About Goodstart Kindergarten Collingwood Park
Our kindergarten prides itself on providing a learning environment that is safe, fun and inclusive - a place where all children are supported to achieve their very best. We offer a structured, play based program following the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines designed by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Our kindergarten program operates over a 40-week calendar, aligned with Queensland school terms and caters for children who are turning 4 before June 30th of the year before they start school. We have two kindergarten groups of up to 22 children. Both groups attend a five-day fortnight. Our Group A runs every Monday and Tuesday and Group B runs every Thursday and Friday. Both groups alternate on the Wednesday to make up their five-day fortnight. Our children are taught by a fully qualified, university degree teacher with the support of a fully qualified educator.
We provide a holistic and emergent program that is based on respecting and working with the children’s unique interests and needs and where children are active participants and decision makers in their learning. Through open ended questioning and scaffolding the children are empowered to take risks, question, hypothesise, experiment, problem solve, explore and create through their play.
We work closely with Collingwood Park State School to ensure a smooth transition to prep. We play using a simultaneous indoor/outdoor program in which the children can choose to play inside or outside. This caters for each child’s individual needs by giving them the opportunity to find a space where they feel they belong. As teachers, we look for opportunities or ‘hooks’ to incorporate aspects of curriculum content into the learning experiences that develop from a child’s emerging interests. We also find opportunities to ‘plant a seed’ when an important aspect of learning and development has not been evident in the children’s interests. This is all part of our emergent curriculum.
We provide early learning & care to these groups:
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
3-5 years
Find us!
We're located at:
Corner Burrel and Hannant Streets
Collingwood Park QLD 4301
Ph: 07 3381 0030
Opening hours:
Monday
8:45 a.m.
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2:45 p.m.
Tuesday
8:45 a.m.
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2:45 p.m.
Wednesday
8:45 a.m.
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2:45 p.m.
Thursday
8:45 a.m.
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2:45 p.m.
Friday
8:45 a.m.
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2:45 p.m.
Tabatha Seddon Centre Manager
My name is Tabatha Seddon and I am the Centre Manager and the Early Childhood Teacher at Goodstart Kindergarten Collingwood Park. I have worked in the early childhood sector as a teacher since 2001, providing a high quality, fun, inclusive, safe and inquiry based education for all children, using an emergent curriculum. I have a Bachelor of Education, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology and I have almost completed a Master's of Learning and Development in Early Childhood.
I believe all children deserve a high quality early childhood education in an environment that is stimulating and supportive so they can grow physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively. At Goodstart Kindergarten Collingwood Park, we believe that children are capable and unique individuals who bring their own set of interests, ideas, skills and talents to the program. As fully qualified and experienced educators we welcome, value and respect the individuality of every child. We are committed to providing a high quality service that ensures the wellbeing and safety of every child and family in an environment that is warm, welcoming and fun.
Our goal is to exceed expectations and to go above and beyond with everything that we do. We pride ourselves on providing a high quality early childhood pedagogy which reflects the interests and needs of the children, their families and the community. I look forward to meeting your family and welcoming you into our kindergarten community.