Extended Care Program

Eltham Woods Preschool offers an after preschool program as an extension to our long day 4 year old program. Extended care runs Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4pm until 530pm.

The Extended Care Program is designed to further develop the children’s learning through exploring their personal interests and engaging them in challenging projects.

There are opportunities for the children to investigate everyday topics. These emerge as projects in which the children research and discover what it takes to reach an outcome. There may not be one specific direction these projects take, as the children bring their own interests and ideas to the table.

As educators delivering the Extended Care Program, we actively promote children’s learning through worthwhile and challenging experiences which foster high-level thinking skills.

Children enrolled in Extended Care are required to enrol in both days. Each child and session costs $25 ($50 per week).

A term deposit of $500 to use this program and it will be refunded in Term 4.

Each child must remain in the Extended Care program for the duration of the year to receive their deposit back in Term 4.