Enrolling your child

You can register your interest to enrol your child with us by using the preschool registration of interest form. This form is also available from us.

Try to register your interest by 30 June, but you can do this any time during the year.

Priority will be given if:

• your child is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• you have other children attending the centre
• your child attends childcare at the centre.

Priority will also be given to children living in our catchment area. If you don’t live in our catchment area you should indicate at least 2 other preschool options on your form. give your child a place with us we’ll send you an offer letter in term 3. You can accept the offer by filling in and sending back the acceptance slip by the due date.

Before your child starts

We encourage all families wishing to enrol their child to visit us so we can show you around and explain our services, routines and policies. You will have the chance to ask questions and meet the staff.

Before your child starts you are invited to come and visit the centre with them.

Fees

We ask you to contribute towards the cost of your child attending preschool.

The parent contribution is $120 per term, and the lunch care program is $5 per day.

You may be eligible for the child care subsidy for the lunch care program.

When to pay

You will receive invoices via email.

Parent contribution payments are due by week 4 of each term.

Lunch care payments are due each week.

Please contact us if you have difficulty paying.

How to pay

Cash, EFTPOS or Centrepay

You can pay by EFTPOS or Centrepay at the reception desk.

EFT information

You can pay by direct deposit.

BSB: 065118

Account number: 00904630

Please put the account holder's name in the notes as the reference.

Preschool session times

Your child can attend preschool for up to 15 hours (5 sessions) per week for 4 year old preschool, 12 hours a week for eligible 3 year olds.

They can attend full days (full days are 2 sessions) or half days (half days are 1 session). Please speak with us about the sessions you would like your child to attend.

Lunch care is not part of a session.

What to bring

Children need to bring these items each day:

• a named bag
• a drink bottle with only water
• a complete change of clothes.

Please write your child’s name on all their belongings.

What not to bring

Children should not bring these things:

• hat (we will give your child a hat, which stays at the centre)
• food (we will supply your child with snacks)
• toys from home.

If your child has an interesting item to share with us, please let us know.

Bus service

We provide a bus service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Please speak with us if you need this service.

Additional information

Please read our arrival and departure procedure (PDF 62KB).

If your child attends a full day or combines a preschool session with childcare, they will be supplied with lunch prepared by our cook.

Before and after kindy care

We can care for your child before and after kindy.

Times

Cost

This program costs $15.05 for before preschool and $21.60 for after preschool

You may be eligible for the child care subsidy for this program.

Long day care

Long day care is full or part-day childcare for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 6. It provides play-based educational care from qualified teachers or children’s services professionals using the National Quality Framework .

Times

We are closed on public holidays and over a 2-week Christmas New Year period.

Cost

This program costs $120.00 for a full day.

You may be eligible for the child care subsidy.

What to bring

Children need to bring these items each day:

• named bag
• drink bottle with only water
• a complete change of clothes
• enough nappies to last the day, plus extras for emergencies (if required)
• milk bottles, labelled and with sufficient formula or breast milk (if required)
• comforters (if required).

Please write your child’s name on all their belongings.