Enrolment

Registration

Preschools within the City of Bayside operate a centralised system of registering parent requests for preschool education for their children.

Places in preschools within the City of Bayside are allocated from the Central Register. The enrolment period is between 01 May and 30 June in the year prior to your child commencing Kindergarten.

Enrolment forms can be collected from the Kindergarten or at the Council office. Forms are also available on the Bayside City Council website at www.bayside.vic.gov.au around the time of enrolment.

For further information contact the Preschool Development Officer at Bayside City Council on (03) 9599 4444.

Eligibility

For Four Year Old Children
Children who have turned four years of age by 30 April in the year they will attend preschool.
Please refer to enrolment policy of the St. Peter’s Policy Manual for other criteria.

For Three Year Old Children
Children who will attain the age of three years of age by 31 January will be eligible to attend preschool.

Please refer to enrolment policy of the St. Peter’s Policy Manual for other criteria.

Session Times

St. Peter’s Kindergarten 3YO sessions
Tues. 12.15pm – 3.15pm, Fri. 8.45am – 11.45am

St. Peter’s Kindergarten 4YO sessions
Kangaroo: Mon. & Thurs. 8.45am – 3.15pm
Koala: Tues. 8.45am – 11.45am, Wed. 8.45am – 3.15pm, Fri. 12.15pm – 3.15pm

2007 Fees

	Per Term			Per Annum
Dollars ($)	Fee	Levy	Total	Fee	Levy	Total
4Y0 Programmes
Kangaroos	300	25*	325	1200	100	1300
Koalas	300	25*	325	1200	100	1300
3Y0 Programme
Teddy Bears	320	25*	345	1280	100	1380

*Fundraising Levy is per family per term

The Kindergarten Program for three-year-old children is not subsidised by the State Government and is based on a user pays system. The two separate programs for four-year-old children are based on subsidisation from the State Government with an additional user pays component. In addition to Term Fees, the Committee currently charge a Fund Raising Levy per child per Term. This levy does not preclude additional fund raising activities, but does provide the Kindergarten with additional finances to fund high quality programs and equipment for our children.

Fees and levies payable are collected by the Committee. An account is issued during the last 3 weeks of each term and is payable by the date specified, which is before the end of that term. Fees are payable one term in advance. Receipts are not issued unless requested by parents. Fees and/or levies apply irrespective of public holidays, sickness or other absences. Parents are required to give a minimum of two weeks notice to the Committee before withdrawing a child from any program.

Fees and/or levies are non-refundable once received by the Committee. However, if the Committee receives a formal request, this may result in a refund on a pro rata basis of an amount no greater than 50 per cent of a Term’s fees.