Welcome to Kinder at Leighland
Welcome to Kindergarten at Leighland Christian School
Welcome to Kindergarten at Leighland Christian School, a place where your child is known, nurtured and celebrated! We believe every child is uniquely created in God’s image and design, and it is our privilege to support them as they grow into all they are meant to be.
Our deep hope is that each child becomes a curious learner, exploring God’s world with awe and wonder.
Kindergarten is a gentle and joyful introduction to school life. One of our key goals is to create a safe and welcoming environment where children love to come each day. Through carefully guided routines and experiences, we help them build confidence and independence as they prepare for the transition to formal schooling.
We want our students to become brave decision-makers—confident in their choices and eager to engage with the learning opportunities and challenges that arise in the Kinder classroom. This lays a strong foundation for their future learning journey.
The Bible is woven throughout our programme, helping children understand that they are deeply loved by God, created as special individuals with purpose. They will learn about who God is, how He made the world, and hear stories of key people from the Bible that reveal His love and truth.
At Leighland Christian School, we are committed to personalised learning, an approach that recognises and responds to each child’s unique strengths, interests, needs and giftings. In Kindergarten, this means creating opportunities for children to express themselves, explore their passions, and engage in learning that is meaningful and relevant to them. Our educators work closely with families to ensure that each child’s learning journey is tailored, nurturing a sense of agency and ownership from the very beginning.
This commitment to personalised learning is a key part of our whole-school vision to pioneer real-world education that is both Christ-centred and deeply responsive to the individual.
Kindergarten at Leighland Christian School is shaped by our whole-school vision, mission and values:
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Vision: A hope-filled Christian community pioneering personalised real-world education.
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Mission: Christ-centred K–12 education that inspires, nurtures and equips students to connect learning to life.
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Values: Christian to the core, we lead with innovation, commit to personalised learning, embrace partnerships and seek to serve.
These principles guide everything we do, from the way we welcome families, to the way we teach and support our students.
At Leighland Christian School, we believe Kindergarten is a time for children to:
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Discover God’s world and how it connects to their lives
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Feel safe, secure, and supported
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Enjoy learning through play and exploration
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Establish routines that build confidence and independence
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Be themselves—accepted, encouraged, and challenged to grow
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Experiment, innovate, and nurture their natural curiosity
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Express their ideas and develop their voice
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Be active, building both fine and gross motor skills
Our Kindergarten programme runs three days per week. To be eligible to start, children must be 4 years old by 1 January of that year (unless an exemption has been approved by the Office of the Educational Registrar).
To help ensure a smooth and confident start to Kindergarten, Leighland Christian School offers a Pre-Kinder programme during Term 4 of the year prior to enrolment. This five-week transition programme is thoughtfully designed to gently introduce children to the Kinder environment. Through engaging activities and guided experiences, children become familiar with the classroom space, daily routines, and teaching staff, helping them feel comfortable and excited about starting school.
Parents and carers are warmly invited to participate in the programme as well. During these sessions, families can connect with staff, learn more about school processes, events, uniforms, partnership opportunities and Kinder readiness, and begin building relationships with other families. This partnership between home and school is an important part of our approach to education.
The programme concludes with a joyful celebratory dinner, bringing families together to mark the beginning of their child’s school journey. It’s a wonderful time to ask questions, share stories, and strengthen the sense of community that supports each child as they take their first steps into formal learning.
In addition to our Pre-Kinder Programme, both our Burnie and Ulverstone campuses also offer weekly playgroups that can assist more generally with transition to school. We encourage families with pre-school aged children to attend, it’s a great way to get to know our facilities, connect with our school culture, and meet other families already part of our community.
Kinder at the
Ulverstone Campus
Kinder at the
Burnie Campus
Amelia Shepherd
Kindergarten Teacher
Burnie Campus
Lauren Porch
Kindergarten Teacher
Burnie Campus
Angella Jackson
Kindergarten Teacher
Ulverstone Campus
Shaylyn Evans
Kindergarten Teacher
Ulverstone Campus
'As children move through Kindergarten we want them to be enthusiastic and engaged about life and their place in it, to be developing new skills and growing in confidence. We want them to begin establishing relationships with each other, and learn to cooperate and share their world with others".
There is so much to discover
Nurturing Growth
We are passionate about creating a nurturing environment for our children where they can shine and grow as an active and contributing member of their class. Our educations and teacher aides work collaboratively to nurture, direct, engage and embrace students as they learn from and with each other in classroom settings that are inviting and innovative. Our teachers aim to provide a rich and diverse range of experiences, activities and resources that promote children’s learning, well-being, and development. Students are known and treated as individuals, with their strengths and passions explored and their areas for consolidation and growth identified and developed over the course of the year.
Developing a strong sense of identity
Kindergarten offers a wonderful first year of school where children can develop their independence, gain essential social skills, and are provided with opportunities to explore who they are and how they fit into the world around them. We aim to nurture a safe environment where children can make mistakes, learn from them, and begin to understand their place in the family, the classroom, in the wider school community and in God’s world.
We believe each child is wonderfully unique and therefore we value early years programs and practices that are child-centred, stimulating and maximise opportunities for enhancing and extending each child’s learning and development.
Outdoor and
Nature Play
Children already have a sense of wonder about the world around them when they start Kindergarten and at Leighland Christian School we aim to build on this through a program that engages students with nature and the world around them, including wet water play days, excursions, an extensive learn to swim program, cross campus activities, carnivals, and school wide events.
Children learn by experiencing the world around them and our educators take many opportunities to develop this sense of awe and wonder in their classroom, in the beautiful school settings and in our local environments.
They will have a weekly music, HPE and library lesson taught by specialist teachers as part of their learning program.
Early Years Learning Framework
The Kinder program is based on the Early Years Learning Framework that adopts three main areas of development including:
Belonging
Belonging acknowledges children’s interdependence with others and the basis of relationships in defining identities. In early childhood, and throughout life, relationships are crucial to a sense of belonging. Belonging is central to being and becoming in that it shapes who children are and who they can become.
Being
Being recognises the significance of the here and now in children’s lives. It is about the present and them knowing themselves, building and maintaining relationships with others, engaging with life’s joys and complexities, and meeting challenges in everyday life.
Becoming
Children’s identities, knowledge, understandings, capacities, skills and relationships change during childhood. They are shaped by many different events and circumstances. Becoming reflects this process of rapid and significant change that occurs in the early years as young children learn and grow.
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Learning based on student interests
Incredible experienced & passionate teachers that really care about your child
Your next steps
We are committed to fostering collaborative relationships with families and understand that this is fundamental to achieving quality outcomes for children. We acknowledge and encourage community partnerships based on open communication, consultation, and collaboration and actively partner with parents in the education of your children. If this sounds like the kind of environment you would like to see your child or children flourish in, then we would love to hear from you.
To find out more about our Kindergarten program at Leighland, you can:
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Fill out an enrolment enquiry form and we will get back in touch with you
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Book a tour to visit our Burnie or Ulverstone campus to see where your child could be enrolled for Kinder
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Register your child for pre-Kinder to get them prepared for Kinder once your letter of offer has been received.
We can't wait to see you next year
