Bringing in the New Year with lots of improvements and updates! 

 Fixes 

The Point of Care app has been updated to v1.1.66, and is now available for update in both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. This update includes a fix to address a photo note caching issue, and to resolve an issue with the ratio counter in the Classroom Overview dock.

Improvements & Updates

We've improved the layout of the PDF Enrolment Forms, new enrolment form PDFs are no longer cutting off or splitting lines of text across different pages!

Families may notice a refreshed login screen when accessing enrolment features via a web browser, which aims to increase the emphasis of the Register button for new enrolling families. 

We have updated the list of permissions and authorisations for Additional Contacts as per the Education and Care Services National Regulations have been added to the account contacts. A parent can now confirm which of their additional contacts can consent to medical treatment, transportation by ambulance and allow regular outings and transportation.
Please note: All centres with online Enrolment Forms in Kangarootime have been updated. Authorisations for additional contacts (consent to medical treatment, transportation by ambulance, and allow regular outings and transportation) will be collected alongside pickup and emergency contact permissions on the enrolment form. To avoid doubling up with any custom fields that previously covered these Authorisations, we've removed the custom questions from your form setup for you, but don't worry, you can still access previous answers on the Custom Data Fields tab for as long as you need!

The following reports can now be filtered by Tags to assist in refining the list of data generated on the report:

• Contract Report can be filtered by Child Tags
• Balance at Date Report can be filtered by Account Tags
• Session Fees and Times Report can be filtered by Account and Child Tags
• Email Address Report can be filtered by Contact Tags

2024 sees the introduction of a new Free Kindy funding scheme for QLD Kindergarten. Creating programs for Free Kindy as well as linking to those programs via the Account Agency tab remains the same as it was preiously in 2023. For assistance creating your Free Kindy QLD Program, please see the Create a Free Kindy (QLD Kindergarten 2024) Program article. For assistance linking children to the Free Kindy Program you have set up for your centre, please see the Add Children to a Free Kindy (QLD Kindergerten 2024) Program article. Following very soon will be the ability to submit the forecast for Period 1 and automate the weekly payments for each child.

Similarly, 2024 also sees the addition of 3 year old funding to the already existing 4 year old funding for the Start Strong funding scheme for NSW Kindergarten. Creating programs for Start Strong as well as linking to those programs via the Account Agency tab remains the same as it was preiously in 2023. For assistance creating your Start Strong 2024 Program, please see the Create a Start Strong (NSW Kindergarten) Program article. For assistance linking children to the Start Strong Program you have set up for your centre, please see the Add Children to a Start Strong (NSW Kindergarten) Program article. When setting up your Start Strong 2024 Program, you can choose to apply automatic weekly payments for each child. Weekly payments will not exeed the child's gap fee, and any Surplus fund amounts need to be manually managed by the centre. Please see the Start Strong (NSW Kindergarten) Funding Automation article for more information.

New Features

The Account Contact Information Report is a new report which provides contact information, including the full list of authorised permissions and consents for each child's enrolment. For more information on this report, please see the Account Contact Information Report article.

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