Preparatory Year
Prep provides a wonderful foundation for a child's cognitive, spiritual, emotional, social, creative and physical learning.
The Prep year is designed to nurture a love of learning and inquiry, enabling children to make meaningful relationships and connections. Learning in Prep is informed by the Australian Curriculum, and is supported by close partnerships between the school, parents and carers. In this first year of compulsory schooling in Queensland, our youngest learners are supported in their transition to school through processes that proactively respond to the diversity of children’s needs.
Enrolment in the Prep year follows the same process that currently exists for Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton primary schools. Please contact the local principal or school office for more detail.
To be eligible to enrol in Prep your child must turn five by 30 June in the year of attending Prep.
Children who are younger than the prescribed age for Prep may be enrolled in Prep if:
- they turn five years of age by 31 July in the year of proposed attendance?and
- the principal is satisfied the child is ready for education in Prep, having regard to their attributes (including ability, aptitude, social and emotional competence, physical development, and level of knowledge and understanding).
The principal may also enrol a child in Prep who is younger than the prescribed age if the child:
- has previously started education that is equivalent to Prep in another state or country;?and
- is considered ready for education in Prep, having regard to their attributes (including ability, aptitude, social and emotional competence, physical development, and level of knowledge and understanding).
A program is considered to be equivalent to Prep if it is full-time, school-based, and has a defined curriculum delivered in the year prior to Year 1. Parents and carers are encouraged to discuss enrolment with the principal of their local Catholic primary school.