Cairns TAFE Community Child Care Centre in Cairns, Queensland, Australia | Nursery

Cairns TAFE Community Child Care Centre

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4052 1825

Address: 2 Newton Street 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.ctcccc.com.au/

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24.01.2022 Its that time of year! Free green waste drop-off and sandbag collection at Councils transfer stations from Saturday 12 October to Sunday 20 October. Get busy! http://bit.ly/2mPj3lA

23.01.2022 What an amazing week we've had, so many indigenous learning experiences and the sharing of culture, we ended our week with a group cooking activity by making some indigenous flag cookies. NAIDOC Week celebrations allow us to help children gain an understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their traditions and their connection to our land, this understanding fosters connections to our indigenous peoples that will assist them through their lifelong learning journey.

23.01.2022 Quick the floor is lava, yep you guessed it last week saw us exploring cause and effect with our self made sand pit volcanos, the children were very excited to see the volcano erupt and lava spill down the sides. A child learns the concept of making things happen within their first year. It starts with simple cues, such as: when they call out for you, you will come to them; or when they shake a toy, it will make noise. Developing cause and effect is important as your child learns that their behaviour and actions result in a response. This helps your child to develop communication and cognition skills, which are necessary to understand the cause and effect relationship.

23.01.2022 Raffle tickets have been placed in your childs pocket today, we have 4 wonderful hampers to win that include trips to the reef, Green Island and some awesome vouchers, tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5, prizes will be drawn at our Childrens Xmas Party on Thursday 12th December 2019.

23.01.2022 A huge thank-you to all those involved in making our Childrens Christmas Party such a huge success, best wishes to our Kindy children who graduated, we will miss you as you all go off to school in 2020 and congratulations to all our lucky raffle winners!!

22.01.2022 KINDY'S WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE Earlier in the year some children had seen a flying fox outside on the power lines when coming into Kindy. This sparked a discussion about flying foxes, which evolved into all of us talking about the animals that have been hurt in the bush fires. The children shared stories of images they had seen on the news of lots of smoke from fires, helicopters dropping water on houses and animals that had been hurt. From here we decided to set up our very ...own Wildlife Rescue Centre in our Kindy where the children have been very busy looking after the animals. We have wombats, kookaburras, koalas, a platypus, flying foxes and even a baby turtle. The children said that we needed lots of pillows and blankets to make them feel comfy. They role played caring for the animals with bandages, socks, pouches, doctors equipment and even a magic wand! Children absorb everything around them, they see and hear so much more than we sometimes realise. Having group discussions about what is happening in the world around them is important as it helps them to process what's going on and to ask questions. Teaching our children to help someone or something in need is an important skill that will stay with them for life. See more

22.01.2022 CTCCCC MARKET STALL DON'T FORGET TO BRING SOME CASH ALONG TOMORROW AND THURSDAY 26TH & 27TH FEBRUARY 2020... OUR STALL WILL BE SELLING HOMEMADE CRAFT ITEMS, BAKED GOODS AND PLANTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE BUSH FIRE APPEAL

21.01.2022 Baa Baa, Neigh, Neigh, Hoot Hoot, can you match the sound to the picture? Our kinder group are really enjoying our interactive listening corner matching sounds to pictures. Matching activities like these bring about deep concentration which is calming and deeply satisfying for children. Children at this age are using their developing memory, utilising their ability to store, organise and retrieve information, and recall information in relation to something they have seen before. Matching activities also give children the opportunity to problem solve, by questioning and asking themselves with the satisfaction of finding the result - the answer

21.01.2022 Hmm, l think we can all relate Happy Friday

21.01.2022 Don't forget we are closed this coming Monday 27th January for the Australia Day Public Holiday

21.01.2022 UPDATE: both programs are now full. The next program starts in May with registrations open at 8.30am on 27 April. Hurry, there are still some spots left for ...our Little Taccas program at Sugarworld Parklands. The program gives young children an appreciation for nature and gardening and was named after the tropical plant Tacca integrifolia. To find out more about the program and to register visit: https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/facilities-sp//little-taccas

21.01.2022 Today we had a visit from Ricky Possum with her imaginary visit to Granddad's Farm, we had such a great time, we met some of the animals from the farm and had a great old Aussie sing along Children benefit from watching theatre productions in so many ways, it can boost literacy and vocabulary, encourage communication, imagination and curiosity, and lengthen the attention span. Through theatre we are transported into the hearts and minds of the characters, recognising and understanding their actions and feelings which encourages communication and learning empathy all within a constructed, safe environment. Plus, its great fun.

20.01.2022 Please check your child's pocket for our flyer, your child has completed an artwork and it is now available to view and order in time for Christmas.

20.01.2022 Early Bird BONUS offers are here! For the first time ever, you can choose from 3 NEW digital Memberships. The new Entertainment Memberships start anytime and are valid for 12 months from activation. Packed with thousands of substantial savings to delight and inspire, an Entertainment Membership is your pass to exclusive offers and quality experiences, activities and benefits.

18.01.2022 KINDYS WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE Earlier in the year some children had seen a flying fox outside on the power lines when coming into Kindy. This sparked a discussion about flying foxes, which evolved into all of us talking about the animals that have been hurt in the bush fires. The children shared stories of images they had seen on the news of lots of smoke from fires, helicopters dropping water on houses and animals that had been hurt. From here we decided to set up our very ...own Wildlife Rescue Centre in our Kindy where the children have been very busy looking after the animals. We have wombats, kookaburras, koalas, a platypus, flying foxes and even a baby turtle. The children said that we needed lots of pillows and blankets to make them feel comfy. They role played caring for the animals with bandages, socks, pouches, doctors equipment and even a magic wand! Children absorb everything around them, they see and hear so much more than we sometimes realise. Having group discussions about what is happening in the world around them is important as it helps them to process whats going on and to ask questions. Teaching our children to help someone or something in need is an important skill that will stay with them for life. See more

18.01.2022 Drop off your domestic green waste for FREE at Councils Transfer Stations from Saturday 7 March to Sunday 15 March 2020. Opening times and conditions: https:/.../bit.ly/2SM2rcj You can support the work of Meals on Wheels Cairns with a voluntary gold coin donation on entry.

18.01.2022 Today we had a visit from Ricky Possum with her imaginary visit to Granddads Farm, we had such a great time, we met some of the animals from the farm and had a great old Aussie sing along Children benefit from watching theatre productions in so many ways, it can boost literacy and vocabulary, encourage communication, imagination and curiosity, and lengthen the attention span. Through theatre we are transported into the hearts and minds of the characters, recognising and understanding their actions and feelings which encourages communication and learning empathy all within a constructed, safe environment. Plus, its great fun.

18.01.2022 A huge thank-you to all those involved in making our Children's Christmas Party such a huge success, best wishes to our Kindy children who graduated, we will miss you as you all go off to school in 2020 and congratulations to all our lucky raffle winners!!

17.01.2022 It's that time of year! Free green waste drop-off and sandbag collection at Council's transfer stations from Saturday 12 October to Sunday 20 October. Get busy! http://bit.ly/2mPj3lA

17.01.2022 What an amazing week weve had, so many indigenous learning experiences and the sharing of culture, we ended our week with a group cooking activity by making some indigenous flag cookies. NAIDOC Week celebrations allow us to help children gain an understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their traditions and their connection to our land, this understanding fosters connections to our indigenous peoples that will assist them through their lifelong learning journey.

16.01.2022 Happy Hump Day!!!

14.01.2022 These Curry Beef and Rice bowls would by far be one of the most popular dishes we've ever put on the menu, the children just love it, its so popular that we make a huge batch and have Mini Curry Beef and Rice pies the following week, the children just cant get enough; the recipe can be found at the following link if you'd like to try this dish at home; https://thewoksoflife.com/curry-beef-bowls/

14.01.2022 Today was a great day for water play, Michelle and her dad made us an awesome ride through car wash to help us beat the heat this summer, Thanks Mick and Michelle for the great addition to our summer playtime.

13.01.2022 Our new set of glowing LED shapes and our glowing mushroom table are the perfect sensory resources to help the children discover and investigate light, shadow, colour, texture, and more. The toddlers have been using the mushroom table as their dance pod and the babies have been having a great time discovering the shapes.

13.01.2022 OUR PLAY SCHOOL COVID-19 SPECIAL Check it out parents! Join Emma and Matt for this special episode as they help explain some of the big questions around Coronavirus, from staying at home to washing your hands.

13.01.2022 Happy Hump Day!

12.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC Week!! What a lovely start we've had to NAIDOC week, Educators set up some lovely spaces for the children to explore and the gazebo has been converted into a Yarning Circle, we also had some lovely coconut damper thanks to Julia's mum and some tasty Taro and Coconut damper thanks to Zipporah's dad, lunch will also be a traditional indigenous recipe, keep your eye out for the recipe and photos. A yarning circle is a harmonious, creative and collaborative way of communicating to: encourage responsible, respectful and honest interactions between participants, building trusting relationships. foster accountability and provide a safe place to be heard and to respond.

12.01.2022 We had another amazing World Food Market Day Morning tea. The centre tried to purchase fresh Jackfruit but unfortunately we couldnt source any, so we used tinned Jackfruit to make our yummy muffins! A very big thank you to Yi Yi, Finn, Lily.S, Indie, Eden and their families for bringing in food to share with their friends. The children love asking questions about the different foods and of course eating them! This morning we had Anzac biscuits, beef dumplings, Kutsinta (cuchintah) which are Filipino steamed cakes, bacon and zucchini slice and our Jackfruit muffins. We cant wait to see what we get next month!

11.01.2022 We'd like to wish all of our families a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday season, we look forward to seeing you all when we return in 2020

10.01.2022 School holidays start Monday 1st July 2019, don't forget to put your holiday form in if your child is going to be staying at home during this time

10.01.2022 Wed like to wish all of our families a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday season, we look forward to seeing you all when we return in 2020

09.01.2022 Wow!!! What a wonderful start to Science Week weve had, Lilianas mum Courtney who teaches science at High School and her Aunty Ann-Marie came in and showed us some experiments, fossils and taxidermied animals. There were lots of questions and everyone was very excited watching the dry ice experiments! To read more about our learning during our Kindy Science morning see our Kinder Educa page.

09.01.2022 School holidays start Monday 1st July 2019, dont forget to put your holiday form in if your child is going to be staying at home during this time

09.01.2022 Last week we had a visit from Zoo to You, and OMG the children's excitement at seeing and interacting with so many native animals! And oh how proud we were at how lovely and gentle all the children were with our little visitors! Children learn best in environments that arouse their curiosity and interest and animals often play a large part in childrens imaginations. A visit from the mobile zoo provides opportunities for children to question and further explore this obsession with animals. Close contact with animals also has other benefits for growing brains, animal visits can help with the learning of empathy, compassion and kindness, they spark conversations and strengthen bonds.

09.01.2022 Welcome to 2020, we look forward to the start of our CTCCCC Kinder Program on Monday 20th January 2020, if you havent booked yet dont panic we still have some spots available so contact us now to secure your place

08.01.2022 Wow, the year is nearly over and we are taking enrolments for 2020. Our Nursery (0-2) has availability across all days for mums looking for first time care for their little ones, Our Kindy (3-5) also has availability across all days with the QLD Kindergarten program in its second year of operation and our toddler room (2-3) has limited vacancies, book now to secure your place for 2020. Come in for a tour anytime, no appointment needed.

06.01.2022 CTCCCC MARKET STALL DONT FORGET TO BRING SOME CASH ALONG TOMORROW AND THURSDAY 26TH & 27TH FEBRUARY 2020... OUR STALL WILL BE SELLING HOMEMADE CRAFT ITEMS, BAKED GOODS AND PLANTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE BUSH FIRE APPEAL

06.01.2022 Last week we had a visit from Zoo to You, and OMG the childrens excitement at seeing and interacting with so many native animals! And oh how proud we were at how lovely and gentle all the children were with our little visitors! Children learn best in environments that arouse their curiosity and interest and animals often play a large part in childrens imaginations. A visit from the mobile zoo provides opportunities for children to question and further explore this obsession with animals. Close contact with animals also has other benefits for growing brains, animal visits can help with the learning of empathy, compassion and kindness, they spark conversations and strengthen bonds.

05.01.2022 What a treat we had last week, Suzys family came to visit with their baby goat Issac, who was born on their hobby farm in Kuranda, Issacs mum is a milking goat and his dad is a meat goat. He was so friendly and cute that the children and staff fell in love with him instantly. A huge thank you to Suzy and her family for providing our children with the opportunity to see so many different animals and reptiles, these visits are so special to the children and very much appreciated by the staff.

05.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC Week!! What a lovely start weve had to NAIDOC week, Educators set up some lovely spaces for the children to explore and the gazebo has been converted into a Yarning Circle, we also had some lovely coconut damper thanks to Julias mum and some tasty Taro and Coconut damper thanks to Zipporahs dad, lunch will also be a traditional indigenous recipe, keep your eye out for the recipe and photos. A yarning circle is a harmonious, creative and collaborative way of communicating to: encourage responsible, respectful and honest interactions between participants, building trusting relationships. foster accountability and provide a safe place to be heard and to respond.

05.01.2022 Kathleen has always been an advocate for protecting our children and decided to set up a fundraising page on POLISHED MAN. Polished man supports trauma prevention and trauma recovery programs for children who are at risk of, or who have suffered violence. Please follow the link for more information and help us support this cause.

05.01.2022 Last week our Kindy group started to learn about the Zones of Regulation. The Zones of Regulation are a social and emotional framework that assists children in learning about self-regulation and emotional development. We learnt about the Green Zone and how we might be feeling when we are in this zone. Some of the feelings/emotions we spoke about were happy, calm, relaxed, focused and ready to learn. Some of the activities we did to help us identify and learn about these feelings included: reading books about being happy and discussing what makes us happy, making a poster identifying happy/calm/relaxed emotions, drawing pictures of the things that make us feel happy, practising breathing exercises and meditation to calm and relax us, and making happy faces with play dough.

04.01.2022 Raffle tickets have been placed in your child's pocket today, we have 4 wonderful hampers to win that include trips to the reef, Green Island and some awesome vouchers, tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5, prizes will be drawn at our Children's Xmas Party on Thursday 12th December 2019.

04.01.2022 Each week the Kindy children verbally share what they did on the weekend with their peers. The aim of this activity is to build on the relationship between home and day care and to develop the childrens confidence and communication and language skills. This week we shared our weekend stories a little differently, we asked the children to draw what they did on the weekend and explain their picture to the group. Drawing is a great form of communication and this learning experience encouraged children to form connections between spoken language and pictures. Drawing is also a form of writing therefore this activity, and similar activities, encourages the development of confidence in this area. Have a look at the amazing pictures some of the children drew!

03.01.2022 Happy Hump Day

03.01.2022 Wow!!! What a wonderful start to Science Week we've had, Liliana's mum Courtney who teaches science at High School and her Aunty Ann-Marie came in and showed us some experiments, fossils and taxidermied animals. There were lots of questions and everyone was very excited watching the dry ice experiments! To read more about our learning during our Kindy Science morning see our Kinder Educa page.

03.01.2022 Dont forget we are closed this coming Monday 27th January for the Australia Day Public Holiday

02.01.2022 The kindergarten have been very invested in birds this year, it started out with 2 of the children building a bird nest and has flowed from there with the building of a bird watching hut, binoculars, bird hunt sheets and a regular bird feeding routine to attract more native birds to our hut.area. Children further enhance a number of skills through these activities, including social skills that are developed through communicating and sharing bird watching and feeding responsibilities with their peers and gross motor skills that are developed when the children role play mimicking the birds flying and swooping with their arms spread as they run around the yard.

02.01.2022 These Curry Beef and Rice bowls would by far be one of the most popular dishes weve ever put on the menu, the children just love it, its so popular that we make a huge batch and have Mini Curry Beef and Rice pies the following week, the children just cant get enough; the recipe can be found at the following link if youd like to try this dish at home; https://thewoksoflife.com/curry-beef-bowls/

01.01.2022 What a treat we had last week, Suzy's family came to visit with their baby goat Issac, who was born on their hobby farm in Kuranda, Issac's mum is a milking goat and his dad is a meat goat. He was so friendly and cute that the children and staff fell in love with him instantly. A huge thank you to Suzy and her family for providing our children with the opportunity to see so many different animals and reptiles, these visits are so special to the children and very much appreciated by the staff.

01.01.2022 Today we had our Book Week excursion to the TAFE library, for special book reading and activities, we had a lot of fun. A big thank you to the TAFE students and teachers for organising these excursions. We know that reading books out loud to your child helps develop their reading skills long before they are able to read. There are also many additional benefits to a library visit:... Your child gets experience in listening to another adult, including learning how to pay attention to someone who is not their parent or normal caregiver and how to sit quietly while they are speaking; Library story time events can also foster a sense that the library is a special place, helping instil in your child a lifelong love for your local public library DONT FORGET OUR BOOK WEEK DRESS UP DAY THIS FRIDAY

01.01.2022 Pies are now available for pick up, room in our fridge and freezer are limited so please ensure pies are collected today!Pies are now available for pick up, room in our fridge and freezer are limited so please ensure pies are collected today!

01.01.2022 #Early Learning Matters Week 2020 As it is Early Learning Matters week we thought we would share some photos of a variety of learning experiences. High-quality early education and care supports children to be confident, enthusiastic learners, building a foundation for well being and achievement throughout their lives. Our educators foster children's learning through trusting relationships, planned and spontaneous learning experiences, meaningful interactions and lots of fun!