CALD Early Years Outreach Support

The CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) Early Childhood Education Support program is a free service that supports families to access and attend early years services, kindergarten, and community services.

Program aims:

• Enhance enrolment of CALD children in early years services.
• Enhance Early Start Kindergarten (ESK) knowledge and attendance.
• Enhance early years engagement and overall attendance.
• Support cultural inclusion and belonging within early years services and the wider community.
  
  

Supports available:

• Enrolling into kindergarten.
• Explaining and supporting ESK access.
• Filling out enrolment forms for early years education and primary school.
• Understanding curriculum and teaching and learning approach within early years education.
• Connecting with community programs and events.
• Accessing support services.
• Supporting transitions for children into early years education and primary school.
• Advocating for cultural awareness and inclusion within early years setting.
• Facilitating interpreters to support understanding and communication.
• Individual, case-based supports.

Kinder Readiness - Transition Thursday Resources

• Week 1 - Wellbeing
  Download resource here: W1-Wellbeing.pdf(PDF, 83KB)
• Week 2 - Literacy
  Download resource here: W2-Literacy.pdf(PDF, 288KB)

Families and services can refer for support by completing the CALD Outreach Referral Form linked on this page and submitting to the Early Years email.