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SDN Hurstville Preschool
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SDN Hurstville is a 39-place early childhood preschool education and care centre for children aged 3 to 5 years, located in Sydney’s St George area.
We offer preschool education with extended hours (7:30am to 6:00pm) and a short day sessions (9:00am to 4:00pm) at a reduced fee, giving families flexible options to suit their needs. Both options include a Munch and Move certified hot lunch meal.
As a smaller, community-focused centre with a high staff-to-child ratio, we provide small-group, interest-based learning experiences that nurture curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning.
Our preschool educational program fosters your child's creativity and social connections, getting them school-ready and life-ready and focussed on:
- Relationships and social skills
- Early literacy and numeracy
- Science, technology, construction, and design
- Creative arts
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Health, wellbeing, and movement
- Nature play and sustainability
- Equity and social justice
Children develop communication, problem-solving, and creativity through play-based learning. We value partnerships with families and community connections through excursions and cultural celebrations such as Lunar New Year.
Our highly qualified Early Childhood Teachers and Educators create a warm, inclusive environment. Our diverse team includes Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking members, reflecting and celebrating the cultural diversity of our community.
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Get more than school-ready, get life-ready
Getting school-ready is a journey. It begins with your child’s very first day at our welcoming early education and care centres and continues with our dedicated preschool program.
Developed by university-trained early childhood teachers, our preschool program focuses on the whole child. Children learn to make friends and work together, while gaining the skills and independence they need to thrive through the big transition to school.
Our preschool program follows an evidence-backed, play-based learning approach. Children have fun and follow their curiosity, while we weave in vital skills and learning outcomes.
SDN uses Australia’s Early Years Learning Framework to explore a diverse curriculum from science to social justice. Our days are predictable but flexible, blending structured and spontaneous learning, free play, movement and quiet time.
Our curriculum pillars are:
Relationship and social skills
Critical thinking and problem solving
Early literacy and numeracy
Health, wellbeing and movement
Science, technology, construction and design
Nature play and sustainability
Creative arts
Equity and social justice
Our centres have a transition to school program where our teachers and educators work together with local schools to prepare your child for a smooth transition, and support families through the process.
Read more about our educational program here.
Outdoor space
SDN's outdoor spaces provide opportunities for children to enjoy themselves and have adventures. They’re safe environments for children to run, jump and yell, make mud cakes, and use their energy. Outdoor spaces provide more than physical benefits. Even though you may think that children only play outside to have fun, they're also improving their thinking, social, and emotional skills. When they’re playing outside, they’re inventing games, learning about the world at their own pace, and figuring out social customs like turn taking.
SDN Hurstville’s garden and play area has been redesigned and landscaped to provide a safe and exciting outdoor space to encourage children’s curiosity, physical skills and social play. It’s a light and airy space, shaded by large sails. It has a purpose-built mud kitchen, a miniature jungle gym, a sandpit on top of a low-incline climbing hill, and a wide double slide, which is good for socialising and sliding!
Centre history
The traditional owners of the area now known as Hurstville are the Biddegal people of the Eora Nation.
SDN Hurstville was officially opened on 18 March 1998 by Senator Marise Payne in the presence of guests including SDN’s then patron Mrs Samuels. The previous year, SDN had taken over the operation of a child care centre run by St George Anglican Church and had moved the centre to its current location on 13 October 1997.
The new building was SDN’s first purpose-built centre since the 1970s. It was noted for its light and airy interior which retained portions of the original building – once a local corner shop.
Since its beginnings, SDN Hurstville has undergone many changes, always maintaining and reflecting a strong connection with the families of this vibrant and diverse community.
Read more about SDN Hurstville's history here.
Fees
From 1 January 2026, our fees will be:
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$154 per day for children three years and over, for 10.5 hour full-day sessions (7:30am to 6:00pm)
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$113 per day for children three years and over, for 7 hour short-day sessions (9:00am to 4:00pm only)
The majority of families in our centres do not pay the full daily fee because they receive Child Care Subsidy (CCS) from the government.
Until January 2026, families must meet an activity test to qualify for government childcare subsidies (CCS). If you’re thinking of starting care in 2025, you can get more information on what qualifies as an eligible activity under the activity test here.
From January 2026, the activity test will be removed. From this point forward, all families who meet the general eligibility criteria will be entitled to at least 72 hours of subsidised early learning per fortnight.
Your child will need to meet immunisation requirements and you will need to meet residency requirements to be eligible to receive the CCS.
You can also calculate what your out-of-pocket child care costs will be on the government’s Starting Blocks Child Care Subsidy Calculator.
2026 NSW Start Strong funding - Additional Preschool Fee Relief
On top of any CCS you may receive, the NSW Government is providing additional fee relief:
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If your child turns 4 years old on or before 31 July 2026, is enrolled in a preschool program at an eligible long day care service and doesn’t receive preschool relief (also called Start Strong funding) from another preschool, you will receive up to $2,563 in fee relief.
- If your child is 3 years old and not yet 4 years old on or before 31 July 2026, is enrolled at an eligible long day care service and doesn’t receive preschool relief (also called Start Strong funding) from another preschool, you will receive up to $769 in fee relief.
Find more information about the Start Strong program here.
If you’ve read this information and you’re still unsure about what you’ll pay, please call us on 1300 831 445 or book a centre tour. We’re happy to answer your questions.
What to bring
3-5 Preschoolers
- Spare underwear
- Change of clothes
- Hat – sun safe
- Shoes and Socks
- Warm clothes / Jacket (for outside play)
- Drink Bottle
- Blankets
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