OPEN DAY Saturday 24th May 2025 - 10 am to 12 pm

We highly recommend if you are interested in touring our kindergarten that you opt to attend the Open Day on Saturday 24th May from 10 am to 12 pm. Children are welcome to attend. The teachers will be available to chat with you on our Open day and, unlike our regular weekday tours, they will not be busy with the children when you may not get the opportunity to speak to them at all. Enrolments for 2026 are open from 1st May to 30th June in 2025 so there is still plenty of time to consider your options.

We are VERY excited to share that FAK were successful in our application for funding from the Victorian School Building Authority to support a playground upgrade at our kinder. The funding is being provided through the Department of Education as part of the Building Blocks Improvement grants program.

The committee has engaged Urban Discovery to support the playground design and redevelopment, and will work with them, the council and the FAK teaching team to plan and deliver this exciting upgrade to our kinder. The upgrades will be delivered in 2025 with minimal disruption to our kinder program. 

We have vacancies in our 3 and 4 year groups for 2025. Please call Boroondara Council to secure your spot.

Fordham Avenue Kindergarten is excited to open its doors to families, enabling them to visit our service, explore the kindergarten setting and learn more about enrolling their child in 2025. Come and visit us on our Open Day in May or book a tour using the button above.

Families can also view our kindergarten online by clicking on the virtual tours page or booking a tour using the booking button above. We look forward to meeting you and showing you around our wonderful kindergarten.

Our teachers are happy to provide information about our sessional kindergarten programs and any other questions parents may have about our service. We are offering 12 hours to our first year groups (3 and 4 year olds) in 2025 and 18 hours to our second year old groups (4 and 5 year olds) in 2025. Further details of our hours for 2025 and beyond are available in the “Term, Dates and Hours” tab on our website.

Fordham Avenue Kindergarten is opting into Free Kinder in 2025. Please see our “Term Dates, Hours & Fees” tab for more information.

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Fordham Avenue Kinder

Fordham Avenue is committed to providing:

  • A well-resourced and stimulating educational program for 3 and 4-year-olds

  • An environment where children can grow, learn, explore, wonder, question, create, discover, be happy and have fun!

  • A team of highly motivated and dedicated staff. The teachers are qualified early childhood professionals who implement carefully designed learning programs; and

  • Many opportunities for parents and family involvement.

We implement play-based early learning programmes that acknowledge both the National and Victorian Early Years Frameworks and incorporate intentional teaching and child initiated learning. We offer these comprehensive three and four year old programmes in a stimulating and fun environment. Learn More

 
 
 
 
Autumn Leaves at Fordham Avenue Kindergarten

Our Philosophy

We believe that early childhood is a precious time. It encompasses the formative years of a child’s life and is a time to be honoured and treasured. We see the young child as strong and capable - and with a wealth of understanding and experiences prior to beginning their journey at Kindergarten, bringing this richness through culture and connection into our program. We believe that children learn best when strong, meaningful relationships are made, and deeper listening is active.

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“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul”

— Fredrich fröebel

 

 
 

Our Programs

We provide comprehensive 3 Year Old & 4 Year Old Kindergarten Programs, which run to the Victorian State Government School Term Dates .

 
 
 
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Playground at Fordham Avenue Kindergarten
 

80+

Years Serving the community

Established in 1940 on this very same site, Fordham Avenue Kindergarten is a local landmark, and has been helping to give the best possible start to many, many generations of the surrounding community.

 

 

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