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You're Invited to Open Week!
We're opening our doors and would love for your family to come and see what makes C&K Kelso such a special place for children to learn, play, and thrive.
Explore our learning spaces, chat with our passionate educators, and experience the warm, welcoming community we've built together. Open Week is the perfect opportunity to discover why so many Queensland families choose C&K.
C&K has been proudly supporting Queensland children and families for almost 120 years. As a not-for-profit, children are at the heart of everything we do - from the way we design our spaces to the early learning programs that celebrate every child's curiosity, individuality, and potential.
We'd love to meet you. Come say hello! 💛💙
We're opening our doors and would love for your family to come and see what makes our centre such a special place for children to learn, play, and thrive.
C&K is proud to support G'day Little Queenslanders!
Get ready for a fun-filled morning to celebrate our little Queenslanders.
Bring along your family and get ready to enjoy:
Best of all, event entry is free.
How to register and stay in the know:Families with Little Queenslanders (aged 0 – 2) can register to receive a personalised certificate in-person at the Townsville event, officially welcoming their newest addition to our vibrant community.
PLUS, be among the first 100 to collect it on the day and you’ll receive a gift pack with child-friendly products from our sponsors Booktopia, ergoPouch, and Wotnot Naturals.
Not after a certificate? No worries. By registering, you’ll also stay up-to-date with all the latest event details, exciting activities, and giveaways – perfect for keeping in the know.
Register here
Details:Sunday 2 November 2025Brigadier North Park, Jezzine Barracks38-52 Howitt Street, North Ward9am – 12pm
Western Suburbs Kindergarten
Welcome to Western Suburbs Kindergarten! We are a Community Kindergarten located in the quiet backstreets of Aitkenvale, surrounded by trees and parklands. At our kindy, play takes centre stage in your child’s education, and children are given time to explore, discover and learn. We offer a Government Approved Kindergarten Funded Program across 4 groups, with options for 2 long days or shorter 5-day fortnight groups at the beginning and end of the week. The groups have a maximum of 22 children and are led by an experienced early childhood teacher. Our teachers and teaching assistants are highly qualified, and are passionate about creating engaging play spaces for children. We operate during QLD school terms and are closed for school holidays, public holidays, and some pupil free days.
Attending Kindergarten provides children with opportunities to develop relationships with teachers & strong friendships across their group in a safe and nurturing environment. Our huge, naturally shaded outdoor environment encourages healthy movement, nurtures children’s curiosity & creativity & strengthens their connection with the environment as they play & explore. Programs evolve to extend on children’s ideas, incorporating their needs across all areas of the Curriculum to inspire a lifelong love of learning. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspectives are embedded in our practice & we aim to build strong connections with all families & our wider community. We would welcome your family to organise a time to come and visit and explore our beautiful centre.
As a service affiliated with C&K, Western Suburbs Kindergarten receives support from C&K as the Central Governing Body, with a Voluntary Management Committee, made up of parents operating the service as an independent incorporated association. 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.
Home Hill Community Kindergarten
Welcome to Home Hill 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.
Our passionate teachers and teaching assistants are highly qualified and experienced. They are experts in teaching children aged 3 to 5 and help them develop a love of lifelong learning.
Our learning spaces and expansive outdoor play areas 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 Home Hill 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 lifelong learners.
At Home Hill 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, Home Hill 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.
C&K Hughenden Kindergarten & Early Childhood Centre
C&K Hughenden Kindergarten and Early Childhood Centre is a small rural community centre, four hours drive west of Townsville. We welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning five days a week.
C&K childcare centres offer quality education and care programs where we focus on a unique infant and toddler approach, as well as delivering a 5 day fortnight kindergarten program for 4 year olds. Our kindy program is guided by a university qualified teacher and supports children to be curious, capable, and collaborative learners in the year before school.
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.
Ayr Community Kindergarten
Welcome to C&K Ayr Community Kindergarten, where our dedicated team of qualified educators are passionate about educating young children and strive to nurture and develop our future generation of thinkers. We respect the tradition of encouraging families and communities to be involved in our curriculum by supporting and affirming parents in their parenting role, acknowledging the individuality of family aspirations and traditions, optimising learning for children, engaging parents and carers in cooperative decision making, ensuring our curriculum is relevant to the children, families and community, and facilitating networks among families within the local community.
We have two 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, Ayr 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.
C&K Weir Community Kindergarten
At C&K Weir Community Kindergarten, your child will feel safe, make friends and belong. We help your child create a lifelong love of learning and support their transition into school.
C&K Weir has beautiful, large landscaped gardens providing an open natural learning environment where the children explore, investigate, and extend their learning. Our indoor space fosters child-led experiences and provides many different and inspiring opportunities to play and learn.
Parents and guardians are an integral part of our community and are always welcome to contribute to the educational program. Our young children are capable thinkers, investigators and inquirers. They come to kindergarten with a range of prior experiences and understanding of the world around them.
Our experienced and passionate educators foster close relationships with families, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive environment. They 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 Weir, we offer a 5 day fortnight kindergarten program with an optional extended hours program until 6:00pm and an optional holiday program during Queensland school holidays. These optional programs incur separate fees. We have 4 groups to choose from, so you can enrol your child in a group that best meets your family's needs.
Visit Kindergarten with Extended Hours for more information.
C&K Weir on Ross River Road in Kirwan, Townsville, on the grounds of Weir State School.
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