Cabarita / Bogangar
Beach Kids Cabarita
Our first campus, a short walk from Cabarita Beach. Calm, home-like classrooms with ocean light, a big shaded yard, and the beach close enough to be part of the week.
68 Hastings Road, Bogangar NSW 2488
Family owned on the Tweed Coast
A place your child belongs, from the very first morning
Beach Kids is early learning and preschool for Tweed Coast families, where children spend their days in the bush and on the beach, eat food cooked in our own kitchen, and are known by name by people who have been here for years.
- Family owned & operated
- Two Tweed Coast campuses
- 6 weeks to school age
- NSW approved Preschool
- Bush + Beach Kinder
Two campuses, one family
Choose the campus closest to your morning
Each campus has its own team, its own classrooms and its own rhythm. Have a proper look at both before you decide.
Take a look inside
Walk through both campuses before you visit
Filmed at Beach Kids, not a stock library. Two minutes each, and you will get a real sense of the classrooms, the yards and the light.
Beach Kids Cabarita
Cabarita / Bogangar
Beach Kids Chinderah
Chinderah / Kingscliff
Why families choose us
What confidence in a childcare centre actually looks like
Not a list of features. Four things you can see for yourself the moment you walk in.
You'll know the people
Two campuses, not twenty. Our managers have 19 and 14 years in early education, and the owners are personally involved rather than running things through a corporate office.
The coast is the classroom
Bush Kinder and Beach Kinder take small groups into real environments every week. Children learn to assess risk, move confidently and belong to this place.
Ready for school, and for life
Our NSW approved Preschool program builds the things teachers actually ask for: persistence, self-regulation, curiosity and the confidence to have a go.
Real food, cooked here
Our chefs cook every meal on site each day. Children help plant, pick and prepare, so food is part of the learning, not just the timetable.
Signature programs
Bush Kinder and Beach Kinder
Every week, small groups head out with their educators, into the bush, or down to the water. No plastic equipment, no laminated worksheets. Uneven ground, weather, wildlife, and the sort of problems children have to solve themselves.
Real risk, carefully held
Children learn to judge a slippery log or a wave, with educators who know when to step in and when to wait.
Deep connection to place
This is their coast. Children learn its plants, its birds, its tides and how to look after it.
Confidence that carries
Families tell us the child who climbs the tree on Tuesday is the child who walks into the school gate in Year 1.
How it works
From first look to first morning
No pressure, no hard sell. Four steps, and you can stop at any of them.
- 1
Look around
Watch a campus walkthrough and read what a day actually looks like.
- 2
Come and visit
Book a tour at a time that suits. Bring your child, we'd rather you did.
- 3
Sort the details
We'll walk you through fees, Child Care Subsidy and the 3 Day Guarantee.
- 4
Settle in gently
Orientation visits, a familiar educator, and honest updates all day.
Fees and subsidy
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
Answer a few quick questions and the calculator estimates your Child Care Subsidy and the gap you would pay each day at either campus. It is an estimate only; call us and we will confirm your actual fees.
What families say
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tweed Coast parents
Reviews left by families at both campuses on Google and CareforKids.
“Beautiful centre with beautiful educators! So grateful for the positive impact they have had on our family.”
“Couldn't imagine not having Beach Kids Cabarita in our lives. Supportive and accommodating, and our little one adores the educators.”
“I am so grateful to have found this daycare for my two boys. The staff are incredibly welcoming, loving and warm, which instantly puts me at ease. My boys always have so much fun and look forward to going each day.”
Around Beach Kids
A look at both campuses
Real photographs from Cabarita and Chinderah. Classrooms, yards, mealtimes and days out on the coast.
Straight answers
The questions parents ask first
Still wondering something? Read all parent questions.
Where is Beach Kids Early Learning located?
Beach Kids has two Tweed Coast campuses: 68 Hastings Road, Bogangar (Cabarita Beach) and 11 Waugh Street, Chinderah, minutes from Kingscliff.
What ages do you care for?
We care for children from around six weeks of age through to school age, including a NSW approved Preschool program in the year before school.
Is Beach Kids family owned?
Yes. Beach Kids is owned and operated by Kelly and Brent Stokes. They are personally involved in both campuses rather than running them through a corporate office.
What are Bush Kinder and Beach Kinder?
They are our signature outdoor programs. Small groups of children regularly learn in natural bush settings and at the beach, building resilience, risk assessment, confidence and a real connection to the Tweed Coast environment.
Do you provide meals?
Yes. Meals are cooked fresh on site by our own chefs each day, including morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, with dietary requirements catered for.
Book a tour
The best way to know is to walk through the door
Tours run during the day so you can see the classrooms as they really are, busy, calm, noisy, happy. Bring your child. Ask us anything.
