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Enrolments for 2010

Preschool Enrolment Form  (119kb)

The ACT Government provides 12 hours of preschool education for children in the year before they attend school. Children must turn four on or before 30 April to be eligible to attend. Sessions are either in a long day configuration (2 x 6 hour days) or a short day configuration (3 x 4 hour days). Not all preschool sites offer both types of programs.

Fifteen schools will provide 15 hours of preschool per week in 2010. These include Lyons Early Childhood School, Isabella Plains Early Childhood School. Narrabundah Early Childhood School, Southern Cross Early Childhood School. O'Connor Cooperative School, Caroline Chisholm School, Charnwood-Dunlop Primary School, Florey Primary School, Gilmore Primary School, Kingsford Smith School, Ngunnawal Primary School, North Ainsle Primary School and Richardson Primary School.

All preschools are amalgamated with primary schools and parents/carers will need to enrol their child for preschool at the relevant primary school. If parents/carers are unsure which primary school this is, please contact your preferred preschool for this information.

Information about what is needed to complete enrolment can be found from the ACT Department of Education and Training website at: www.det,act,gov.au and the Application to Enrol in an ACT Public School application form or from the primary school at which you are seeking enrolment.

Parents/carers are encouraged to complete this process as soon as practicable.

Each ACT Government School has a priority enrolment area (PEA) which is based on place of residence. Information about PEA’s is available from the Department website.

Parents/carers are able to apply for a preschool that is outside their Priority Enrolment Area.

All ACT Government preschools provide a play-based learning environment with a focus on the social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of the individual student. In the preschool year, the development of literacy and numeracy skills and concepts occurs through play-based experience. For more information about curriculum: Curriculum Requirements in ACT Public Schools, Preschool to Year 10 (49kb)

For more information please contact the school at which you are seeking enrolment.