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All our kindergartens deliver C&K's 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, educators, children and families. 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 children's playexperiences, 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, through written documentation and through Storypark (an app and website).
Shailer Road Community Kindergarten
Welcome to Shailer Road Community Kindergarten. Shailer Road Kindergarten has been established since 1991 and is positioned next to a natural bushland reserve in Shailer Park. Our air conditioned centre has a large outdoor play space at the front and our classrooms are complimented by wide covered verandas on both sides. We are a double-unit centre which operates three alternative kindergarten programs. We also offer a weekly pre-kindergarten class for children aged 3 years. Our kindergarten is committed to the development of a love of life-long learning within each person who enters it, through providing quality early childhood education and reflective practice in a caring, fun, safe environment.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Shailer Road kindy 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.
Sandgate Kids Early Education
Welcome to Sandgate Kids Kindergarten. A place where play takes centre stage in your child’s education and where children are given time to explore, discover and learn!
Sandgate Kids kindy has been serving the local community since 1967. We offer a Government Approved Kindergarten Funded Program in a variety of flexible enrolment options. Our passionate teachers and teaching assistants are highly qualified and experienced. They are experts in teaching children from three to five years and establish a love of life-long learning. Our purpose-built building and expansive outdoor play spaces are designed to nurture children’s development in a caring community environment. Children have the stability of the same teachers and the same children attending kindy every day of their attendance. This allows us to offer continuity and extension of learning for each child, from one day to the next.
Our mission at Sandgate Kids Kindergarten is to provide children with a play enriched environment and build partnerships with families and the community. We strive for high quality early childhood education and care where we support children to become life-long learners.
We have 2 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, Sandgate Kids Kindergarten 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.
Samford Community Kindergarten
Welcome to Samford Community Kindergarten. A place where play takes centre stage in your child’s education and where children are given time to explore, discover and learn!
We offer a Government Approved Kindergarten Funded Program in a variety of flexible enrolment options. Our passionate teachers and teaching assistants are highly qualified and experienced. They are experts in teaching children from three to five years and establish a love of life-long learning. Our purpose-built building and expansive outdoor play spaces are designed to nurture children’s development in a caring community environment. Children have the stability of the same teachers and the same children attending kindy every day of their attendance. This allows us to offer continuity and extension of learning for each child, from one day to the next.
Our mission at Samford Community Kindergarten is to provide children with a play enriched environment and build partnerships with families and the community. We strive for high quality early childhood education and care where we support children to become life-long learners.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Samford Community Kindergarten 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.
Rosewood & District Community Kindergarten
At Rosewood and District Community Kindergarten, we believe that early childhood is a critical learning period in children’s lives and that play is the essential learning vehicle to explore, problem solve, develop friendships, imagine and extend capabilities. We recognise that this is best achieved in a natural environment supported by parents, educators and our local community.
The Rosewood and District Community Kindergarten has proudly stood on the site of 54 John Street since its opening in 1963. Early in the 1950’s, Rosewood Shire Council became amalgamated with Moreton Shire Council.
At Rosewood and District Community Kindergarten, we have 2 kindy 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, Rosewood and District Community Kindergarten 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.
Roderick Street Community Kindergarten
Roderick Street Community Kindergarten aims to help your child cultivate a lifelong love of learning as well as develop socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually.
Our vision is to be the first choice kindergarten for a thriving community of lifelong learners, and our mission is to provide all children access to quality education within a play based, caring and supportive environment.
Our kindergarten is located on a huge half acre block at 4 Cribb Street Sadliers Crossing, in the heart of Ipswich's education precinct. We are across the road from Blair State School, and just a stone's throw away from Ipswich Boys Grammar and St Marys.
At Roderick Street Community Kindergarten, we have 2 kindy 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, Roderick Street Community Kindergarten 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.
Rockhampton South Kindergarten
Welcome to Rockhampton South Kindergarten. We are a unique centre, nestled beside the beautiful Rockhampton Botanical Gardens. At Rockhampton South Kindergarten, the dedicated team of experienced staff draws inspiration from the lush natural surroundings to create an environment for your child to feel safe in and ‘help them grow’.
Our Kindergarten provides a play-based learning environment that aims to enhance the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development of every child.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Rockhampton South Kindergarten 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.
Ravenshoe Kindergarten & Playgroup
Welcome to Ravenshoe Kindergarten & Playgroup. We are a nurturing and vibrant kindy dedicated to fostering a love for learning in young children. Located in a supportive community, the kindergarten offers a play-based curriculum that encourages creativity, exploration, and social interaction.
With a focus on developing essential skills through engaging activities, Ravenshoe kindy provides a safe and stimulating environment where children can thrive. The dedicated staff is committed to partnering with families to ensure each child's unique needs are met, promoting holistic development and preparing them for future educational success.
Alongside free kindy, Ravenshoe Kindergarten offers a subsidised pre-kindy program for three-year-olds in term 4, 2024. To be eligible for this program, children need to have turned three by 30 June 2024.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Ravenshoe Kindergarten 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.
Raceview Congregational Preschool & Kindergarten
Welcome to Raceview Congregational Kindergarten. The Kindergarten is part of the Raceview Congregational Church which has been serving the Raceview and Ipswich community for over a 150 years. As a community Kindergarten it has its own operations committee which includes members of staff and members of Kindy families. As part of the church community, however, our Kindy families also have access to various support networks and other children and family activities.
The Kindy operates within the core values of the church in that we aim to ensure that every child and Kindy family will feel safe, cared for, loved, valued, nurtured and supported while a part of the Kindy community.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Raceview Congregational Kindergarten 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.
Pomona & District Kindergarten
Welcome to Pomona and District Kindergarten. We are located in the heart of Pomona; in a beautiful, heritage-listed ‘Queenslander’ building in Stan Topper Park. Pomona and District Kindergarten is a welcoming and natural environment that strives to be an inclusive and sustainable living and learning community.
We acknowledge the uniqueness and potential of all children, their families and the wider community, who are valued and share a sense of belonging within our community kindergarten. Our focus is on honouring the children’s right to learn through play.
We value children as competent and capable, knowing they can participate in the negotiation of their own learning and social experiences both as an individual and as a collective group.
Our educators are caring professionals who demonstrate positive guidance that reflect qualities of consistency, harmony and sensitivity. With these attributes it is our aim that the children go on to encompass an understanding that they are global citizens with shared responsibilities to the environment and humanity.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Pomona & District Kindergarten 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.
Platypus Playcare
Welcome to Platypus Playcare. We are a community based, non-profit organisation offering childcare and kindergarten.
Platypus Playcare is a vibrant and nurturing early childhood education centre dedicated to providing a holistic learning experience for young children. With a strong emphasis on play-based learning, the kindergarten creates an engaging environment where children can explore, create, and develop essential social and emotional skills. The experienced and caring staff focus on fostering individual growth, promoting curiosity, and building confidence through a variety of activities tailored to each child's interests and abilities.
Alongside free kindy, Platypus Playcare offers a subsidised pre-kindy program for three-year-olds in term 4, 2024. To be eligible for this program, children need to have turned three by 30 June 2024.
As an affiliated centre of C&K, Platypus Playcare 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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