Acknowledgement of Country
We would like to acknowledge that Modbury Kindergarten has been developed on Kaurna Country and in doing so, we honour the Kaurna people as the custodians of the land and the Elders – past, present and emerging, who are the custodians of the culture, education system and philosophy upon which the Kindergarten has been founded.
About our Kindergarten
We believe that children learn through play in an environment that is safe, stimulating, secure and aesthetically pleasing. Play is fun and helps a child develop in all areas. Through play, children integrate what they are learning and stretch toward further possibilities.
While with us, each child will develop and demonstrate skills such as:
- Independence
- Self-confidence
- Self-esteem
- Problem solving skills
- Logical thinking
- Decision making skills
- Curiosity
- A love of learning
- Respect for others and their property
- Working in a group
- Care for our environment
Curriculum
We use the curriculum document Being, Belonging, Becoming – Early Years Learning Framework, to plan experiences to promote the development of children’s life skills and competencies.
The Focus Areas are:
- Children have a strong sense of identity
- Children are connected with and contribute to their world
- Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
- Children are confident and involved learners
- Children are effective communicators
In our environment children are allowed the freedom to seek out their own learning individually or with the support of their peers and adults in their play.
Learning opportunities consist of activities for the children to:
- Make discoveries
- Explore their own interests
- seek answers to questions
- test their knowledge and hypotheses
- develop new skills and practice existing skills
At Modbury Kindergarten, we believe that literacy and numeracy is an important part of our program. We provide structured group times, with specific focus on early literacy and numeracy skills. Individual Learning Plans and Statements of Learning are provided for each child.
Key Documents
Session Information
Sessional Kindergarten
For all 4 year old children (and those that turn 4 before May 1 that year), Kindy sessions Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 full days per week from 8:15am – 3:45pm.
Playgroup
If playgroup is available to children and families it will be on a Thursday morning at 9.30am, during the school term. Please ring us on 8264 5933 to confirm details.
Unfunded Occasional Care
Occasional care is run during preschool sessions for care of children in their year prior to Kindy. Priority is given to children who are not accessing other care or education services. Please ring us on 8264 5933 to confirm details.
Opening Hours
News & Events
Last week we celebrated the growth and transformation of the individuals and the collective, a resource for gaining knowledge, learning to be together as a community and valuing the strengths our community brings together.
“Education lives by listening, dialogue and participation” Reggio Children
We look forward to connecting with our community in 2025 🦋🧩📚🏕️
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“Participation generates and informs the feelings and culture of solidarity, responsibility and inclusion, and produces change and new cultures.” Principles of the Educational Project, Reggio Emilia
In term 1 educators overheard a child’s comment that gave us pause for thought. This comment offered the team a provocation and an opportunity. Throughout the year we questioned our shared values and how we enact them, our own personal beliefs and biases and how we are responding to our evolving community.
One of the ways we responded was through our food garden. Together with our family and local community we moved the food garden to ensure it was accessible to all children at all times. We recognised food, and growing foods, as a shared language and traditional community builder across the world and this term we invited a local artist to bring the children’s signage vision to life. Families and educators joined us in planting and celebrating culture and diversity in the kindergarten kitchen.
We look forward to exploring the many avenues that this observation provided us with and the choices we make everyday 🥬🥦🥑.
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Children have been celebrating creativity this term. They’ve had opportunity for active exploration of multiple tools –paintbrushes of different sizes, pencils, pens and oil pastels – each with its own "marker identity". 🎨
Shane Cook an aboriginal artist has been working in collaboration with children, families and educators to create a new mural at the Kindy. 🤎
Shane encouraged children to use colour, pattern and themes to reflect the natural beauty of Country. To tell their story, in their own creative way, celebrating the diversity amongst our community of artists. 👩🎨 We can’t wait to share the finished piece, telling our story, inspired by our beautiful Kaurna country.
Children were later privileged to gather as a learning community on Kaurna Land at Adelaide Botanic Garden walking the Aboriginal plant trail with Trent, connecting to Country that inspired their artwork.
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Contact Us
Modbury Kindergarten
Director: Mel Timmings
Phone: 08 8264 5933
Email: dl.4634.leaders@schools.sa.edu.au
Fax: 08 8395 3594
Address:
32 Jaycee Street Modbury North SA 5092
Education Office: Felixstow
Partnership: Modbury
Modbury Kindergarten
32 Jaycee Street Modbury North SA 5092