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Welcome to Saltwater Child Care Centre

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Saltwater was established in 1992 and works in partnership with the Maribyrnong City Council. Qualified staff provide a high quality standard of care and education for 46 children throughout the Centre. The Centre provides full-time and part-time care and is compliant with the National Quality Framework which incorporates the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations. The Centre has a committee of management which consists of parents from the Centre. These parents volunteer a few hours of their time to meet on a monthly basis. All parents who attend the Centre are welcome to attend the meetings.

Saltwater Child Care Centre caters for 46 places throughout the day, which consists of three age groups, with an integrated 3- and 4-year-old kindergarten program.
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    Star Room: 6 months to 2 years

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    Sunshine Room: 2 years to 3 years

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    Rainbow Room: 3 years to 5 years

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Operating Hours

Saltwater Child Care Centre operating hours are 7.30am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday.

We are open approximately 49 weeks of the year with closure over the December / January period. We are closed on all Public Holidays and two Curriculum Staff Training Days throughout the year.
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Registration

To register for Long Day Care and / or 3- and 4-year old integrated kindergarten Program at Saltwater Child Care Centre, you are required to register through the Maribyrnong City Council Central Registration System (CRS). Click here to register.

For all centre enquiries and tours please contact Saltwater Child Care Centre directly on (03) 9689 4130

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Fees

Saltwater Child Care Centre is a not-for-profit. Our aim is to keep costs as low as possible so that it is affordable to our local community, so they are able to have access to high quality care and education. Our current daily fee is $132 per day, which includes nutritional meals - breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.

Fees are required for all absences including illness and personal holidays. Fees are not charged for December / January closure, gazetted public holidays and for the two Curriculum Training days. As an approved child care provider, eligible families are able to receive Child Care Subsidy reduce your fees. For more information on the Child Care Subsidy please see Child Care Subsidy - Services Australia.