Full-day (7.5 hour) sessions for both 3-year-old Kinder (3-4yo) and 4-year-old Kinder (4-5yo) children are running in 2024 and proposed for 2025.
3 year old program
At Mentone Preschool we run two full day sessions from 8.30am to 4pm for our 3-year-old Kinder Dolphins Group with 28 children, 1 teacher and 2 educators. 15 hours per week.
4 year old program
For our 4-year-old kinder groups we run a rotational model. Each group contains 14 children and each group attends for two full day sessions from 8.30am-4pm. Each group will rotate with the other two 4 year old groups each time they attend for a total of 28 children per session with one teacher & 2 educators on Monday & Thursday and 2 teachers & one educator on a Wednesday.
This is a great opportunity for the children to diversify their social skills and friendships over their 15 hours per week.
Sea Stars (4YO) & Turtles (4YO)
Dolphins (3YO)
Sea Stars (4YO) & Penguins (4YO)
Turtles (4YO) & Penguins (4YO)
Dolphins (3YO)
Incursions are scheduled each year for all groups and may vary depending on the interests of the children.
Excursions are kept to a minimum for the 3 year old age group, however we usually visit the local community for part of a session. Excursions for 4 year old groups could be to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Parkdale Library and bakeries - it varies from year to year.
