Pre-school and pre-prep programmes in Australia are relatively unregulated, and are not compulsory.[31] The first exposure many Australian children have to learning with others outside of traditional parenting is day care or a parent-run playgroup.[32] This sort of activity is not generally considered schooling, as pre-school education is separate from primary school in all states and territories, except Western Australia where pre-school education is taught as part of the primary school system[33] and Victoria where the state framework, VEYLDF covers children from birth to 8 years old, is used by some schools over the federal framework. In Queensland, pre-school programmes are often called Kindergarten or Pre-Prep, and are usually privately run but attract state government funding if run for at least 600 hours a year and delivered by a registered teacher.