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Aspley East Kindergarten in Brisbane will mark its 60th anniversary with a community fair bringing together past and current families, staff and local residents.

Community Fair Set For Aspley East Kindergarten

Aspley East Kindergarten will hold a 60th anniversary fair on Sunday, 24 May, from 10am to 1pm at its site on Clorane Street West in Aspley.

The event is being organised to recognise six decades of play, learning and community at the kindergarten. It is open to past and current families, staff, friends and community members, with new families also invited to attend and explore the centre.

Families attending the fair will be able to speak with an educator with 20 years of experience at the kindergarten, as well as enrol on the day or arrange a future tour.

Photo Credit: C&K Aspley East Kindergarten/Facebook

Entertainment And Activities Planned

A range of free entertainment and activities will be available throughout the event, focusing on children and families.

Planned attractions include a baby animals farm, face painting, a magic show, bubbles on stilts and theatre performances by the Lollipop Ladies. The fair will also include live music, a sausage sizzle, cake stall, coffee van, ice cream van, snow cones and popcorn.

Additional activities will include meat tray raffles and historical displays, which form part of the broader anniversary celebration.

An online fundraising competition is launched alongside the event, offering more than $10,000 in prizes.

kindergarten fair — Photo Credit: C&K Aspley East Kindergarten

Event Invites Past And New Families

The anniversary has been positioned as an opportunity for former families and staff to return to the kindergarten and reconnect with the community.

At the same time, the event is intended to introduce new families to Aspley East Kindergarten, providing information about enrolment options and the centre’s programs.

Photo Credit: C&K Aspley East Kindergarten

Aspley East Kindergarten Services And Approach

Aspley East Kindergarten caters for children aged 3.5 years to five years and holds an NQF rating of Exceeding.

The centre provides a play-based learning environment designed to support children’s development through active engagement and access to developmentally appropriate resources. It also encourages children to make choices based on their interests and capabilities.

The kindergarten places importance on maintaining open relationships with families and encourages family involvement in its programs. It offers four program groups to accommodate different family needs.

The centre also promotes an inclusive learning environment that recognises the diversity and individuality of children and families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and children with additional needs.

Published 29-Apr-2026

Guardian Childcare and Education is inviting Aspley families to explore the centre at 1239 Gympie Road during its February 2026 Tour Month, showcasing the To BE Me learning program and highlighting the centre’s recent upgrades, enhanced safety measures and Nutrition for Life food initiative.

Tour Month, now underway across Guardian Childcare’s network of approximately 180 centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra, offers families a chance to step inside a day in the life of a child at Guardian and see first-hand how the centres support children to learn, play and grow. The Aspley centre has operated since 2005 and holds an Exceeding rating under the National Quality Standard. It is one of more than 15 Guardian centres across Queensland taking part in the initiative.

Guardian Childcare Chief Network Officer Sharon Whiteman said centre teams were proud of their services and enjoyed showing them to children and families. She said the organisation aimed to provide safe, inspiring spaces where children felt comfortable and confident, could be themselves and grow at their own pace. She said the team focused on delivering a premium, fun and engaging experience for children and families in everything they did.

What Aspley Families Can See on Tour

The Aspley centre at the corner of Gympie Road and Riordan Street caters to children aged six weeks to six years and is licensed for 150 children. The purpose-built outdoor space, accessible from every classroom, features vegetable gardens, a sandpit, mud pit and pet budgies, along with resident bees and a native Australian garden. The interior features learning spaces equipped with age-appropriate resources inside.

Photo Credit: Guardian Childcare and Education

Tour Month is an opportunity for families to understand how the To BE Me program works. Launched in 2025, To BE Me is an individualised learning program designed around each child’s age, stage and interests. The centre records every milestone and shares it with families, creating a keepsake for the future. The program also demystifies the link between play-based activities and learning to read, write and understand numbers, helping families see and understand their child’s progress at every step.

Aspley families attending the tour can learn how the centre implements the Safety Plus program, which sets child safety standards above regulatory requirements, and how Nutrition for Life supports families who want healthy, engaging meals that build lifelong habits. An on-site cook prepares five nutritious meals each day, serving them in the centre’s piazza to encourage multi-age interaction.

Free Kindergarten and All-Inclusive Fees

The Aspley centre offers the Queensland Government funded kindergarten program, providing families up to 15 hours of free kindergarten a week for 40 weeks per year. This funding, for children who turn four years old by 30 June in the year before they attend primary school, is in addition to the Child Care Subsidy and helps lower out-of-pocket fees.

Guardian Childcare centres have everything included in the fees, including meals, nappies, hat, wet bag and all learning programs, helping to make daily life simpler for families. The Aspley centre trades Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 6.30pm.

Whiteman says many Guardian centres still have vacancies for 2026 and most centres still have available slots for family tours. To check out the Aspley centre and book a tour, visit guardian.edu.au/book-a-tour.

Published 19-February-2026.

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Aspley East Kindergarten To Celebrate 60 Years With Community Fair