School Readiness

Our goal

Our goal is to prepare your little one for success by nurturing the key skills needed for a smooth transition to Prep. Through our experience as primary school teachers, we see every day how strong early foundations positively shape children’s confidence, independence and readiness to learn.

Our Approach

To ensure each child receives personalised attention and support, our sessions are led by qualified teachers and limited to a maximum of four students per class. This small group setting allows for meaningful one-on-one interaction and highly focused support tailored to your child’s development.

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Our approach is centred on developing the whole child.
Our School Readiness Groups go beyond academics, supporting the key developmental skills children need to thrive in their first year of school and beyond.

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Pre-Reading and Writing Skills

Developing phonological awareness, including rhyming, blending, segmenting, and individual letter-sound correspondence
Building phonics knowledge and early word recognition
Distinguishing between words and pictures
Exposure to upper and lower case letters
Forming letters correctly and developing handwriting skills

Numeracy Skills

Recognising numbers to 10
Understanding place value and counting concepts
Using one-to-one correspondence when counting up to 20
Identifying and naming basic geometric shapes and recognising them in the environment
Recognising and creating simple patterns
Exposure to mathematical concepts such as addition and subtraction

Fine Motor and Cognitive Skills

Holding a pencil with an appropriate grip
Engaging in craft activities that involve cutting along lines with scissors and gluing and pasting
Recognising their own first name
Writing their name with a capital letter at the beginning
Understanding basic reading conventions (e.g., left to right, top to bottom)
Naming primary and secondary colours