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Kindergarten
Two years of funded kindergarten
Play-based 3 and 4 year old kinder, taught by qualified early childhood teachers and built into a full childcare day — so learning and working life fit together.
Free Kinder
Anderson Road is a Victorian Government approved kindergarten provider. Eligible families pay nothing for the funded kindergarten program in both the 3 and 4 year old years — and our kinder is taught by a bachelor-qualified early childhood teacher.
Choose a year
Two kindergarten programs
3 Year Old Kindergarten
The first funded year — play-based learning led by a qualified teacher, five days a week, inside long day care.
4 Year Old Kindergarten
A full 7.5-hour school-readiness program — early literacy, numeracy, and a structured transition to school.
Why integrated kinder
The educational program, without the timetable juggle
Sessional kindergarten runs a few short days a term. For working families that often means a second drop-off, a childcare gap and a scramble in the school holidays.
At Anderson Road, the funded kindergarten program is delivered five days a week inside long day care, with wrap-around hours from 6am to 6pm. Your child gets a qualified teacher and a proper curriculum; you get one place that covers the whole day, all year.
Good to know
Free Kinder, explained
Free Kinder is a Victorian Government program that funds 3 and 4 year old kindergarten so eligible families pay no kindergarten fees — a saving of around $2,101 per child per year. At Anderson Road, kindergarten is delivered by a qualified teacher and integrated into long day care.
Children are generally eligible for 4 year old kinder if they turn four by 30 April in the year they attend, and for 3 year old kinder the year before. A child can only receive the funding at one service. We can help you check and enrol.
The teacher-led kindergarten program runs inside a normal long day care day. Your child gets the full educational program plus the childcare hours working families need — no separate drop-offs, no juggling a sessional timetable.
Sessional kinder runs short days during school terms only. Our integrated kinder runs five days a week, all year, with before- and after-kinder care available.
The funded kindergarten program itself is free for eligible families. Any long day care hours you use outside the kinder program are charged at our daily rate, reduced by the Child Care Subsidy for most families.
Come and see for yourself
Tour our kindergarten rooms
See the kinder classrooms, meet the teacher and ask about places for next year.