3 – 4 years

Kakadu

Kakadu is our three-year-old room, and the year imagination takes over. Children build whole worlds, work through problems as a group, and form friendships, with the program planned around what they’re curious about and ready for next.

The art shelf in an Edensor Park room, stocked with scissors, brushes and paints

The first preschool room

A step, rather than a jump.

Three is a wide age. A child who has just turned three and one about to turn five want very different days, and putting both in one room means one of them is always being stretched or held back.

Where Kakadu runs, it takes the younger half, so the routines lengthen, the group work starts, and the room before school stays focused on the children who are going.

Where to next

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

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About Kakadu

What families ask about Kakadu

The four questions we hear most about the preschoolers room.

A prepared corner of a room at Brighter Beginnings Edensor Park

What the room is set up for

Four things the Kakadu room is arranged around.

A longer morning

More of the day given to one thing at a time, which is the habit the preschool year is built on.

Working near others

Shared tables and shared materials, so that co-operating is something practised rather than expected all at once.

Following two steps

Instructions that carry more than one part, met at the age where holding both is the achievement.

Doing it unaided

Bags, shoes, hands, lunch boxes: the things a child will be asked to manage alone the following year.

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What families ask about Kakadu

The questions that come up on nearly every tour.

Is it at my centre?
Kakadu runs at selected centres. Ask the centre you are enquiring about; where it is not offered, Daintree Forest takes children from three instead.
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Is this the preschool year?
No. The preschool year is the one before school and it runs in Daintree Forest. Kakadu is the year before that.
See the Daintree Forest room
Moving up
Around four, into Daintree Forest, planned with you rather than announced to you.
Fee relief
NSW Start Strong Fee Relief applies to eligible preschool-age children, on top of the Child Care Subsidy.
About Start Strong

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.