Please understand that it is not the amount of time that your child has been on the waiting list that determines whether or not your child will get a place in the Nature Explorers program. We are funded by the state government who determines who receives a funded place at NSW preschools as well as the priorities of access.

 

In addition, Pottsville Community Preschool’s Committee also has a say, and the Committee has determined that two additional priorities for Nature Explorers are to be met for placement.

Service providers are also required to adhere to the Early Childhood Education and Care Priority of Access Guidelines. These guidelines require services to give priority access to:

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• Children who are at least 4 years old on or before the 31 July in that preschool year and not yet in compulsory schooling

• Children who are at least 3 years old on or before 31 July

• Children with a Health Care Card

• Children who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

• Children with a diagnosed disability

• Children who are at risk of significant harm (from a child protection perspective). (Please note: this includes families who are experiencing mental illness)

 

The following two priorities have been added by the Committee of Pottsville Community Preschool:

• Siblings

• Families from the Pottsville Community Preschool staff and community

 

If further clarification is required, please speak to our Director. Please understand that we are unable to discuss other families’ status within the priority of access guidelines due to confidentiality.