Glenaeon students outdoor learning

The Structure of Each Day

Each week usually includes a baking day, a park day and a painting day, along with the possibility of a child’s birthday festival, where parents are invited to share in a celebratory story.

Rhythm of the Day

Time Activity
8:30-9:00 Arrive
9:00-10:10 Indoor creative play, painting, cooking, building, role play
10:10-10:30 Morning circle, imaginative songs and movement
10:30 Morning tea of fruit platter and porridge or home-made bread
11:00 Outdoor creative play, gardening, sand and water play, cubbies, climbing
12:30 Lunch made at the centre by the children and teachers – fried rice, sushi, soup or pasta
1:00 Puppet or prop story within an imaginative landscape
1:15-2:30 Rest and drawing time
2:30-4:00 Outdoor creative play, gardening, sand and water play, cubbies and climbing
4:00 - 4:30 Preschool pick-up, social time to speak with parents
4:30 Preschool closed

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Rhythm

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Harvest Festival

A family picnic and apple picking at Bilpin Springs Orchard.

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Mid-Winter Lantern Festival

An evening story, lantern walk and visit to the crystal cave.

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Spring Festival

Making our flower garlands in the morning, then in the afternoon a silk puppet story, songs and afternoon tea in the park.

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Christmas Festival

A festive puppet story, handmade gift for each child and picnic tea in our garden.

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a School Like No Other

The best way to understand Glenaeon is to feel it. We invite you to experience the calm, the colour, and the creativity in motion. Come explore our spaces, meet our educators, and see how learning comes to life in a deeply human, gently guided way.

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Preschool

About our Preschool

We offer a Preschool program for 3-5 year olds, and a smooth transition to Glenaeon's part-time and full-time Kindergarten programs.

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Philosophy

It is our aim to nurture, protect and honour the young child and childhood itself as an essential phase of development, not to be hurried through.

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Program

The program is strongly founded on a deep understanding of child development and supports the care and nurturing of the young child’s curiosity, reverence for life, joy and wish to grow and become.

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Videos

Children’s healthy habits are supported by repetition of meaningful real-life tasks and their connection to life is deepened through cyclic events such as family and community festivals.

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