Child Care News
Kids with runny noses banned from childcare and school
The Age - Aisha Dow - November 2, 2020Archie Herbet has been attending childcare since he was a baby, and most winters he has a cold, constantly. "It’s the reality of childcare and kinder," said his mother, Mandy Herbet. "They touch things and they’re not exactly social distancing, so it’s expected." But this year has been different...
Hundreds of children at child care centres and schools impacted by highly infectious gastro bug
The Courier Mail - Janelle Miles - November 2, 2020Dozens of outbreaks of highly infectious gastroenteritis have hit the Gold Coast, with child care centres, schools and aged care facilities affected. Figures supplied by Gold Coast Health show more than 300 children at 16 child care centres and 11 schools have been hit by the bug...
Two million letterboxes bring a spike for Think Childcare
Financial Review - Simon Evans - November 2, 2020The chief executive of ASX-listed Think Childcare says an ''aggressive'' letterbox drop to two million households and using large portable electronic signs outside of centres in the depths of the pandemic have paid off. Mathew Edwards said the group, which operates 90 centres ...
Bambino's Kindergarten in Horningsea Park exposed to coronavirus after infectious child attended
7news.com.au - Alex Chapman - November 2, 2020Staff and children at a kindergarten in Sydney’s southwest have been exposed to coronavirus. A child who goes to Bambino’s Kindergarten in Horningsea Park was confirmed as having the virus by NSW Health on Monday morning. The health body said the child attended the centre...
KU Gwynneville Preschool home to first of its kind street library
Illawarra Mercury - Agron Latifi - November 2, 2020KU Gwynneville Preschool is the lucky recipient of a new street library. The new library at Berkeley Street, Gwynneville is the only one of its kind in NSW. KU Gwynneville Preschool won a state-wide Book Week competition to secure the new street library from the Children's ...
Perth child care worker charged over alleged assault of four children and endangering life of a ten-month-old
The West Australian - November 2, 2020A 39-year-old former Perth childcare worker has been charged with allegedly assaulting four children and endangering the life of a ten-month-old baby after an investigation by the child abuse squad. The woman, who worked at a child care centre based in Perth’s central metropolitan...
TNK CY2020 Earnings Guidance update
Financial Review - November 2, 2020Think Childcare Group (ASX: TNK) (Group) is pleased to provide an update to its previous CY2020 earnings guidance (19 August 2020). NSW, SA, WA, ACT and QLD Services are now trading strongly with enrolments and attendances at or above pre COVID-19 levels and have contributed ...
Grandparents and carers may be missing out on Centrelink Child Care Subsidy support
Herald Sun - Kathy Skantzos, news.com.au - November 2, 2020Working parents affected by COVID-19 could be eligible for up to 100 hours per fortnight of subsidised childcare. Grandparents and other non-parent full-time carers may also be eligible to receive subsidies. For parents to be eligible for the government payments, they need to prove...
A real shift': Women the big winners as work comes home
The Age - Bianca Hall and Royce Millar - November 1, 2020On a good day, IT specialist Mohini Karki spent 90 minutes battling public transport from her Cranbourne East home into the CBD. If her train was cancelled and replaced with a bus, it could take as long as 3½ hours. These days, Ms Karki’s office is a spare room in her outer-suburban home...
Australia marks virus fight milestone, as second child catches COVID-19 from Sydney trampoline park
nine.com.au - Sarah Swain - November 1, 2020A second child has caught COVID-19 from another child at a Sydney trampoline park. Officials say it's the sixth case linked to a cluster in Hoxton Park, in the city's south west. The child was at Flip Out Prestons last Sunday, October 25 at the same time as the infectious child...
'Why does no one care?': the tragic flaws in the childcare system
The Sydney Morning Herald - Julia Baird - October 31, 2020It’s an anxious enough experience, dropping little ones off to childcare for the first few times. Who hasn’t untangled tiny limbs from their necks, and briskly walked away after saying goodbye, trying to conceal tears, worrying how their kid will cope without them, wondering if the carers ...
Adaptable childcare hub designed for 100-year cycle
The Sydney Morning Herald - Stephen Crafti - October 31, 2020Referred to as the Sunflower, the Bayswater Early Years Hub also tracks the sun as it moves from east to west. Like the flower's petals, this award-winning building by K20 Architecture is orientated to the north to maximise sunlight and frame two impressive gum trees...
Vikki Campion: ‘Modern mums need properly-funded childcare’
The Daily Telegraph - Vikki Campion, The Sunday Telegraph - October 31, 2020In Victorian times, many women trying to work turned to laudanum, an opiate advertised as “the poor child’s nurse” to control their children. Now, we have iPads and Paw Patrol on demand. Universal access to early learning is seen by the “don’t breed them if you can’t feed them” ...
Developer reveals how Armstrong Creek town centre will be a one-stop shop
Geelong Advertiser - Chad Van Estrop - October 31, 2020As Armstrong Creek’s population rockets up by 4,000 people annually and growth in the area is expected until 2050, it’s $1 billion town centre, promising to be a one-stop shop for work, rest and play, is taking shape. But now, a decade in the making, among 2500ha of developable land ...
Bundaberg's first Catholic Kindergarten officially opened
Bundaberg Now - Megan Dean - October 31, 2020Bundaberg’s first Catholic Kindergarten opened in January this year with spots for the St Joseph’s facility filling quickly, providing a seamless transition to primary school. The Bishop of Rockhampton, Michael McCarthy, officially blessed and opened the facility this week...
