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.
Please try to register your interest by 30 June for Term 1 intake or October 31 for Term 3 intake, but you can do this any time during the year.
Priority will 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.
Priority will also be given if:
- your child has special rights or is from a cultural or linguistically diverse background.
If we can 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 will contact you in term 4 about a parent orientation session. This will be an evening session where you can meet other parents, learn about our program, procedures and policies, and ask questions.
Children beginning preschool are welcome to attend our pre-entry transition program. These sessions are in Term 4 for a Term 1 enrolment and Term 2 for a Term 3 enrolment. These shorter visits are a chance for your child to meet our staff and other children and get an idea of what Kindergarten is all about. We ask a parent or caregiver to please attend the first Pre-entry session with each child. This gives children confidence in the new setting. The fee for this transition program is $60.
Fees
We ask you to contribute towards the cost of your child attending preschool.
The parent contribution is $1400 per year and has been set by parent members of our Governing council. You can choose to pay the total amount at the start of the year or pay instalments of $350 each term. This fee includes costs of our Kaurna Culture program, excursions/bus/extra staffing to support excursions and Bush Kindy and consumables costs.
We offer other programs that may have additional costs. Extra-curricular programs such as yoga, ballet, gymnastics and martial arts sessions are available 3pm to 4pm Monday to Thursdays. Fees are set by third party providers with their own billing processes.
When to pay
We will invoice you by week 2 each term.
Payments are due by week 4 each term.
Please contact us if you are having difficulty paying.
How to pay
Cash or cheque
You can pay cash or cheque at the kindy. Cheques are payable to 'Stirling District Kindergarten'. Please put the payment in a sealed envelope with your child’s full name and invoice number on the front. Envelopes can be given to staff.
EFT information
You can pay by direct deposit.
BSB: 105079
Account number: 305013140
Please put the invoice number as the reference.