Our campus, renovated and ready for the new school year

Term 1 begins on Monday 24 August, and the school is ready. On 20 August, with the rooms finished and the children still on holiday, we walked through with a camera. This is what a family sees when they come through the gate next week.

The courtyard

Outdoor play is timetabled every morning in all three classes — a full hour in Bunny and Panda.

Reception and the corridor

The reception desk at Orange Crest Preschool, with the round school sign on the wall behind it and the garden visible through the open door — Reception, with the school sign behind the desk.

The corridor at Orange Crest Preschool, with a timber floor leading past a mirror and plants towards the classrooms — The corridor from reception into the classrooms.

The reading nook

Low shelves, books facing out, cushions on the floor, and a round seat that fits one child and one book.

The classrooms

A Montessori classroom at Orange Crest Preschool, with low tables, open shelves and a row of tall arched windows — A Montessori classroom: low tables, open shelves, tall arched windows.

Everything a child needs is on an open shelf they can reach without asking — that is how a Montessori room works.

Montessori materials set out in order on open timber shelves in a classroom at Orange Crest Preschool — Materials set out in order on open timber shelves.

A low round table on a rug, ringed by floor cushions, in a classroom at Orange Crest Preschool — A circle area: one low round table and a ring of cushions.

Timber tables and chairs in a classroom at Orange Crest Preschool, with a bookshelf and plants along the wall — Tables and chairs at a child’s height.

The hall and the piano corner

The hall at Orange Crest Preschool, with rows of chairs facing a stage hung with red curtains — The hall, with its stage.

An upright piano, a screen and a ring of floor cushions in a room at Orange Crest Preschool — An upright piano, a screen and a ring of cushions.

Come and see it

Photographs only go so far. Tours run during school hours and take about half an hour, so you see the rooms in use. The office is open Monday to Friday 07:30–17:00 and Saturday 08:00–12:00.

Every room is on our campus page, and the full room-by-room tour is under Facilities — both linked below.