Kindergarten Enrolment 2025
We are currently taking kindergarten enrolment applications for 2025. If your child turns 5 years old before 31st July 2025, they are eligible to start school next year.
The following documentation is required to enrol your child -
- Birth certificate and/or passport
- Proof of address
- Immunisation information
Please also include any other documents (eg. doctor's letters) to assist us in supporting your child starting school.
You can call or come in to our school office for an enrolment pack or enrolments can be completed online. Enrol here
If you are unable to complete an online enrolment form, you can download and print an enrolment application form at the link below and return it to the school office.
Application to Enrol in a NSW Government school
If you live outside our intake boundry you will need to complete an Out of Area Enrolment Application form.
To see if you live outside our intake area go to the School finder.
Getting Ready for Primary School
Starting school is a big milestone for children and their families. The Department of Education website has a large number of resources available to families. Getting Ready for Primary School is a guide for families with children starting Kindergarten.
Kindergarten Orientation Session Information
Session 1 - Friday 1st November from 9:15am - 10:30am
Session 2 - Friday 8th November from 9:15am - 10:30am
Session 3 - Friday 15th November from 9:15am - 10:30am
Session 4 - Friday 22nd November from 9:15am - 10:30am
All paperwork and documentation must be fully submitted prior to commencing orientation.
We hope that your child attends all 4 sessions to get the maximum benefit of the orientation program. Parents are invited to attend information sessions to support the start of your child's school journey.
If your child attends all 4 sessions and all required paperwork has been submitted, they will receive a FREE school shirt.
If you require any further information please contact Miss Reddy, Early Stage 1 Assistant Principal on 9607 7211.
Why is Kindergarten Orientation important?
We aim to provide families with children starting school in 2025 the opportunity to experience our school environment in a fun and exciting way.
Through play, our teachers will focus on some of the skills required to start Kindergarten as well as encourage your child to explore by engaging in activities that will build their confidence and risk taking as learners.
This may be a child's first experience of social interaction with others outside their immediate or extended family. We will endeavour to make this a positive experience for all children so they look forward to starting school with us next year.
Children's perceptions of themselves as learners, and as someone who belongs at school, are often formed early in their schooling. Orientation will assist in achieving a positive start to school.
Why Busby Public School?
Our teachers are dedicated to implementing quality lessons that embrace the diverse learning needs of all students. We support our students with identified needs, by employing School Learning Support Officer's (SLSO) to assist students in accessing the curriculum to the best of their ability. Our Assistant Principals- Curriculum and Instruction, assist our teachers in delivering high quality learning experiences through in-school professional learning that targets individual student needs.
Learning at Busby Public School
Learning to read and write is one of the most important things we do as children. Here at Busby Public School, our students are immersed in rich language programs that promote speaking and listening skills, along with the skills needed to read and write. Students receive explicit instruction in reading and writing strategies in small groups targeted to meet their specific learning needs. They also engage in short periods of independent, individual or group tasks to practise and consolidate their current literacy learning.
Busby Public School Information Booklet
Inside this booklet we have some general information around what time school starts, pick up and drop off, school learning and activities.
Download the information booklet here
Pick-up and drop off
Students are dropped off at the gate to the infants playground under the cola. There is a teacher and support staff on duty every morning to greet the students.
At 3pm parents can pick up their children at the gate to the infants cola. Once the teacher sees you, your child will be sent out of the gate.
Uniforms
Uniforms are available for purchase 8:30am - 1pm daily. You will find an order form below that you can download, fill out and bring to school with you when you are ready.
Uniform order form
Absences
Principals are legally responsible for keeping accurate records of student attendance. Principals are also responsible for deciding if the reason given for an absence is justified.
As a parent or carer of one of our students, you will need to inform the school that your child will be away and the reason why your child will be absent from school. When a child has been marked absent an SMS is automatically sent to parents. You can reply to this text message explaining the absence or alternatively you can notify the school by:
- Calling the school - 9607-7211
- Using the School Bytes App
- Send a note to the class teacher the next day with your child.
If the school has not received an explanation for a child’s absence, the class teacher will send you an Absentee Notice which needs to be returned within 7 days of receipt.
Compulsory School Attendance information for parents
