OUR KINDER | GumNutGullyPreschool

Gum Nut Gully Pre-School has a fantastic outdoor playground and garden which provides multiple play experiences - climbing frames, large sandpit, swings and slide, bike track, stage for children to perform, cubby house and fairy garden, chalkboards and large shade sails that ensures shaded play areas for the children.

To add to the wonderful outdoor experiences, we also take advantage of our beautiful bush setting location, bordered by Mullum Mullum Linear Park and Currawong Park.

The 3 and 4 year old programs taught at Gum Nut Gully Pre-School are based on sound principles of child development and education, following the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.

As well as this, kindergartens are assessed against 7 areas in the National Quality Framework, and our current overall rating at Gum Nut Gully is "Exceeding".

The essential components of the programs are to provide rewarding and enjoyable experiences where your children play, explore, discover, rehearse, practice, build positive relationships and revise concepts as they consolidate and adjust their understandings. In addition, we aim to involve families and children in a partnership where knowledge, interests and needs are shared.

Our Go for your Life program includes the following ideals and activities:

Tap into water
Grow (and use) fresh fruit and vegetables in snack boxes
Limit occasional foods
Move and play
Be active and healthy

Gum Nut Gully Pre-school has a comprehensive suite of policies based on the guidance provided by the Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA). Our policies reflect the National Quality Framework, Education and Care Services National Law Act and Regulations and reference other relevant legislation and resources. These policies are reviewed by the Committee of Management on an annual basis.

Curriculum Development
Acceptance and Refusal of Authorisations
Administration of First Aid
Administration of Medication
Anaphylaxis
Asthma
Child Safe Environment
Dealing with Medical Conditions
Dealing with Infectious Diseases
Delivery and Collection of Children
Diabetes
Emergency and Evacuation
Epilepsy
Excursions and Service Events
Food Safety
Road Safety and Safe Transport Policy
Hygiene
Incident
Nutrition
Relaxation and Sleep
Sun Protection
Supervision of Children
Water Safety
Occupational Health and Safety
Environmental Sustainability
Code of Conduct
Determining Responsible Person
Participation of Volunteers and Students
Staffing
Interactions with Children
Enrolment and Orientation
Inclusion and Equity
Fees 2021-2022
Governance and Management of the Service
Complaints and Grievances
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Online Meeting Platform
Bush Kinder Emergency Evacuation
Bush Kinder Program Protective Clothing
Bush Kinder Program Snake Awareness and First Aid

All our current policies are available for perusal and can be accessed from the Parent Information Folder kept at the Kinder.

For copies of policies or related questions, please contact admin@gumnutgullypreschool.com.au

Gum Nut Gully Pre-School is managed by a committee of parents and carers.

They are responsible for the centre operations and maintenance, finances, fundraising, employment of staff and ensuring everyone – children, parents, staff and the broader community – has the best experience of our kindergarten.

The CoM meets once a month, organises social events throughout the year and holds the Annual General Meeting (AGM) every year, where all families are encouraged to attend.

If you think you’d like to be involved, please contact us

Gum Nut Gully Pre-School welcomes children from Doncaster, Donvale, Park Orchards, Templestowe, Warrandyte and other areas to our leading kindergarten.

Gum Nut Gully believes in providing children with a calm, physically safe and emotionally secure environment that will enable them to develop a growing appreciation for learning that is forever lasting.

We value the importance of:

respecting one another and ourselves, being aware of diversity and differences in others and accepting this in positive ways
building resilience by learning from our past experiences
accepting new challenges and being self-motivated
being independent, taking initiative to make choices and follow through using persistence.

We believe that children learn best through play and our play-based programs are aimed to meet each child’s needs on an individual and group level. We encourage each child to participate in a range of open-ended experiences, allowing for the building of skills and concepts of exploring, observing, discovering and achieving their own outcomes through play.

Learning in respect to ideas and feelings cannot be assessed or measured, so the emphasis is for the children to reach their own potential in their own time. The program will reflect these intangibles with the importance lying in the doing and not the end-product. Remember, there is nothing that can be taken home after block building, a session of climbing or jumping, a movement and music time or an hour spent playing hospitals, but these periods are just as important as time spent pasting or drawing.

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