Timetable & Fees
2024 Timetable
Parkdale Preschool has only one group with 3 teachers and up to 33 children attending at any one time.
Our three-year-old group attends kindergarten for 15 hours per week on a Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30am – 4:00pm.
We have a rotational model for our four-year-old groups, who attend for 15 hours across two days on either a Monday/Wednesday (Myrtle), Wednesday/Friday (Banksia) or Monday/Friday (Wattle) from 8:30am – 4pm.
2024 Timetable
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MONDAY
4yo session
Myrtle (group A) & Wattle (group B)
8:30am – 4pm
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TUESDAY
3yo session
Waratah
8:30am – 4pm *
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WEDNESDAY
4yo session
Myrtle (group A) & Banksia (group C)
8:30am – 4pm
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THURSDAY
3yo session
Waratah
8:30am – 4pm *
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FRIDAY
4yo session
Banksia (group C) & Wattle (group B)
8:30am – 4pm
*optional earlier pick up time of 2pm
2025 Timetable
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MONDAY
3yo session
Banksia 8.30am - 1:30pm
Waratah 8:30am - 4:00pm
“session times are indicative only & subject to change”
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TUESDAY
4yo session
Myrtle 8:30am - 4:00pm
“session times are indicative only & subject to change”
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WEDNESDAY
3yo session
Banksia 8.30am - 1:30pm
Waratah 8:30am - 4:00pm
“session times are indicative only & subject to change”
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THURSDAY
4yo session
Myrtle 8:30am - 4:pm
“session times are indicative only & subject to change”
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FRIDAY
3yo session
Banksia 8.30am - 1:30pm
“session times are indicative only & subject to change”
2024 term dates
We follow the Victorian school terms. Kindergarten sessions do not run during school holiday periods.
TERM 1: 30 January to March 28
TERM 2: April 15 to June 28
TERM 3: July 15 to September 20
TERM 4: October 7 to December 20
“Play is the highest form of research.”
— Albert Einstein
Fees – Free kindergarten for 2024
Continuing in 2024, Parkdale Preschool is pleased to provide free kindergarten as part of the Victorian government’s “Best Start, Best Life” reforms.
This means for 2024, a free 15-hour per week program will be available to children attending four-year-old kindergarten, and a free 15-hour per week program will be available to children attending three-year-old kindergarten at Parkdale Preschool.
If your child will be attending childcare in addition to sessional kindergarten, then you must elect for Parkdale Preschool to receive the free kindergarten funding.
This government initiative is likely to continue for 2025, however once confirmed by the Victorian government more details will be provided.
Early Start Kindergarten is available for children who turn three by 30 April in the year they will be attending kindergarten, and whose family is known to Child Protection (including those referred directly from Child Protection to Child FIRST), or are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Please see this brochure for more information or contact our Administration Officer.