Posters, parent consent forms and tip sheets for use by kindergartens to improve communications with families and the community.
Letter to parents about access to one funded kindergarten place
At the beginning of the kindergarten year, service providers must provide all families with written confirmation that the child is receiving a funded kindergarten program. This includes seeking confirmation from the family that they are accessing only one funded kindergarten place at any one time.
Download a template letter:
Letter to parents regarding access to one funded kindergarten place (docx - 39.79kb)
All about kindergarten: resources for parents
Information for parents
about kindergarten and what to expect, including a downloadable fact sheet. To access the translated versions of this fact sheet, visit:
Translated resources
Strengthening business best practice
We've developed a suite of resources materials for service providers and committees of management that provide financial and business advice to help strengthen business best practice within the kindergarten sector. The resources focus on strategies that can help strengthen operations, increase revenue and improve efficiencies for kindergarten services.
Materials for kindergarten services
The following materials are specifically for kindergarten services:
To order these materials, free of charge, complete and submit the
Early Start Kindergarten order form
Materials for MCH services, Child Protection and Child First professionals
The following materials are specifically for designed for Maternal Child Health, Child Protection and Child FIRST professionals
To order these materials, free of charge, complete and submit the
Early Start Kindergarten order form.
Improved educator to child ratio
A suite of resources for early childhood teachers and educators. The resources focus on building relationships with individual children and their families, reflecting on current practices, working collaboratively with other professionals and maximising learning outcomes.
Tip sheet 1 - Collaborative teaching: teaching as a team
Tip sheet 2 - Learning in a larger group: teaching strategies to support engagement
Tip sheet 3 - Utilising physical and social environments to maximise learning
Tip sheet 4 - A place for everyone: responding effectively to every child
Tip sheet 5 - Secure relationships: creating strong connections and building relationships with all children and families
Tip sheet 6 - Multi-age groups: working with mixed-age groups
Tip sheet 7 - Kindergarten access for all children: ensuring the sector is responsive to the community
Educator configurations
The educator to child ratio is calculated according to the total number of children being educated and cared for by the service. For example, where a service has between 45 and 55 children in a two room kindergarten, five educators are required to meet the 1:11 ratio. These services require an early childhood teacher for each group, however, may consider having a fifth educator working across the two groups when the groups are operating at the same time. For more information, refer to:
Poster to inform parents about cost subsidies
Free or low cost kindergarten - the kindergarten fee subsidy (poster)
Digital stories
Victorian kindergarten services are required to operate at an educator to child ratio of 1:11 in accordance with the National Quality Framework. The improved ratio allows staff to give more individual attention to each child and support better learning outcomes.
A suite of digital stories have been developed to support services to implement the improved ratio requirement.