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Enrolment
Parents are required by law to ensure that their children are enrolled at school from the age of six to fifteen years. However, most children are enrolled earlier than six years of age.
Generally, all children in Kindergarten commence school within the first two weeks of the school year. To be eligible for enrolment they must turn 5 on, or before, 31st July in the enrolment year.
Each year during Term 4 we organise a Kindergarten Orientation program to familiarise new children and their parents with the school. Parents are invited to an information session and will receive a Kindergarten Orientation Package.
Kindergarten students may not start school until appropriate proof of age has been shown to the school. A Birth Registration Card, Health Clinic Blue Book, Birth Certificate or Passport may be used as appropriate proof of age. Once proof of age is accepted, the following forms must be completed prior to enrolment in the school:
- Immunisation Certificate
- Enrolment Information
School Zoning
Most students attend their local government, primary or high school, but parents may choose to send their child to another school. Each school must give priority to local students. Any vacant positions in the school after the local students have enrolled may be open to a limited number of non-local students.
Parents seeking to enrol their child in a school outside their local area are required to complete a Non-Local Application Form for consideration by the Principal of the school they wish their child to attend. Generally this should be done several weeks in advance of the anticipated starting date.
Immunisation
All Kindergarten students should present an Immunisation Certificate to the school before they are enrolled. Students who have not been fully immunised against infectious diseases like measles and mumps may be excluded from school each time an outbreak of the disease occurs. This could lead to a high number of absences from school and therefore have an adverse effect on your child’s education.
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