Atherton C&K Kindergarten

11/02/2026

🌟 **WE’RE HIRING!** 🌟

We are looking for a Lead Educator for our After Kindy and Vacation Care program.

🫆 Child Safe Organisation

📚 Diploma in Children’s Services required

🔵 Blue Card required

🩹 First aid certificate required

27/10/2025

If you’re committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!

We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:
• An ACECQA approved Bachelor's Degree of Early Childhood Education or equivalent
• Approved Child Protection Training or the willingness to obtain.
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.

You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join Atherton C&K, you join a village of passionate, talented Early Childhood Educators, so we can continue to learn and grow together!

08/10/2025

We are hiring!

24/07/2025

YOU’RE INVITED!

Come celebrate NAIDOC 2025 with us at the Cultural Art & Craft Exhibition — a FREE community event for all ages!

Explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and crafts
Enjoy cultural performances and dancing
Take in beautiful cultural displays
Free BBQ, Nibblies, Drinks and Tea and Coffee available.

Saturday 26 July 2025
10am – 2:30pm
Merrilands Hall & Café, Robert Street, Atherton

Let’s celebrate The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy together!

Bring your family, your friends, and your curiosity.
All welcome — see you there!

A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors and community partners who are helping bring this special NAIDOC event to life!

With the generous support of:
Tablelands Regional Council, Terrain NRM, HQ Plantations, C&K Atherton Kindergarten, Wet Tropics Management Authority, Gandan Yarnings, FSC – Forests for All Forever, VPG, and the Tablelands Community Justice Group.
Your contributions make it possible for us to celebrate culture, creativity, and community in a meaningful and inclusive way.

We also extend our thanks to everyone working behind the scenes — Elders, artists, performers, volunteers, and supporters — your efforts are truly appreciated.

Atherton Show Black Star Radio Tablelands Regional Council

For more info: 07 4091 3250 or 0427 153 555
[email protected]

13/06/2025

Thank you to our families and all the community members and organisations who contributed to our Sea of Hearts for Reconciliation Week!

23/05/2025

Join us for our Open Week event!

WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE 4.00pm - 4.30pm

Come and meet our dedicated educators, see our engaging learning spaces, and feel the vibrant community that makes our centre special. We can't wait to share this journey with you.

25/04/2025

Lest We Forget.

12/02/2025

👩‍🏫 BACK TO KINDY AFTERNOON 👩‍🏫

A favourite afternoon at our service where we get to reconnect with last years cohort.

07/02/2025

Some great tips from Maggie Dent!

Does your child lose their cool the minute they see you in the afternoon?

After-school meltdowns are really normal. Kids could be hungry, tired or in need of a release of energy.

So, how do you lessen the impact?

Parental As Anything – Hear it now on ABC listen: https://ab.co/ParentalAsAnything

04/12/2024

Before our year ends - we wanted to share “The BEST Kindy day EVER!”.

This term, Room 4 were lucky enough to be invited out to Tinaroo Environmental Education Centre (TEEC) by Rochelle and Dayna.

We went red claw potting, fishing, pond exploring, rope climbing, we did a water conservation team challenge, learnt about taking care of our water ways and best of all we were brave and went on a “real” zip line.

A huge thank you to the team at TEEC. It was an excellent opportunity to celebrate the group’s growth in resilience, environmental awareness and physical strength and skills.

04/12/2024

Thank you to The Whippy Express for coming to Kindy today so we could enjoy a tasty end of year treat together!

02/12/2024

Our service has grown in leaps and bounds over the past four years and the introduction of Free Kindy has further enhanced our enrolments. We have limited vacancies across the service for target age Kindergarten children for 2025.

As we are an extended hours KINDERGARTEN, our core business is delivering an education program for children the year before they begin Prep. Our service is prioritising target age children to ensure fair and equitable access to a Kindergarten program. Three year old enrolments are encouraged to join our waitlist.

We are the only not for profit Kindergarten in Atherton with our profits being invested back into our service and the community. Our facilities and yard showcase this investment into Early Childhood education.

Our teachers are all Bachelor qualified with a degree in Education. Our groupings offer the same teachers and children daily to provide stability for children and similarities to school arrangements. We have a range of days and groupings available to allow variation in enrolments to meet family needs.

In May 2024 we went through Assessment and Rating under the National Quality Framework and are proud to say our service retained our Exceeding rating.

We encourage families to pop in and walk through our service to see what we offer. Alternatively, please email [email protected] or call 07 40912 644