Wellington Application - IRF - Registration Form

  • Wellington Shire Council

    Central Registration for Funded Kindergarten

  • Eligibility
    To start Three-Year-Old Kindergarten, your child must turn 3 by 30 April in the year they will attend kindergarten. Please note that most kindergartens will not allow children to attend until after their third birthday.
    To start Four-Year-Old Kindergarten, your child must turn 4 by 30 April in the year they will attend kindergarten.
    Families with children born between January and April can choose which year to start Three-Year-Old Kindergarten. These children can start in the same year they turn 3, or in the year they turn 4 years of age. Find out more by visiting Sending your child to kinder on the Victorian Government website.
    Use starting age calculator to calculate when your child can attend kindergarten based on their date of birth.

    Priority of Access
    Wellington Shire Council follows the Department of Education's Priority of Access criteria, which ensure fair, equitable and consistent access to kindergarten places within the Shire. Further information on this can be found here: Priority of access for early childhood education | vic.gov.au.

  • Are you filling this form out on behalf of a family?*

  • Child's Details

  • Gender*
  • Child's Date of Birth*
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  • Child's Living Arrangement*
  • Does the child require an interpreter?*
  • Is this child Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?*
  • Is your child a twin?*

  • Parent/Guardian/Grandparent/Legal Carer Details

  • Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer 1 Address*

  • Please indicate if the parent/guardian/grandparent/legal carer 1 holds any of the following Commonwealth Concession cards: 

  • Commonwealth Health Care Card?*
  • Health Care Expiry Date*
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  • Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card?*
  • Pensioner Card Expiry Date*
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  • Veterans Affairs Card?*
  • Department of Veterans Affairs Expiry Date*
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  • Does your parent/carer and/or family have any additional needs?*
  • Does Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer 1 have a NDIS number or are they undergoing assessment for disability under the NDIS currently? (May need to be supported by a letter from a medical practitioner or specialist.)*
  • Does Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer 1 have complex medical needs that present barriers to accessing a kindergarten program? (May need to be supported by a letter from a medical practitioner or specialist.)*
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  • Would you like to add a second Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer?*
  • Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer 2 Address*

  • Please indicate if the parent/guardian/grandparent/legal carer 1 holds any of the following Commonwealth Concession cards: 

  • Commonwealth Health Care Card?*
  • Health Care Expiry Date*
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  • Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card?*
  • Pensioner Card Expiry Date*
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  • Veterans Affairs Card?*
  • Department of Veterans Affairs Expiry Date*
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  • Does Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer 2 have a NDIS number or are they undergoing assessment for disability under the NDIS currently?*
  • Does Parent / Guardian / Grandparent / Legal Carer 2 have complex medical needs that present barriers to accessing a kindergarten program (may need to be supported by a letter from a medical practitioner or specialist)?*
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  • Additional information about your child

  • By completing the following information, you will help our team support your family. This information will also be used to assess priority of access for a kindergarten placement

  • Does your child hold a Commonwealth or Disability Health Care Card?*
  • Health Care expiry date*
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  • Is this child a multiple birth (triplet or quadruplet or more)?*
  • Do you or your child have, or are you applying for, any of the following visas?

  • Please note: The eligibility of concessions may vary from time-to-time. Up-to-date information can be found here.

  • By completing the following information, you will help our team support your family. This information will also be used to access priority of access for a kindergarten placement and access to additional hours for priority cohorts (as defined by the Department of Education)

  • Does your child have any additional needs? E.g. A specific developmental delay, disability, diagnosed medical condition or undergoing diagnosis.*
  • If yes, please select which of the following applies*
  • Is your child registered with a specific Support service / agency? E.g. Speech pathologist, occupational therapist etc.*
  • Has your child or family had any contact with/or known to child protection or connected with Department of Families, Fairness and Housing or any other support services (eg Orange Door)?*
  • If yes, please select from the following:*
  • Are there any court orders relating to the powers, duties, responsibilities, or authorities of any person in relation to the child or access to the child?*

  • Kindergarten Preferences

    Funded sessional kindergarten registrations are prioritised based on the Victorian State Government's Kindergarten Guidelines, residence in the shire and prior connection to the service of your first preference

  • IMPORTANT

    Three and four-year-old kindergarten places are allocated separately. We will make every effort to place your child at the same service for four-year-old kindergarten. Unfortunately, we can’t guarantee this. All programs and timetables are set by each individual service and are subject to change.

    TYPES OF PROGRAM

    Each kindergarten offers different kinds of programs (hours, activities and learning styles). There are two sorts of kindergarten programs that Early Years services provide.

    Sessional programs: these have a set timetable and can run between 2 to 5 days per week within the school term only, charging fees per term (where applicable).

    Integrated programs: kindergarten is offered as part of a long day care enrolment. These can operate for at least 8 hours per day for 48 weeks per year, charging fees daily. (Please speak to the kindergarten directly regarding what the fees would be.)

  • Warning: Your Application is unable to be accepted at this time. 

    Based on the Date of Birth for your child, your registration does not meet the age criteria for the year you have requested.

  • You will have the opportunity later in the application form to nominate your session preferences.

  • Will you be selecting East Sale Uniting Kindergarten situated on the RAAF base as your first prefence?*
  • With East Sale Uniting Kindergarten as your chosen first preferences, please indicate below whether this child has one or more parents working on the RAAF base?*
  • Please indicate if exceptional circumstances exist which mean that the preferenced kindergarten is required

  • Prior Connection

  • Has your child or an older sibling attended the service of your first preference in the last 3 years?*
  • If you are not a resident of Wellington Shire, do you have a connection here through your work, study or your child's childcare? (E.g.you might live in the Latrobe Shire but work within the Wellington Shire).*

  • Authorisation and Declaration

  • By submitting this registration form, you acknowledge:

    • you have lawful authority to submit this registration form for the child referred to above;
    • the information provided in this form is true and correct and you undertake to immediately inform Wellington Shire Council in the event of any change to this information and;
    • you understand that this is a registration form and is not a guarantee of placement. 

    Protecting your privacy and your personal information is an important responsibility of Council. Our Privacy Policy and Guidelines supports and endorses the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, the Information Privacy Principles and national privacy regime.

    Wellington Shire Council will only collect personal information which is necessary for performance and functions of Council. In accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, we will not use your personal information for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was collected or disclose your personal information to a third party, including state bodies or authorities (without your consent), except where the secondary purpose is reasonably expected, required by other regulation, or if the release is authorised by law.

    Wellington Shire Council will share this information with your Kindergarten and CRS partners; Department of Education, Maternal Child Health and Best Start.

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