Child Care News
Shoalhaven Family Day Care Celebrates 40 Years of Caring
Mirage News - November 5, 2020Shoalhaven City Council are celebrating 40 years of Shoalhaven Family Day Care, helping shape and support Shoalhaven families since it began operations as Nowra Family Day Care on 1 September 1980. Mayor Amanda Findley is proud of the legacy that Shoalhaven Family Day Care ...
Oakdale childcare worker breaking the stereotype
Macarthur Advertiser - Jess Layt - November 5, 2020It's a field that has been dominated by women, but Oakdale's Joshua Denina is defying the stereotypes with a career in childcare. The 26-year-old loves working with children, and he hopes more men will look at early childhood education and care as a prospective career path...
Draconian childcare policy will lead to harm
The Age - Isabelle Oderberg - November 4, 2020But before COVID-19, one symptom like a cough or runny nose alone didn’t warrant exclusion from early childhood education, because what does one symptom in isolation mean? It always required a secondary symptom such as fever. Or lethargy. Otherwise there could be a range...
Merrylands: 56-place Childcare centre proposed for 11 Hilltop Rd
The Daily Telegraph - Joanne Vella - November 4, 2020A heritage-listed house in Sydney’s west could be converted into a childcare centre for more than 50 children but opposition is mounting against the plans. A heritage-listed house at Merrylands could be converted into a 56-place childcare centre but opposition is mounting against...
Anger over second childcare centre for Rochedale South street
The Courier Mail - Judith Kerr, Quest Newspapers - November 4, 2020A three-month campaign to stop a childcare centre being built in a residential street was taken to a new level this week when plans for a second centre, two doors down, were revealed. Developers Property Projects Australia, who are based at New Farm, want to build a two-storey ...
St George Matters with Chris Minns: The case for a universal childcare subsidy
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader - Chris Minns MP - November 3, 2020The first economic recession in a lifetime has governments everywhere scrambling to come up with ways to spend money to protect jobs. Most of these initiatives are 'shovel ready' construction projects in male-dominated industries. This spending fails to help more women participate ...
Pre-primary education around the world: How can we provide quality universal early education for all?
Brookings - Helen Shwe Hadani - November 3, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of daily life but presents an added burden on families with young children. Closures of preschools and child care centers have put a strain on caregivers to meet all of the developmental needs of children at home ...
Kangaroo Island preschool students conduct bird count at Reeves Point
The Islander - Stan Gorton - November 3, 2020The Bush Kindy group from angaroo Island Children's Services partook in BirdLife Australia's Aussie Backyard Bird Count at Reeves Point on Thursday, October 22. The preschool students have shown a keen interest in learning about birds and were fortunate to have a box of ...
Beattie Avenue: Denistone child care centre, first look
The Daily Telegraph - Nicole Pierre, Northern District Times - November 3, 2020Plans for a new two-storey child care centre in a suburban street in Sydney’s north have been revealed. The development application for a new 73-place child care centre has recently been lodged by Blagojce Basevski at 26 Beattie Avenue in Denistone. The childcare will consist ...
Feedback sought on proposed Duncraig childcare centre
Perth Now - Tyler Brown, Joondalup Times - November 3, 2020A new childcare centre has been proposed to replace two houses at 68 and 70 Readshaw Road in Duncraig. The development application proposes to demolish the two homes and build a single-storey centre at a maximum height of 8.2m, with undercroft car parking and an outdoor ...
Rizalyn Wilbow is the Central Coast’s 2020 Educator of the Year
Coast Community News - Dilon Luke - November 3, 2020Wilbow runs her home day care business, Riza’s Pambata Family Day Care, under the banner of Coastwide Child and Family Services, and has worked in the early childhood industry for the past 23 years. She was nominated for this year’s award by one of her client families and was chosen ...
Plan lodged to turn historic Gledswood Homestead into childcare centre
Camden-Narellan Advertiser - Kayla Osborne - November 2, 2020Gledswood Homestead is one of the region's most significant heritage listed properties and it could soon be transformed into a childcare centre. The homestead's owner has submitted a development application to Camden Council to turn the iconic building into an 84-child preschool ...
Two sentenced over family day care payments fraud
Mirage News - November 2, 2020Two persons have been jailed today for their roles in a criminal enterprise to fraudulently claim funds from the family day child care subsidy payment scheme. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) began an investigation into this matter after the Department of Education, Skills and Employment ...
Child care worker accused of slapping a toddler across the face and force feeding a baby
Herald Sun - Angie Raphael ,NCA NewsWire - November 2, 2020A former child care worker accused of assaulting four children and causing a 10-month-old baby to lose consciousness during an “aggressive” feeding has been forced to hand over her passport as she faces several charges. Rupinder Kaur, 39, was stood down from the child care centre...
Happy Days Kindergarten Blacktown: Childcare Centre convicted
The Daily Telegraph - Kate Lockley, Blacktown Advocate - November 2, 2020A family-run childcare centre in Blacktown has been convicted of failing to protect a child from harm after she cut her head open while playing at the kindergarten. Kidoz Pty Ltd, which operates the Happy Days Kindergarten in Blacktown, was facing a possible $50,000 fine ...
