Families and children

Council supports a range of programs, facilities and services to encourage healthy family lifestyles and a sense of community.

In this section

School readiness - information for parents

Council recently hosted an information session on School Readiness by Kathy Walker.

Family Day Care

Family Day Care is a unique, home-based childcare service providing quality care and education for children in private homes.

Children playing at childcare.
Long Day Care

Care and Education can be provided full time or for part of the week - check out the choices in Boroondara.

Occasional Care

Boroondara has a variety of occasional care services that cater for children up to school age.

Widen the range of toys and games your children play with without the expense - join a toy library.
Toy libraries

This page provides the contact details of the toy libraries which operate in Boroondara.

Kindergartens

Kindergarten helps your child to learn and develop.

Kindergarten Central Enrolment

Make enrolment easier for you and your child by using our Central Enrolment Scheme for 21 of the 30 community-managed kindergartens in Boroondara.

Keeping children active, happy and healthy is our aim.
School-aged children

Boroondara is often chosen by families to live in because of its easy access to quality education.

Council continuously plans for the future of its families.
Planning for the future

We are continuously planning for the future, to support our families to raise healthy, happy and confident children.

Raising children needs ongoing learning from parents too.
Child and parenting websites

Find information about parenting and childhood health via these external websites.