Wiradjuri Pre-School Child Care Centre

Our Aims

• To promote a curriculum that is gender inclusive; recognises our society as multicultural; and promotes social justice
• To Encourage children to:
  • develop their full potential
  • be caring, sharing individuals
  • develop and sustain a spirit of enquiry
  • develop a child's confidence and self-esteem
  • be inventive and cope with change
  • create a love for learning
• To provide an environment for children to develop socially, emotionally, physically, intellectually and creatively through structured experiences and play.

Our Purpose

Wiradjuri has been established to:

• provide high quality early childhood education.
• be an integral part of the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) program.
• focus on innovation and research.
• be a key learning centre for students, teachers and the community.
• provide a community service for the city of Canberra.

Our specialisations include: Literacy, Science, Technology and Mathematics.

Our Key Learning Areas include:

• Maths: sorting, classifying, pattern, number, shape, colour, problem solving.
• Language and Literacy: listening, speaking, reading, writing.
• Books: enjoyment of books, concept of books, shared book experiences.
• Science & Technology: Tinkering Table, Nature Table, Computers, use of the Design, Make and Appraise Process, Cooking and selected group times.
• Blocks: spatial awareness, problem solving social development, classification, use of design, make and appraise process.
• Dramatic Play: role play, social/emotional development, transference of self into role.
• Puzzles: problem solving, spatial awareness, fine motor control.
• Music: develop rhythm, beat, pitch.
• Art: develop creativity, develop awareness of aesthetic environment colour, texture, patterns, fine motor - cutting, pasting, painting.
• Outdoor: gross and fine motor skills, spatial awareness, social play and environmental awareness.