Enrolment Enquiries
Registration for our Early Years Program (Long Day Care)
To register your child for childcare or integrated kindergarten please see the Children’s Services Wait List (CSWL) here:
We would like to provide an update on the transition of the City of Port Phillip’s Children’s Services Wait List (CSWL) to a new system.
The new system is called the Children’s Services Integrated Registration and Enrolment system (CSIRE (sounds like Siri)). It will provide registration for childcare and integrated kindergarten (kindergarten delivered within childcare) from May 2024.
The CSIRE is for new and additional registrations. You will be able you to register and make changes to your preferences online through an individual portal that you will be invited to set up next year.
We are one of the centres currently participating in the CSWL and transitioning into the CSIRE.
Aside from being a self-serve online system where you can manage your own preferences and update any time 24/7, not much changes.
Please note:
- Children can be registered for the waitlist any time after they are born, when you know what your education and care needs are
- We encourage you to make an appointment and visit centres you might be interested in before registering. This is an opportunity to be sure of your preferences, meet the staff, learn about programs and see them in action.
- An offer of a place is only possible when your requirements match a centre’s vacancy
- We encourage families to be as flexible as possible
- To give yourself the best chance of a childcare or integrated kindergarten place:
- - select multiple centres that are most preferred by you (up to a maximum of five)
- - select multiple days of the week if you are flexible with the days your child could attend care
- - be flexible in the number of days you select
- Accepting an offer is a good idea, even if it does not match your exact needs.
- - once you are already enrolled and attending a service, additional or more preferred days can be offered to you first
We will be in contact with you in the coming months when it is time for you to set up your own family profile online within the CSIRE system.
If there are any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us or Council’s Waitlist Registration Officer:
BWFCC – Phone: 9676 8400 / Email: info@bwfcc.org.au
CoPP Waitlist Registration Officer – Phone: 9209 6360 / Email: cccwaitinglist@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Offers Process
Upon being offered enrolment via email from the City of Port Phillip, families are required to acknowledge their offer within 48 hours, followed by payment of a non refundable deposit to secure their enrolment.
You will be required to commence care on the specific date as outlined in your offer. In the lead up to commencing care, families and their child will be invited to visit the service for two sessions of orientation to ensure a successful transition from home to care.
We now use Xplor for all enrolment information. If you do not have an existing Xplor Home account, the service will issue you a login to create your account.
Sessional Kindergarten Enrolments
Submit An Expression Of Interest
- Our waiting lists for 3YO sessional kindergarten 2026 and 4YO sessional kindergarten 2025-2026 are open for you to register your child. Our waitlists remain open until the service deems the waitlists as exhausting its maximum capacity of applications.
- To be placed on the 3 year old sessional kindergarten waitlist your child must be 3 years old by April 30th of their enrolled year. Children are unable to attend onsite learning until they turn 3 years of age.
- To be placed on our 4 year old sessional kindergarten waitlists, your child must be 4 years old by April 30th of their enrolled year.
- To submit a waitlist application, please contact our Enrolment Officer at michellew@bwfcc.org.au. Your application must be made in writing to the service detailing your contact information as well as your child’s name and date of birth.
Schedule of Fees 2024
- Once-off Administration Fee: $155 for every child attending Bubup Womindjeka (non-refundable)
- Early Years Program: $144.00 per day
- 3 Year Old Sessional Kindergarten (7.5 hours): Zero cost
- 4 Year Old Sessional Kindergarten (15 hours): Zero cost
- Holiday Care: $144.00 per day
Please note fees are charged for all public holidays and absences incurred by illness (including COVID19) or family holidays
Make an Enquiry
Bubup Womindjeka Family and Children’s Centre
- 85 Liardet Street Port Melbourne
- Open Monday to Friday 7:30am - 6:00pm
- Telephone: 03 9676 8400
- Email: info@bwfcc.org.au
- ABN: 35 337 485 802