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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.

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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.


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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, Junior School (Years 1–5) and Middle School (Year 6–8).

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Term 1 2025 Schedule

Week 3A

Monday 17 February
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Summer Loving

What do we see under the sea? Let’s read and sing about underwater worlds, and make summer suncatchers!

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Friday 21 February
 (9:30 – 10:15am)

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.

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Bookings open Fri 7 Feb

Week 4B

Monday 24 February
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: All about me!

All about me! Let’s trace our hands and document all the wonderful attributes that make us unique.

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Mid-Term Break
Friday 28 February – Monday 3 March

Week 5A

Friday 7 March
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds: Art

Join us 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.

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Bookings open Fri 21 Feb

Week 6B

Monday 10 March
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Love bugs!

Let’s celebrate the smallest creatures of our world, with stories and craft about caterpillars and butterflies. Make your own brightly coloured hungry caterpillars and beautiful butterflies.

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Friday 14 March
(9:30 – 10:15 am)

ELC

Inquiring Minds: French

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

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Bookings open Fri 28 Feb

Week 7A

Monday 17 March
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Fairytales!

You are the brave leader of your world, and a leader needs a crown! Craft your own crown, and a wand for making your dreams come true.

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Friday 21 March (9:30 – 10:15am)

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Inquiring Minds: Physical Education

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

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Bookings open Fri 7 Mar

Week 8B

Monday 24 March
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Roar!

Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Let’s make paper bag puppets and add some fun to your favourite stories about biiiiiiig and loooooud animals – rooooar!

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Friday 28 March
(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.

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Bookings open Fri 14 Mar

Week 9A

Monday 31 March
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Patterns and textures

Make your own bracelets and necklaces while learning about the patterns made with different coloured and shaped craft materials. Small craft materials will be set aside for retrieval and supervision by caregivers.

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Week 10B

Monday 7 April
(9:00 – 9:45 am)

Junior Library

Loving Literacy Library Session: Teddy Bear's Picnic!

We’re going on a bear hunt, and we’re not scared! Children may want to bring a cuddly friend for protection. Sit back and relax while we read through ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, followed by a real bear hunt and a light morning tea to celebrate our adventure.

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Contact Junior School

For all enquiries, please contact our Junior School team.

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