Kindy Open Days
Visit your local Lady Gowrie Kindergarten's open day to meet our friendly staff and see for yourself where your child's future can begin to develop.
Kindergarten Open Days
Balonne Kindergarten Open Days
Tuesday 14th May 9am – 10am
Saturday 18th May 10am – 12pm
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Blackwater Kindergarten Open Days
Sunday 19th May 10am – 12pm
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Chelmer Station Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9am – 10am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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Collingwood Park Kindergarten Open Days
11th May10am – 12pm
15th May 10am – 11am
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Cooroy Kindergarten Open Days
16th May 9am – 11am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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Currimundi Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 2.30 – 3.30pm
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Fernvale Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9am-10am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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Love Street Kindergarten Open Days
11th May 10am – 12pm
15th May 9am-10am
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Mango Hill Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9.15 – 10.15
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Manly Kindergarten Open Days
16th May 9am – 10am
11th May 10am – 12pm
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Marchant Park Kindergarten Open Days
16th May 9am – 10am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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Maryborough Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9am – 10am
11th May 10am – 12pm
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Murrumba Downs Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 3.00 – 4.00pm
11th May 10am – 12pm
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Pioneer Valley Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9am – 10am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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Red Hill Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9.15am – 10.15am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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St Thomas Kindergarten Open Days
14th May 9am – 10am
11th May 10am – 12pm
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South Cairns Kindergarten Open Days
15th May 9am – 10am
18th May 10am – 12pm
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All Lady Gowrie centres offer free kindergarten under the Queensland Government’s Free Kindy program.
As part of the Queensland Government’s push for affordable access to quality early childhood education. Every child in their pre-prep year will get 600 hours of free kindy from 2024.
Who is eligible for free kindy in Qld?
Any child who attend a government-approved free kindergarten program in a sessional kindergarten or long day care service.
How do you access free kindy in 2024?
Simply enrol your child in a government-approved free kindergarten program. All Lady Gowrie centres are approved to offer free kindergarten under the Qld Free Kindy program.
How much will I save with free kindy?
You can use the Free Kindy calculator by Australia Childcare Alliance and Kidsoft to estimate your family’s out-of-pocket costs. The fortnightly calculator provides a comprehensive view, factoring in your CCS and free kindy hours for the entire fortnight, giving you a clearer picture of your kindy savings.
Download the Free Kindy Fact Sheet
When should my child start kindy in Queensland?
To attend kindy in 2025, your child was born between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021.
To attend kindy in 2026, your child was born between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022.
To attend kindy in 2027, your child was born between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023.
To attend kindy in 2028, your child was born between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.
To attend kindy in 2029, your child was born between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025.
We are a not for-profit organisation providing high quality childcare and Kindergarten programs, with a strong heritage in early childhood education in Queensland and Australia.
The Brisbane Lady Gowrie Childcare Centre was established in 1940 as a demonstration centre for excellence in early childhood education and care. We continue to be Qld’s leading provider of Community Kindergarten and Long Day Care services and uphold the highest standards in childcare.
Lady Gowrie QLD acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which our Kindergarten and childcare services are placed, and pay our respects to the elders, past and present, who have raised children, taught them about the world around them and bestowed on them the gift of culture and language.
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