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# QLD Kindy for all - Managing Public Holidays & Student Free Days

# QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Kindy Program


### Overview


The requirement to ensure the children are shown as attending the Kindy program for the correct amount of hours around public holidays/student free days, is that they are left as an **Absent**.

||| Bookings for these days should not be removed as it will affect acquittal information.

### Creating Holidays & Exceptions


1. Select the **Settings** screen from the left-hand menu
2. Select **Operational Profile**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_6pfrln.png)

3. Select **Holiday/Exception**
4. Select the **green +** button

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_ejyfye.png)

5. Select the **Centre name** if you are in Enterprise view
6. Select **'Holidays'**.
7. Select **yes** to copy the public holidays
8. Select the **calendar year**
9. Select **your state** note, this will default from your centre settings.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_p8lz7t.png)

10.  Select the **effect** on any existing and new bookings.
* **Mark Absent (leaves bookings on rolls and charged accordingly)** 
11. Once you have made the relevant changes, click on **save**.
||| Note: Attendances for these days should **NOT** be set to **Remove existing bookings & don't create new bookings** to report the correct information to QGrants.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_iyh31t.png)