Recapping on enrolment enquiries, fees and committee nomination forms for 2026 and beyond

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Enrolment Procedure

Our enrolment offers are made in waitlist order and you can waitlist your child and siblings from birth.  To join our waitlist, there is no waitlist fee.

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Enrolment offers and enrolment confirmation fee

When our kindergarten offers are made, a non-refundable Enrolment Fee of $100 is payable to secure a place at our Centre.  More information about the Enrolment Fee is included within our enrolment documentation.  

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Our Standard Term Fees for 2026

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In 2023, new QLD Government kindergarten funding arrangements were introduced which lowered the out-of-pocket cost of Kindy for families.  In 2024, the QLD Government announced further funding to allow eligible centre's to offer children 15hrs of free kindy per week (or 30 hrs per fortnight for a 5 day program), subject to chiildren meeting age and QKFS subsidy nomination criteria.

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Group A families for 2026

Providing your child is of eligible age (ie turns 4 by 30 June 2025) and you nominate our Kindy to receive the QKFS funding on your child's behalf, there will be no out of pocket Term Fees for Group A families.  Please note, a condition of enrolment is that a children's enrollment meets QKFS funding eligibility criteria.

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Group B families for 2026

Providing your child is of eligible age (ie turns 4 by 30 June 2025) and you nominate our Kindy to receive the QKFS funding on your child's behalf, your child will receive 15hrs of free kindy.  As the kindy program for Group B is 16hrs of kindy per week, there may be a nominal charge of up to $5/enrolled kindy day (ie $100/term).  Please note, that like Group A, it is a condition of enrolment that a child's enrolment meets the QKFS funding eligibility criteria.

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Note A:  Nominating our Kindy to receive the QKFS subsidy on your behalf

The QLD Government will only provide QKFS funding for age eligible children to attend 1 Kindergarten Program per annum. So that does mean that you can only access 1 program of 15hrs of free Kindy and to attend our Kindy, we must prioritize eligible enrolments that meet QKFS funding guidelines ahead of non-funding eligible enrolments.

• Community Kindergarten Programs are funded completely differently to Long Day Care/Child Care programs. 

• Whilst an age eligible child can attend a daycare/childcare centre and be charged as daycare/childcare enrolment, that daycare/ childcare centre cannot process that enrolment as a “QKFS eligible enrolment” if the child is also attending a community kindergarten.   However, childcare/long day care center's are able to access other funding options.  Discuss this with them if applicable.

• If you were considering your age eligible child will attend more than 1 Kindergarten Program (regardless of whether it is operated by a Community Kindergarten or Long Day Care/Child care provider), please contact us for more information as this may impact our ability to continue with your enrolment.

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Management Committee

Kedron Heights Community Kindergarten is a community-run centre.  The word “community” implies that parent involvement is an integral part of the running of our Kindy.  As a Lady Gowrie Affiliated Kindergarten, the parents who hold a committee position and in association with the staff, manage the Centre.

 

Each parent/guardian of a child attending our Centre becomes a member of the Kedron Heights Community Kindergarten Association Incorporated.  Each year at the Annual General Meeting, the Management Committee from the prior year resign their roles and the new members of the Association (parents and carers of the current year families) elect the new Management Committee.  The Management Committee is formed from both parents and guardians of children currently attending the Centre, and any member is eligible to nominate for a position.  

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We have General and Executive Committee roles and to be able to operate as a Kindergarten Service we must fill our 4 Executive Committee roles (refer to the adjacent nomination form).  Without parents operating in these roles, we are unable to meet the responsibilities of the Kindergarten Constitution.  Please carefully consider if you would be able to take on one of these vital roles in your Kindy year with us. 

 

Executive Committee members cannot commence in their roles until they hold a valid BCB Blue Card and these applications are made online by the committee member.  Other committee roles and parents volunteering may also require a blue card depending on the role and number of times they are volunteering.  There is no cost to obtaining a Blue Card for volunteer Committee roles at Kindy and the application process is now online and relatively straight forward.  We will be able to provide you the link and walk through the process with you.

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