After Kinder Care (AKC) 

After Kinder Care (AKC) is offered to support families needing care beyond their child’s sessional kinder program.

Planned and led by Denzil Don Kindergarten educators, AKC operates at a slower pace, recognising that children are often tired after a full day of kindergarten. Rest and relaxation is offered as needed.

When is AKC available?

AKC operates after every kinder session, until 5:30 pm at the latest. Children are signed out of their kinder session and into AKC by a Denzil Don staff member. AKC is available during the term only.

Booking types:

AKC can be booked permanently or casually:

• Permanent Bookings: are pre-paid for the term (termly). Public holidays and planned closures are deducted from termly calculations. Missed sessions for any reasons are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
• Casual Bookings: bookings on an ad-hoc basis. Bookings are subject to availability.

All sessions are capped at 15 children. Permanent bookings have priority over casual bookings. Once a session is fully booked permanently, we will have no capacity for casual bookings.

Cost:

• Permanent Bookings: $20 per hour.
• Casual Bookings: $26 per hour.

The childcare subsidy does not apply to AKC.

How to book:

• Permanent Bookings: families will be emailed a permanent booking form two weeks before the end of term. For term 1, booking forms will be sent during the orientation period.
• Casual Bookings: can be made by emailing Natalie; nataliek@denzildonkinder.org.au OR by calling the centre on 9380 8420, at least 2-hours before the booking time required. Children must be registered for casual AKC to attend. The Casual Booking Form can be found here: AKC Casual Registration form

How to pay:

• Permanent Bookings: must be paid in full before the first session of the term.
• Casual bookings: invoices will be sent the week following attendance and must be paid within three days.

Payments can be made via direct deposit or credit card (Square). All credit card payments incur a 2.2% merchant fee. 

Late collection terms and fees:

If a child is not collected within the booking window (referring to Permanent Bookings only), families will be invoiced at the casual rate, with a minimum charge of one hour. ALWAYS sign your child out at the correct time. Staff will monitor sign-out times and change them if they are incorrectly recorded.

AKC ends strictly at 5:30 pm. If a child is collected after 5:30 pm, a late collection fee of $20 per 10 minutes (or part thereof) will be applied. Repeat late collections may result in cancellation of your child’s AKC booking.