Excellent Kids Montessori
Enrolment
Interested in placement for your child? Please complete the online enquiry form and one of our administration staff will get back to your shortly. Centre Tours are also now available.
Fee
It is important that you understand the following details about your fees:
• All booked days (including public holidays, sick days, holidays and other absences) will be charged for.
• A late fee of $15.00 per quarter of an hour, or part thereof, will apply if a child is collected after closing time.
• Two weeks written notice is required when changing a child’s booked days, or when leaving the centre. In lieu of such notice period, two weeks full fees will be charged.
• Fees must be paid on the first day of attendance each week/fortnight (depending on chosen payment frequency).
• Fees must be paid at least one week in advance of attendance at all times.
• Failure to comply with payment of fees may lead to termination of enrolment
Child care fee per day:
Nido: $110
Toddler: $109
Pre-kindy & Kindy" $107
If you get Child Care Benefit as reduced fees your family will have a Child Care Benefit percentage. It’s on the assessment notice you get from the Family Assistance Office. Your child care service uses your percentage to work out your child care fee reduction.
FAQ
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What to bring each day?2 Full set of spare clothing 5 Spare training pants Drawstring bag containing 1 of everything: Fitted sheet Top sheet Small light blanket (during winter) 1 Water Botttle A comforter (if required) Bottles and formula or milk (if required) Any long-term medication
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What is Montessori?The Montessori method is designed to support a child’s unique individual development with a prepared, focused and personalised environment. Excellent Kids Montessori adopts this approach to facilitate all children to joyfully, excitedly and responsibly engage themselves in their learning journey. We aim to connect, partner and work closely with our families to offer their precious children our best learning experiences. We work towards empowering your child to achieve and develop a good self-esteem, a desire for exploration and learning, an aspiration for innovation and understanding. Also we shall inspire in them a considerate and respectful attitude towards others and our natural environment.
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What is the educator to child ratio?The Centre is staffed in full accordance with eh National Quality Framework Law and Regulations as to qualifications and levels of staffing required in each group. Educator to child ratio: Infants Houses- 6 weeks to 2 years- Ration of 1:4 Toddlers Houses- 15 months to 3 years- Ratio of 1:5 Pre-school Kindy Houses - 3 to 6 years- Ratio of 1:11 Reference: https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/educator-to-child-ratios
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Do you have bond?EKM doesn't collect a bond. Upon enrolment you will be required to pay 2 weeks fees in advance therefore enabling you to be 1 week in advance as per the enrolment agreement. Normal fees are payable by the first day of each week you child attends and should be at least one week in advance always. If fees are not kept up to date, your child/children’s position will be suspended till all fees are paid. You are also required to pay a non-refundable $50 admin fee. A hat will be supplied upon enrolment. Because you child occupies a permanent booking at the Centre, fees are payable for all booked days, including absences whatever the reason and public holiday. This ensures that a place is always reserved for you child and that fees overall can be kept to a minimum
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What are the payment options?EKM is a cashless centre. We are only accepting credit card or direct debit.
