Preschool Programs

These programs have been developed by an experienced early childhood educator. Each topic is specifically tailored to captivate and meaningfully engage children in preschool settings through the inclusion of stories, opportunities for independent explorations promoting autonomous discovery learning, following individual curiosities, hypothesising and group investigations using state of the art technologies.

Delve into the world of fangs, fur, and freaky faces during this 1-hour interactive learning experience. An Inspired Educator will guide your group of learners through the fascinating, sometimes unnoticed, miniature world that surrounds us each day.

The session includes an opportunity to discover the mini-beasts in your local setting. Themes explored include mini-beast physical features, how mini-beasts affect us, why we need them and their role in the environment.

Create your own mini-beast and predict what it might look like under the microscope.

Get up close to these fascinating creepy crawlies in a way you never imagined possible!

This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Early Years Learning Framework.

Early Years Learning Framework Links:

Outcome 1 – Children have a strong sense of identity

  • Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency
  • Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world

  • Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation
  • Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing 

  • Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing

Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners   

  • Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
  • Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
  • Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators

  • Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
  • Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media
  • Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
  • Children use information and communication technologies to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking

Feathers, fur or fins,
Shells, scales and skins,
See up close what our animal friends are in.

Run, burrow and hop,
Slither, fly or climb,
Find out how some animals can leave us behind.

An experience for young learners that focuses on the amazing features of predominantly native animal species. Some familiar and lesser known creatures with interesting stories to share, seen in new ways sure to excite and inspire.

This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Early Years Learning Framework.

Early Years Learning Framework Links:

Outcome 1 – Children have a strong sense of identity

  • Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency
  • Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world

  • Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation
  • Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing 

  • Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing

Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners   

  • Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
  • Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
  • Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators

  • Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
  • Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media
  • Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
  • Children use information and communication technologies to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking

A new perspective on the phrase “You are what you eat”. Food is essential to our health and survival, therefore one of the most important areas to develop and build awareness of. Join this fascinating journey from seed to sandwich, look at what healthy and unhealthy choices really look like up close!

This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Early Years Learning Framework.

Early Years Learning Framework Links:

Outcome 1 – Children have a strong sense of identity

  • Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency
  • Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world

  • Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation
  • Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing 

  • Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing

Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners   

  • Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
  • Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
  • Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators

  • Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
  • Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media
  • Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
  • Children use information and communication technologies to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking

Ever wondered how science helps us to care for the environment and living things? Find out through joining in a real scientific investigation that provides learners hands-on opportunities to question, experiment and predict outcomes that will have them glued to the amazing technology that is the TM4000, our tabletop scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Explore the everyday machines that make life around us easier by saving time, creating power or force, providing information and making our lifestyles more convenient through the influence of scientific discoveries and technological advancements. Pull apart a watch to see what makes it tick; explore some amazing tiny machines barely visible to the naked eye. Be amazed by the machines used by scientists who are changing the world we live in with their discoveries.

This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Early Years Learning Framework.

Early Years Learning Framework Links:

Outcome 1 – Children have a strong sense of identity

  • Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency
  • Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect

Outcome 2 – Children are connected with and contribute to their world

  • Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation
  • Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

Outcome 3 – Children have a strong sense of wellbeing 

  • Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing

Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners   

  • Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
  • Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
  • Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators

  • Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
  • Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media
  • Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work
  • Children use information and communication technologies to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking