We are offering 3-Year-Old Preschool - 2 years are better than 1!

We are proud partners of the south Australia Governments 3-year-old preschool program, giving children a flying start in learning and in life. This initiative is part of the government’s broader investment in quality early childhood education, aiming to provide more children with access to teacher-led, play-based learning during the critical years before school.
If your child is enrolled in our service and turning 3 in 2027, they may be able to access up to 15 hours per week of this new 3-year-old preschool program, depending on need and availability.

4-year-old Preschool Program
Our centre also offers the South Australian Government-approved 4-year-old Preschool Program, providing subsidy up to 15 hours per week for 40 weeks per year for 4-year-old children. Your child will benefit from our enhanced learning program in Preschool, combined with our play-based learning approach, supporting their development and school readiness.

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 Preschool programs are delivered by qualified Early Childhood Teachers committed to supporting your child’s individual development.

Additional Benefits Include:
• Government subsidy: Funded Preschool program, 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.

Preschool Space: 3 – 6 years

Preschool 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 Preschool 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 Preschool 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 supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations. Our goal in the Preschool 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, I'm Suzanne, the Centre Manager at Mooringe World of Learning. I began my career in early childhood education and care in 1984 and started working at Mooringe World of Learning in 1998. I hold a Diploma in Children’s Service.

I have always known that I had a passion for working with children. I believe there is something special about watching a child grow and develop knowing I had something to do with that. As my time went on, I have taken on more challenging roles starting first as a Team Leader then Assistant Centre Manager before deciding to become a Centre Manager. It was here I found my passion for leading and mentoring the future leaders as I share my knowledge and experiences with them. I enjoy meeting and building relationships with all children and their families and the wider community.

The benefits of an early childhood education and care centre includes having challenging environments and resources for children to explore and engage in that they may not have at home. Promoting social skills by having access to social interactions. While we are always challenging our children and encouraging them to explore their world, a focus for our centre at the moment is around sustainability and our social and emotional wellbeing.

We have a long-standing team with a variety of multicultural members who reflect the community. Majority of our staff team have worked at the centre for many years. We provide high quality education and care and have great satisfaction watching our children evolve as they learn and grow through play and socialise with others. We pride ourselves on our relationships with the children and their families and community. Our team have permanent staff that work in individual rooms which provides consistency and continuity throughout the centre.

Each child has the right to feel safe and secure and to learn and play and nourish their bodies with a nutritional meal each day.

Communication is a big focus at our centre. We are constantly communicating to our families via our all in one family app named Xplor through posts emails, phone calls and face to face. During our orientation process we speak with the families about what is important to them, we inform them on the staff in the room. We also give parents a welcome pack with a personal philosophy written by all staff.

As we have staff consistency in each room and primary caregiving, our parents feel like they have a familiar person they can call and speak to if needs be. As a centre we have an open-door policy which means that we are available to parents. We provide take home meals for families. We hold special events from time to time which we invite parents to attend. We also hold parent partnership meetings annually and family Christmas celebrations are held at the end of the year.

We prepare for our tour by calling the parent and finding out some information before the tour so we can make the tour is personal to them. We don’t have a time limit on tours so that all families feel welcome and enjoy the experience. We show the families all the rooms of the centre including the outdoor spaces and share a little history about the centre and some information on staff. We ask if there is anything, we can do regarding making the enrolment process easier. We have a customer engagement team that we work with as well as the families so that we can work together to make the process as smooth as possible. We offer orientation and visits before the child starts care.

Welcome to Mooringe World of Learning.