45pm – 3.30pm, Monday to Thursday |
| Full Day Session: | 9.00am – 3.30pm, Wedesday's |
| Pre-entry Session: | 9.00am – 11.00am, Friday mornings |
Parent Information
We believe:
- That each child is unique and that each child has potential for development
- In the concept of the "whole child", recognizing that physical, intellectual, emotional and social development cannot really be divorced one from the other
- In the importance of each child as a living, growing, moving and feeling individual. Each child is a member of a family, a part of the kindergarten community and eventually the wider world
- That children are interactive, learning by discovery and discovering through play. Through their interactions with the people and the materials in their environment, they construct their own ways of thinking and their own ideas about the nature of reality
- That each child is worthy of respect and trust.
Our curriculum provides a strong inclusive play-based learning focus where children are encouraged to investigate, hypothesise, question and respond to curriculum choices. Our language rich program caters for all levels of understanding and encourages self resilience, social skills, literacy and numeracy. We have a site focus on children’s wellbeing and supporting them is social confidence, healthy lifestyles and problem solving.
The kindergarten supports strong family connections and home cultures, working closely with caregivers to build relationships in a caring environment. We welcome a diverse community celebrating rich cultures where children are encouraged to respect and learn about themselves and others.
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Playgroup Information
Our Playgroup runs on Fridays from 11.30am to 1.00pm during the school term. All ages are welcome.
Occasional Care
We have an affiliation with Anglicare Child Care in that they drop eligible children to the kindergarten for the morning sessions, pick them up and return them to Anglicare for lunch and afternoon care.
Context Statement
St Helen's Park Kindergarten was established in 1958. Situated adjacent to the actual "St Helen's Park", it caters for families predominantly from Prospect, but also neighbouring suburbs.
We acknowledge children coming into our kindergarten will bring with them a variety of knowledge, abilities and experiences unique to their particular family, and believe it is our role to develop a preschool curriculum based on the needs and interests of the individual children in our care.
We believe:
- Each child is unique and will develop at his/her own in individual rate
- Each child will learn through play
- Each child is worthy of respect and trust
- Each staff member has an active role to play in the planning and implementation of a kindergarten program to enhance the development of individual children.
The Context Statement provides detailed information about our preschool.
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| St Helen's Park Kindergarten Context Statement | 27 KB | Adobe PDF |
