Poppy playing at her Thursday morning session at the Richmond Early Learning Centre. This was her first day in the ‘big room’. She has moved up from the 2 – 3.5 years class to the 3.5 – 5 years class. The kids all play together outside so it was a smooth and easy transition for her. Plus one of her favourite teachers, Tony, moved into this classroom a couple of months ago so she was with familiar faces.

Poppy needed another 8 hours a week in preschool before she turns 3 years old to maximise the government’s 20 hours free programme. Instead of increase her hours at Paula’s Preschool, I enrolled her at a brand new centre that’s just opened up in Richmond and she started in their opening week.
The building uses all the latest materials and layout for modern schools and the resources are all brand new. The teachers are lovely – especially Poppy’s under 3.5 room supervisor, Andie. She plays the guitar and has a very modern, highly-trained approach to dealing with toddlers.
Poppy loves it and I feel I’ve expanded her learning and social opportunities by splitting her hours between two quality preschools.

PreSchool had a dress-up afternoon and Poppy went as a kitten.