Our centre offers the Victorian Government-approved ‘Kinder: Best Start, Best Life’ program for 3–4-year-olds, providing up to 15 hours per week of funded Kindergarten. This program supports children’s learning, development, and well-being, setting them up for future success.

Our Enhanced Learning Program for Kindergarten children focuses on:

• Numeracy & Literacy: Developing key skills for lifelong learning.
• Self-Regulation: Fostering emotional control and resilience.
• Social & Emotional Development: Supporting independence and building healthy relationships.
• Creativity & Problem-Solving: Encouraging curiosity and critical thinking.

With extended hours and a year-round program (excluding public holidays), our Kindergarten program is delivered by qualified Early Childhood Teachers committed to supporting your child’s individual development.

Additional Benefits Include:

• Government subsidy: Further reduces out-of-pocket Kinder fees in addition to your eligible Childcare Subsidy (CCS).
• Personalised Learning Plans: Tailored to your child’s unique needs.
• Rhythm and Resilience Program: Music and movement to improve emotional regulation.
• School Readiness: Preparing your child for a smooth transition to school.

We also engage with local schools and provide transition statements, ensuring your child feels confident and prepared for the next steps in their education journey. Stay connected with your child’s progress via our Xplor platform, which offers regular updates on their learning and development.

“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber

Nursery Space: 6 weeks – 2 years

Learning starts from before birth, and our Educators have created a welcoming and nurturing nursery environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover new things - through their senses, their communication and cues (body language, facial expression and sounds) and through experimentation. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play including sensory play, music time, story time and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning and wellbeing.

Toddler Space: 2 - 3 years

Our teachers and educators encourage the children to learn through play to help enhance their sensory-motor development. This happens through carefully planned music, dance, games, role playing and reading experiences.

On any given day the Toddlers can be seen developing their numeracy by building a tower, sorting objects, pointing and identifying shapes and patterns and participating in counting songs and games.

Children in our toddler space are encouraged to participate in group play. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as, turn-taking, developing self-confidence and emotional self-regulation. Our skilled team helps children through talking, planning and role modelling.

Kindergarten Space: 3 – 6 years

Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for later learning including confidence and curiosity, important skills for starting school. Our play-based program has school readiness at its core, encouraging active engagement in learning and supporting a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking and creativity.

The oral language supports literacy learning and a child’s oral language ability is the best predictor for later success in learning to read and write. Hearing the sounds within a language is the first critical step for all literacy learning. Our team supports our Kindergarten children's literacy development by engaging in rich discussions, reading, storytelling, dramatic play and experimentation all of which introduce new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations.

Throughout the Kindergarten year, children use their language to share ideas, ask questions, express themselves, and connect with peers and adults in social settings.

Social-emotional skills, including the ability to self-regulate emotions, are supported through group learning experiences. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by labelling and talking about emotions and su pporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Our goal in the kindergarten year is to prepare children and families for a smooth transition to primary school.

Our centre chef prepares and cooks nutritious meals daily, catering to the unique dietary requirements of every child. We believe that by encouraging active participation (such as growing their own fruit and vegetables, preparing, and finally cooking!) children learn to appreciate and understand the importance of healthy eating across a wide variety of food.

Our centre offers seasonal whole food-based menus – created to delight the fussiest eaters.

Hi my name is Karrina, and I am the Centre Manager here at Great Beginnings Boronia. My career in early childhood education and care commenced in 2005 and I began working at Great Beginnings Boronia in 2015.

I hold a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Diploma of Children’s Services. I was a lead educator for seven years working with all age groups before primarily working in management roles since 2011.

I thoroughly enjoy working in early childhood education, because not only do I get to be involved in the learning journey of our children but also working with wonderful educators, families, and the community. I love the diversity of people that I get to work with every day and the relationships I get to form with them.

I have learnt that all children are different, and they all have their own learning styles. I believe that children can teach us as much as we can teach them and it is important to spend time just being with them, exploring, playing, and learning alongside them. I aspire to create a learning environment that is warm, nurturing and fun. I believe it is important to encourage a love of learning which will assist each child to reach their full potential.

Our centre aims to provide a home-like environment that is nurturing for the children. We want the children to be confident and involved learners and our service gives them the opportunity to explore and learn and develop positive interactions with their peers and educators. We endeavor to develop positive relationships with our families and work collaboratively with them.

We have a dedicated Workplace Health and Safety officer at our centre who maintains high safety standards of the service to keep all our children safe. Our educators are all trained in First Aid, Anaphylaxis, and CPR. We also do yearly Child Protection training through Bravehearts. We believe it is important to speak up for children and act to protect the children in our care. We believe in providing support to families, so children are kept safe and help make things better.

Our centre provides dedicated and compassionate educators who are available to children and families as required. We have long-serving, multicultural team members who reflect our local community. All our educators work collaboratively to improve practice through team meetings, professional development, and reflection on practice. Our educators are caring and nurturing and provide the children with many opportunities for learning through play.

We have a calendar of events that we create yearly and we invite families to participate in many celebrations. We invite families to the service throughout the year and make time to have parent educator interviews/meetings on request to spend time talking to the families. We have a local community board and provide families with external services if requires.   

The Great Beginnings Boronia team cannot wait to meet your family and take part in this exciting adventure with you.