Child Care News
WorkSafe ACT cracks down on childcare centres
The Canberra Times - Lucy Bladen - December 15, 2020WorkSafe ACT has cracked down on Canberra childcare centres and has issued a series of improvement notices over "many concerning" work health and safety issues...
Boggabri early learning centre ticks all the boxes for service provider Nurruby Childcare Services
Northern Daily Leader - Jessica Worboys - December 15, 2020The newly-built Boggabri childcare centre is set to be a 'game changer' for local families, and many are already signing their children up ready for when it opens...
Au pair shortage: Frontline workers push for COVID border rule changes
The Daily Telegraph - Clare Armstrong and Christopher Harris - December 14, 2020Frontline workers who rely on au pairs for their children are pressuring the government to expand international border exemptions amid a severe shortage of flexible and affordable carers. Parents unable to use traditional childcare due to the demands of their jobs, including shift work...
Victorian kindergartens set for $46m boost
Yahoo News - Gus McCubbing - December 14, 2020The Victorian government has committed $46.9 million to increasing capacity and improving learning spaces at 127 kindergartens across the state. Early childhood minister Ingrid Stitt on Monday announced the funding would create nearly 2,200 funded kindergarten places across ...
Gastro outbreak Central Coast: Health warning as a string of illness hits daycare centres
The Daily Telegraph - Central Coast Express Advocate - December 14, 2020Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is urging parents and carers to keep young children at home if they are sick amid a rise in viral gastroenteritis cases in local childcare centres. “There has been a significant increase in gastroenteritis outbreaks in Central Coast childcare centres...
Children’s mental health review to drive future focus
Mirage News - Govt of WA - December 14, 2020New taskforce to be established to drive a children’s and adolescent services system for the future Chief Psychiatrist review into the case of Ms Kate Savage delivered and released. The State Government will be focusing on improving mental health outcomes for children as a ...
Mooroopna kindergarten builds nest boxes for gliders
Shepparton News - Caitlin Cassidy - December 14, 2020Gliders Maxi and Poppi had a busy day at Mooroopna's Rodney Steiner Kindergarten on Wednesday, December 9 helping RiverConnect education officer Allison Trethowan teach children about the importance of tree hollows.
Queensland kids were asked about the pandemic. Here's what they drew
Brisbane Times - Jocelyn Garcia - December 13, 2020From colourful germs to families cooped up in homes and loved ones on life support during the lockdown, the coronavirus pandemic has inspired art by Queensland children. The What is Different? exhibition will be on display at the Museum of Brisbane until January 31. Brisbane ...
Funding boost for three-year-old kinder
Mirage News - Hobsons Bay City Council - December 14, 2020Hobsons Bay City Council will receive $600,000 from a state government Building Blocks Infrastructure grant to expand the Newport Gardens Early Years Centre to accommodate an extra 33 places for three-year-old kindergarten in 2022. The Newport Gardens Early Years Centre...
When reading, writing and adding up is core business, success follows
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jordan Baker - December 14, 2020Carlingford West Public is an enormous school. This year, there are 1700 kids, 67 classrooms, and 15 kindergarten classes. When it comes to results, the school’s numbers are just as strong. In NAPLAN tests, students consistently perform well above and make more progress than ...
Goodstart settles toddler-death claim, posts first loss
Financial Review - Liam Walsh - December 13, 2020Australia’s biggest childcare operator, Goodstart, has settled a legal claim following a toddler’s death and posted its first loss since forming from collapsed sector giant ABC Learning. The Brisbane-based not-for-profit operator, with 712 centres, has also warned a glut of new centres ...
Where Australians can get a job in 2021; How to improve career prospects
The Daily Telegraph - Gillian Kelly - December 13, 2020Good sources of labour market data include the Federal Government’s National Skills Commission, Labour Market Information Portal and JobOutlook. According to them, there is likely to be demand in industries where employment has grown strongly in recent years, including...
How COVID-19 has changed the domestic paradigm
The Australian - Angela Shanahan - December 12, 2020The time of pandemic has pointed to the future, especially the future of the way we will work. It has allowed many families to recalibrate the work-life balance that until now has eluded us. Previously, it was seen solely through the narrow prism of full-time work and institutional ...
Federal Government must commit to preschool funding
Mirage News - Australian Education Union - December 11, 2020The Education Council must commit to guaranteed permanent funding to enable all children access to 15 hours per week of preschool education in the year before full-time schooling. Earlier this year, the Education Council was presented with the recommendations of the ...
Feedback sought on childcare plans in Eglinton
Perth Now - Lucy Jarvis, Wanneroo Times - December 11, 2020Plans for a two-storey childcare centre in Eglinton are out for public comment. The proposed Luminosity Grove development would be located east of Kinkuna Park in Allara estate. It would accommodate up to 93 children, including 28 places for babies aged up to two, 25 for toddlers ...
