Little Wonders Glendowie

At Little Wonders Glendowie, we know that the first five years lay a strong foundation for learning and development - and we are here to ensure your child gets the best possible start.

Our professional, passionate teachers provide children with rich and fulfilling educational experiences that build skills and encourage a love of learning. Well-resourced and guided by a carefully considered curriculum, we provide an environment that’s inspiring, challenging and fun.

Set your little one up with the building blocks for success. 

Our philosophy

We are underpinned by both our

Brand Essence “Giving the freedom to learn”

And

Brand Character “Emulates a fresh and open mindedness to learning”

We make this unique to Little Wonders Glendowie by seeing our role as teachers as one that wears many hats. We are the listener, the supporter, the observer, the safe keeper, the facilitator, the mentor and the learner. Although we may wear different hats, they are all embedded with threads of kindness, respect, flexibility and humour. Our collection of hats is all unique and has many valuable stories to tell. As teachers we see the importance of sharing our hats and the knowledge embedded within them.

At Little Wonders Glendowie we see every child wearing a unique hat of their own. As teachers it is important that we seek to understand every thread of this hat as the thread used to create this hat has been passed through generations of culture, identity and language. We understand that family holds the most valuable information about this hat and we spend time listening to the many stories about each thread.  We also understand that some threads still need to be sown to ensure the hat has a strong underpinning for the many adventures ahead.

Once the child’s hat is strong and ready, we encourage and support the child to start gathering a variety of new hats. We give the child courage that they can choose any hat they wish even if the hat may seem a bit risky! The child may create their hat in a moment or spend time going back and forward until they achieve the most creative and splendid hat! Each hat has no time limit and we wait patiently until we can celebrate the creation of this hat not only with the child but also with their family.

At Little Wonders Glendowie we also understand that a hat cannot be created without the essential elements needed therefore our environment is carefully organised with a variety of threads and materials.  Thought is taken into the colours that interest each child and the materials are handpicked to ensure that texture and length gives the child the opportunity to create any hat they wish.  We have areas for literacy, so children can freely express their ideas and research any hat of interest, numeracy for understanding measurements and size and of course plenty of obstacle courses for the child to put each hat to the test!  We also understand that some hats may not go to plan and we are waiting and ready with our own knowledge of hat making to pick those pieces up and encourage the child to start again.

Our Rooms

Little Wonders Glendowie has two separate rooms, enabling us to deliver safe, nurturing and age appropriate learning experiences for all our children.  

Tui Room

The Tui room caters for children from 3 months to 2.5 years of age and is staffed by a team of approachable and caring teachers. Inside we have a family corner, nature corner, block corner, book corner and a babies’ area for the younger ones. Our outdoor area is fully covered by turf and includes two sandpits.  We have a large covered space that enables children to get outside even when it is raining. Tui Room children enjoy a variety of messy play, which encourages their sensory development.

Kiwi Room

Designed for our 2 to 6 year olds, the Kiwi Room features a large family corner, book corner, nature corner, a manipulative play area, and a huge atelier area where children get creative and messy. We also have a covered deck where children build with bigger construction blocks and resources. A spacious and inspiring outdoor area includes swings, climbing ladders, ropes and climbing frames to help children develop confidence and gross motor skills. Kiwi Room children are enthusiastic participants in the care of our vegetable garden, involving themselves in the planting, watering, and harvesting process. A large covered sandpit area is a haven for messy play and experiments,  while during summertime we make the most of our slip and slide, sprinklers and troughs for water play.

The curriculum in the Kiwi Room is shaped by children’s current interests, and teachers work hard to tap into these interests to extend learning. Our transition to school programme sees our 4 year olds spend an hour every morning developing skills that will set them up for success at primary. 

Why choose us?

There are a host of reasons why families choose Little Wonders Glendowie. Here are just a few of them:

• Ideally located to feed into six local primary schools
• Flexible timetables to cater for families and their needs
• Delicious and healthy cooked meals provided including morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and late snack
• Spacious outdoor areas including sheltered outdoor areas for rainy days.
• Outdoor areas include a wide range of play equipment that support children to build a range of motor skills.
• Our Preschool outdoor area includes the children’s very own vegetable garden
• Enthusiastic and caring staff
• Excellent transition to school programme
• Two separate classrooms including a separate under 2 area
• Culturally Inclusive environments
• Strong community focus
• Regular centre events with our children and families
• Centre excursions
• Online portfolio system allowing parents and extended family to access and contribute to learning and assessment practices