Newhaven Kindergarten officially opened

MORE of Victoria’s littlest learners in Newhaven are attending kinder in world-class local facilities and families are ditching the double drop-off.

Minister for Early Childhood and Pre-Prep Ingrid Stitt today joined Member for Bass Jordan Crugnale, to officially open Newhaven Kindergarten on Phillip Island – giving the growing community access to quality and convenient early childhood education close to home.

The new kindergarten service is located at Newhaven Primary School and shares in a $283 million Government investment for three-year-old kindergarten from the Victorian Budget 2019/20.

The centre provides up to 66 approved places across two rooms, and also has an outdoor learning and play space for children to explore and use their imaginations.

Y Kinders runs three- and four-year-old programs at the service, with 15 hours of kindergarten each week providing children with early learning that is giving them the best start to life.

The bulk of construction for the modular kindergarten facilities took place off-site, giving local families the modern facilities sooner while ensuring the learning of school students was uninterrupted.

Newhaven Kindergarten is one of 12 new kindergartens on school sites delivered this year. In 2024, 11 more kinders will be delivered at government schools across the state – making drop-off time easier for more families and helping more children make a smoother transition to primary school.