4 – 6 years

Daintree Forest

Daintree Forest is our preschool room, the final year before children start big school. Our Bright Start to School Program develops the skills that matter, through independent play and educator guidance supporting each child’s development.

Children from the Daintree room playing outdoors at Fairfield

The preschool room

Getting ready for school without being drilled for it.

School readiness is not worksheets. It is being able to listen in a group, ask for help, finish something you started and manage a disagreement, and those are built through play, not instead of it.

Our Bright Start program runs in this room in the year before school, alongside the everyday learning the Early Years Learning Framework guides.

Where to next

The best way to understand this room is to stand in it.

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About Daintree Forest

What families ask about Daintree Forest

The four questions we hear most about the preschoolers room.

A room at Edensor Park, with the art shelf and a wall of affirmation cards

What the room is set up for

Four things the Daintree Forest room is arranged around.

Projects that last

Work left out overnight, so a child can return to what they were building rather than starting over each morning.

Group time

Stories, discussion and turn-taking in a circle: the shape of a school day, practised where it is safe to get it wrong.

Early literacy and numbers

Names, letters, counting and pattern, met through play and conversation rather than drilled at a desk.

Sorting it out

Disagreements are worked through with an educator alongside rather than settled over the children's heads.

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What families ask about the preschool room

The questions that come up on nearly every tour.

Is this preschool?
Yes. The preschool program runs inside long day care, so there is no separate drop-off, no shorter term and no gap in care over the holidays.
What about three-year-olds?
Where a centre runs Kakadu, three-year-olds are there and Daintree starts at four. Where it does not, Daintree takes them from three.
See the Kakadu room
The Bright Start program
Our school readiness program, run in this room in the year before school.
About Bright Start
Fee relief
NSW Start Strong Fee Relief applies to eligible preschool-age children, on top of the Child Care Subsidy.
About Start Strong
Starting school
NSW children may start school in the year they turn 5 and must have started by their 6th birthday, so a child can still be in this room at 5 turning 6.

Staying connected

Part of Their Day, Even When You’re Not There

Through OWNA, families can stay connected with their child’s day at Brighter Beginnings. Educators share daily updates, important information and messages, helping you stay informed while your child is in our care.

You’ll also find centre information and seasonal menus in one convenient place, so you know what’s happening and what your child has been offered throughout the day. OWNA is also used to securely complete enrolment when your family is ready.