Prep for Prep: Skill Boosters for School Readiness

19 - 23 January 2026 | 5-day program (book 1–5 days)

🕘 9:30am – 11:30am (2 hours)

📅 Monday 19 – Friday 23 January 2026

👧 Children starting Prep in 2026

📍 Upper Mt Gravatt Clinic

 
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Spaces limited to 16 children per day.

 

What is Prep for Prep?

Prep for Prep is a fun, play-based booster program designed to support children to build the foundation skills needed for a confident transition into Prep (2026).

The program focuses on readiness skills such as attention, fine motor development, independence, social confidence, and emotional regulation.

 

Goal Areas

  • Self-regulation

  • Independence skills

  • Fine motor skills

  • Attention and listening

  • Social and play skills

 

Pricing

$280 per child, per day

• 1–3 days: $280 per day

• 4 days: 5% discount (total $1,064)

• 5 days: 10% discount (total $1,260)

Discounts apply to one child’s booking across the program days.

 

What We’ll Do Each Day

  • Getting comfortable with school routines and making friends

    • School-themed story and welcome circle

    • Obstacle course exploring “school spaces”

    • Fine motor craft and name-writing practice

    • Friendship games and calming strategies

  • Developing strength, balance, and coordination

    • Gross motor animal movement stations

    • Core strength and balance challenges

    • Fine motor “busy hands” activities

    • Body awareness and regulation games

  • Building hand skills for writing and classroom tasks

    • Pre-writing shapes and lines

    • Cutting, tweezers, and hand-strength activities

    • Group creative project

    • Calm-down breathing and focus activities

  • Independence and self-care confidence

    • Dressing skills (zips, buttons, Velcro)

    • Lunchbox and container practice

    • School routine role-play

    • Confidence-building reflection

  • Putting it all together

    • Mini “school day” practice

    • Transitions, lining up, and group instructions

    • “My School Tools” and coping strategies

    • Creating a personalised First Day of School Plan