Fees:

• Start Strong fee (3 and 4 year old children enrolled 2 days/week) is FREE.
• Unfunded fee $53.80 / day

“Such a wonderful centre! We were very happy with our old centre too, but Trudi is truly a treasure and does such a fantastic job of providing an inviting play environment and engaging the children. We are very thankful for this beautiful centre.” 

KU Bilya Gulyangarri Parent

“Staff are lovely, my child feels happy and relaxed attending this preschool.”

KU Bilya Gulyangarri Parent

Childhood

We recognise childhood as a special time in itself; a time for all children to be immersed in secure and trusting environments that allow them to explore, play, discover and learn. We nurture the development of identity, confidence and capability which form the foundations of a lifelong love of learning. We ensure the voices of children contribute to the work that we do and the decisions we make.

Integrity & Relationships

We act with honesty, openness and consistency. Our relationships are respectful, mutual and reciprocal and are built on trust, authenticity and ethical behaviour. We welcome feedback and make decisions that are responsible and fair.

Leadership

We are driven by the passionate pursuit of quality early childhood education and encourage others to share that journey. We lead by example, drawing on our experience and knowledge to shape early childhood education thinking, policy and practice.

Innovation

We have the courage to pursue bold visions of the future. We are committed to continual professional learning and organisational development. We collaborate and explore new ideas and different ways of thinking.

Sustainability

We acknowledge and consider both our heritage and our future. We embrace our responsibilities within the world around us – to our children and communities, our people, our environments and the long term sustainability of our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion

We recognise that everyone has their own culture, beliefs, values and strengths contributing to our rich and diverse community. We embrace, advocate for, and invest in the rights of all children to access and actively participate in our programs and have a sense of truly belonging.

The KU program provides the children with a range of different activities and experiences to support their learning. From gardening to arts and crafts, music, movement and literacy, numeracy and scientific concepts, the program helps to build the children’s confidence as capable and active learners.

At KU Bilya Gulyangarri, they have strong connections with the Indigenous Community and nurture relationships with local Elders. The children also learn about the natural environment and sustainability through the centre vegetable gardens, worm farm and compost area.

At KU, every child’s voice is heard and every child’s safety is our top priority. KU has a zero tolerance of abuse or harm to children. Our policies ensure robust child safe practices and a strong child safe culture; we embed the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, also known as the Child Safe Standards, across the organisation and within all KU services and programs. 

Since opening our first service in 1895, KU has led the way in early education in Australia. We were the first provider to introduce a full-time Child Safe Manager, and our dedicated Child Safe and Wellbeing team guides and oversights the embedding of child safe practice across the organisation.

KU’s recruitment processes have a strong child safe focus, including pre-employment screening and referee checks. All staff have a current and verified Working with Children Check (WWCC) and are required to attend Child Safe and Wellbeing training every 12-24 months. Our teachers and educators’ dedication and expertise shine through in the quality of our services, with over 68% rated Exceeding or Excellent under the National Quality Standard – far above the sector average.

At KU, we go beyond childcare. We ensure the voices of children contribute to the work that we do and the decisions we make.