Our Programs
Water Safety and Learn to Swim (optional)
Our Goal - to help every child find swimming a positive experience
Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays
Ages 3+
Small lesson sizes - only 4 children at a time
30 minutes with AustSwim qualified instructors, book lessons at reception
$12/class (added to weekly fees)
With our Australian beaches and backyard pools, early introduction to learn to swim programs and water safety is an important part of keeping children safe around the water.
Lollipop Lane has a small outdoor heated pool perfect for little ones. We run water safety and learn to swim programs during the summer months for children 3 years and up.
Our instructors are all AustSwim qualified and our classes have no more than 4 children at a time, with both the Swim Instructor and a second Educator present at all times.
The vision across our program is to teach water safety and learn to swim skills within a safe, friendly and positive environment.
Yoga
Fun with movement!
Every Morning at 9:30 am
All Rooms
Our yoga programs get children learning and moving!
Yoga helps the children’s body, mind, strength, flexibility and breathing. It is storytelling, imagination and visualisation. Our program is adapted for each age group and we often combine with other learnings (for example, incorporating counting in various languages).
Each Room has Educators with Yoga competencies and periodically we bring in outside Yoga teachers to inspire and encourage our children and staff.
Above all our focus is having FUN with movement (and not practicing perfect poses!).
Sports
Inspiring and encouraging children through sport and movement
Mondays and Fridays @ 3:00 pm
Thursdays @ 2:00 pm
Sports Partner: Phoenix!
Our Sports program works to inspire and encourage the children across a range of basic skill fundamentals, enhancing motor development capabilities, and working to promote self-esteem, social and cognitive development.
We aim to assist development of our children’s balance, coordination, fine and gross motor skills through a range of fun activities involving movement to music, games and using age appropriate equipment.
Once a week we bring in our Sports Partner, Phoenix, who coordinates new activities for our little ones as well as working with our staff to increase their core competencies.
Cooking
Kids in the Kitchen = fun!
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Hands on in the kitchen our little ones have fun with our Educators across a variety of cooking activities.
Cooking is not only a fun, engaging activity for children, but is also an important teaching and development tool. Following directions, organising ingredients and using their thinking skills, cooking promotes curiosity and problem solving and develops pride and confidence in their skills and abilities.
Creating and preparing different types of food and meals can help build their confidence and also lay the foundation for healthy eating habits.
Music & Dance
Move around and make noise!
Daily
All Rooms
At Lollipop Lane we get our children singing, dancing and playing music - it benefits their development in so many ways and we ALWAYS have fun too!
Music and dancing are fun activities. Children love to move around and make noise, but it is also an important part of their development. Singing, dancing and music are part of a child’s process of learning what their bodies can do and teaches them how to interact with other people, objects and the world around them.
Kids Gardening
Getting dirty and having fun
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
Gardening is a new program for Lollipop Lane and we are aiming to create opportunities for kids to learn through gardening, engaging their natural curiosity by learning skills across caring for plants and growing things.
By encouraging our children to be outdoors, digging in the soil, getting dirty, creating things and watching plants grow we want them to gain new skills and learn through experience where fresh food comes from.
Look for some of the things we grow to head into our Cooking program!