Find dates for terms, service closures, our Open Week timetable and Orientation Day for 2022.
Term dates
| Term 1 | 28 January to 1 April |
| Term 2 | 19 April to 25 June |
| Term 3 | 12 July to 17 September |
| Term 4 | 4 October to 17 December |
Service closures
All Bethany Kindergartens are closed for these public holidays and staff planning days.
There will be two all staff professional learning forums during the calendar year – one during Term 2 and one in Term 3. These will be student free days. These dates will be confirmed before the end of Term 1.
| Australia Day | Tuesday 26 January |
| Kindergarten organisational day | Wednesday 27 January |
| Labour Day | Monday 8 March |
| Queen’s Birthday | Monday 14 June |
| Geelong Cup Day | Wednesday 27 October |
| Friday before the AFL Grand Final | Friday 24 September (Subject to AFL schedule) |
| Orientation Session for 2022 children | TBC |
| Kindergarten organisational day | Friday 17 December |
Open Week timetable
Tour any of our 22 kindergartens in Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula to meet our educators and see our fun play spaces.
| Groupings | Monday 24 May | Tuesday 25 May | Wednesday 26 May | Thursday 27 May | Friday 28 May |
| Leopold Allanvale Preschool Leopold Kindergarten | 4:00pm – 6:00pm 3:00pm – 5:00pm | ||||
| Bellarine North Beacon Point Preschool Drysdale Preschool Portarlington Preschool | 2:00pm – 4:00pm 3:00pm – 5:00pm | ||||
| Bellarine South Ocean Grove Preschool Woodlands Kindergarten Queenscliff Kindergarten | 2:00pm – 4:00pm | 2:00pm – 4:00pm | |||
| Highton Bellevue Preschool-Roslyn Road Highton Preschool-Bellevue Avenue | 3.00pm – 5.00pm | ||||
| Newtown Fyans Park Kindergarten | 2.30pm – 4.30pm | ||||
| Grovedale Grovedale Kindergarten | 2:00pm – 4:00pm | ||||
| East Geelong/Whittington Kirralee Kindergarten Breakwater Preschool Normanby Street Preschool | 2:00pm – 4:00pm | 2.00pm – 4.00pm | |||
| Herne Hill Herne Hill Kindergarten William Parker Memorial Kindergarten Rix Street Kindergarten | 3:00pm – 5:00pm | 2:30pm – 4:30pm | |||
| Bell Park/Bell Post Hill Bell Park Kindergarten Bell Post Hill Kindergarten | 2.15pm – 4.15pm | ||||
| Corio William Hovel Preschool | 2.30pm – 4.30pm | ||||
| Lara Lara Kindergarten | 2:00pm – 4:00pm |
Orientation Day for 2022
Children who start at a Bethany Kindergarten in 2022 will be invited to attend an orientation session in 2021.
Date: TBC