Curry Kids Early Learning Centre

Location

Short Street. 

 

Description

Cloncurry Shire Council intends building a new Early Learning Centre to replace the existing Curry Kids Early Learning Centre. It is expected that the new Centre will assist to reduce the current waiting lists, will also cater for future demand in Cloncurry, and improve current services with the overall offering of a new facility to children and educators.

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Curry Kids Early Learning Centre - Concrete Pour

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Curry Kids Early Learning Centre - Front Elevation

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Curry Kids Early Learning Centre - Rooms-1-4.

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Curry Kids Early Learning Centre - Rooms-5-7

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Project Objectives

  • A new state-of-the-art childcare facility that will incorporate best practice design to future-proof the Shire’s early childhood education offering.
  • A new facility that has the potential to double the capacity of the service will have a positive impact on the local economy. It can potentially alleviate childcare's strain on local families and businesses.
  • The modernised new facility will have a flexible design that will cater to the changing demands of the community in the future.

Project Status

Project is currently 30% complete, tracking slightly ahead of program.

Project Updates

August 2025

  • Final delivery of structural insulated panels (SIP’s) received.
  • Installation of external wall panels 100%.
  • Installation of structural insulated panels (SIP’s) to internal walls & main roof underway. 
  • Roof sheeting & wall cladding installation to commence late August.
  • Structural steel columns installation underway. 
  • External works underway to landscape structures & sand pit.

March 2024

  • Site continues to be cleared of existing structures and waste, and a Remediation Action Plan is being prepared to inform Site Remediation works.

October 2023

  • Site preparation works are underway.

October 2022

  • Detailed design contract awarded.

Project Funding

This project is funded by Cloncurry Shire Council, Queensland Reconstruction Authority, the Australian Government's Growing Regions Program Round 1 and the Queensland Government's Resource Community Infrastructure Fund Round 2.

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