Occasional
Care
Occasional Care
Occasional care is for children under school age who aren’t in any other early childhood education and care programs, such as preschool, child care or family day care. It promotes young children’s development by giving them access to high-quality early childhood education.
It may help parents to take part in a range of activities including non-work and casual work commitments.
Priority of access
The education department has a priority of access policy to decide who can get into occasional care. This might mean that some families get more sessions than others.
Talk to us about enrolling in occasional care.
Session Times
Children generally can attend one session each week.
Children under 2 years old
Tuesday
8.45am to 11:30am
Thursday
8.45am to 11:30am
Children over 2 years old
Thursday
8.45am to 11:30am
12:15pm – 3:00pm
Cost
This program costs $5 per session and $2.50 for siblings.
If you have an Australian Government Pensioner Concession or Health Care Card, the cost is $1.50 per session and 75 cents for siblings.
What To Bring
Your child needs to bring these items each day:
- bag
- hat
- change of clothes
- nappies and nappy changing items if required
- baby bottle containing milk if required
- drink bottle containing water
- healthy snack
- packed lunch
Please write your child’s name on all of their belongings.
