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C&K Middlemount Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Middlemount Community Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday.
Located in Central Queensland, approximately 3 hours inland from Rockhampton and Mackay. Our spacious nature-based playground inspires challenging and open-ended play where children are provided with uninterrupted time to explore and engage in learning. We respect children as powerful learners, thinkers, theorisers and active citizens.
As a home away from home, our environment provides a safe, secure and supported space for your child. Our dedicated, friendly and qualified staff nurture play-based learning, fostering a lifelong love of learning. Our families love our large natural outdoor area, where we encourage children to explore, discover, play and engage in nature.
C&K childcare centres offer quality education and care programs. We focus on a unique infant and toddler approach and deliver the approved kindergarten program for 4-year-olds. Best of all, we provide flexible options, so you can choose the hours of care to suit your family.
C&K Middlemount is located next to the Middlemount Ambulance Service and opposite the Middlemount Fire Station.
C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre
At C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning five days a week, with flexible booking options.
The C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service that provides access to integrated early childhood education and care, parenting and family support, and child maternal health services.
The centre incorporates a Long Day Care Centre and a Hub, that is designed to work together as an integrated unit.
The C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre is a facility where our whole community is welcome and where all cultures are respected.
Our vision is to be a trusted children and family centre that empowers all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to grow, learn and build on strengths with connection to land, sea and cultures.
We have a dedicated, quality teaching team with fantastic facilities both indoors and out. We offer an environment that is founded on trust and respect, providing children with a safe environment where they can express themselves freely. Children are supported to learn, grow and develop at their own pace through play and hands on experiences.
We believe in working in partnership with our families and community and believe they are an integral part of our centre.
We welcome visitors to our centre at any time to meet our educators, see the facilities and find out more about how our centre works closely with the Hub to offer holistic services to families.
Our centre has a beautiful kitchen facility which allows us to provide all meals including breakfast. We also provide nappies and have a bus service if transport is required
The C&K Mackay Children and Family Hub provides a large number of programs and services to support the wider community. These include:
Specialist health and allied health services by referral
C&K Emerald South Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Emerald South Community Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday.
We are proud of our spacious natural outdoor learning environment, with leafy trees, grass, dirt, leaves, and wildlife such as native birds and possums nesting in the trees. Our nature-based playground inspires challenging and open-ended play where children are provided with uninterrupted time to explore and engage in learning. We respect children as powerful learners, thinkers, theorisers and active citizens.
We have a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds with our families and staff. This provides us the opportunity to incorporate these cultures and languages throughout the centre. Our approach to inclusion and diversity ensures that every child, family and staff member feels safe, welcomed and important.
C&K Clinton Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Clinton Community Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday, with flexible booking options.
C&K Clinton is located off Dawson Highway on Hervey Road in Clinton. Our centre is less than 4 minutes from Gladstone Airport.
C&K Carseldine Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Carseldine Community Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday, with flexible booking options.
As a home away from home, our environment provides feelings of being safe, secure and supported while in the care of our qualified educators. At C&K we support our team to nurture play-based learning, develop caring relationships with children and our families, and foster a lifelong love of learning with every child in our care.
Our centre has a combination of both age-based rooms and communal learning spaces where siblings and children of all ages can come together to learn and play. Our spacious playgrounds offer established gardens, lovely shade trees, and a large sand pit in each play space. There are many play opportunities for the children across all areas of development, encouraging each child's natural curiosity to play and discover.
C&K childcare centres offer quality education and care programs where we focus on a unique infant and toddler approach, as well as delivering the approved kindergarten program for 4 year olds. Best of all, we provide flexible options where you can choose the hours of care to suit your family.
C&K Carseldine is co-located with Rockpool Residential Aged Care. Our centre also provides an evidenced-based innovative intergenerational program in partnership with Rockpool Residential Aged Care, creating enriching experiences for the children and the residents of Rockpool.
C&K Carseldine is conveniently located in Carseldine Village, a short 10 minute stroll from Carseldine Train Station.
C&K Blackwater Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Blackwater Community Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday, with flexible booking options.
We are proud of our spacious natural outdoor learning environment, which has real trees, grass, dirt, leaves, and wildlife such as native birds and possums nesting in the trees. Our nature-based playground inspires challenging and open-ended play where children are provided with uninterrupted time to explore and engage in learning. We respect children as powerful learners, thinkers, theorisers and active citizens.
We are located in Central Queensland, approximately 2 hours inland from Rockhampton.
C&K Biloela Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Biloela Community Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday, with flexible booking options.
C&K Biloela is located on the corner of Prairie Street and Grevillea Street.
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
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.
C&K Parkhurst Childcare Centre
At C&K Parkhurst Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning Monday to Friday.
Our centre has a combination of both age-based rooms and communal learning spaces where siblings and children of all ages can come together to learn and play. The large outdoor area is designed to take advantage of the natural environment and encourages children to explore, discover, play, and engage in nature.
C&K Parkhurst is located on Yaamba Road with access off 4 Mason Avenue. The centre is a 2 minute walk from Parkhurst State School, which is also located on Mason Avenue.