C&K Mirambeena Children's Centre

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This Kindergarten service is an approved kindergarten provider under the Queensland Kinidergarten Funding Scheme.
30 Baker St, Darling Heights, Toowoomba 4350

Although we are situated on the USQ campus, families who do not have any association with the University are also welcome to attend.

Our postal address is PO Box USQ, Darling Heights Toowoomba 4350 QLD
Phone
Office-07 46301989
Babies room-07 46301008
Fax
07 46301025
Email
miramben@usq.edu.au
Vacancies
Currently we do not have any vacancies.
Waiting list procedure

Please either visit the centre for a waiting list enrolment form or download the form under Downloads so that your child can be added to our waiting list. There is an administration/booking fee of $30 for 1 child, $50 for 2 and $70 for 3 to place your child's name on this list.

Because positions at Mirambeena are in such high demand we recommend you enrol your child as soon as possible.

Opening hours

We are open 50 weeks of the year from 7.00 am and close at 6.00pm. We are closed for 2 weeks over the Christmas /New Year period and also during Public Holidays.

Fee summary
At Mirambeena we work with the Building Waterfalls framework within the Early Years Learning Framework.

We cater for babies from 3 months of age to school age children. It is the pre-prep rooms which are affiliated with the C & K. We have University trained Early Childhood Teachers in these 2 rooms.



Summary of Fees are as follows as of January 1 2012: Babies-$72per day
Toddlers-$66 per day
Pre-prep children in the Kindergarten program-$66per day

Children are able to attend any days which they require to meet the families' needs. We encourage a minimum of 2 days per week.

Mirambeena provides 3 meals per day, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Also supplied are sheets for the bedding, sunscreen and hats.

Babies and toddlers are asked to provide their own nappies and any formula they may need.Mothers are encouraged to come to the centre to breast feed their child at times suitable to them. Staff in the babies room puree the food when children are beginning to eat solids.
CCB is applicable to all fees.

Age groupings

Our babies room has babies from 3 months of age to approximately 2 years of age. There is a maximum of 8 children in the room to 2 carers, a Group Leader and an Assistant. We call our Babies' room, Gumnuts.

The toddlers room, the Possums, caters for the 2 to 3 years of age and we have a maximum of 12 children to 2 carers in this room, a Group Leader and an Assistant.

Mirambeena has 2 pre-prep rooms. The younger of the 2 rooms has children from 3 years of age. This is the Kookaburras room and has a maximum of 18 children to 2 carers. The older room is the Butterflies and has children from 3 1/2 years of age and has a maximum of 22 children to 2 carers. Because these 2 rooms are affiliated with C & K we have University trained Early Childhood qualified teachers and the Assistants are trained Group Leaders. It is in these 2 rooms that we have fully implemented the C&K's Building Waterfalls program. The other rooms have been implementing this program to suit.

Children stay in their age appropriate room until their next birthday. Once there is a vacancy in the next room they can transition after visiting a few times. Parents are encouraged to meet the staff and join in the program where possible before the child officially moves into this next room.

Because we are currently at our maximum enrolments, some children need to wait a while before they can move up. The program in such cases is adjusted according to children's needs, interests and abilities.

Additional services

We pride ourselves in our multicultural community. We have staff from many cultures, covering a diverse range of ages and years of experience. Our families are also from a wide range of cultures.

Our centre supports the need to offer ourselves as a training facility for students from high school doing work experience to students studying tertiary courses as part of their practical experience in early childhood. We are able to access a cultural support worker if needed.

Children with additional needs are supported through the employment of an assistant to facilitate their involvement with other children/routines etc.

We pride ourselves in our natural and sustainable environment, where playing on turf, cultivating our vegetable garden, recycling our paper, feeding our worm farm and looking after our 3 hens are part of our outdoor programme. Our emergent programme follows children's interests where activities are based on their interests at the time. Staff extend these interests through communication, diverse and stimulating activities.

 

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