We are proud of our great school and child care centre.
  • Koonibba Aboriginal School

    Principal - Wade Brandford
    Location - Coleman Street
    Koonibba, SA 5690.
    Tel 08 8625 0006, Fax 08 8625 0005
    Email: info@koonibbaab.sa.edu.au
Click here to read the latest stories written by Koonibba School Staff and students.
  • Koonibba Childcare Centre
    Location - Highfold Street, Koonibba
    Tel 08 8625 0093, Fax 08 8625 0062
    The centre was built in 1989 and first licensed as a Childcare Centre in 1991.

    Visit the Childcare photo gallery
  • Description
    Community based Childcare non profit organisation. Licensed for 18 places, 6 under 2's, 12 over 2. Care is provided from 8am to 3:30pm. The Koonibba Community Council Inc. is the sponsor body.
    Activities
    We provide childcare that meets the needs of our children, parents, care givers and community. We also encourage non-aboriginal people to use the centre.
    Music, art, dramatics, literature and oral skills through offering many kinds of materials and frequent experiences.
    Encourage interest in language through stories, puppetry, the home corner and its equipment games, problem solving and other conversations
    To facilitate intellectual development by widening the child's experience in order to increase knowledge, basic concepts and skills.
    We recognise the parents as the primary careers and educators of their children and value parent participation in all activities at the centre
The Childcare Centre is currently supporting local community members getting certified as childcare workers with Cert 3 in Childrens services
  • Koonibba Pre-School
    Koonibba. Tel 08 8625 0006, Fax 08 8625 0005
    Description
    The Pre-School is available to Aboriginal children aged 3-5 years old, and 4 year old non-aboriginal children.
    The Centre operates Monday-Thursday from 8.30am - 12 noon. After these sessions the children go to the Community Childcare Centre for lunch and the afternoon.
    Activities include:-
    Morning snack-fruit
    Cooking
    Outside/inside play
    Mat time - shared stories, songs etc.
    Fortnightly whole-site assemblies
    ASSPA presentations
    Community displays
    Transition for 5 year olds to Reception program
    Whole site (School & CPC) special days - eg. Bush Days, Special electives, harmony Day, Star Garden Memorial