GOVERNANCE

To comply with the National Educational Law and Regulations, early childhood services are required to have policies and procedures in place relating to the governance and management of the service. At Lady Forster Kindergarten we have 47 policy/procedure documents that cover all areas of operation which are reviewed and updated annually, or more often if required. Printed copies of these are available in each of the Kindergarten rooms for review but electronic copies are also available to enrolled families.

With the dynamic changes brought about by recent climate change events, the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and funding initiatives in the early childhood sector provided by the State Government of Victoria; our Policies and Procedures have been updated early in 2023 to reflect these impacts. Others have been updated to reflect continuous improvement in practices at our kindergarten and across the early childhood sector.

Our full list of Policies and Procedures and review history is here.

Lady Forster Kindergarten Policy Review Table

Policy Number	Policy Name	Update Version	Quality Area	Mandatory (M)	Links to Child Safe Standards
1	Curriculum Development	1.1	1
2	Inclusion and Equity	1.0	1		Y
3	Acceptance and Refusal of Authorisations	1.0	2	M
4	Administration of First Aid	1.0	2	M
5	Administration of Medication	1.0	2
6	Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions	1.0	2	M
7	Asthma	1.1	2	M
8	Child Safe Environment and Wellbeing	1.5	2	M	Y
9	Dealing with Infectious Diseases	1.5	2	M
10	Dealing with Medical Conditions	1.0	2	M
11	Delivery and Collection of Children	1.0	2	M
12	Diabetes	1.0	2	M
13	Emergency and Evacuation	1.2	2	M
14	Epilepsy and Seizures	1.0	2
15	e-Safety for Children	1.0	2		Y
16	Excursions and Service Events	1.0	2	M
17	Family Violence Support	1.2	2
18	Food Safety	1.0	2
19	Hygiene	1.0	2
20	Incident, Injury, Trauma and Illness	1.1	2	M
21	Mental Health and Wellbeing	1.0	2		Y
22	Nutrition, Oral Health and Active Play	1.0	2	M
23	Relaxation and Sleep	1.0	2	M
24	Road Safety and Safe Road Transport Policy	1.0	2	M
25	Sun Protection	1.0	2	M
26	Supervision of Children	1.0	2
27	Tobacco, Alcohol and other Drugs	1.0	2
28	Environmental Sustainability	1.0	3
29	Water Safety	1.0	2	M
30	Occupational Health and Safety	1.0	3	M
31	Code of Conduct	1.2	4	M	Y
32	Determining Responsible Person	1.0	4	M
33	Participation of Volunteers and Students	1.0	4	M
34	Staffing	1.0	4	M
35	Interactions with Children	1.1	5	M	Y
36A	Enrolment and Orientation – Sessional Kindergarten	1.1	6	M
36B	Enrolment and Orientation – Extended Hours Kindergarten	1.0	6	M
37	Compliments and Complaints	1.1	7	M	Y
38A	Fees – Funded Kindergarten	1.1	7	M
38B	Fees – Long Day Kindergarten	1.1	7	M
39	Governance and Management of the Service	1.0	7	M
40	Information Communication Technology	1.0	7		Y
41	Mandatory Vaccination	1.0	7
42	Privacy and Confidentiality	1.2	7	M	Y
43	Workplace Violence and Bullying Policy	1.0	7
44	Capability Assessment	1.0	3&7
45	Free Kindergarten	1.0	7	M