Caboolture Apex Kindergarten | C&K - childcare and kindergarten

Caboolture Apex Kindergarten

Operating Hours

The Centre offers a 5 day fortnight kindergarten program. Each program runs from 8.40am until 2.50pm. The Kindergarten is licensed for up to 25 children, aged 3 ½ to 5 years.

Red Group runs Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays.

Blue Group runs alternate Wednesdays, Thursday and Friday.

Welcome

Welcome to Caboolture Apex Kindergarten and Preschool!

Established by the Caboolture Apex Club in 1971, we are a community based association overseen by a parent management committee and run by long-standing, dedicated and highly-qualified staff.

Philosophy

Our philosophy 

At Caboolture Apex Kindergarten and Preschool, we believe:

  • All children are unique, competent and capable learners
  • Qualified, dedicated staff are critical to the development and maintenance of a quality early education program
  • Planned and spontaneous curriculum allows children to actively construct their own learning and promotes self esteem, confidence, curiosity and independence
  • In creating partnerships with families and appreciating the unique perspective each family brings
  • In creating a safe, nurturing, challenging environment where everyone feels valued and respected

To enrol in Kindy, your child must turn 4 by 30 June in the year they participate in the program. If you wish to:

Enrol immediately - please contact the Service Director (via contact details listed) to determine if a place is available. If a place is available, the Service Director will assist you to enrol your child immediately.

For future years - 2021 enrolments and beyond, please contact the Service Director. Our Centre holds a wait list ($15.00 per child) and children can be put on the waiting list from birth. Those on the waiting list will be contacted in the second half of the year before their child is due to start kindergarten. Please remember to keep your contact information up to date. Circumstances change and it is possible that places may become available throughout the year, so please contact the kindergarten for more detailed information.

All our kindergartens deliver C&K Quality Kindergarten Program. Kindergarten, also known as pre-prep or preschool, is a program for children who are turning 4 by June 30 in the year before they attend school. C&K’s kindy programs are government-approved and led by experienced and university qualified teachers. Our program supports children’s curiosity, creativity, problem solving, resilience and real-world knowledge and skills.

At C&K we know that children do not learn in isolation, so we approach learning as a collaborative relationship between teachers, eaducators, children and families. At C&K we believe children are powerful learners, active citizens, thinkers and theorisers - this is at the heart of our early childhood curriculum. We've designed our indoor and outdoor spaces to ignite imaginations and nurture healthy minds and bodies. Learning through play is an integral part of our education program. Our educators skilfully enrich and extend on children's play experiences, creating a learning program that is tailored and meaningful for your child.

Your child's learning journey is shared with you via conversations with your child's educators and through written documentation in your centre, and in some centres through StoryPark (an app and website). 

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Kindergarten Fees

The Queensland Government provides funding to make kindy free for families with eligible-age children (children turning 4 years old by 30 June in the year they attend kindy). The funding is provided directly to your centre, and if eligible, you will not pay any daily fee.

Free kindy is only available for one kindergarten group, so you may have to pay fees if your child is enrolled in two groups. For example:

  • If your child is enrolled in both kindergarten groups at one kindy.
  • If your child is enrolled in two different kindergartens. You must nominate which kindergarten will receive the funding when you enrol.
  • If your child is enrolled in a kindergarten and a childcare centre, you will only receive free kindy at the kindy and not at the childcare centre.

2024

Daily Fee
Daily fee (eligible-age children) FREE
Daily fee (non-eligible)* - 5 days a fortnight program TBC
Daily fee (non-eligible)* - 2 days a week program TBC

Other Fees

You may also have to pay an enrolment fee and membership fee. These will be one-off fees and paid before your child starts kindergarten.

2024

Fee
Enrolment fee TBC
Membership fee TBC

What if I want my 3 year old to go to kindergarten?*

Priority is given to eligible-age children but if there are places available, we are happy to have 3 year old children at kindy and attend for two years.  The subsidies do not apply for 3 year old children, and the daily fee (non-eligible) will apply. Please contact us on 07 5495 1400 for more information on fees for 3 year olds and to discuss your child and your family’s situation.

I have more questions. Who can I talk to? 

You can find more information on our Kindergarten Fees page or you can download our Fact Sheet.

Please contact us on 07 5495 1400 if you have any other questions.