Welcome to Corangamite Shire, Family & Children’s Services!
Please complete all of the required forms (found below) to enrol your family and child/children in the services of your choice.
This year we are trialling a single enrolment form for all services to make it simpler for families to complete. Please feel welcome to provide any feedback so we can improve our services.
We are also working to communicate with families via text and email as much as possible following feedback. If electronic messages don’t suit and you still need to receive information via the post, please let us know otherwise we will email or text or call.
We look forward to working with you and your children.
Online enrolment form
Thank you for considering enrolling your child in a Corangamite Shire Council Kindergarten Service. Please note session details are determined once enrolments have been received and may vary from year to year due to enrolment numbers.
- Enrolment Applications should be received by 28 June 2019. Parent/carers are reminded that a place for every application received by the closing date cannot be guaranteed. Applications which are received once sessions are full or after the due date may be placed on a waiting list. Please refer to the Enrolment Policy for Priority of Access criteria.
It is the policy of the Corangamite Shire Council, in line with school and Kindergarten enrolments, that all children must be 3 years of age on 30 April 2020 to access a 3 year old Kindergarten program. Children are not able to attend the program until they have turned 3 years of age. Council’s 3 year old programs are either ‘stand-alone’ or ‘integrated’ into the program for 4 year old children. The decision to provide a ‘stand-alone’ or ‘integrated’ program is at the discretion of Council. Council considers the needs of families, availability of staff, funding guidelines, regulations and financial viability when making this decision.
Children turning three during the year of enrolment. Full payment from the first day of Term 1 is required if a place is to be reserved.
- Proof of your child’s date of birth and immunisation history must accompany the enrolment form. Under National Regulations we cannot confirm your enrolment until this documentation is received. Proof of date of birth can be a copy of a birth certificate or passport; and the immunisation history may be a copy of a printout from the National Register of Immunisation.
- Council will send an acknowledgement upon receipt of your child’s application. Families will be advised by the Corangamite Shire Council in Term 4 of their child’s session times, fees and date of orientation day.
- If you would like your child to complete their final Key Ages and Stages (3.5 year check) with the Maternal & Child Health Nurse prior to your child commencing kindergarten please contact Corangamite Shire Council Maternal Child Health Service on 1800 552 902 to make an appointment.
Incomplete applications - If an application is incomplete and the required documentation is not received your child’s application will not be processed.
Thank you for considering enrolling your child in a Corangamite Shire Council Kindergarten Service. Please note session details are determined once enrolments have been received and may vary from year to year due to enrolment numbers.
- The Department of Education and Training in conjunction with Corangamite Shire Council provide a funded 4 year old kindergarten program for each child in the year before they start school.
Your child must be four years old on 30 April 2020 to attend a kindergarten program.
- Enrolment applications should be received by 28 June 2019. There are limitations on numbers at each Centre and a place for every application received by the closing date cannot be guaranteed.
Kindergarten places will be offered according to Councils Priority of Access (Refer to Enrolment Policy). Applications which are received once sessions are full or late applications may be placed on a waiting list. Please refer to the Enrolment Policy for Priority of Access criteria for more information.
NOTE: Kindergarten places will not be allocated to children until any substantial debt owed by the family to Corangamite Shire is paid or a payment plan is agreed to between the family and Council (Refer to Fees Policy).
- Proof of your child’s date of birth and immunisation history must accompany the enrolment form. Under National Regulations we cannot confirm your enrolment until this documentation is received. Proof of date of birth can be a copy of a birth certificate or passport; and the immunisation history may be a copy of a printout from the National Register of Immunisation.
- Council will send an acknowledgement upon receipt of your child’s application. Families will be sent additional information in Term 4 to confirm their child’s session times, fees and orientation details.
- To receive the Kindergarten Fee Subsidy, a copy of your current Health Care Card or Pension Card must accompany this application. If you commence receiving a Health Care Card or Pension Card during 2019 please forward a copy to our offices. It is important that this be done as soon as possible.
If the card expires during 2020 you will be charged full term fees after the expiry date until you provide a copy of your updated card.
- Kindergarten services are now required to collect information from all parents and guardians about their education and employment.
- If you would like your child to complete their final Key Ages and Stages (3.5 year check) with the Maternal & Child Health Nurse prior to your child commencing kindergarten please contact Corangamite Shire Council Maternal Child Health Service on 1800 552 902 to make an appointment.
- If your child will turn six years of age (compulsory school age) before or while attending their first or second year of funded kindergarten please contact the Early Years Coordinator for more information on how to apply for school exemption.
Incomplete applications - If an application is incomplete and the required documentation is not received your child’s application will not be processed.