Kindergarten information for enrolled families
Starting kindergarten is an important milestone in the lives of both you and your child.
Our enrolments team are here to help at any time.
Call (03) 5422 0239 or email kinderenrolment@mrsc.vic.gov.au
Parent information booklet
To help get you started our Early Years team have compiled a Parent Information booklet(PDF, 2MB) to provide information on day-to-day kinder life.
This includes:
- Term dates
- Public holidays and child free days
- What to bring
- What to wear
- Allergen awareness
- Toilet training tips
- Being SunSmart
- Medical information and plans
- Illness, immunisation and policies
- In the event of an emergency
- Reducing, reusing and recycling
- Drop-off and pick-up
- and more!
Note that this booklet remains subject to change throughout the year (e.g. to update TBC dates).
Multi-Age and Rotational Groups
Multi-Age Groups
We are introducing mixed-aged groups which has long been acknowledged by education researchers as an invaluable pedagogical approach.
Children in multi-age groups will develop friendships and engage in learning just as they would in same-age settings. Multi-age groups create opportunities for peer support, leadership and developing social skills.
Multi-age groups benefits include:
- older children often gain valuable skills in helping, guiding, and teaching younger children
- more complex play opportunities can support language and social development
- teachers may follow a class across two years of kindergarten
- multi-age grouping can allow children from the same family who are close in age to attend early childhood education programs together, if appropriate, which may be convenient for families.
Rotational Groups
Your child will be with the same core group of 15 children on both of their kindergarten days. They will also share their kindergarten days with the other core groups from their rotation on alternate days.
As an example, if a child is in Group A they will attend on Tuesdays and Thursdays and will always be with the same core 15 children. On Tuesdays they will also be with 15 children from Group B and on Thursdays with Group C.
Monday |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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Group A |
Group A |
Group B |
Group B |
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Group C |
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Group C |
Need to update your details?
Don't forget to let us know if your address, email or phone number changes so we can update our records.
These requests must be submitted in writing or via the relevant form—we cannot change these details over the phone.