The Kinders Together Community
Kinders Together currently manages 13 Kindergartens,
12 in the Cardinia Shire and one in the Baw Baw Shire. 

Information Sessions

Please click on the links below to view more
information about each centre:

Avonsleigh Preschool
Bayles Preschool
Bunyip Kindergarten
Emerald Preschool
Homegarth Community Kindergarten
Koo Wee Rup Preschool
Lakeside Children’s Centre
Lang Lang Preschool
Longwarry Preschool (Baw Baw Shire)
Nar Nar Goon Kindergarten
Pakenham Kindergarten
Pakenham Heights Kindergarten
Pakenham Springs Children’s Centre

Fees
Kinders Together offer a range of payment options to assist with the payment of your child’s fees whilst attending Kindergarten.  If you are eligible to claim the Kindergarten fee subsidy (see below), no fees are payable.  Additional information regarding fees and the payment of, can be obtained from Kinders Together fee policy

Program fees 2011	Hours per week	Annual Fee
4/5 year old Kindergarten	11	$836
3/4 year old Pre kinder	3	$720
3/4 year old Pre kinder (only offered at Emerald Preschool)	5	$1200

Kindergarten Fee Subsidy
If you have a child attending the 4/5 year old Kindergarten program you may be eligible to claim the Kindergarten Fee Subsidy for your child.  You or your child must hold one of the following to be eligible;
• Health Care Card
• Pensioner Concession Card
• Visas 200-217/447/451/786/785
• Bridging Visas A-F
• Asylum-seeker Bridging Visas A-F
• Temporary Protection/Humanitarian Visas 447,451,785 or 786
• Refugee or Special Humanitarian Visas 200-217
• Triplets or Quadruplets
• Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
• DVA Gold Card
Supporting documentation will need to be sighted prior to or at the start of the commencement of term 1 or upon expiration in the year your child is attending.

Child Care Benefit (CCB)
Our Kindergarten’s and Occasional Care centres are all ‘Registered Child Care Providers’ with the Family Assistance Office. For more information please read our Child Care Benefit (CCB) information sheet.

Useful links:

Cardinia Shire - Families and Children - information page
www.cardinia.vic.gov.au Cardinia Shire - Families and Children

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD)
www.education.vic.gov.au (About Kindergartens)

Centrelink - Childcare Benefit PDF Information Sheet