All 2027 places now filled
08/08/2026
Thank you to all families who applied for a place at Ripponlea Kindergarten in 2027.
News
Open Day 2026
04/21/2026
Come and visit our kinder in person on Saturday, 2 May 2026 at our annual Open Day.
We're delighted to let you know that we are now accepting applications for our 3-year-old kinder program for 2028.
Update: All places for 2026 have now been filled.
Session time changes in 2026
06/29/2025
In 2026 we will continue offering two groups of funded 3-year-old kindergarten (15 hours each) and 2 groups of funded 4-year-old kindergarten (15 hours each).
Free kinder in 2026
04/03/2025
Ripponlea Kindergarten is a proud provider of the Victorian Government's Free Kinder initiative.
From 2026 children identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, from a refugee or asylum seeker background, or who have had contact with Child Protection services will have access to up to 25 hours of free kindergarten per week. Please contact our service if you would like to find out more about this.
2025 Open Day
03/12/2025
Join us for our 2025 Open Day and see all that Ripponlea Kindergarten has on offer!
On the 1st of January 2012 the Federal Government introduced new quality standards that a service must meet, as a part of the National Quality Framework. The following is a brief outline about the new system:
Bush Kinder - what can it offer your child?
06/26/2023
Ripponlea Kindergarten is immensely proud of our Bush Kinder program and this article, recently published in The Guardian, highlights many of the wonderful skills students can learn within a program like ours.