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Imagine Childcare & Kindergarten Fairfield Waters - enrol now for 2026

Imagine Childcare & Kindergarten Fairfield Waters - enrol now for 2026

239 Lakeside Drive, Idalia, QLD, 4811 view map
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(07) 3524 0760

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Long Day Care

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6:30am to 6:30pm

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239 Lakeside Drive, Idalia, QLD, 4811

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About Imagine Childcare & Kindergarten Fairfield Waters - enrol now for 2026

Welcome to Imagine Childcare Fairfield Waters! Our beautiful childcare centre is a haven for learning, creativity, and fun.

We pride ourselves on providing our Townsville community with the very best childcare and early education to ensure your child is prepared for all of life’s adventures ahead. We believe in working in partnership with our families, and we provide daily updates through our parent app to keep you informed on all the fun and learning your child is enjoying every day. 

Our centre is located just a 2 minute drive from Oonoonba State School and a 6 minute drive from Wulguru State School. We have plenty of onsite carparking to provide convenience for families.

As an Imagine family, you will enjoy a number of special benefits included in your daily fee:

  • Nutritious meals prepared in our onsite kitchen by our Centre Chef
  • Free barista coffee for parents
  • An Enrolment Pack, including a drink bottle and hat
  • Nappies, linen, and wipes
  • Extracurricular activities, including Hands on Wildlife, yoga lessons, and cooking and gardening classes
  • A Queensland Government-approved Kindergarten Program

We also have a barnyard and a special mini waterpark that our children love!

Book a centre tour and come and meet our friendly team. We’d love to welcome you to our Imagine Fairfield Waters family.

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Programs

Programs

  • Cooking lessons with the centre chef
  • Sustainability program
  • Regular incursions
  • Yoga and meditation program
  • Centre pets
  • Wildlife program
About the curriculum

About the curriculum

At Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Fairfield Waters, the play-based curriculum is meaningful and based on evidence and understanding of the developmental and emotional needs of each child. The educators base their learning on approved Frameworks and theorists. The Educational Philosophy is based on Howard Gardiner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. 

The centre provides an inclusive program, tailored to the individual needs of children. When developing lifelong skills, the educators believe that it is important to introduce all children to the world holistically. Along with the typical development skills that are learnt, children will develop empathy, social connectedness, sharing, understanding, and a way to develop awareness of, and support for, their peers as they immerse themselves in the program. This learning assists to create lifelong positive social connections.

Nursery : 6 weeks to 2 years

The educators have strong relationships with the children and aim to make each baby feel safe, secure and supported. The educators bond with the children by taking part in different activities, and just by spending time with them. The activities are designed to engage and stimulate learning. This type of play helps children learn skills such as communicating, thinking, problem-solving, moving, and socialising.

Toddlers:  15 months to 2 years

Educators seek to build relationships with the curious toddlers, through a variety of activities that help engage and stimulate the children. Learning through play is the main way that children grow and develop. Play allows children to explore, observe, experiment, solve problems, and sometimes make mistakes.

Junior Kindy: 2 years to 3 years 

The children enjoy the indoor-outdoor program, as educators understand that for a lot of children they prefer to play and learn outside. Some of the activities include looking at books, painting, running, and playing games. All of the activities help the children learn independently, in small groups, or as a  whole group.

Pre Kindergarten:  2.5 years to 5 years

The educators run an indoor outdoor program, to allow the children to run and expel energy. This focuses on the children’s gross motor development as well as teaching them how to socialise with others.  The educators spend time getting to know the children, building a reciprocal relationship with them and their parents. Some of the activities include paint, playdough, construction and puzzles. 

Kindergarten: 3 years to 5 years  

The educators in the kindergarten room focus on play-based learning, which is delivered as part of an approved Kindergarten Program. This program will help prepare children for school, develop a love of learning, make friends and develop skills useful for life. The flexible indoor-outdoor program is tailored to the individual development of each child and embraces the educators’ strong connections with families. There are specific areas for reading, writing, and construction, with a view of preparing children for the next steps in formal learning. 

Health & Nutrition

Health & Nutrition

The centre understands that nutrition plays an important role in each child’s physical development as well as their attitudes towards healthy food.

All meals and snacks are prepared onsite by professional qualified chefs every day. The children work alongside the educators to care for the centre’s vegetable patches, and these vegetables are then used in the kitchen or for cooking experiences with the children.

The educators use meal time as an opportunity to share positive experiences around food and to help children develop social skills such as sharing and turn taking. They role model positive behaviours and attitudes, and involve the children in the menu planning.

All food allergies, intolerances, cultural requirements and family preferences are taken into account by consulting with parents when meal planning for the children.

The children enjoy lunches such as sandwiches, risotto, shepherd’s pies, home-made sausage rolls, pasta and tacos. For snacks they enjoy fresh fruit, homemade muffins and slice.

Programs

Programs

Morning

Harriet is ten months old and she starts her day off exploring the outdoor play area and gardens. Her Mum chats to her educators about her sleep patterns before she heads off to work.

Lunchtime

It’s nearly nap time and Harriet and her friends are sitting with an educator who is reading some books outside in the shade. Harriet is happy that her favourite book is being read next.

Afternoon

The children are enjoying some play dough. With the help of her educator, Harriet is squashing and squeezing the dough into shapes.

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Imagine Childcare & Kindergarten Fairfield Waters - enrol now for 2026 Reviews (18)

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Kel

Jul, 2025

We moved over from a centre where a couple of the staff members now have also come to this centre and we couldn’t be happier. Our daughter loves it and has been a really easy transition. Miss Olivia, Miss Cin, Miss Amanda and Miss Jordan have all made us feel more than welcome on our transitioning and we couldn’t be more thankful towards them! Miss Olivia is exceptional and really cares for the children and wants the best for where she is which is exactly why we followed.

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Ellen Boers

Jan, 2024

Have been nothing short of amazing and so helpful in every way. My child is only 4 months old and has transitioned easily, purely due to the fact that the staff and educators at imagine are great at their jobs. Highly recommend!

Response from the owner 03 Apr 2024

Hi Ellen, thank you for the 5-star review of our Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Fairfield Waters centre. It is so lovely to hear that your child has settled in so well! Thank you for your support and we look forward to creating many more wonderful memories with you and your family.

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Judy Turner

Jan, 2024

Thank you to the Staff this is my child’s 3 time here after moving away and back again they are just amazing bunch of ladies and made my daughter feel safe and happy.. I wouldn’t send her to any other childcare in Townsville.

Response from the owner 03 Apr 2024

Hi Judy, thank you so much for the 5-star review of our Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Fairfield Waters centre. We are so pleased to hear that your daughter is settling in well to our centre. We appreciate your continued support and you and your family being part of our Imagine family.

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