KU Kangaroo Preschool

11 Marloo Crescent
WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650
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  • Monday to Friday 8:00am - 3:30pm
Preschoolers NSW Fee Relief – Preschool

Our Program and Approach

At KU Kangaroo, we are committed to providing high quality early education and care that is guided by the principles of the Early Years Learning Framework. We promote children’s learning through respectful relationships and quality learning environments that invite children to spend time engaging in meaningful experiences. We provide an active learning environment where children are encouraged to explore and interact.

Our program offers children the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of learning experiences and activities, each specifically designed to promote children’s confidence as capable, active participants in their own learning.

Children are presented with a range of activities including gardening, arts and crafts, music and movement, physical play, block building, sand and water play, science experiments, early numeracy activities such as counting and measurement, and early literacy activities such as reading, drawing and writing.

Building strong attachments with children underpins our program. Our educators have been trained in the Circle of Security, providing us with the knowledge and skills on how to best support children with building positive and meaningful relationships with adults and peers.

Our centre is a welcoming and nurturing space where each child is immersed in a rich tapestry of educationally interactive experiences – a space where children are supported to be their own, unique selves, growing and developing a sense of belonging and empowerment.

We aim to establish immediate rapport and a sense of belonging in our community, as families arrive through the front door.

We greatly value the strong relationships between our staff, children and families, and we look forward to the opportunity of including your family in the life of our centre.


Our Specialisation

In addition to the high quality well-rounded programs we offer, all KU centres are also encouraged to develop an area of specialisation.

At KU Kangaroo, we specialise in supporting and nurturing each child’s attachment and emotional resilience. A predictable, calm and well planned environment allows educators to be available to children and support the individual children’s needs.

One way we incorporate this into our program is through Playspaces. Educators sit in a designated playspace for the first 45 minutes of the day. The reason for doing this is to help create a predictable start and play environment for your child.

On arrival at preschool, children will begin to recognise that each educator will be in the same area every day. Making a connection with an educator at the start of the day helps your child feel safe and secure and will influence the rest of their day. Some children are ready to give the educators a big hello when they arrive, others like to quietly slide into an activity.

By staying in the one place, the educators can be sure of how your child likes to begin their day. It also helps keep the social side of play safe and predictable, as the children can first rely on the educator as a safe base before going out to explore.

We feel that the children benefit from a predictable and calm start to their day and we strive to develop children’s emotional resilience.


Our Quality


Our centre has been independently assessed by the Department of Education NSW under the National Quality Standards, and are proud to be rated as Exceeding the National Quality Standard.


However what matters most is what our families think...

“I have two children at KU Kangaroo and they absolutely love it. They literally jump with joy in the mornings before they get there with excitement. I feel they are really engaged and learning and developing before my eyes." – KU Kangaroo parent

"KU Kangaroo is such a nurturing and caring environment, where the children are encouraged to explore and grow. As a parent of a child that was quite shy to begin with, it was so important to me that the staff work with us to make him as comfortable as possible. The communication and genuine care shown was amazing. My two children, who have two very different personalities, have absolutely thrived here.” – KU Kangaroo parent

Our Environment

Each KU centre is unique. The best outcomes for children are created within relationships and interactions between children and staff, and children and their families, not within four walls. We work hard to create beautiful, interesting, homelike learning environments for children – whatever our setting.

Our playground is designed to maximise the use of the natural environment and allow children to play and explore as they would in their own backyard. We offer stimulating activities that arouse children’s curiosity and encourage them to choose from a variety of planned experiences, expanding their learning potential.

Our playground includes natural elements such as sand, water, grass, mud, leaves and twigs, and we also offer gross motor experiences such as climbing, jumping and physical play. We foster the holistic development of each child so they feel inspired to create, imagine and play.


Our Awards

In 2015, the team at KU Kangaroo Preschool was awarded the 'Making the KU Difference by Representing KU' Award.

The Making the KU Difference Awards were introduced a number of years ago, as a way of acknowledging KU staff who have made a significant contribution to KU. These annual awards are open to all KU staff, at any level (either individual staff or a team), who have worked above and beyond their normal duties.


Other Features

Hat and Sunscreen
Transition to School
Public Transport
Play-based Learning
Parking
Outdoor Play
Award
Storypark
Education for Sustainability

Director

Tiffany Shackleton

Our Team

Our team of early childhood educators are qualified, experienced, caring and highly motivated. All hold specialist qualifications in early childhood education. We believe that the positive interactions children have with our staff are the most important component of our high quality program.

The daily fees for 2024 at KU Kangaroo Preschool are:

Fee Amount
4 year old Start Strong Fee Relief fee FREE
3 year old Start Strong Fee Relief fee $6.50
Start Strong Equity Fee Relief fee FREE
Unfunded fee $76.50

Which fee will you pay?

The NSW Government is committed to ensuring that all children in NSW can participate in 600 hours of quality preschool education in the year before school, no matter where they live or what their circumstances are.

To ensure that affordability is not a barrier for families with young children, the NSW Government provides Start Strong funding making 600 hours, or 15 hours per week, of preschool participation in the two years before school more affordable. In KU preschools, this 15 hours per week is met by enrolling for two days per week.

Start Strong Free Preschool (3 year olds and 4 year olds)

From 2024, the NSW government has provided additional fee relief funding, based on $4,220 per eligible child. This enables NSW preschools to reduce the daily fee as much as possible, within the Start Strong funding parameters.

This funding is for children who turn 3 or 4 years of age by 31 July in the preschool year and are enrolled in a preschool program for 15 hours per week. Across KU Preschools, the ‘15 hours’ is usually met by enrolling in two x 7.5 hour days per week.

Start Strong fee relief can only be accessed at one service, either a preschool or long day care service. This ensures as many children as possible can access affordable early childhood education.

Start Strong Equity Fee Relief Fee

The NSW government provides further funding for children who meet the Start Strong Equity funding criteria. If you think you may be eligible for Equity funding, please speak with the Preschool Director further about this.

Unfunded Fee

The Unfunded Fee is charged when a family has chosen to access the Start Strong fee relief at another community preschool or long day care service.