Early Learning Centre | College tours

Little Pipers

A free playgroup for little learners

Little Pipers is a free early learning programme that fosters our youngest community members' love of learning.

Each fun, sociable session features activities designed by our early learning specialists that offer an insight into our inquiry-based teaching and learning method.

Where and when?

Our sessions are held on Monday and Friday mornings during the school term at our Junior Middle Library and Early Learning Centre.

Loving Literacy (Monday)

For children 0–4 years

Junior Middle Library

Visitors can park in P9, P10 (Junior School) or P11 (our Early Learning Centre car park), detailed on our map.


Inquiring Minds (Friday)

For children 2–4 years

Early Learning Centre

Visitors can park in P12 (Lake Claremont end of Stirling Road) or P11 (our Early Learning Centre car park), detailed on our map.

View the schedule for Term 1, 2024

Register now


New members

If you are new to Little Pipers, we ask that you arrive at our Early Learning Centre 15 minutes early. One of our team will meet you and walk you to your session's location.

Making a booking

Little Pipers' registrations open roughly two weeks in advance. Please check our schedule for specific release dates. All registrations are free. If you are unable to attend, we appreciate if you can let us know to ensure as many people can attend as possible.

COVID-19 requirements

Proof of vaccination

Based on advice from the state government, all adult participants at Little Pipers are required to show proof of double vaccination when entering the premises for their session.

Mask wearing

Masks are to be worn by adults at all times during the session.

Although our staff are not required to wear masks when teaching, they may choose to do so during Little Pipers when social distancing is not possible.

Capacity and registrations

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, places are limited to 16 families per session. All attendees will need to sign in, to ensure we are meeting the capacity requirements.

It is essential that families only attend a session if they have pre-booked. If you were unable to register, we recommend joining the waiting list. Upon receiving a cancellation, we will automatically send an email inviting the next person on the waiting list to register, which they will then need to accept.

If you joined the waiting list but missed out on a session, we will get in touch about pre-enrolling before the next session's registrations open. We do our best to ensure everyone has the opportunity to attend at least one session a fortnight.

Our community's health is of the utmost importance to us, and we thank you for your support during this time.


bushschool28.jpg

Take a tour

Take a tour of our school, meet the students and teachers, and discover what our College has to offer.

We run regular group tours of our Early Learning Centre (co-educational), Junior School (Years 1–5) and Middle School (Year 6–8).

View tour dates


Term 1 2024 Schedule

Week

When

Where

What

3A

Monday 12 Feb
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Growing with Stories

Discover the magic of nature at our 'Growing with Stories' session! Join us for storytelling, songs, hands-on crafts, and seed planting. Ignite your child’s curiosity as we explore the wonders of nature through a blend of literature and interactive activities. Let the growth begin!

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Monday 5 Feb

3A

Fri 16 Feb
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds: Bush School

Come and join in the Little Piper’s Inquiring Minds - Bush School session to discover the wonders found in our natural world.

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Friday 2 Feb

4B

Monday 19 Feb
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Dinotastic

Join us in the Lower Library Monday at 9am for everything dinosaurs; songs, picture book stories and craft. Our Dinosaur scratch art is going to be a sure-fire hit with the Little Pipers!

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Monday 12 Feb 

4B

Fri 23 Feb
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds:  Art

Join Sam and Warwick to explore colours and textures in creative ways. Remember to book in and older clothes are recommended as we tend to change colour somewhat as we explore an explosion of colour.

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Friday 9 Feb

5A

Monday 26 Feb
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Fun with Bubbles

POP! into in the Lower Library Monday at 9am to hear stories and sing nursery rhymes to our theme of bubbles – think bubble baths, car washes and bubbly feelings of excitement. There will be a lot of bubble blowing and a bicarb soda ‘fizzy drips’ experiment with colourful and mesmerizing results. We will have some art smocks, but you may wish to dress your children in their messy play clothes.

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Monday 19 Feb 

 

1-4 March

 

Midterm Break

6B

Fri 8 March
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds:  Physical Education

Join us for a morning of movement and fun and let’s get physical!

BOOK NOW

Tickets released Friday 23 Feb

7A

Monday 11 March
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Creative with Colour

We will be experimenting with colour and paint this morning, with our craft activity involving cotton balls and assorted materials to create interesting patterns and shapes. We will have some art smocks, but you may wish to dress your children in their messy play clothes.

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Monday 4 March

7A

Fri 15 Mar
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds: French 

Join Madame and Marcel for a French session filled with songs, stories, dancing and the hunt for the mouton vert - the Green Sheep!

BOOK NOW

Tickets released Friday 1 March

8B

Monday 18 March

Junior Library

Early Easter Eggtravaganza

We are eggtremely eager for Easter! For the final library session of the term we’ll be holding Easter celebrations, with eggtra-special easter-themed crafts and activities including egg-decorating and much more.

BOOK NOW

Tickets released Monday 11 March

8B

Fri 22 Mar
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds: Music 

Please join us for an exploration of the magic of sound. We will be listening and moving to music before playing our very own compositions on musical instruments. This session is very interactive and hands-on.

BOOK NOW

Tickets released on Friday 8 March

Get in touch

Follow us

Connect with us on Facebook for the latest Little Pipers' updates.

Contact Junior School

For all enquiries, please contact our Junior School team.

juniorschool@scotch.wa.edu.au
+61 8 9383 6874