DNMK offers a Bush Kinder program in the 4-year-old group to support children’s engagement with the natural world around them.
Bush kinder starts in week 4 of term 1 and runs every Friday through term, excluding the last Friday of Term 4.
Session times 2024
Currawongs: 8.30am-11.30pm
Rainbow Lorikeets: 1.00pm-4.00pm
DNMK bush kinder is held in Burnley Park and is led by the group’s kindergarten teacher and 1-2 additional educators depending on the enrolled numbers per session. Teachers support children as they take risks and face challenges, helping them to develop a deeper understanding of the natural world and connection to the land.
Research has shown that offering children the opportunity to engage with nature in a totally unconstructed, self-driven way leads to “increased confidence, motivation and concentration, increased social, physical, imaginative and language skills (and) deeper conceptual understandings and respect for the natural environment”. (Gill, 2011; Fjortoft, 2004; Malone & Waite, 2016; O’Brien & Murray, 2008; O’Brien, 2009)
DNMK bush kinder handbook 2024
Bush Kinder Delivery and Collection of Children policy
Bush Kinder Dog Awareness Policy
Bush Kinder Emergency Evacuation Policy
Bush Kinder Extreme Weather Policy Sept
Bush Kinder Protective Clothing Policy
Bush Kinder Protective Clothing Policy
Bush Kinder Snake Awareness Policy
Bush Kinder Visibility and Identification Policy
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