ELC Long Day Care FAQs

ELC Long Day Care works in partnership with Brighton Grammar School to provide the best-quality before and after school hours’ care to the ELC community.

Boys engage in a wide variety of activities to stimulate their learning and encourage them to have fun. Activities include art and craft, outdoor games, puzzles and board games, dress ups and periods of uninterrupted play.

Our staff are all experienced team members who hold a minimum qualification of a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and a current Working with Children Check. Our Coordinator holds a Bachelor in Early Childhood Studies, and all staff are trained in first aid, CPR, asthma and anaphylaxis. There is a Coordinator on duty at all times.

ELC Long Day Care is located within the Peter Toms Early Learning Centre on Grosvenor Street, Brighton.

During term time, the Centre operates 9.00am to 2.30pm for ELC3 and 8.45am to 2.45pm for ELC4. The long day care hours of operation are 7.30am to 6.00pm during both term and holiday periods.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Your son/s must be enrolled in the long day care option to attend. If your son/s is enrolled in the ELC program only (without the long day care option), he is not entitled to attend ELC Long Day Care.

No. Enrolment in the ELC programs is for the year and is subject to an interview and offer process. There are a limited number of places.

Yes. Any variations in the hours required should be made in writing to the Director of ELC. Notice of a decrease in hours must be given one term in advance. Notice of an increase in hours can be made at any time with a pro-rata adjustment for fees. An increase in hours may take a short time to come into effect.

No. All fees are payable one term in advance. This is calculated on the number of days the ELC is open during the term.

Step 1: During the enrolment process, parents must provide BGS with the CRN details for the student along with the CRN details and date of birth for the parent.

Step 2: On the student’s first day, the Finance Department will create the enrolment through QikKids and submit the details to CCS.

Step 3: The parent with the CRN must then log into their mygov account to confirm the enrolment. They will need to click into the Centrelink section and they should see ‘Confirm CCS Enrolment’ under their outstanding tasks. They will then be prompted to complete any required details for their claim.

Step 4: Once the claim has been assessed and approved, any applicable rebates will be paid directly to BGS and receipted to the family account on a weekly basis.

Step 5: The Finance Department will send out termly fee statements as usual alongside fortnightly statements generated from QikKids called ‘Statements of Entitlement’. The School is required to send out these statements to show session times, absences and CCS payments (if applicable).

No. The fees need to be billed before any subsidy is applied, as a result of individual circumstances.  

No. All payments will be made directly to the Centre. 

All families are responsible for determining their eligibility for the CCS. Please refer to www.humanservices.gov.au/ for more information.

The term-time program is compulsory. The CCS will depend on a number of factors, including the work/study hours of the parent, family income, etc. 

Yes. However, this is an authorised absence and you will still be eligible for any CCS that you would otherwise receive for that day.

Attendances and absences are recorded in accordance with the guidelines set out by the Department of Education and Training. This is currently set at 42 days but does not include public holidays or Centre close-down days.

Yes.

The CCS percentage for the family is worked out on the household income. The hours of entitlement are based on the hours of activity of the person in the household that completes the lowest number of hours. 

Yes. Each parent should have their own account created in QikKids (our childcare management software), with each account reporting the information relevant to that parent. Each parent will also need their own myGov account and will need to approve the information relevant to them. CCS percentage and hours will be assessed for each parent as an individual. 

No, there is no option to claim a bulk amount. 

Yes. Each session report that is submitted to the CCS System must record actual attendance in and out times (except for absences).

As we are using a session fee and reporting on the number of hours for which we are operating, the payments are made on the session times, not the actual hours of attendance.

These are the gazetted public holidays for Melbourne and will be published on the BGS website. The ELC will not be open and fees will not be charged for these days.

The ELC will be open for our 48 weeks long day care students but will be closed for term-time-only students on these days.

Yes. They will need to attend the 5-days per week program; this should be discussed with the Director of ELC.

All students are required to wear the ELC uniform during term time. Uniforms are not required during the holiday program.

All boys enrolled in the long day program who arrive before 8am will receive breakfast. Fees also include afternoon tea for all children attending the long day program. Boys need to bring their own lunch.