Early Start Kinder (ESK). ✅

Purpose: 

Early Start Kindergarten (ESK) is a grant funded by the Department of Education and Training (theDepartment) that provides eligible three-year-old children access to up to 15 hours of free or low cost kindergarten per week, including in areas with funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.

This grant is available in both long day care and sessional services where the kindergarten program is delivered by a qualified teacher. A child can be placed in a Three-Year-Old

Kindergarten program, a mixed age program or where early start enrolments are incorporated into a four-year-old program.

Guide to explain Early Start Kinder.

https://stonly.com/sl/bc31bdc6-c2e5-417c-92c7-a3efde205749/Steps/

Extended resources:

ESK guide:

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/providers/funding/eskforservices.pdf 

Kinder funding guide: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/providers/funding/J641-Kindergarten-Funding-Guide-v6.pdf 

ESK policy: https://woodlandelc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/10415996100239-Early-Start-Kinder-at-Woodlands-policy