Alchester Village Pre-School
Alchester Village Pre-School is a nonprofit community sessional kindergarten in Boronia Victoria. Our philosophy is based on using play as a learning tool.
Alchester Village Pre-School is a community sessional kindergarten in Boronia, outer eastern Melbourne. The kindergarten was established approximately 45 years ago and is well known for its fantastic staff, programs and great location. Through play, our children learn about problem-solving, using their imagination, respect, and social standards while having fun and making new friends in our caring
21/06/2024
In 2023, we were able to purchase Wandana Artifacts Kit for the children to explore and discuss First Nations' culture and history.
During the first weeks of term two in 2024 our Rosella and Cockatoo groups took time to explore and discuss these artifacts and consider First Nation culture.
Embedding Indigenous perspectives supports the value of First Nation's culture and increases engagement of Indigenous children. For non-Indigenous children, it encourages respect for the histories and current culture of the First Nations peoples and help develop
a genuine understanding of the land we live on.
This project has been supported by a grant from the Knox City
Council's Minor Grants Program.
Thank you to Knox City Council
21/06/2024
Our Vegepods are growing our new seedlings and have been doing really well this Winter, we hope they well be well on their way next term when the children return from school holidays.
This project has been supported by a grant from the Knox City
Council's Minor Grants Program. Knox City Council
21/05/2024
New Alchester Village timetable 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ onwards.
Thank to all our incoming families for your feedback, contribution and voting on our new timetable.
26/11/2023
3yo places available. We have spots available in our 2024 3-YO sessions. Three sessions for 3 hours a week. We are an independent kinder and will be running 2024 onwards.
https://alchestervillagepreschool.com.au/enrolment/
0478 888 477
[email protected]
16/11/2023
16/11/2023
Thankyou to Robyn Papworth from Play Move Improve for speaking at our AGM. Your information was invaluable to all our families! We hope all who attended found it useful.
Play Move Improve Learning activities, play strategies, and child motor development resources for early learning educators, primary school teachers, special needs parents, and kindergarten classrooms.
01/11/2023
Please join us on Wednesday 15th November at 7pm, prior to our AGM, to launch our new street library. Members from our local Rotary club and hopefully some local councillors will be joining us for this event, an exciting new venture for the Kinder.
The AGM will commence at 7:30pm as advertised.
Looking forward to seeing you all.
Kinder staff and committee
26/10/2023
Our Annual General Meeting will be held on the 15th November 7:15pm at Alchester Village Pre-School 30 Lockwoods Rd Boronia.
Should you wish to attend please RSVP: [email protected]
Dear families,
Just so you are aware our emergency mobile number is not monitored on a daily basis so if you need to contact the kinder please ensure to use the landline 03 9762 8178 or email [email protected]
Thankyou
Kinder will still be open - Monday 6th November - melbourne cup eve
We're wanted to share that our sessional kindergarten remains OPEN! We currently have vacancies available for our short-day 3 Year Old Kindergarten in 2024.
As an independent, non-profit, parent-run kindergarten, we can support our community providing 3 & 4 year old kindergarten in 2025 and beyond.
Come visit our kindergarten during school term to see if our kindergarten is a match for your child and your family.
30/08/2023
For your Information
- 10 Questions to ask kids about their Day
- Asking for help
Hope all our families had great holidays.
Just a reminder that the kinder term commences Tuesday 11th July. Monday is a curriculum day for teacher to organise and plan for the term.
Look forward to seeing you all Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dear Families,
The Working Bee that was scheduled in the May newsletter for the 4th June will be postponed until next term.
Thank you for your understanding
Kinder number is back online:
(03) 9762 8178.
Please use this number going forward to contact staff during session times.
19/05/2023
02/05/2023
Alchester Village preschool is an independent preschool accepting enrolments for 2024 and beyond. Come to our open day on Saturday 17th June to see our kindergarten with your child and to find out more about our program.
17/11/2022
Alchester Village Pre-School received Knox Council’s Minor Grant Program 2022 for $1,648.00 to purchase of new computer and software to upgrade and maintain the kinder’s cyber security and privacy as well as participate in online professional development.
Thank you Knox City Council for awarding us the Minor Grant in 2022.
Hi Families,
Unfortunately REDcycle program has announced its temporary pause.
REDcycle regrets to announce that it will temporarily pause its soft plastics collection program from 9 November 2022. REDcycle and its partners are committed to having the program back up and running as soon as possible.
Why is the program pausing?
Consumer recycling of soft plastic has grown exponentially in recent years, with a 350% increase in plastic returned since 2019. However, due to several unforeseen challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, REDcycle’s recycling partners have temporarily stopped accepting and processing soft plastics. This combination has put untenable pressure on the REDcycle business model.
What should I do with my soft plastic now?
For the short term, consumers are encouraged to put their soft plastics in their home rubbish bin Please do not put it in your home kerbside recycling bin (unless the Curby program is available in your area) as it is not recyclable in that system.
How long is the program paused for?
We can’t confirm at this stage the length of the pause, but we can assure you that all stakeholders are working on solutions for the short-term pipeline imbalance.
REDcycle and retail partners are committed to having the program back up and running as soon as possible.
Since REDcycle launched 10 years ago, Founder Liz Kasell wanted to do the right thing for the community and for the planet. She started this program, as a mum from her kitchen table as when looking at a bag of peas and she asked why on earth can’t this be recycled? Through this program her goal has been to enable and empower people in the community, just like her, to make a positive impact on the environment. Since we started, with your support we have diverted 5.4 billion pieces of soft plastic entering landfill and our natural environments.
Thank you for your patience and commitment to REDcycle during this time.
27/10/2022
Annual general meeting will be held on site 16th November.
02/10/2022
THANKYOU to all who visited Grill'd Knox last month! Alchester Village Preschool received the most votes in the local matters competition. YAY!!!
Funds received go towards purchasing more new equipment for the kindergarten for children to use.
01/09/2022
From today you can visit Grill'd Knox and place your local matters token in the Alchester Village Pre-School jar.
Thanks to Jess for the awesome poster
Welcome to Alchester Village Pre-School.
We are offering FREE 3yo and 4yo kinder for 2023 as part of the state government initiative to ensure every child can access two years of kindergarten.
Alchester Village Pre-School's timetable will be altering in 2023 so some of the timetable descriptions in the video will be altered next year.
16/08/2022
Free kinder in 2023
Free Three- and Four-Year-Old Kinder will be available across Victoria at participating services in 2023 at both long day care and sessional (standalone) services.
Free kinder means more Victorian children can have the best start in life, no matter where they live:
For three-year-olds at Alchester Village Pre-School, this means 9 hours per week of a kindergarten program.
For four-year-olds, this means 15 hours per week (600 hours a year).
Free kinder means a saving of up to $2,500 per child, each year, and also means more than 28,000 Victorians can return to work, including almost 26,600 of which are women.
Participating kindergarten programs will receive funding directly from the Victorian Government, so families are not out of pocket (and don’t have to claim the savings back).
Thankyou to everyone who helped out last Saturday for our Bunnings BBQ- the first in three years 🙂
Thankyou to bakers delight Boronia junction for their donation of bread to our kinder. Bakers Delight
05/08/2022
Hi all,
Good weather this morning so far!
Sausages are ready for you at Bunnings Bayswater! Come down grab a sausage and drink! Thankyou to Bakers Delight Boronia Heights for donating the bread for today!
05/08/2022
Come down for a sausage at Bunnings Bayswater tomorrow and support our Pre-School! Alchester Village Preschool will be on the grills and look forward to serving up some sausages. Hope to see you there!!
13/07/2022
Are you looking for a 3yo Kinder in 2023 for your child?
We have spots available in our 3-YEAR-OLD KINDER
- 3 sessions a week for 3 hours - to find out more contact our enrollments officer via email: [email protected]
Our kinder open day is 18th June - come along and discover more about us - our teachers and educators will be there on the day from 10 am-12pm to answer any questions you might have about our program.
Our timetables are altering in 2023 so some of the information presented in the video may not be entirely accurate. Contact us for updated timetable information.
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Our Story
Alchester Village Pre-School is a community sessional kindergarten in Boronia, outer eastern Melbourne. The kindergarten was established approximately 45 years ago, and is well known for its fantastic staff, programs and great location.
Our philosophy is based on using play as learning tool. Through play, our children learn about problem solving, using their imagination, respect and social standards; all while having fun and making new friends in our caring supportive environment. Our program is guided by the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the National Quality Framework.
Our kindergarten provides a fantastic learning environment for three and four years olds. We currently offer, one 4 year old group (rotating over 5 days), and two 3 year old groups. Our teachers and assistants offer their diverse experience and positive, nurturing approach to running our programs and teaching the children.
The kinder environment is amazing with numerous mature trees outside providing a naturally cool, shaded yard in summer, allowing the children to experience the four seasons as they lose their leaves in autumn and re-grow in spring. There is also a great area out the front where families can socialise and get to know each other.
Our great location has a playgroup next door and school over the back fence.
Kindergarten is a very exciting time for the children and their families and we aim for all to have very happy memories of their time at Alchester Village.
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Address
30 Lockwoods Road
Melbourne, VIC
3155
Opening Hours
| Monday | 8:30am - 5am |
| Tuesday | 8:30am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am - 5pm |
| Friday | 8:30am - 4pm |
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