Our Program and Approach

KU Ashmont Preschool and Family Centre delivers an integrated service model providing the best opportunity to positively respond to the needs of the community and provide additional beneficial services for children and families.

The service includes:

A high quality preschool program for children aged 3-6 years
A range of preschool age-specific Allied Health and NDIS services that will be rolled out over the coming months based on community needs

KU Ashmont Preschool

At our service, childhood is celebrated. When they play and explore, children's imagination and curiosity is sparked – they enjoy learning and are inspired to continue learning more.

We offer a high quality program, with emphasis on the importance of relationships with children and their families. These relationships help children feel secure, which free them to explore, play and learn.

Our qualified and experienced educators are dedicated to enriching children’s learning through play-based and intentional teaching in collaboration with children, families and members of the community to ensure we have a challenging and inviting environment.

We offer 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.

KU Ashmont Family Centre

KU Ashmont Family Centre provides clinical services for children who have additional educational needs and currently offers services in Speech Therapy. KU Children’s Services is a registered NDIS provider offering early intervention services to children enrolled in KU centres as well as children from the local community. KU Ashmont Family Centre is open Monday to Friday. If you would like receive further information or make a booking at KU Ashmont Family Centre please email ku.ashmont@ku.com.au

Our Quality

KU Ashmont Preschool and Family Centre is yet to be rated under the National Quality Standards.

We are committed to the provision of quality education and care. As part of this commitment, we have established policies and practices designed to ensure that the centre complies with the legislated National Quality Framework.

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.

KU Ashmont Preschool and Family Centre opened in 2020, following a period of renovation and rejuvenation. We recognise the need for natural and constructed environments, both indoors and outdoors, and the importance of open-ended spaces that provide opportunities for interaction, spontaneity, risk taking, exploration, discovery and connection with nature.

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.

Other Features

Storypark

University Qualified Educators

Experienced Staff

Transition to School

Play-based Learning

Outdoor Play

Parking

Hat and Sunscreen

The daily fees for 2021 at KU Ashmont Preschool and Family Centre are:

Fee	Amount
Attending two days (3 or 4 year olds)	FREE
Unfunded fee (single or additional days)	$45.00

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.

'Free Fees': Start Strong (3 year olds and 4 year olds) and additional COVID funding

To be eligible for Start Strong (and therefore the COVID-19 funding for ‘free fees’ in 2021), children must turn 3 or 4 by 31 July in that preschool year, and be 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.

For 2021, the NSW government has provided additional funding for NSW preschools, to lessen the financial burden on families as a result of COVID-19. This funding means preschool will be free for those two days (15 hours), for children eligible for Start Strong funding.

The NSW Department of Education requires parents to sign the ‘Consent to use and disclosure of personal information’ form at the time of enrolment (see KU’s Standard Terms for the Enrolment of Children, p.4). Your eligibility for Start Strong Funding is conditional upon signing this form.

The Unfunded Fee is charged when:

Children who:
- Only attend one day per week (less than 15 hours); or
- Attend more than two days (15 hours) per week - in 2021, the first two days will be free, then you will be charged the Unfunded Daily Fee for each day after that.

KU Ashmont Preschool and Family Centre