Expanded eligibility for Early Start Kindergarten
Free Kindergarten for children known to Child Protection-Early Start Kindergarten Update 2010
Early Start Kindergarten provides funding for 3 year old children known to Child Protection to access up to 5 hours (typically 2-3 hours) per week of a quality kindergarten program for free.
For more information on Early Start Kindergarten visit www.education.vic.gov.au/kindergarten/earlystart or call 1300 731 947
Early Years Exchange- Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework
The Early Years Exchange (EYE) is a series of online publications to familiarise you with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework. Please see the current edition attached. If you would like to visit the website please visit www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
East Gippsland Child and Family Friendly Awards 2009 Results
Child and Family Friendly Awards 2009
We had a tremendous response from community this year with 23 nominations over five different categories.
Each nomination was assessed against a large criterion based upon some of the following principles – employment practices, atmosphere, attitude, flexibility, accessibility, physical amenities, play space, customer service and marketing.
The nominees who received an award were selected because they accrued the largest number of positive assessment points based upon these criterion.
Please click on the link below to view the 2009 award winners
Victorian School and Kindergarten Holidays 2010
2010 Victorian kindergarten term dates
Term 1 27 January to 26 March
Term 2 12 April to 25 June
Term 3 12 July to 17 September
Term 4 4 October to 17 December
2010 Victorian school term dates
Term 1 1 February (students start) to 26 March - teachers begin Term 1 on 27 January
Term 2 12 April to 25 June (26 April - ANZAC Day Public Holiday)*
Term 3 12 July to 17 September (9 August is an additional one-off student-free day)*
Term 4 4 October to 17 December
*Please note that schools are able to set a student free day in either Term 2 or Term 3. Also there will be an additional “one-off” student free day for all government schools on 9 August 2010; to support the implementation of the Ultranet – a major Blueprint initiative.
For further information please click on the link www.education.vic.gov.au/about/keydates/termdates.htm#H2N1002E
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