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C&K Calamvale Community College OSHC

6 years - 13 years

C&K Calamvale Community College OSHC

C&K Calamvale Community College OSHC provides outside school hours care for children aged 5 to 12 years. We are open Monday to Friday for before-school care from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and after-school care from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. We also offer vacation care during school holidays from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

C&K Calamvale OSHC creates a welcoming and inclusive space where children feel safe, valued, and free to express themselves. We place a strong emphasis on building meaningful relationships with children and families, customising programs to reflect individual needs, interests, cultures, and perspectives. Through open communication, we keep families informed and actively involved in their child's development and well-being. Children's voices are heard, friendships flourish, and each day offers new discoveries.

Our qualified educators are passionate about delivering engaging experiences, including creative arts, outdoor play, STEM learning, cooking, sports, quiet spaces, and community connections. During vacation care, we also offer regular incursions and excursions, water play days, and outdoor challenges.

Before school, we offer a calm and supportive start to the day, with breakfast provided. After school, children are offered a nutritious afternoon tea, followed by a range of activities or the option to unwind in quiet spaces after the busy school day.

C&K Calamvale OSHC operates at 11 Hamish Street, Calamvale, within Calamvale Community College school grounds. This on-site location ensures smooth transitions between school and OSHC for children and families.

C&K Magnetic Island Early Childhood Centre

3 months - 5 years

C&K Magnetic Island Early Childhood Centre

Welcome to C&K Magnetic Island, where your child will feel safe, make friends and belong. We have an open natural learning environment where the children explore and investigate, and extend their learning. Our teachers and educators focus on nurturing your child's curiosity, building their resilience and developing their confidence - all through the joy of learning through play.

At C&K Magnetic Island Childhood Centre we operate a kindy group 5 days a fortnight and limited hours care for 2 days. Our kindy group is led by an experienced and qualified early childhood teacher. We operate during QLD school terms and are closed for school holidays, public holidays and some pupil free days.

C&K Capella Early Childhood Centre

3 months - 5 years

C&K Capella Early Childhood Centre

Welcome to C&K Capella, where your child will feel safe, make friends and belong. We have an open natural learning environment where the children explore and investigate, and extend their learning. Our teachers and educators focus on nurturing your child's curiosity, building their resilience and developing their confidence - all through the joy of learning through play.

At C&K Capella Early Childhood Centre we operate a kindy group 5 days a fortnight and limited hours care for 2 days. Our kindy group is led by an experienced and qualified early childhood teacher. We operate during QLD school terms and are closed for school holidays, public holidays and some pupil free days.

How to keep cool with your child this summer

28th August 2024
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In the first five years, children learn more quickly than at any other stage of their life. At C&K, we want your child to have every opportunity to learn through play - even during the warmer days.

'Water days' where children spend the day exploring water play, are always a huge hit. This might look like making mud pies in a shady corner of your garden, reusing bath or shower water in a large bucket with pouring toys, creating goop or making fruit or treasure-filled ice blocks. It's also a good opportunity to talk about using water wisely.

Embarking on these types of natural adventures will help develop your child’s problem-solving skills, they are also a great way to explore their imagination and have fun together as a family. Nurturing these important early childhood skills are a key part of C&K’s philosophy of learning through play.

Here is some fun, water-based activities that you and your family can do together during the warmer months.

Mud play
Children playing with water outside

Mud play is the perfect activity to enjoy any time of the year. Children are fascinated by mud and will love jumping around, watching it squelch and splash, and making mud pies. Having free fun in your own backyard is a great way for you and your children to get back in touch with nature. Children enjoy the sensory aspects of mud play, “It’s very gooey” and you may want to investigate what happens when more water is added or when it dries.

Frozen treasure
Young boy playing with ice cube outside

Hunting for frozen treasure is a sure to please the children on a hot day. To do this, gather some toys, seeds, leaves, whatever your child is interested and place them in a bowl and fill it with water. Next, put it in the freezer for a few hours. Once frozen, give your child a blunt object (toy hammer, wooden spoons) to use to chip away at the ice and uncover the treasure within!

Make your own goop

Goop (also known as oobleck) can be great fun for all the family and is a perfect activity to do when it’s too hot to go outside. With only three ingredients, this activity is sure to keep children busy learning and playing together. It’s a liquid but also has properties of a solid, so it can be squeezed into balls, or dribbled through fingers. Toys can be added and utensils used to cut, scoop and move the goop around.

All you need is food colouring, 2 cups of water and 2 packets of cornflour, then:

  • Stir the food colouring into the water (have fun mixing colours).
  • Combine the cornflour and water together in a large container or bowl.
  • Mix until the goop is formed.
Visit your local swimming pool

Take a trip to your local swimming pool for some fun. You local council will have information on their website about learn to swim classes, activities, seasonal hours and fees.

Plan what you wear
Two children playing with tap outside

Choose clothing that is cool, protective and loose fitting. Materials such as cotton and loose-fitting clothing like t-shirts will help to keep your child cool as they play. When outside, be sure to apply sunscreen and wear protective gear such as shirts with sleeves and a hat.

Water the garden

Should water restrictions not apply in your area, take the opportunity to water your garden with your child of an afternoon. This activity provides an opportunity for you to talk about your day and discuss how the natural world requires water together.

What's your favourite way to keep cool?

Alma Street Pre-Prep

3.5 years - 5 years

Alma Street Pre-Prep

At Alma Street Pre-Prep, we believe the journey of early childhood education should be as nurturing as it is educational. "Alma," derived from Latin, means kind and nourishing, and this concept forms the very essence of our centre.

Located in Gympie, our program focuses on the innate nature of young children and the deeply embedded sense of belonging and quality relationships between the child, the family and the Educators at Alma Street Pre-Prep. These relationships are the foundation for child-led, play based programs.

We have four program groups to choose from, so you can enrol your child in a group that best meets your family's needs.

As an affiliated centre of C&K, Alma Street Pre-Prep receives support from C&K as the Central Governing Body but operates as an independent incorporated association managed by a volunteer management committee. Centres affiliated with C&K receive comprehensive support in governance, including managing kindergarten and inclusion funding, training for committees and educators, advice and support regarding inclusion, use of the C&K brand, curriculum approach and resource materials.

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Enrolment Fee: The enrolment fee is a one-off, non-refundable fee payable when you confirm your child’s enrolment. Some families may be exempt from paying the enrolment fee.

Child Care Subsidy: The Australian Government helps eligible families with the cost of childcare via the Child Care Subsidy (CCS). For more information, please visit Services Australia. If you are eligible for CCS, your daily fee will be reduced by your eligible CCS rate. Please email us for a quote.

Queensland Kindergarten Funding: The Queensland Government also provides funding for eligible-aged children (children turning 4 by 30 June, in the year they attend a kindy program), attending a centre delivering a government-approved kindergarten program. If eligible, you could receive up to 15 hours of Free Kindy per week for 40 weeks.

At this centre, the daily fee for the extended hours and holiday programs are optional. Free Kindy is applied during the 4 school terms. The subsidy does not apply to the extended hours portion of the day or during the holiday program. Eligible families can continue to claim CCS for these times.

Please visit our Kindergarten Fees page for more information.

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Queensland Kindergarten Funding: The Queensland Government provides funding for eligible-aged children (children turning 4 by 30 June, in the year they attend a kindy program) attending a centre delivering a government-approved kindergarten program. This funding allows your eligible-aged child to attend kindergarten for free.

Non-eligible-aged Children: Enrolment priority is given to eligible-age children, but if there are places available, we welcome 3-year-old children to enrol and attend for two years. The Queensland Kindergarten Funding does not apply for 3-year-old children, and the non-eligible kindy daily fee will apply. Please contact us for more information on fees for 3-year-old children and to discuss your family's situation.

Please visit our Kindergarten Fees page for more information.

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Queensland Kindergarten Funding: The Queensland Government provides funding for eligible-aged children
(children turning 4 by 30 June, in the year they attend a kindy program), attending a centre delivering a
government-approved kindergarten program. This funding allows your eligible-aged child to attend kindergarten
for free.

Non-eligible-aged Children: Enrolment priority is given to eligible-age children but if there are places available,
we welcome 3 year-old children to enrol and attend for two years. The Queensland Kindergarten Funding does
not apply for 3 year-old children and the non-eligible kindy daily fee will apply. Please contact us for more
information on fees for 3 year-old children and to discuss your families situation.

Please visit our Kindergarten Fees page for more information.

Affiliated kindy 2 days a week fee template

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Queensland Kindergarten Funding: The Queensland Government provides funding for eligible-aged children (children turning 4 by 30 June, in the year they attend a kindy program), attending a centre delivering a government-approved kindergarten program. This funding allows your eligible-aged child to attend kindergarten for free.

Non-eligible-aged Children: Enrolment priority is given to eligible-age children, but if there are places available, we welcome 3-year-old children to enrol and attend for two years. The Queensland Kindergarten Funding does not apply for 3-year-old children, and the non-eligible kindy daily fee will apply. Please contact us for more information on fees for 3-year-old children and to discuss your family's situation.

Please visit our Kindergarten Fees page for more information.

Affiliated kindy 5 days a fortnight fee template

Submitted by orangedigital on

Queensland Kindergarten Funding: The Queensland Government provides funding for eligible-aged children (children turning 4 by 30 June, in the year they attend a kindy program), attending a centre delivering a government-approved kindergarten program. This funding allows your eligible-aged child to attend kindergarten for free.

Non-eligible-aged Children: Enrolment priority is given to eligible-age children, but if there are places available, we welcome 3-year-old children to enrol and attend for two years. The Queensland Kindergarten Funding does not apply for 3-year-old children, and the non-eligible kindy daily fee will apply. Please contact us for more information on fees for 3-year-old children and to discuss your family's situation.

Please visit our Kindergarten Fees page for more information.

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