Free Kindy
Kindergarten approved program
How to enrol
At Skippy's Early Learning Centres, our mission is to provide a transformative early learning experience for children in their crucial first five years. We go beyond conventional childcare, prioritising holistic development in education, health, and overall well-being. With a dedicated team, we empower each child to reach their full potential, fostering a community where curiosity, confidence, and individual journeys are celebrated. Skippy's: Shaping futures, one cherished moment at a time.
We hold the belief that the developmental significance of every day within a child's initial five years cannot be understated.
Our purpose is to enable each child to achieve their maximum potential.
We achieve this goal by providing more than just childcare services – we deliver it The Skippy's Way.
Fee information
We hold the belief that the developmental significance of every day within a child's initial five years cannot be understated.
Our purpose is to enable each child to achieve their maximum potential.
We achieve this goal by providing more than just childcare services – we deliver it The Skippy's Way.
Child care subsidy
The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is designed to help make early learning and childcare more accessible for a large number of Australian families. Child Care Subsidy will generally be paid directly to your approved childcare provider/s to reduce the fees you pay.
For more details on how we can support you, discovering your entitlements and how the Child Care Subsidy works, visit the Child Care Subsidy Information page.
Enrolling + waitlisting
Skippy's Early Learning offers a Queensland Government approved Kindergarten program encompassing 15 hours of Free Kindy a week. Our Kindy program is delivered by a qualified Early Childhood teacher for eligible children in their year prior to attending Prep.
Along with the recommended learning framework of the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline our program includes our own designed School Readiness curriculum and the Write2Spell2Read Program.
Write2Spell2Read authored by Sam Woods, a Rockhampton based Occupational Therapist and Certified Neurodevelopment Therapist, is a multi-sensory program which is important because in early childhood the brain is most active in the development and integration of strong sensory pathways. Children are now expected to display a much higher level of foundational literacy skills before entering the prep year at school.
Using a play based approach, Write2Spell2Read use pictures that match the shape of letters, as well as starting with that letter and sound. This program is an advanced platform for teaching literacy to a broad spectrum of children for writing, spelling, reading, comprehension and fluency, and is achieving literacy success.
The Kindergarten program operates from 8:30am to 4:30pm and as we are also a long day care setting we offer wrap around care for your child outside these times. When you enrol in our Kindy program we provide the flexibility for your child to attend high quality care between 6:30am to 8:30am in the morning and 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the afternoon within a long day care environment.
