Phantasm139 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Hiya, Were moving over in June /July this year with a 4 and 2 yr old. Now i understand that my 4 yr old daughter would be going to kindergarten but i'm a tad confused as to the Oz equivalent to Pre-school and how it works and how easy it is to sort out. Can anyone shed any light on this for us we would be very appreciative??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Hiya, Were moving over in June /July this year with a 4 and 2 yr old. Now i understand that my 4 yr old daughter would be going to kindergarten but i'm a tad confused as to the Oz equivalent to Pre-school and how it works and how easy it is to sort out. Can anyone shed any light on this for us we would be very appreciative??? They don't have it is the simple answer. There are a few places around that do a 3+ programme which you pay for which usually is only 1 session a week. Nothing like there is in UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantasm139 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Cheers for that. What are people doing with little ones of this age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Cheers for that. What are people doing with little ones of this age? sorry, can't help with that as my youngest was 3 when we moved and none of my friends have small children. Lots of women work so their kids are in daycare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzachino Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 My son has been in daycare until now. He starts kindy this year which is 5 days over two weeks, so 2 days one week, then three days the next. He will be alternating between kindy and daycare when he starts. Next year is preprimary which is five days a week, so no more daycare, hurrah! Until it gets to school holidays anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieB Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 When will they be 3? The choices at 2 are a family day care (childminder) or a nursery. At 3 there are some '3 year old kindys' that are a bit more structured and they can stay there until they start school. They can go as many days as you like if there are spaces. My son has just finished at one, he went for 2 days a week and it cost 75 dollars per day. However with Centrelink benefits we only ended up paying about 30 dollars of it. The cut off for schools is June 30 so if your little one is 3 before then, they will start Kindy at school in Feb 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantasm139 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks guys. So for our 2 yr old its childminder or nursery. It just depends on nursery spots where ever we end up and what is available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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