What We Offer

We offer a number of programs and services to support your child’s early years learning.

Preschool Program

Your child can attend preschool for up to 15 hours per week. We currently run on a 2 week cycle where children attend the following days

Week 1

Wednesday 8:45am to 2:45pm
Thursday 8:45am to 2:45pm
Friday 8:45am to 2:45pm

Week 2

Wednesday 8:45am to 2:45pm
Thursday 8:45am to 2:45pm

Fees

Parent contribution fees are determined by the Kindergarten Governing Council and are reviewed annually.

Families will receive an invoice via email at the beginning of each term. Payments are made via online banking, and a receipt will be issued through the Department for Education’s central finance system.

Fees for 2026 are $100 per term

What to bring

Each day your child will need a bag packed with

change of clothes (for accidents and wet/messy play)
drink bottle containing water
fruits or vegetables for morning snack
healthy packed lunch

Please write your child’s name on all their belongings.

Please use an insulated container and an ice brick or frozen water bottle to keep lunches cool. Place lunch boxes in the lunch trolley when you arrive. Morning snack in placed in their locker with their bag.

Kindy will provide a hat for each child that will be kept on site until they transition to school.

What not to bring

Children should not bring these things:

nuts or foods containing nuts
unhealthy food (lollies, chocolate, etc) these foods can be enjoyed at home
toys from home

We currently have a child enrolled with a severe nut allergy and are therefore a nut aware site. This may change depending on the needs of the children enrolled in the future.

Kindergarten photos

Each year a photographer visits the kindergarten to take individual and group photos. Photo packages will be available to purchase and extra photos may be re-ordered for family and friends.

Health and support services

Dental, health and support services are available locally and we provide support services on site. Please speak to us about additional services.

Please let us know if your child is unwell and can’t attend kindergarten.

Playgroup

We currently do not run a playgroup at Hackham East Kindergarten. There are playgroups available at Hackham Family Centre which are operated by Junction Australia.

OSHC

OSHC is available at Hackham East Primary School for children once they have turned 4. OSHC staff escort children to kindy in the morning and kindy staff escort them back to OSHC in the afternoons. There are also school holiday programs available. Please contact oshc.director286@schools.sa.edu.au for more information.