About Spring Road
About Our Kindy
Spring Road Community Kindergarten offers an affordable alternative to on-site public school-based kindergartens, providing a gradual approach to formal schooling.
At Spring Road Community Kindergarten, there is a strong emphasis on outdoor play – to foster the development of fundamental movement skills, imaginative play, experimentation, investigation and social interaction, to build a solid foundation for their future primary school years.
We are a government-funded kindy which enables us to keep our fees low. As we own the kindy building we do rely on parents to assist us with fundraising each year to keep our beautiful kindy in operation.
All community kindergartens are linked to a public primary school and we are linked to Gooseberry Hill Primary School. The principal of the link school liaises with staff in matters including the educational program, student enrolment, staffing and policies.
Our Purpose Built Building
Spring Road Community Kindergarten is one of only two community kindergartens in WA which own their own building and site. This was a major achievement by many dedicated and community-spirited past parent committees, who were instrumental in working together to achieve this goal and ensuring continuation of this vital community service. In 1990 our beautiful kindy was purpose-built and designed by Architect and former parent Franco Carozzi in collaboration with the current staff and parent Committee.
To this day we cherish the beautiful light that is let in by the high windows. In 2017 heated flooring was installed (courtesy of Polyflor), enabling children to be barefoot even in winter. The facility invites the bushland in and creates a beautiful, calm environment for children to flourish.
Our History
In 2015, Spring Road Community Kindergarten (Inc) celebrated 25 years at its Spring Road location. As it was then known, Kalamunda Pre-School opened for the new school year on 5 February 1990, in it’s brand-new purpose-built facility at 1a Spring Road Kalamunda. Architect and former parent Franco Carozzi designed the building in collaboration with the staff and parent Committee, and also supervised the build.
The kindergarten was relocated from its original Barber Street building following years of speculation and negotiations, due to the Shire of Kalamunda’s decision to make a town square on that site. The original building was marked for demolition by the Shire, yet it is still in use today as the Town Square Community Hall. The kindergarten’s name was changed to Spring Road Community Kindergarten in 1999, to better reflect what the centre had become known as, and to assist prospective parents to find it.
The kindergarten originally ran three sessions, catering for two age groups: 4 year olds attended two sessions of two hours per week; and 5 year olds attended four sessions of two and three-quarter hours per week. Over the years, sweeping changes to the public education system by the Department of Education have resulted in the current sessions, and the kindergarten now specialises in the pre-compulsory education of 4 year old children.
Spring Road is only one of two community kindergartens in WA who own their own building, an achievement which can be attributed to the dedication and fundraising efforts of the original Committee and Kalamunda Community.
Pre Spring Road
Kalamunda Kindergarten on Barber Street had been funded and constructed by the Kalamunda community, in a long-term project driven by the Kalamunda Kindergarten (original name) Committee. The community-built centre was opened in 1951, and educated decades of 4 and 5 year olds from the hills community.
Prior to the Barber Street site, Kalamunda Kindergarten had operated as a “Play Centre” from a hall behind Kay’s Store on Haynes Street, which started in September 1947. Kay’s Store was owned by Mr Len Bennett, who was a trustee of the kindergarten for several decades. Mr Bennett officially opened the new building on Spring Road in April 1990, and there is a plaque commemorating this on the street side of kindergarten wall.