Mother Duck Childcare Kallangur (0-3 years)
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Mother Duck Childcare Kallangur (0-3 years) Centre overview
Welcome to Mother Duck Child Care Kallangur
We provide early childhood education and care across two closely-situated locations. Each location offers a different experience and choice for families. At Anzac Avenue, we enrol children from birth to three years old. The Centre fosters a sense of community with the studios facing a naturally-landscaped playground area and a “restaurant” space for children to relax and enjoy our chef-prepared meals. Our Brewer Street Kindergarten Studio provides large, natural paly spaces along with well resourced indoor studios to promote inquiry-based learning to prepare our children for formal schooling.
Centre Features
At Mother Duck Kallangur, we offer the very best in play-based learning with these additional features to ensure that we put your child first in a beautiful and highly nurturing environment.
- Qualified Chef - We have a qualified Chef, Renee, who works full time in the kitchen cooking all the meals across the centre.
- Free Yoga Program - We run a Yoga program each Tuesday to the children in each studio, from nursery all the way to our Kindergarten (This is free of charge to all families of the children who attend Tuesday’s)
- Two Locations - Our service is split over two centres. Our centre on Brewer Street is a designated Kindergarten service which runs our full kindergarten program. It has spacious natural outdoor play areas and rich learning environments within.
- Our Restaurant - We have a designated “Restaurant” room that the children have access to at all times from 8am-4:30pm. We recognise that all children aren’t hungry at the same time each day and their routines all look different from one another. By having this restaurant open and accessible to all children at all times throughout the day, they are able to start self-regulating and recognising their needs. Children progressively access this area for meals when they are hungry, this is supported by our team of dedicated educators.
Play-Based Learning to Prepare Each Child for Success
We believe in providing an educational program that:
- Encourages play-based learning, building the foundation for success at school and throughout life
- Builds a positive attitude to learning and fosters a child’s holistic development
- Allows a sense of independence to develop
- Supports children in making friends and positive connections
- Includes time to explore, investigate, experiment and wonder
We supply:
- Healthy, allergy-friendly lunch and snacks
- Nappies
Fees & Vacancies
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Mother Duck Childcare Kallangur (0-3 years) Service features
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Get to know us
What the parents say
What the parents say
Archer has been coming to Mother Duck since he was around 8 months old and he has had many educators and has loved them all. You know you’re sending your child to a good place where they’re well looked after when they’re happy to go each morning.
Chrystal - Parent
My daughter has been here since she was 7 months old and since our first visit, I knew it would be a great place for her. She is now almost 4 and I still couldn’t ask for a better facility and educators. I’m forever grateful for how kind everyone is to my child (and me), and for the extra skills she’s developed
Kayla - Parent
Mother Duck has been like a 2nd family to us, providing the best care and love to our children for many, many years.
Elly - Parent
My wife has been meticulous in preparing for her return to work and spent a massive amount of time going to different childcare centres in the area to find the best. After a visit to Mother Ducks her mind was made up and since our kids have started going I feel the same.
Gavin - Parent
Centre philosophy
Centre philosophy
- Environments Carefully Created for Children
- Care and Attention for Each Individual Child
- Play-Based Learning to Prepare Each Child for Success
- Strong Relationships With Families to Create Communities
- Welcoming Centres Where Diversity is Celebrated
- Caring Educators Who Love Coming to Work
Programs
Programs
- Music program
- Yoga, meditation and relaxation program
- Sports program
- School readiness program
About the curriculum
About the curriculum
In the infant studio, the educators follow a flexible schedule that is responsive to the needs of the individual child. Parents are encouraged to share their home routine with the educators, as they understand how important routine can be to children of this age.
Educators work to form a secure attachment with the children, as well as building relationships with the families. Parents receive a daily log from the educators which covers their child’s feeding, sleeping and toileting patterns.
The focus for the children is on those basic first skills such as sitting, crawling and walking. Educators seek to develop language skills of the children with conversation, singing and reading.
Children in the Juniors studio are developing their skills in confidence and independence, within a safe and secure environment. A consistent routine and familiar educators build a sense of security, so your child can confidently engage in learning.
Socialisation will be gently encouraged and guided to help friendships and empathy form. Your child’s growing independence is supported by caring educators who will help them take the first steps in toilet training. Educators will communicate openly with parents through conversation, as well as a daily record of your child’s eating, sleeping and toileting.
The play-based educational program is tailored to each child’s learning needs and interests. Emerging intellectual, social, emotional, physical and language skills are built on and extended.
The children in the Seniors room are developing skills in friendships and cooperative play, with the help of their educators. The children are encouraged to explore and experiment in a safe space, and educators work with children’s own interests to guide their learning.
Literacy and numeracy skills are developed through games and social interaction. Educators keep parents informed of the children’s day, their challenges, changes and daily routine.
The state government funded kindergarten is led by university qualified teachers, with a focus on building the children’s capacity for responsibility and accountability for their own learning.
With the longer hours of a child care centre, the kindergarten children have an extended opportunity to access the curriculum, giving the children scope to work on long term projects of inquiry in order to empower them as 21st century thinkers and communicators.
The key for the children is to prepare them for the transition to formal education. The children make their learning visible through words, drawing, numbers, dance, painting, clay, music, movement, loose parts, transformative play and more.
Meet the team
Meet the team
At Mother Duck Childcare and Pre-School Centres Kallangur, the focus of the educators is on reflective practice to ensure they understand all they can about children and their development; finding new and innovative ways to solve problems, engage in challenging tasks, and using information technology and print-based texts to find things out; giving children the gift of time to listen to their ideas and incorporate these into the curriculum; sustainable practices to teach the children how to be a valuable member of society; and teaching children skills beyond academics such as compassion, collaboration, empathy, kindness, grace and honesty.
The centre prides itself on their retention of staff, with some educators working at the centre for over 10 years; and the majority of staff have been there for 3 years or more.
I have a strong passion for Early Childhood Development and Education and genuinely believe in providing opportunities for children to play and explore to promote critical thinking, but most importantly, creating a safe haven for children to slow down, and just “be”.
Amanda Kinniburgh - Centre Franchisee, Mother Duck Childcare and Pre-School Centres Kallangur
As an educator who has been a part of the Mother Duck Kallangur team for over 3 years, I could not ask for a more supportive and inclusive place to work. Being my first position within the early childhood sector, I could not imagine doing anything else. The staff are beautiful inside and out and truly band together to ensure the best practices and care is delivered each day. Feeling fortunate to be where I am.
Tayla - Lead Educator, Mother Duck Childcare and Pre-School Centres Kallangur
I have been a member of Mother Duck Kallangur for a few years and the sense of belonging, support, and mentorship I get from not only management, but other staff is amazing! I enjoy going into work every day knowing I feel so valued and appreciated. Absolutely love Mother Duck and it is having well and truly become my second home.
Danielle - Lead Educator, Mother Duck Childcare and Pre-School Centres Kallangur
Health & nutrition
Health & nutrition
Mother Duck’s own dietitian, Fiona Hinton, prepares the menus for the centre and has over 20 years of experience. Fiona specialises in real-life strategies and practical suggestions to convert nutrition advice into food kids will eat. Fiona has collaborated on several books, including one with best-selling children’s food writer Annabel Karmel, as well as training childcare staff in children’s nutrition.
Mother Duck Kallangur has a restaurant style space for the children which is open from 8am- 4pm. This ‘restaurant’ helps support children in being able to recognise and eat when they are hungry rather than all eating at the same provided time.
Programs
Programs
Morning
Tess is eight months old and starts her day outside with her educator and friends. The children are listening to the educator sing some nursery rhymes while she blows some bubbles for the children to catch.
Lunchtime
Tess has finished her lunch with her friends. After a quick clean up it’s time for some stories before she is settled in the sleeping area for a nap.
Afternoon
The educators have set up some sensory water play for the children. Tess dips her hand into the water tub to help give the toys a bubble bath.
Morning
Evan is two years old and loves to help look after the plants in the vegetable gardens. Today he is helping to water (and taste test) the strawberries and cherry tomatoes.
Lunchtime
Evan takes part in some fun ball games as part of the centre’s sports program. The children take turn to kick the ball into the goal, and then switch positions to be the goalie.
Afternoon
Evan loves the weekly yoga sessions at the centre. Today they are working on perfecting balancing on one leg like a flamingo.
Morning
Louie is four years old and begins his morning outside in the sand and mud pit with his friends. Louie loves messy play - lucky he has a spare change of clothes in his bag.
Lunchtime
Louie sets up an easel in the art studio to finish off his painting from yesterday. It is a beach scene of Louie with his family. He hangs it up to dry so it will be ready to take home this afternoon.
Afternoon
Louie and his friend Alex have been working together in the research library. They are trying to find some pictures to draw for their project about the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Centre Reviews
Absolutely love this centre, the educators are so wonderful. Absolutely love this centre, the educators are so wonderful.
The educators and staff at Motherduck Kallangur always have the children’s best interest in mind with their delivery of care, communication with parents... The educators and staff at Motherduck Kallangur always have the children’s best interest in mind with their delivery of care, communication with parents and the individual needs of the children. Since my daughter started at the centre 6 months ago I have had positive experiences with all staff and the cleanliness of the facility is always noticeable. The centre always feels welcoming and has a sense of community about it as all of the educators know the children individually even if they are not their primary educator….i have reccommended Motherduck to many of my friends and will continue to! Read more
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My friend's son attends this school. The kids seem to enjoy it, and the parents have a great reputation for it too. My friend's son attends this school. The kids seem to enjoy it, and the parents have a great reputation for it too.