VIC Kindergarten - Arrival

• VIC Arrival Multiple Child Upload Report

  VIC Arrival Multiple Child Upload Report The VIC Arrival Multiple Child Report will provide you with the required information that you need to apply for kindergarten funding through the Arrival. The existing KIM report will be update as the requirements have changed. The report includes VIC Centres and Children with bookings in the current calendar year, and shows columns as stated in the Arrival Child Template. Legend: Grey - mandatory/conditional columns that are blank and the daFew readers

• Victorian Kindy Funding - Arrival LDC's Getting Ready

  Victorian Kindy Funding - Arrival LDC's Getting Ready What is Arrival? Arrival is a new purpose-built system that will replace the Kindergarten Information Management System (KIMS) for mandatory kindergarten data reporting. Arrival will also include functionality to enable sessional services to collect and report attendance data. From January 2025, all funded kindergarten services will enter their enrolment, teacher or educator and program informatFew readers

• Victorian Kindy Funding - Arrival Sessional Kindergartens Getting Ready

  Victorian Kindy Funding - Arrival Sessional Kindergartens Getting Ready What is Arrival? Arrival is a new purpose-built system that will replace the Kindergarten Information Management System (KIMS) for mandatory kindergarten data reporting. Arrival will also include functionality to enable sessional services to collect and report attendance data. From January 2025, all funded kindergarten services will enter their enrolment, teacher or educator anFew readers

NSW Kindergarten

• NSW Digital Hub Additional Enrolment Fields Guide

  NSW Digital Hub Additional Enrolment Fields Guide Overview To support future NSW Digital Hub reporting requirements, Xap has introduced additional enrolment questions and supporting data fields. These questions allow services to begin collecting information required for future NSW Digital Hub submissions and reporting. Important: All new questions are disabled by default and must be enabled through Enrolment Form Settings before they will appear on enrolment forms. Who Should Enable ThFew readers

QLD Kindergarten

• QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Forecast - Sessional Kindergartens

  QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Forecast - Sessional Kindergartens Forecasts CGBs are required to submit biannual forecast enrolment data to the Department to inform Subsidy calculation and entitlements. Forecasts are submitted in advance at the beginning of each semester. A forecast and acquittal are required to be submitted, regardless of whether there is an ECT delivering the Approved Kindergarten Program. QLD Kindy for all actions: Step 1: [Create a Kindy program](https://help.Few readers

• QLD Kindergarten Funding - Correcting a previously submitted Acquittal or Forecast

  QLD Kindergarten Funding - Correcting a previously submitted Acquittal or Forecast Overview In certain scenarios, and Acquittal/Forecast will be submitted incorrectly and will be rejected by QGrants. When this happens, QGrants will delete the record on their end and will require users to resubmit the Acquittal/Forecast. A few examples of reasons why a Acquittal/Forecast could be incorrect include: Incorrect number of programs submitted. Each Acquittal/Forecast should contain the sameFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - Forecast & Acquittal Warnings & Errors

  QLD Kindy for All - Forecast & Acquittal Warnings & Errors This article provides you with some of the common Warnings and Errors that you may receive when submitting a Forecast or Acquittal to QGrants. Informational These warnings won't stop the Forecast or Acquittal from submitting but may need to be actioned by the Service. Error Message Actions Care Type | Informational: Child '{0}' has less than two characters in their first name in program '{1}'Few readers

• QLD Kindy for all Term dates 2026 - Sessional Kindergartens

  QLD Kindy for all Term dates 2026 - Sessional Kindergartens Staff Professional Development Days Term Dates Term 1 Thursday 22 January to Friday 23 January Term 2 Thursday 16 April to Friday 17 April Term 3 Friday 4 September Semester 1 2026 Week No. Week beginning Week 1 Monday 5 January Week 2 Monday 12 January Week 3 Monday 19 January Week 4 Monday 26January Week 5 Monday 2 February | WeFew readers

• QLD Kindy for all Term dates 2026 - CCS Services

  QLD Kindy for all Term dates 2026 - CCS Services Long Day Care Quarter 1 2026 - Tuesday 27 January to Thursday 2 April Week No. Week beginning Week 1 Monday 5 January Week 2 Monday 12 January Week 3 Monday 19 January Week 4 Monday 26January Week 5 Monday 2 February Week 6 Monday 9 February Week 7 Monday 16 February Week 8 Monday 23 February Week 9 Monday 2 March Week 10 Monday 9 March | Week 11 | Monday 16Few readers

ACT Kindergarten

• Gap Discounts - ACT Preschool Funding

  Gap Discounts - ACT Preschool Funding The 2026 ACT Preschool Funding program provides funding to deliver affordable, quality preschool education to children aged 3 and above who are enrolled in eligible long day care services and reside in the ACT.  More than 140 early childhood education and care services across Canberra deliver the program. These are known as [partner providers](https://www.act.gov.au/education-and-training/early-childhood-and-preschool/free-three-year-old-preschool/parFew readers

SA - Flying Start Kindergarten

• Gap Discounts - SA Flying Start Funding

  The **Flying Start Kindy program **is a government-funded, play-based preschool initiative for 3-year-olds in South Australia, offering up to 15 hours per week of teacher-led early learning to build confidence, curiosity, and foundational skills. From 2026, if your child attends 3-year-old preschool at a South Australian centre, they’ll benefit from extra initiatives designed to strengthen the program and support families, such as: Preschool Boost – additional funding to help servicesFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - LDC submitting an Acquittal

  QLD Kindy for All - CBC submitting an Acquittal Overview From 2024, the QLD Government is making changes to the Kindy funding. Kindergarten at both sessional kindergarten and long day care services in Queensland will be free for the first 15hrs of care per week for all children. || The new funding scheme will replace the current Queensland Kindergarten Funding Scheme. See: [QLD Kindergarten Funding Essentials - Long Day Care Services](https://earlychildhood.qld.gov.au/fundingAndSupporSome readers

• QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Forecast - CCS Services

  QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Forecast CCS Services Step 1 - Creating a Forecast The Forecast is the first step for QLD Kindy funding, once a Forecast is submitted, you will need to query this back to populate the Forecast Results information. To create a Forecast for QLD Kindergarten funding. Select the Bookings & Attendances screen Select the Kindy Funding tab Select the Forecast Tab ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/imageSome readers

• QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Kindy Program

  QLD Kindy for all - Creating a Kindy Program Kindy is for 15 hours per week, 40 weeks per year and is free. To follow on with the 15hr claiming, the Kindy programs are recommended to run between 5hrs to 7.5hrs daily. | Note: This is up to the individual service regarding their program run times. Creating the Kindy programs | Note: If your service was running Kindy programs for 2025 create new Kindy programs for 2026 to keep your programs separate per year,Few readers

• QLD Kindergarten Funding - QGrants Acquittal Results (LDC)

  QLD Kindergarten Funding - QGrants Results (LDC) This article will assist you with querying and understanding the QLD Kindergarten funding results from QGrants. Overview From 2023, the QLD Government is making changes to the Kindy funding. Kindergarten at both sessional kindergarten and long day care services in Queensland may be free for children who are experiencing vulnerability and/or disadvantage. || The new funding scheme will replace the current Queensland Kindergarten FundingFew readers

• Help Page - QLD Kindergarten for all

  Help Page - QLD Kindergarten for all QLD Kindy for all Checklist Information for Services 🎒 QLD Kindy for All ▶️ Webinar recording ❔ [QLD Kindy for All FAQ's](httFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - Adding a child to a submitted Forecast

  QLD Kindy for All - Adding a child to a submitted Forecast This article will assist you with adding a child/ren to a Forecast that has already been submitted or processed with QGrants. Overview The automatic addition of the QLD Free Kindy payments to eligible children in Xap is based on the child being included in the Forecast for the period. If a child commenced care in your services Kindy Program after you have submitted your Forecast for the quarter, the child will nFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All FAQ's

  QLD Kindergarten for All FAQ's | For further details see: DESE - Introducing Free Kindy What is Free Kindy? In QLD from January 2024, Kindy is Free for 15hrs a week, 40 weeks a year. [FFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - Sessional Kindergarten submitting an Acquittal

  QLD Kindy for All - Sessional Kindergarten submitting an Acquittal This article will assist you with creating and submitting a QLD Sessional Kindergarten Acquittal. Overview The QLD Government is making changes to the Kindy funding. Kindergarten at both sessional kindergarten and long day care services in Queensland will be free for the first 15hrs of care per week for all children. || The new funding scheme will replace the current Queensland Kindergarten Funding Scheme. See: [QLD KFew readers

• 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 Select the Settings screen from the left-hand menu Select Operational Profile ![](https://storageFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - Manually Settling Kindy Payments

  QLD Kindy for All - Manually Settling Kindy Payments This article will assist you with applying the updated QLD Free Kindy estimations for children to ensure their account balance is kept up to date. Overview The automatic addition of the QLD Free Kindy payments to eligible children in Xap is based on the child being on the Forecast for the period. When would you manually settle the QLD Free Kindy payments? The Automated Kindy Payments process will only apply payments forFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - CCS Services Calculations

  QLD Free Kindergarten - CCS Services calculations 15 hours of free kindy Kindy is: 15 hours per week 40 weeks per year || Kindergarten is delivered in different ways at different services. For some services, 15 hours of free kindy might be delivered over two or three days, with additional care paid for separately. If a child attends kindy in a long day care setting, additional care may be cFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All

  QLD Free Kindergarten Kindergarten, known as kindy, is a part-time educational program for children in the year before Prep. Kindy is: 15 hours per week 40 weeks per year Is free for Queensland children attending a government-approved kindergarten program from 1 January 2025. Kindergarten programs are offered in long day care services and sessional kindergarten services. SessFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - Working Towards Teacher Status

  QLD Kindy for All - Working Towards Teacher Status This article will assist you with understanding the process for an ECT with a working towards status for your QLD Kindergarten payments. Overview To be eligible to claim Kindy funding, the program is to be delivered by an appropriately qualified ECT who has a teaching qualification recognised by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).The [LDC Kindy funding essentials](https://earlychildhood.qld.gov.au/fuFew readers

• QLD Kindy for all - Sessional Kindergartens - Adding QLD Free Kindy payments

  QLD Kindy for all - Sessional Kindergartens - Adding QLD Free Kindy payments This article will assist you with adding the QLD Government Free Kindy payments for your Service. Overview | For full invoicing process see: QLD Kindy for all - Generating Invoices Sessional Kindergartens Applying the QLD Government Free Kindy payments to your eligible children:Few readers

• QLD Kindy for all - Roll over applications

  QLD Kindy for all - Roll over applications This article will provide you with the information required to opt in to the Kindy for all for QLD services. If you are an approved long day care kindergarten program providers, you will need to roll-over your application and enter into a new agreement with the department in QGrants at the beginning of each calendar year to continue to receive kindergarten subsidies. | To find out more information see: [The guide for QGrants kindergartenFew readers

• QLD Kindy for all - Generating Invoices Sessional Kindergartens

  QLD Kindy for all - Generating Invoices Sessional Kindergartens This article will assist you with managing your Families QLD Free Kindy credits and generating Invoices. Overview *Update 12th Jan 2024 Xap is currently building the new Kindy for All requirements in Xap based on the specifications provided late in 2023. Once the Forecast Milestone release has been released Xap will provide new support documentations and/or video tutorials to assist clients in this process so please be rFew readers

• QLD Kindy for all - Managing changes to a Kindy Program

  QLD Kindy for all - Managing changes to a Kindy Program This article will assist you with managing changes to your QLD Kindy Program for the 2025 requirements. ||| Note: It is recommended that changes to your QLD Kindy program are made for the beginning of the quarter not during the quarter. If the days/times of your program change during the quarter, please contact the Xap Customer Support Team with all the details to allow us to work with QGrants and your Service to manage this change. XapFew readers

• QLD Kindy for All - Free Kindy Payment Adjustments

  QLD Kindy for All - Free Kindy Payment Adjustments This article will assist you with understanding the adjustments to the QLD Free Kindy Payments on your Families Accounts. Overview The automatic addition of the QLD Free Kindy payments to eligible children in Xap is based on the child being on the Forecast for the period. The Xap QLD Free Kindy Estimator uses the information for the children who are on the a submitted Forecast to apply the Free Kindy Payments automaticaFew readers