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C&K Cotton Tree Childcare Centre
C&K Cotton Tree Childcare Centre in Maroochydore welcomes children aged 6 weeks to 5 years and provides high-quality early childhood education and care services Monday through Friday. We offer flexible booking options that allow families to select hours of care suited to their individual needs.
Located on the Sunshine Coast near the beach, we take pride in our spacious natural outdoor learning environment, featuring mature leafy trees and local wildlife, including native birds and possums that nest in our trees. Our nature-based playground inspires challenging and open-ended play experiences where children receive uninterrupted time to explore and engage in meaningful learning. We respect children as powerful learners, critical thinkers, natural theorists, and active community citizens.
As a nurturing home away from home, our environment provides a safe, secure, and supportive space for your child. Our dedicated, friendly, and professionally qualified staff members nurture play-based learning approaches while fostering a lifelong love of learning. Our families love our large natural outdoor area, where we encourage children to explore, discover, engage in creative play, and connect with nature.
Within our centre we have families and staff members who come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This diversity provides valuable opportunities to incorporate these cultures and languages throughout our daily centre programming. Our comprehensive approach to inclusion and diversity ensures that every child, family member, and staff member feels safe, genuinely welcomed, and valued as important contributors.
C&K childcare centres offer high-quality education and care programs. We focus on a unique infant and toddler approach and deliver the approved kindergarten program for 4-year-olds.
C&K Cotton Tree is situated between the local library, tennis court facilities, and lawn bowling clubs. Positioned diagonally across from the centre are the Neighbourhood Centre and the Cotton Tree Community Gardens. The beach and Cotton Tree Surf Club are accessible via a pleasant walk down the road, along with the local shops.
C&K Coolum Childcare Centre
C&K Coolum Community Childcare Centre welcomes children from 6 weeks to 5 years old and provides quality early childhood education and care Monday through Friday. We offer flexible booking options so families can choose the hours of care to suit their individual needs.
As a welcoming second home for families, the environment provides feelings of safety, security, and support while children are in the care of our qualified educators. The educators are long-term staff members - many have worked at C&K Coolum for over 10 years, and some for over 30 years. At C&K, the team is supported in nurturing play-based learning, developing caring relationships with children and families, and fostering a lifelong love of learning with every child in their care.
The centre features a combination of age-based rooms and communal learning spaces where siblings and children of all ages can come together to learn and play. The spacious outdoor areas include established gardens, lovely shady trees, and a large sand pit in each play space. Situated just a short stroll from Coolum Beach, the centre holds open excursion permissions that allow children to enjoy impromptu trips to see whales when they are breaching.
C&K childcare centres deliver quality education and care programs with a focus on our unique infant and toddler approach, and provide the government-approved kindergarten program for 4-year-olds.
C&K Coolum is located on Perry Street in Coolum, nestled next to the Coolum Library and Civic Centre. The centre is a 400 metre walk from Coolum Beach.
C&K Caloundra Community Childcare Centre
At C&K Caloundra 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 beautiful learning environment, which was recently renovated in early 2023. We have multiple spacious natural outdoor areas with leafy trees, grass, dirt, and leaves. 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, theorists, 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.
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 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 Caloundra is located on Thrush Street between Caloundra State High School and Caloundra State School.
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