Kinder Hours
Canterbury Gardens Kindergarten currently runs the following programs:
2023 Program
| 4 Year Olds | |
| Monday | 8:30am – 3:00pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30am – 3:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am – 3:00pm |
| 3 Year Olds | |
| Monday | 9:30am – 2:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am – 2:30pm |
| Thursday | 9:30am – 2:30pm |
2024 Program
| 4 Year Olds | |
| Monday | 8:30am – 3:00pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30am – 3:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am – 3:00pm |
| 3 Year Olds | |
| Monday | 9:30am – 2:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am – 2:30pm |
| Thursday | 9:30am – 2:30pm |
Enrol now via Boroondara Central Enrolment for a kinder position. Canterbury Gardens is adjacent to Canterbury Gardens in the newly built Canterbury Community Precinct.
Canterbury Gardens Kinder Handbook
Kinder Fees
Updated fee information can be found here.
Program Goals
Our broad program goals are for the children to:
- Develop a sense of their personal and social selves.
- Experience an environment which nurtures their emotional well being.
- Experience a programme that respects their individuality.
- Develop a sense of their own personal uniqueness.
- Develop a positive attitude to learning; where their play is valued as meaningful learning and the importance of spontaneous play is recognized.
- Develop both verbal and non-verbal communication skills for a range of purposes.
- Discover different ways to be creative and expressive.
- Experience the stories and symbols of their own and other cultures.
- Gain confidence in and control of their bodies.
- Learn strategies for active exploration, thinking and reasoning.
- Develop working theories for making sense of the living, physical and material worlds.
- Feel comfortable with the routines, rituals and regular events, and to know the limits and boundaries of acceptable behaviour.
- Have the opportunity to learn with and alongside others.
Canterbury Gardens Kinder 