Community Children’s Centres are not-for-profit centres, managed by Parents and Communities. Fees and Budgets are set each year per the centre’s projected operating costs for the year. All surplus funds are invested back into your local service to directly benefit the children. We encourage families to be actively involved in supporting both the centre and their child’s care and education.

If you are a current family at our centre and would like to join the Management Committee, please contact Tara Ryan, Centre Director.

Child Care Subsidy is assistance provided by the government to help families with the cost of child care. More information can be found at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/child-care-subsidy.

The National Quality Framework (NQF) provides a national approach to regulation, assessment and quality improvement for early childhood education and care and outside school hours care across Australia..

Belonging, Being and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework describes the principles, practices and outcomes that support and enhance young children’s learning from birth to five years of age, as well as their transition to school.

The framework is a key component of the National Quality Framework for early childhood education and care. The EYLF was developed by the Australian and state and territory governments with input from the early childhood sector and early childhood academics.

The framework offers a vision where ‘all children experience learning that is engaging and builds success for life’. it has been designed so that early childhood services will be able to develop their own strategies to implement its objectives.

Please ensure a hat and drink bottle are packed in your child’s bag each day.
Changes of clothes suitable to the current weather/season should also be packed.

Other required items may include:
– Comforters/sleep aids
– Fitted cot sheet, clearly named
– Bottles (breastmilk/formula)
– Increased changes of clothes for toileting
– Additional clothing items suitable to weather e.g. Warm jackets/gumboots etc.

At Kidman Park Community Children’s Centre, we charge half fees for a booking that falls on a public holiday. This is reviewed annually by the Management Committee in line with the centre budget.

For more information about fees, please click here.

Sick days are charged as normal days. Absent days for illness with a medical certificated provided do not count toward your allowable absences through Centrelink.

For more information on allowable absences, please click here.

Each family is entitled to 50% reduction of fees for 2 weeks (per financial year) of their usual current bookings.

For example, if your child attends 2 days per week you will be entitled to 4 days per financial year at 50% fees.

A minimum of 2 week’s notice prior to the absent days must be provided as per our centre policy.