How much do you pay?
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Topic: How much do you pay?
Posted By: MissAngel
Subject: How much do you pay?
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 8:24am
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For childcare? and I mean pre-school and kindy - not in home :)
I'm sure theres been threads about this before, but it would be interesting to see the range that you guys pay. We currently pay $3.50 an hour for 6 hours a day, 4 days a week ($336 a month) and thats with no subsidy cuz we're not eligable. Our second child wont be able to go to pre-school - double that price with no subsidy and its more than I can hope to earn a week! So yea, what do you lot pay? Oh yea, we go to a country kindy as well, not a franchise :) ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: ange221
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 8:43am
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When your child turns 3 they are entitled to 20 hours free childcare a week. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 8:51am
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We paid $220 a week for fulltime DC (7.30-4.30) this included his lunch. No subs etc.
We now pay $60 a week for 2 full days (8.30-4.30) but this is with $33 subsidised and again includes his lunch. When #2 starts in about 2-3 months we will be paying roughly another $15 as he is only doing one day a week and is subsdised. -------------  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 9:05am
when the new govt came in they changed it to 20 hours - not 20 free hours. my kindy the fees are optional donations, so you can pay what you can afford. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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ange221 wrote:Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 9:53am
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We pay $3.80 per child, per hour for an ABC (lunch and snacks included). I've found it's great.
(That's 3 days, 7.30-5.30 per child, so 30 hours each = $228 total (as we get a 10% discount on the 2nd child's fees). |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 9:55am
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Optional here too but the "recommended" amount above the 20 hours is $60 per term approx. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 9:56am
| Wow, I thought ours was cheap at $4 per hour per kid (but second kid gets $1 off)...but thats with no food. Daycare down here must be expensive |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 10:14am
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Ours is a little strange ..
At the moment Issy goes three part time days so after her nine hour subsidy its $159.41 per week or $7.59 per hour. When SD goes back to school both kids will go in fulltime hours which is $206.41 per week after the nine hour subsidy, however if you divide that by the number of hours that the centre is open it comes down to 21c per hour! (The centre is open 10.5 hours per day) although if we calculate it on how many hours they will actually be there it comes out at $6.88 (since we think they will average 30 hours per week in care) We may be eligable for a bigger subsidy once SD goes back to studying fulltime, but we will have to wait till the paperwork goes through to find out for sure. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 10:22am
| Yeah LF that's the same with us, I don't think the kids will be in there all 10 hours a day to start off with so the hourly rate for when they're actually there will be higher. They just have set daily/weekly prices though so it's easier to work out that way. |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 10:39am
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we are $5.60 per hour for each child regardless of age at the uni creche. so total $11.20 per hour :) because of uni and it being on site and stuff i will be keeping them there til they go to school that way they still get to spend heaps of time at home so im not sure about the differences between kindy, creche and daycare costs and stuff sorry. at this stage we arent eligible for anything either until they turn 3 which is how i determine my workload at uni, how much crech time i can afford. lol ------------- 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 12:04pm
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We pay $35 for 6.5 hrs a day (full price- not subsidied) - Ella goes 2 days a week, so $70 a week. For on the North Shore I think that is a pretty good price for a daycare (lollipops). ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 12:42pm
| I think ours works out to about $340 for both kids to go four days a week and that includes lunch and snacks. I get the big subsidy though so only pay $50 a week... |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 1:01pm
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wow, so it would seem that daycare is quite a lot cheaper than in home care? I thought the two were about the same but I pay $5.75 per hour (plus we do get a discount for having two in with them, 10% I think) ------------- 
 
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Posted By: AzzaNZ
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 1:27pm
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We were paying $300 per week for fulltime daycare in the city for our DD.
We've now moved her closer to home and pay $230 per week. Thats 07h30 - 17h30 and includes lunch and snacks. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 1:38pm
I actually thought that in home care would be more expensive because its more "individualised", although I never really thought about it as its not something I considered for my kids.  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 1:57pm
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In home care is fab!! I paid 250 a week for 50 hours not including food ------------- http://lilypie.com] 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 2:07pm
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Yeah I love the boys carer, makes it's a bit hard though cos I look at going back to work then add her fees in and it makes it not really worth it, but I don't want to put them in daycare. Sucks cos once I work, good bye subsidy :(
Lilfatty it's generally advertised as being an affordable alternative to daycare, so I was a bit surprised that a daycare could be only $3.5 an hour. -------------
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 2:24pm
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At Isla's daycare the 20 free hrs are exactly that! We dont pay anything and all food is included! Its a great daycare too and Isla loves it.
It is Gisborne tho  , plus most dayvares here u have to pay something on top of the subsidy I think. Hers is the Polytech daycare so dunno if thats why they dont charge extra?
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 4:45pm
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I believe the boys preschool charge $3.72 ph
before Aidan was 3 I would only have to pay $0.71c per week for him after subsidy and that was for 3 days - 8.30-2.30 and that includes lunches and morning tea Bailey goes 4 days and so I think again its like $1.00 per week (after subsidy) the preschool also have given the children there own toothbrushes so they can brush there teeth after lunch love the boys preschool! we get lots of free bread, stuff from sanatarium - cereals etc. clothes, shoes, toys, blankets lots! |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 6:22pm
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I was paying $240/wk (incl food and naps) when Jake was in fulltime dc (didn't send him fulltime but any more than 3 days and the price was about the same, and I was contracting so my days changed each wk). Now he does 2 days, its $132 (short days would be about 94 I think but we've not bothered to change it as I like being able to drop him off a little earlier than 9am and not to have to rush back if Morgans asleep or we're busy). When he turns 3 it will drop to about $140 for a full week .... so $380 if both kids go in fulltime when he turns 3 and Morgan turns 1. Less if he does less days though, cos of the "free" (well, cheaper) hours (so about 200 for 2 full days or 300 for 3 full days I think).
Thats with no subsidy. Never even looked into a subsidy. How can you only pay $50 for that much care Rach??? ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 6:39pm
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If you get the full subsidy then it gives you up to $3.63 per child per hour for a max of 50 hours. There are three subsidy levels, with three pay thresholds, you get it through winz if you can get it.
Here's the thresholds/info http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/manuals-and-procedures/deskfile/extra_help_information/childcare_assistance_tables/childcare_assistance_income_abatement_and_rates-01.htm -------------
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Posted By: X
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 6:44pm
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Kingston goes two days a week to a private preschool & we pay $63 a day with all meals included but we have to provide nappies. ($126 a week). He goes from 8am to 5.30pm. When he turns 3 it drops to $35 a day. I cannot wait for that to happen!
Not sure if we get a discount for the next baby-probably not. So next baby will be $73 a day (in the under two's group) but she won't start till she's 1 (personal choice-I want her home with me full time till she's one, which is what we did with Kingston) ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 25 January 2010 at 9:00pm
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full time dc we pay $230 a week which drops to $170 week when she is three (ECE hours)....hot cooked meal, snacks, fruit etc all included. She goes between 7 30am and 5 30pm 5 days
oh and no subsidies here either! 
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 26 January 2010 at 12:24pm
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3 days a week for 2 year old., childcare centre all meals provided, $210. Not entitled to any subsidies. ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 26 January 2010 at 7:10pm
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our daycare is $5 per hour but its worked out that we pay no money. not sure how they have worked it but he gets 20 free hours for a study program thing and hes on a child diability so 50 subbed hours.
Food is included at their daycare too. Astin goes 9-5 everyday and Karma goes 9-12 mondays and wednesdays. |
Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 31 January 2010 at 10:23pm
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We are charged $114 for 4 half days per week at a Kidicorp facility. Because we qualify for the largest subsidy rate, our payment portion of that cost is just over $40 per week. This cost includes everything including food. Its not worth taking the 20ece hrs option over the full rate with winz subsidy when C turns 3 as what they ask in costs for food and outings will be more than we pay now, so we will just continue as is. ------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |