Erica Preschool
Erica Preschool is located in the Mountain Rivers Region of West Gippsland. Our Kindergarten is surrounded by hills and bushland making our connection with native wildlife a daily occurrence.
A short walk away, through our friendly community, is Mill Park where we meet for our outdoor program. Mill Park is on the edge of the bush. There are lovely grassy slopes for us to run down, views of the farmland and farm animals and a ‘bush playground’ where we can climb trees and make cubbies.
From Mill Park, we set out for walks in the bush along the old Erica-Walhalla rail trail and on the mountain bike paths throughout the bush. We always see evidence of wombats and love listening to and trying to spot the native birds around us.
We notice, learn and wonder so much each session. Back at Kinder we document our learning on our ‘Bush Wall’ and look up anything we’re wondering about. This might be looking up a name of a bird in a resource book, using the internet to research how exactly water in the puddles dries up in the sun, or creating a painting of a king parrot we saw on our walk.
If you’d like to know more about our program, please contact us for a chat:
Erica Preschool,
9-11 School Rd, Erica, 3825
Phone: 5165 3331
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kindercluster.ymca.org.au/Centres/Erica
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ericakindergarden
A short walk away, through our friendly community, is Mill Park where we meet for our outdoor program. Mill Park is on the edge of the bush. There are lovely grassy slopes for us to run down, views of the farmland and farm animals and a ‘bush playground’ where we can climb trees and make cubbies.
From Mill Park, we set out for walks in the bush along the old Erica-Walhalla rail trail and on the mountain bike paths throughout the bush. We always see evidence of wombats and love listening to and trying to spot the native birds around us.
We notice, learn and wonder so much each session. Back at Kinder we document our learning on our ‘Bush Wall’ and look up anything we’re wondering about. This might be looking up a name of a bird in a resource book, using the internet to research how exactly water in the puddles dries up in the sun, or creating a painting of a king parrot we saw on our walk.
If you’d like to know more about our program, please contact us for a chat:
Erica Preschool,
9-11 School Rd, Erica, 3825
Phone: 5165 3331
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kindercluster.ymca.org.au/Centres/Erica
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ericakindergarden