Local parents can save time and money while ditching the dreaded double drop-off with a new kinder planned for Napoleons, making kinder more accessible.

Member for Ripon Martha Haylett today announced a new kindergarten would open at Napoleons Primary School joining new kindergartens at St Albans Meadows, Willmott Park, Roxburgh Park and Korumburra primary schools and Kyabram P-12 College in 2024, creating 495 new kindergarten places for local kids.

A new two-room centre that opens to an outdoor learning and play space will be built at the school, providing the community with 66 kindergarten places.

Two-room centres opening to outdoor learning and play spaces will be built at St Albans Meadows, Korumburra and Napoleons primary schools and Kyabram P-12 College, with each offering 66 kindergarten places.

The new kindergartens are sharing in $371 million provided in the Victorian Budget 2019/20 for Three-Year-Old Kindergarten funding.

Built with modular construction to expedite delivery and minimise disruption for the school and local community, the technique delivers new high-quality learning environments more quickly, supporting 42 jobs during construction and 164 in associated industries.

Kindergartens on-site or next door to primary schools ensure kindergarten programs are easier to access, drop-off time is simpler and more convenient for parents and provide a smoother transition from kindergarten to school for local children.

Since 2021 the Labor Government has delivered a kindergarten on-site or next door to every new school that has opened, ensuring families have better access to the services they need.

As part of our Best Start, Best Life reform, we’re making kinder free across the state, creating 50 government-owned and operated early learning centres and establishing Pre-Prep, an extra year of play-based learning that is saving families money and helping more women back into work.

Quotes attributable to Member for Ripon Martha Haylett

“Any local family knows mornings can be the busiest time of day, that’s why we’re making school drop off faster and easier for the Napoleons community”.

“This kinder will make it the transition to school much smoother for little ones and help local children get the best start to life”.