Local children will have the chance to learn and play in the great outdoors, thanks to an expansion of bush kinder programs.
Seymour Family and Children’s Centre and Little Steps Early Education and Care in Kilmore will both benefit from the program announced by Member for Northern Victoria, Jaclyn Symes. Both centres will receive one-off grants of $6000 to offer a bush kinder program in 2024.
Bush kinder programs are delivered outdoors at places including parks, bushland and beaches – giving children a unique opportunity and freedom to learn through play with natural materials outdoors.
The $6000 grants will help kindergartens buy the equipment they need to run programs that focus on getting outside, playing with natural materials, and learning through activities such as climbing trees and watching wildlife.
Kindergartens without access to a suitable off-site location can use their grant funding to enhance the biodiversity of their existing outdoor environment.
Bush kinder programs funded in this grant round start at the beginning of Term 3, 2024.
Applications for the 2025 round of another 150 bush kinder grants will open in the second half of 2024.
