In May we sadly farewelled Paula and Tash from the Apple Tree kindergarten team and Melissa our Pedagogical Leader. Tash commenced in the Yarragum room and moved to the kinder room in 2017. Paula started in the Wattle room in 2016 and last year was appointed as our excursion educator. Paula was inte

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) began on Saturday 26th May, with ‘Sorry Day’, the day being a poignant reminder of why it is so important for us to acknowledge the years of hurt to our first peoples. Sorry day marks a starting point for us to move forward towards reconciliation, as we at KCCC

The children have been inspired by the prospect of being able to help re design JJ Holland playground, and Lucas has been particularly eager to make sure that their voices will be considered, “by the people”. The children came up with ideas that revealed their creativity and imaginations, as wel

Our Healthy Together meeting began with the wise words of Psychologist Martin Seligman’s daughter: “Daddy, do you remember before my fifth birthday I was a whiner, I whined every day?” I nodded. “Have you noticed that since my fifth birthday, I haven’t whined once?”
I nodded. “Well o

Read the full Annual Report for 2017 here. As a community cooperative where families, staff and community work together for the best outcomes for children, we have this year embedded high quality education with the rights of the child at the core. Thank you to all our stakeholders, children, familie

Our evening was highlighted by the children who opened the AGM with a ‘Welcome to Country’. It was a great opportunity for members to come together to celebrate and reflect on our achievements over the past year, acknowledge retiring board members and welcome the incoming board members f

This year Shazia and I were really excited to launch into implementation of some of the ideas and initiatives we gained from our Denmark host visit in October 2017. These initiates to date have included: • Development of a teaching resource to support the existing dialogic reading program. • The

Update from Melissa This opportunity really was one of a lifetime and certainly filled my knowledge bank with new ideas and inspiration. Alongside connecting with some wonderful people and gaining new friendships with people from across the globe. To consolidate everything I learned and gained both

The 2016 KCCC Annual Report is now available, click here.