School Readiness Funding provides extra support for kindergartens to help children to get the most out of their early learning. School Readiness Funding is supporting children in all funded kindergarten services in Victoria from 2021.
This funding is a permanent and ongoing part of the Victorian kindergarten funding model.
It funds programs and supports that builds the capacity of kindergarten services, educators and families to support children’s learning and development outcomes.
At LFK we have worked with our regional DET Early Childhood Improvement Branch to develop our School Readiness Plan for this funding in 2021.
Next year we will partner with some outstanding providers for delivery of our School Readiness Funding Plan at the kindergarten.
There are four components to our Plan which include:
- STAR HEALTH will facilitate 11 x sessions to support educators and children in the areas of language development, social maturity and communication.
- EARLY LIFE FOUNDATIONS will deliver four webinars for families through the year on topics including:
- The importance of childhood and play
- Building resilient children
- Setting our children up for success
- School preparation and transition
- ABECEDARIAN APPROACH training will be undertaken by teachers Liza Taylor and Erin Heapes to support language development in children at the service.
- CULTURAL SUPPORTS will support the refinement of our draft Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and commence delivery on some Actions within this Plan.
We are excited to deliver these components of our Plan next year and thank the Victoria State Government and DET for this new funding at Lady Forster Kindergarten.
For more information see the School Readiness Funding Fact Sheet for Families here.
