Community Relationships

At McKellar Cottage Childcare we believe that building strong relationships with our local community is extremely important to enhance children’s, families and educators’ sense of belonging.

We plan a wide variety of community/social events to ensure we are maintaining our relationships and providing the opportunity for families to socialise outside our service.

Our main centre/community events include:

• Winter Play Centre Family Night
• Spring Family Picnic
• End of Year Christmas Party and Graduation
• Local Optometrist Visit
• Local Dental Visits and Checks
• Visits to our local library, shops and nursing home
• Volunteer days, Return and Earn and Donation drives
• Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Grandparent Day Afternoon Tea
• Local Public-School Visit
• Local Police and Fire Brigade Visits
• Road Safety ‘Wheels Week’ Bike and Scooter Week
• Variety of Incursions including The Story Teller, Healthy Harold
• Indigenous visitors/incursions and NAIDOC Week
• Outdoor Classroom Day
• Weekly Extracurricular Activities