Family Information - Resources & Support for Cronulla Preschool Families

WhatToBring

What to bring

Your child’s bag should hold:
- Packed lunch
- Bottle of water
- Nutritious morning tea snack (fruit preferred)
- Full Brim Sunhat (all year round, can be worn over beanies, if necessary, in Winter)
- Change of clothes (full set, including underwear) - Sunscreen (optional if you don’t wish to use ours) - Raincoat and Gumboots (on rainy days)

If your child has a sleep at preschool, in a drawstring or enviro-shopping bag:
- Small pillow
- Soft cuddly Fitted Cot Sheet (these fit over our little stretcher beds)

The Preschool is well equipped with toys and other activities to keep your child entertained throughout the day. Please leave your child’s toys at home as these can be lost in our large yard and busy play day.

Birthday & Other Celebrations

You are welcome to bring a treat for your child to share and celebrate their birthday at preschool. There are up to 24 in each class. Cupcakes, ice blocks, jelly cups and fruit kebabs are a few suggestions. (Children with food allergies with have their own special treats but please ensure there are no nuts are sent to preschool).

Please be discreet when giving out party invitations as young children are sensitive and get hurt when they are left out. You can place them in lockers or give them to staff to hand out.

If your family would like to share other celebrations, we would love to hear more about these and work with you to acknowledge and share these at preschool. Please chat with the Director or classroom staff regarding any other celebrations that are special for your family.

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Birthday & Other Celebrations

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Dropping Off and Collecting Your Child

All children attending must be signed in and out each day they attend. This is done on the Centre iPad through our digital platform ‘OWNA’. We ask all children to be signed out by 3.45pm, giving time to collect their belongings and chat with educators, and we close at 4pm.

Your child’s educator must be notified if someone other than the child’s parent is going to collect your child. Only authorised persons (18 years or older), written by parents on the child’s enrolment form will be permitted to collect children from the Preschool.

If you wish to add a new person to the authorised list this must be done in writing or through your OWNA app. In accordance with our policy, for security and confidentiality reasons, we cannot accept these changes over the phone or verbally.

Each person you authorise to drop or collect your child must be over 18 years of age. In the event of a custody dispute, evidence of custody (formal Court Orders) must be provided, stating if there is restriction of access to a child or children.

Committees You Can Join

The Preschool is a not-for-profit community organisation that is operated for the benefit of the families that use the Preschool. As a community group, the Preschool is managed by a volunteer management committee, made up of current and past families or community advocates.

- The Preschool is a legal entity constituted under the Associations Act as the Cronulla Preschool Kindergarten Incorporated.
- The Preschool is managed by the Committee of Management (Committee) in accordance with the Rules of Incorporation, which
outlines the management requirements of the Association.
- The Preschool is licenced to provide Children’s Services by the NSW Dept. of Education (DoE), and the Committee and staff manage
the Preschool in accordance with the Children’s’ Services Regulations and the National Quality Framework.

We value any suggestions or questions that you have and welcome any new parents who would like to participate in the Management Committee, or the Social or Gardening Committees. Please talk to your teachers or the Director if you are interested.

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Committees You Can Join

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Fees & Maintenance Levy

We are a Not-for-Profit preschool, with all funding and fees being allocated to the day to day and ongoing financial viability of the preschool. We receive some annual funding by the State Government, this alongside our daily fees are used to cover the expenses to operate our preschool.

The State Government funding is called ‘Start Strong Funding’ and there is also second level of Start Strong Fee Relief funding available to most families as well.

Daily attendance fees are set annually by the Management Committee based on a rate per day. All fees are subject to change by the Committee at any time during the year to ensure the ongoing viability of the Preschool. Fees are invoiced on a term basis whereby the entire terms fees are charged.

Invoices are issued in week 1 of term 1, and in the last week of the previous term for terms 2, 3 and 4. Fees are paid on a weekly basis using our direct debit payment system. Fees remain payable for all days, including any days that your child is absent. Fees are not charged for public holidays, pupil free days or allocated NSW school holidays.

The Maintenance Levy is a nominal amount and is levied once per term.

The funds raised are then used to maintain the building and equipment for the Preschool. The Levy is based on the daily rate at the commencement of each term and will be invoiced with the Attendance Fees. The Levy is non-refundable and is payable irrespective of whether the child attends for the whole term.

Upon enrolment, a non-refundable registration fee of $100 is payable for each enrolled child, and then a $200 bond . The bond is held by the Preschool for the duration of the child’s Preschool career and is only refundable when the child leaves the preschool or the appropriate termination notice of 4weeks (in term time) has been given.

If you are having difficulty paying for any reason, please see the Director so a payment plan may be devised for you. If fees fall in arrears, the matter will be referred to the Director.

Failure to pay fees in the time requested or ongoing Direct Debit payment rejection may result in the matter being referred to Preschool Management Committee and the child’s enrolment being terminated.

Please contact our Admin for more information on our current fee structure.

If Your Child Is Sick

We are careful to minimise, as much as possible, the cross-infection of children whilst they are at the Preschool. If you are in doubt of your child’s health or their contagious state, please keep them at home.

If your child displays symptoms of illness while at preschool, we will contact you and may request that the child be taken home and/or checked by a doctor.

If your child suffers an injury or has an accident, the Director may seek appropriate medical advice or treatment, if it is not possible to contact the parent. The accident will also be recorded by staff on an Incident Report Form on our OWNA app.

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If Your Child Is Sick

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Parent Involvement

Share your thoughts and reflections about our environment and program. Discuss the curriculum of the Preschool with staff. All questions and suggestions are welcomed.

Contribute your skills and talents to our program. It may be singing, craft, hobbies, or reading stories. All parents are invited to visit the playrooms and join the fun for as long as they are available.

Join our Management Committee, Social Committee or Gardening Committee.

Assisting with washing some of the Preschool’s belongings (such as tablecloths), returning them on the next day your child attends

Playground & Social Committees

To assist the Committee in the management of the Preschool and to provide other means for parents/guardians to become involved in the Preschool, there are two sub-committees known as the Gardening and Social Committees.

These committees have no legal or financial authority to act on behalf of the Preschool. They are designed as specific groups that meet separately from the Committee to manage the playground and social events.

Gardening Committee
The Gardening Committee helps manage the various gardens at preschool. They also support playground improvement by organising repair and working bees as needed.

Social Committee
The Social Committee organises social events or additional classroom activity fund raisers for the Preschool and the children (for example the Family Fun Day, School Holiday catch ups, Big School Reunion Picnic).

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Playground & Social Committees

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The Committee of Management

The overall management of the Preschool is governed by the Committee, which comprises a group of parents from the Preschool community who give their time to ensure the Preschool is a wonderful learning environment for both children and staff.

The Committee comprises of the following positions:
- President
- Vice President
- Treasurer
- Vice Treasurer*
- Secretary
- Vice Secretary*
- Three (3) Ordinary Members
- *Optional positions

A brief description of each position is as follows:

President
Head of the Committee and Chairperson of the Committee meetings. The President has the same voting rights as all other Committee members but has the casting vote in the event of a tied vote. As an executive member, has legal authority to act on behalf of the Preschool.

Treasurer
Manages the Preschool’s finances to ensure the efficient ongoing operation of the Preschool, including budget preparation, income and expenses monitoring and co-ordination of the annual audit.

The Preschool has a part time Administration Assistant on staff who manages the finances on a daily basis, such as paying bills and collecting income. As such, the Treasurer’s role is one of general oversee of the finances, not daily operation. As an executive member, the Treasurer has legal authority to act on behalf of the Preschool.

Secretary
Manages the Preschool’s formal correspondence, Register of Committee members and prepares Minutes of the Committee meetings.

Ordinary Members
There are three (3) Ordinary Members that are actively involved in the Committee but have no specific duties.

Due to licencing regulations stipulated by DoE, all Committee members must undergo background checks including a criminal record and working with children checks. Anyone wishing to join the Committee will be required to agree to the checks and complete the necessary screening forms.

The Committee may at times be required to assess and adjudicate on sensitive and private issues involving the Preschool families. As such, confidentiality is a key requirement of Committee membership and must be strictly maintained at all times. Due to this confidentiality requirement, parents that are not committee members are generally not permitted to attend Committee meetings.

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