STAWELL WEST PLAY GROUP

Stawell West Primary School operates a “Teacher Lead” Playgroup throughout the school term in our Multipurpose Hall. Our Playgroup is for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers and their parents or caregivers. At our Playgroup, children will be able to:

• Make new friends
• Have new experiences
• Gain self confidence
• Develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually
• Develop their skills of cooperation through music, group singing, free play and snack time
• Develop verbal and non verbal communication skills through their contact with other children and adults
• Develop fine and gross motor skills
• Gain better body control, hand to eye coordination, spatial awareness and balance when they play with balls, sand, blocks, puzzles, playdough, paint and paste
• Discover shape, size, texture, quantity and consistency when they play with dough and clay
• Learn to recognise colours, develop fine motor skills and express emotions by experimenting with paint, collage, chalk, crayons and stamps
• Extend their experience of literacy in a social environment.