Session Times and Fees
Kinder is a safe place for children to grow through learning and play
Session Times
RED GROUP 2025 (3-4 year olds)
MONDAY 9am - 3pm
FRIDAY 9am - 3pm
RED GROUP 2026 (3-4 year olds)
Monday 8.30am - 4pm
Tuesday 8.30am - 4pm
Red Group children participate in fortnightly Hey Dee Ho music sessions.
Children can only commence the program when they have turned three.
BLUE GROUP 2025 (4 – 5-year-olds)
TUESDAY 9 am – 3pm
WEDNESDAY 9 am – 3pm
THURSDAY 9 am – 3pm
BLUE GROUP 2026 (4 – 5-year-olds)
WEDNESDAY 8.30 am – 4pm
THURSDAY 8.30 am – 4pm
Blue Group children participate in Sports Tots sessions and Yoga Fun sessions throughout the year.
Fees
FRIEND STREET KINDERGARTEN FEES 2025
Friend Street Kindergarten has opted into Free Kinder for 2025.
For more information, you can contact us at friend.st.kin@kindergarten.vic.gov.au or read our “Free Kindergarten Fees Policy″.
Our 3 year old program runs for 12 hours per week Monday and Friday 9am - 3pm. There is no parent fee for this program.
Our 4-year-old program continues to offer additional hours in 2025. Sessions times 9am – 3 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Funded sessional kindergarten for four-year-olds (15 hours per week – free kinder) + 3 hours per week (Fee-based) but optional to attend.
Fee schedule 2024 for additional hours
Hours: 3 hours per week - $400 per term
FRIEND STREET KINDERGARTEN FEES 2026
Both 3 and 4 year old kinder will run for 15 hours under the Free Kinder programs there is no parent fee.
An optional voluntary donation amount will be decided in the coming months
How to Enrol
Friend Street Kindergarten is now part of the Whitehorse Preschool Association central enrolment system.
Please click Enrolment and Orientation Policy to view our Enrolment Procedures, including application processes, the offer of places, eligibility and selection criteria.
Please enrol with the kindergarten by clicking the button below. The closing date for submitting enrolment applications for 2026 is 30th June 2025. Letters of offer will be emailed to families by the end of July. We continue to accept enrolments for 2025 based on vacancies as they arise.
