Dionne Batrice Grills (pictured), 34, fronted the Cairns Magistrates Court on Tuesday

The distressing triple-0 call made by the manager of a daycare centre moments after he found the lifeless body of a young boy who had allegedly been left on a minibus in 36C heat has been played in court.

Michael Glenn Lewis faced the Cairns Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with one count of manslaughter over the death of a three-year-old boy who was in his care on February 18.

After being picked up by Mr Lewis on the Edmonton Goodstart Early Learning Centre minibus, the boy was allegedly strapped into a baby seat just two seats away from the front door.

However when the bus arrived at the centre he was forgotten about.

Police allege the child remained trapped in his seat for six hours on the scorching north Queensland day.

Mr Lewis, 45, and daycare worker Dionne Batrice Grills, 34, were both charged by Queensland Police over the tragedy on Monday evening.

During his court appearance, a recording of the emergency call Mr Lewis, 45, made in the moments after finding the dead child was played - with the daycare manager telling the operator: 'I've left a child on the bus all day... my life is over'.

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Ms Grills (pictured) is charged with manslaughter over the tragic death of a three-year-old boy at Edmonton Goodstart Early Learning Centre on February 18

The grim discovery was made on Stokes Street, Edmonton, in Far North Queensland, at 3.15pm on Tuesday. Pictured: the scene where police are investigating

'Oh my God, this kid is dead,' Mr Lewis could be heard saying on the recording.

'Oh my God, I'm the director of the childcare centre... the child was left on the bus all day.

'I've just opened up the bus and he's here, dead... I'm so sorry buddy.

'I'm going to jail, this is all my fault. Oh my God. My whole life is over.'

The court also heard allegations that Mr Lewis and Ms Grills had 'fraudulently' signed in the young boy more than two hours before the bus arrived at the daycare centre.

Police allege that the boy had been signed in by Mr Lewis at 7.35am last Tuesday on the Goodstart Early Learning Centre's electronic sign-in system.

However, the boy was not collected from his home by the bus until 9.15am, and CCTV footage showed the bus did not arrive at the daycare site until 9.33am.

'But the defendant and co-accused failed to remove the boy from the bus,' Police Prosecutor Senior Sergeant Maynard Marcum told the court, The Courier Mail reports.

MICHAEL LEWIS' HORROR 000 CALL 'Oh my God, this kid is dead. 'Oh my God, I'm the director of the childcare centre... the child was left on the bus all day. 'I've just opened up the bus and he's here, dead... 'I'm so sorry buddy. 'I'm going to jail, this is all my fault. Oh my God. My whole life is over.' Advertisement

'In a short trip it was forgotten that the three-and-a-half year old deceased child was strapped into a seat in the bus.

'There wasn't even a cursory glance.'

Police will allege that Mr Lewis - who was granted bail by the Magistrates Court - was obtaining taxpayer-funded benefits as part of the 'fraudulent' sign-in process.

Earlier on Tuesday his colleague Ms Grills - who had worked at the daycare centre for less than a month - also faced court.

Police allege Ms Grills was on the bus with Mr Lewis for the morning run, before the centre manager made the grim discovery when he returned to the vehicle later that afternoon.

The shattered family (pictured) of the young boy was in Cairns Magistrates Court for the brief hearing

The boy was found in a bus outside Hambledon State School, just 1.7km from his daycare, Goodstart Early Learning, in Edmonton (pictured)

The court heard that Ms Grills had been employed at the daycare centre for less than a month when the incident occurred.

THE TRAGIC TIMELINE OF THE BOY'S DEATH: 7.35am: Edmonton Goodstart Early Learning Centre manager Michael Glenn Lewis 'fraudulently' checks in the boy on the electric sign-in system. 8.30am: The boy's mother calls to ask if he can be picked up, as he was not collected on the initial morning run. 9.15am: Lewis and his colleague Dionne Batrice Grills collect the boy from his home on the minibus. 9.33am: The bus pulls into the daycare carpark, but the boy - who is strapped into a baby seat, two seats away from the front door - never gets off, despite being clearly visible. **During the day the temperature rises to 36C in the Cairns area. 2.45pm: The bus leaves for the afternoon run, with the boy still in his seat. 3pm: Lewis makes a desperate call to Triple-0, telling the operator: 'Oh my God, this kid is dead' Advertisement

Ms Grills was granted strict conditional bail and is forbidden from contacting her ex- colleagues, her co-accused or the dead child's family, except through her lawyers.

She was ordered to return to court on March 18.

The shattered family of the young boy was in court for the brief hearing.

A relative told the ABC they were 'distraught' about what had happened and called the young victim a 'cheerful little boy'.

'We're all distraught at the moment. We just can't believe this has happened. We just want answers,' Thomas Namok said.

'The last few days have just been terrible but everyone [in the family] will continue to support each other.

'He was just a cheerful little boy … we would always laugh every time he's around. That's what I remember of him. It's going to be sad he's not going to be around anymore.'

Queensland Police detective acting inspector Jason Smith said he hoped to provide some 'answers' for the family.

Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the child's death

'Her position as an employee of Goodstart Early Learning puts an element of responsibility upon her, and that forms part of the circumstances before the court,' Det Act Insp Smith said.

'The family are suitably distressed and very upset about this, and hopefully now that the matter is before the court they will get the answers that they need.'

A spokesman for Goodstart Early Learning, which operated the bus, previously told Daily Mail Australia the company was 'devastated' to learn of the child's death.

'We are working to support the entire centre team, our families and our children,' the spokesman said.

'The matter is now a police investigation and we will be working with the police, Department of Education (childhood education and care), and Workplace health and Safety.

'Our thoughts are very much with the family of the child at this time.'

The centre was closed on the day after the tragedy, with an ominous sign in its car park reading 'do not leave babies and children in parked cars'.