River Street Preschool

08/10/2025

Did you know that the inside of a vehicle can heat up dangerously fast? A few minutes can be enough to cause harm to a child left inside.
That’s why it’s important to check the back seat before you lock your car.
Make this simple act a habit to ensure your child is safe and not left behind.

22/09/2025

23/07/2025

We are looking to hire a certificate 3 educator to join our preschool team.
This is a full time position. Please email resumes to [email protected]

20/03/2025

📢 Water Quality Alert following flooding 🐟

Recent flooding from Tropical Cyclone Alfred has impacted water quality in our river system. Swimming and water recreation is not recommended at our beaches or rivers while there is evidence of pollution and poor water quality.

🐟 What’s that smell? Low oxygen levels in the Richmond River are causing fish kills in affected areas, including:

📍 West Ballina canals
📍 Ballina riverbanks
📍 Gawandii Beach and Shaws Bay

Ballina Shire Council, Rous County Council, and OzFish are actively monitoring water quality across our catchment . Our crews are working hard to clean up affected areas, but with widespread impacts, we appreciate the community’s help.

How You Can Help:

✅ Residents and volunteers can collect dead fish, place them in tied-up plastic bags, and leave them kerbside for collection. Then please call or email Council to advise the location.

✅ Or you can drop off bagged dead fish directly to the Ballina Resource Recovery Centre for free.

We appreciate your assistance as we work together to restore our waterways.

For more information contact Council on 1300 864 444 or visit our website.

09/03/2025

Thanks to Neil & Tracey, for moving our broken branch. We will start the clean up tomorrow.

08/03/2025

Preschool update so far. We have a large branch from our tree broken off, which has fallen across the sandpit & missed the shade-sail.
We will need to wait until it’s safe (after the rain & wind) to assess how to remove.
Take care everyone as we wait to see what this weather does next, stay safe. Preschool remains closed until further notice.

06/03/2025

05/03/2025

Evacuation Centres will be open for Ballina and surrounding areas at 4pm today:

🚩Ballina Southern Cross Public School - Chickiba Dr, East Ballina NSW 2478
🚩Alstonville High School - Cawley Cl, Alstonville NSW 2477

For information on evacuation centres including opening times and locations, visit https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/during-an-emergency/evacuation-centres

05/03/2025

04/03/2025

Thanks to all the wonderful staff today who moved furniture to prepare preschool for the on coming cyclone. Stay safe everyone

02/03/2025

It looks like we may be in for some extreme weather this week please check the SES & the BOM site for updates to be prepared.
We will monitor the weather & get our information from the SES and NSW Department of Education regarding closures.