What is Kindergarten?
Kindergarten (sometimes called ‘state-funded kindergarten’ or ‘preschool’) is two years of early education for children in the two years before they start primary school. Kindergarten gives your child important opportunities to learn, make friends and develop skills through a play-based curriculum, it helps prepare your child for their transition to primary school.
Kindergarten is offered in a range of settings including community kindergartens, child care centres, children’s centres and schools. They are managed by volunteer parent committees and not-for-profit early-years managers.
Children must turn 3 or 4 on or before 30 April to be eligible to attend a kindergarten program in that year.
How to enrol for 3 and 4-year-old kinder ?
Council accepts kindergarten enrolments all year round.
The is no paper copy of the form. The only way is to complete the online enrolment form available on our website.
CSO:
- Advise the customer to go to www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au and complete using the portal link.
- Email the URL of the link to the customer. (not sure, contact the Support Team)
Note:
If the customer does not have a pc or laptop, they can use their mobile phone.
If they do not have access to the internet, there is free WiFi at both Council offices.
If they are unable to do either then:
CSO:
- Transfer the call to Kinder Admin Support, if busy or no answer, email ChildrenServAdminSupport@cgd.vic.gov.au using the phone message-taking template in Microsoft Outlook.
When can you enrol for 3 and 4 year old Kindergarten?
Three Year Old Kindergarten
Children must turn three on or before 30 April to be eligible to attend a funded three year old kindergarten program in that year.
| Birth date | What year to start 3 year old Kindergarten |
01/05/2019 - 30/04/2020 | 2023 |
01/05/2020 - 30/04/2021 | 2024 |
01/05/2021 - 30/04/2022 | 2025 |
01/05/2022 - 30/04/2023 | 2026 |
01/05/2023 - 30/04/2024 | 2027 |
Four Year Old Kindergarten
Children must turn four on or before 30 April to be eligible to attend a four year old funded kindergarten program in that year.
| Birth date | What year to start 4 year old Kindergarten |
01/05/2018 - 30/04/2019 | 2023 |
01/05/2019 - 30/04/2020 | 2024 |
01/05/2020 - 30/04/2021 | 2025 |
01/05/2021 - 30/04/2022 | 2026 |
01/05/2022 - 30/04/2023 | 2027 |
List of Kindergarten within CGD
CSO:
- Advise the customer to go this page www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au
- Email the URL of the link to the customer using the links template in Microsoft Outlook
Change of details or change of preferences and for to cancel enrolement
CSO:
- Transfer the call to Kinder Admin Support, if busy or no answer, email ChildrenServAdminSupport@cgd.vic.gov.au using the phone message-taking template in Microsoft Outlook.