Parent information
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Parent information sessions
Ready or Not - Is Your Child Ready for School
This presentation considers the behaviours, aspects of development and maturity as well as experience that can help parents make this decision if your child is ready for School.
This session will be presented by Kathy Walker
When: Thursday 28 May 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Where: Coburg Civic Centre, 90 Bell Street, Coburg (enter via Urquhart St)
Cost: FREE (coffee/tea provided)
Bookings are via Humanitix.
Please read the Ready or Not - Is Your Child Ready for School (PDF 450Kb)for more information
Other information for parents
Other resources for parents include:
- Early Years Services for Families booklet (PDF 5Mb)
- Parentzone Northern on the Anglicare Victoria website
- Raising Children Network on the Raising Children website
- Subscribe to the What's on for Northern Merri-bek families newsletter- a collaboration between School Ties (Holstep Health) and Early Links (Melbourne City Mission)
- Support for New Parents information on the Holstep Health website
- Journey to Primary School poster outlining local services for young children and families on the Holstep Health website
- Ready, Set, Prep! video series detailing the importance of early childhood learning. View on youtube
Where to find information about children's events
You can find out the different children's events that are happening at our libraries in Merri-bek on our Children and Young People page.