Enrolling your child at MCPS
2026 Kindergarten Enrolments
Enrolments for Kindergarten 2026 are now open. We ask that if your child is coming to Mount Colah Public in 2026 that you please fill out an enrolment form . Enrolments need to be completed if your child is to attend Kindergarten orientation in Term 4. It will also greatly help us with planning classes for 2026.
Enrolment Form
The Department enrolment form must be completed by parents/carers to the school and must provide all other necessary documentation. This includes:
- original documents of child's passport/visa or birth certificate.
- proof of residential address - 100 point check (77.3 KB).
- Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). Children not vaccinated maybe excluded from school in the event of an infectious epidemic.
- any family law or other relevant court orders, if applicable.
- if your child has health, learning challenges or other support needs you will need to provide the relevant documentation.
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION SESSIONS
The enrolment process must be completed before children can attend Kindergarten 2026 orientation sessions. You'll receive the event booking forms closer to the date. In the meantime, feel free to mark it in your calendar.
We would like your child to visit the school for all 3 sessions:
Tuesday 4 November: 9:15am - 10:45am
Wednesday 12 November: 9:15am - 10:45am
*Thursday 20 November: 9:15am - 10:15am and includes a parent information session.
For some children this will be their first contact with school while others, with older siblings, will find it a familiar environment. For all the children, this visit will mark the first time they are expected to be a "school child". We want it to be a happy experience and one where they develop positive feelings about their new school.
During their orientation visits your child will be encouraged to participate in some simple activities with other new Kindergarten children. Please try to prepare your child for these brief periods of separation. To help the children become independent we ask parents not to stay.
During the orientation sessions the Uniform Shop will be open to make purchases.
*KINDERGARTEN PARENT INFORMATION SESSION
Thursday 20 November 2025
From 9:15am
This session will provide parents with more specific information about kindergarten curriculum, classroom routines and Best Start Assessment. This session will be held in the library. You'll receive the event booking forms closer to the date.
Kindergarten Enrolment Checklist for Parents/Carers
Please use this checklist to help you to make sure you have accessed and completed all necessary enrolment steps in preparation for the start of Kindergarten 2026!
Task
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Completed |
| Enrolled your child at MCPS? *essential | |
Visited the school office to provide any documentation to complete enrolment? (the process is not completed until your have provided all relevant information)
Our school can help with enrolment queries throughout the year. |
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| Read through the school information handbook? (Coming soon - stay tuned) | |
| Booked in for the school readiness information session (1 May) *optional | |
| Booked in for a small group tour of the school with our school leaders? *optional | |
| Enrolled your child in the Kindergarten Orientation Sessions (three sessions in Term 4)? *essential (once enrolled, you'll receive the event booking forms closer to the date). | |
| Booked in to attend the essential MCPS Kindergarten 2026 Parent Information Session? *essential (once enrolled, you'll receive the event booking forms closer to the date). | |
Downloaded the School Bytes parent app to receive school communications? How to use School Bytes *essential |
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| Downloaded the Qkr! app used by the canteen and uniform shop to place lunch and uniform orders? | |
| Downloaded the Countdown to Big School Calendar (coming soon - stay tuned) | |
| Contacted Mount Colah BASC (before and after school care) if services are required? | |
| Applied for school travel (e.g., bus)? |