when to look for kindy and where?
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Topic: when to look for kindy and where?
Posted By: monikah
Subject: when to look for kindy and where?
Date Posted: 25 September 2009 at 8:01pm
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a friend of mine said today that you need to get kids on waiting lists quite early here. does anyone know what age is the norm to start looking at kindys and also where you can find local kindy's and information/ratings etc... ------------- 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 25 September 2009 at 8:47pm
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I was told to enroll Jake at 2 when I asked..... they take them in on age basis so no point getting on the list any younger. I looked up the auckland kindy association, plus the local phone book which had a private local one too.
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 25 September 2009 at 8:50pm
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Were you wanting a public kindy, or a daycare? I'm not sure about Wellington but in Auckland you can put your child on the waiting list for public kindy on their 2nd birthday although they dont normally start till they are over three. With daycare / private or community centres etc you can put them on the list as soon as you are pregnant at some! (like the daycare I work at) If you know the name of the centre you can look at their latest review http://www.ero.govt.nz/ero/publishing.nsf/Content/Home+Page - http://www.ero.govt.nz/ero/publishing.nsf/Content/Home+Page feel free to PM me if you need any more info
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 25 September 2009 at 9:37pm
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Private kindys are slightly different, I enrolled Jack when he turned 2 in April and they rang the other week to offer me a spot for next term! That freaked me out a bit as I wasn't ready (not sure about Jack!) so he won't go till next year. So some private kindys will take kids from 2yrs and I think they work on a waiting list basis as opposed to oldest first like public kindys ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 27 September 2009 at 7:26pm
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Private kindys go from 2years so I guess you put them on the list whenever but the earlier the better.
Public kindys don't really encourage it before 2 and in Auckland the earliest you'll get your child in (in most places) is 3.5 years. Because public kindys try to get as many children in before school they go by age (like Nikki said) so if you have had your child on the list since he was 2 and he's now 3 and a 4.5yo rocks up then chances are the 4.5yo will get first shot so he gets six months prior to school. -------------  
 
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