Cairns Community Kindy

Thinking about kindy for 2027? We'd love to welcome you to our community!
To secure a place for your child, please make sure you are on our waiting list. If you haven't yet submitted an application, you can download a form from our website or pop into the kindy to collect one.
We look forward to meeting our future kindy families! 🌿

Our Sea of Hearts has come to life. ❤️🖤💛💙🤍💚

Over the past few weeks, children and families have created hearts and shared what reconciliation means to them. Through conversations, artwork, storytelling and reflection, we explored the importance of respect, connection, understanding and walking together.

Each heart represents a unique voice, hope, promise or reflection. Together, they form a beautiful Sea of Hearts, symbolising our commitment to honouring First Nations peoples, cultures and histories, building strong relationships, and creating a future where everyone belongs.

Thank you to all our families for contributing to this meaningful project. Seeing each heart come together reminds us that reconciliation is built collectively through listening, learning, caring and taking action, one step at a time.

Not long till our open day! Come and visit us for a play! Wednesday 3rd of June, 4-6pm
Register at https:// www.candk.asn.au/openweek

See you soon! ⭐️

Come and visit our beautiful community kindergarten which has been here for over 50 years ✨

Happy Mother’s Day to the special people who love, guide, comfort and cheer on our little learners every day.

We hope you enjoyed the gifts created especially for you with so much care and love 💛

Thank you for all that you do 💗

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Such a great article from Maggie Dent.

A powerful reminder of how much children benefit from clear, predictable routines and rituals. When children know what to expect, they feel safe, calm, and more able to engage and connect with others.

At kindy, we support this through our consistent daily rhythm, familiar transitions, and shared rituals that help children move confidently through their day.

The power of predictability in our homes - Maggie Dent   Thanks to my littlest grandson, age 3, and his wonderful passion for everything dinosaurs, I have recently been fascinated with how human evolution has occurred. We are staying at ...

On Monday we celebrated International Women’s Day with a lovely surprise from one of our kindy families. Thank you so much for the delicious cupcakes — the staff certainly enjoyed them!

International Women’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the amazing women in our lives — the mums, grandmas, aunties, educators, sisters and friends who nurture, guide and inspire the next generation.

We feel very grateful to be part of a community filled with strong, caring and supportive women who help make our kindergarten such a special place. And a cupcake or two definitely made the celebration even sweeter. 🧁💜

One of the quiet but important lessons children begin to learn in kindy is that not everyone will want to play the same game, be in the same group, or connect in the same way.

And that’s okay.

In a group of 3–5 year olds we see friendships forming, changing, and growing every day. Sometimes children find their people straight away. Other times it takes a little longer. Sometimes someone says “no thanks” to a game. Sometimes someone chooses a different friend.

These moments can feel big for little hearts.

At kindy we support children to understand that they don’t need everyone to like them. What matters most is learning to be kind, to keep trying, and to feel proud of who they are.

Our hope is that children leave us knowing something really important:

Their worth isn’t decided by who chooses to play with them that day.
It comes from being themselves, being kind, and finding the friends who truly enjoy being with them ✨



Photo credit: Danielle Sherman-Lazar