Please complete this form to register your child for three-year-old or four-year-old kindergarten in South Gippsland Shire. The information collected in this form will be used to allocate your child to a kindergarten service. Please complete a registration form for each child you would like to register for kindergarten.
To complete the registration form you will need your child’s up to date Immunisation History Statement and, if you hold a concession card, the reference number and expiry date.
This is not an enrolment form. After you receive a kindergarten offer your kindergarten will provide you will an enrolment form to complete.
A full list of participating kindergartens and their proposed programs are on Council's website.
Registration Dates
To receive a first round offer, registrations must be lodged by 30 June.
If you live out of South Gippsland Shire, and your preferred kindergarten is not your closest kindergarten, offers will not be made until third round.
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Date |
Offers |
First round |
1 May - 30 June |
First round offers made in early August |
Second round |
1 July - 31 August |
Second round offers made in early October |
Third round |
Processed on a weekly basis following acceptance of second round offers |
Priority of Access
South Gippsland Shire prioritises the inclusion of children with additional needs, children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, asylum seeker and refugee families with an appropriate visa, children known to Child Protection and children applying for a second year of kindergarten in line with the Department of Education policy. Families that demonstrate that they have a child in one of these categories will be allocated to a kindergarten program as a high priority.
Following the Department of Education Priority of Access, allocations are made in accordance with the Kindergarten Central Registration Guidelines.
If you have any questions, need help completing this form or require an interpreter, please contact the Kindergarten Registration team on 5662 9200, kinder@southgippsland.vic.gov.au or visit www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/kinder.