Occasional Care 2025
Occasional care is occasional sessional care for babies, toddlers and children under preschool age.
The aim of the program is to:
- Provide families with access to sessional occasional childcare, supporting children not already accessing other early childhood education and care programs, including preschool, long day care or family day care.
- Enable parents to participate in a range of activities including non-work and casual work commitments.
- Promote young children’s development and learning by increasing access to a high-quality early childhood education and care program.
Note: A parent can book in occasionally or have a regular booking which will depend on numbers enrolled. It is not guaranteed a child can be enrolled every week or on the same day each week. Occasional Care is max of one session per week depending on availability.
Sessions provided by age group:
Over 2 years old (prior to starting preschool)
Occasional Sessions:
Monday 8:45-11:30am or 12:00-2:45pm
Tuesday 8:45-11:30am or 12:00-2:45pm
Friday 8:45-11:30am
(A maximum of one session per week)
Under 2 years old
Occasional Sessions:
Friday
8:45am to 11:30am
(A maximum of once per week)
Occasional Care Fees
Concession card: $1.50 per session payable at the time of booking. No concession card: $5.00 per session payable at the time of booking. .
* There is a discounted rate for siblings. Fees are charged based on bookings not attendance.
* There is an additional fee for children collected after 11:30am for morning session and 2:45pm for afternoon session.
