Future plans for the ELC

Our Early Learning Centre is a wonderful facility, with outstanding staff and environments. In an exciting turn of events, due to some changes to our College footprint, we now have the opportunity to expand our facility within the same compound with additional play spaces and rooms.

I am pleased to announce that the College Council has endorsed our plans for the growth of the Centre. We currently have extensive wait lists and the addition of 45 new places will assist you and other families in having the opportunity to further utilise the facility.

As will always be the case, some questions will surface regarding growth or expansion; questions such as how will you fit more children into the space, where will they play, will a larger centre compromise the learning of my child? All these and many others were asked of us when we moved our centre from the Preparatory School four years ago to our current facility. We grew from 35 full time places to 110 and I am sure you will agree none of what we had is lost and much more is now available. So too will the next phase of our development enhance the learning opportunities for our children in a safe, inclusive and physically attractive environment.

Prince Alfred College is committed to the Primary Years Program of the International Baccalaureate, the Early Years Learning Framework and the Reggio Emilia Philosophy; all have the child at the heart of what we believe and do. Please rest assured that we understand the needs of young learners and want, like you, only the best for them. We know we provide an outstanding service to our community and in line with the College’s Strategic Plan our vision is to Inspire Excellence in all that we do. Our expanded Early Learning Centre, due for operation early in 2014 will be inspired by this vision and draws upon our 143 years of educational experience.

I look forward to sharing plans and architectural images with you shortly.

Kind regards

Neil