Enrolments

Enrolling Your Child

The Department of Education has released an updated statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2025 school year.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Castlemaine Primary School.

All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 school year.

You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers’ from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024).

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Castlemaine Primary School from 15 April 2024.

What you need to do:

  1. Contact our Castlemaine Primary School to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process.
  2. Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024). This pack includes an application form, which you can also request from our school.
  3. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 26 July 2024.
  4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 29 July and Friday 9 August 2024. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 23 August 2024.
  5. Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2024.
  6. Prepare your child to start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 29 January 2025.

Enrolment applications submitted after 26 July 2024 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

Student Application Form March 2024 (PDF Version)

Open Morning

Each year during Education Week, schools in the Mount Alexander Shire welcome the community to visit on Wednesday from 9am – 11am. This provides an opportunity for prospective families to meet school leaders and learn about what happens in our local schools. This event aims to help new families make a smooth transition from Kindergarten to School by providing an opportunity to meet students, teachers and parents from their local school.

School Tours

School tours can be arranged for prospective families at any time. They offer an opportunity to see the school in action, meet school leaders and teachers, and discuss any specific needs your child or family may have. You can book a school tour by contacting the school.

Castlemaine Primary School

10 Urquhart St, Castlemaine VIC 3450
castlemaine.ps@education.vic.gov.au
(03) 5472 1452

Transition

Kindergarten to School transition occurs each year in the last four-five weeks of term 4. The aim of this transition process is to help kinder kids get familiar with the school environment, expectations and routines. Through the transition process, future students get to know their classmates, teachers, and support staff before formal schooling begins. There is also an opportunity to get to know their big Grade 5/6 Buddies, who will be there to guide them through their first year at Castlemaine Primary School.