Child Care News
ECEC services band together in Cowra when summer storms strike
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 4, 2022As parts of Queensland and New South Wales battle challenging weather events with storms and heavy flooding a story of hope has emerged from the small town of Cowra, where a local community based service stepped in to help out its Goodstart neighbour after a huge summer storm...
Whitsunday’s best childcare centre and kindergarten rankings | full list
The Courier Mail - Kirra Grimes - March 3, 2022Whitsunday’s childcare centres and kindergartens have been ranked based on government audits and parent feedback. SEE HOW YOUR LOCAL CENTRES FARED. A long-running Bowen centre has been crowned Whitsunday’s best childcare provider, beating services in Proserpine...
Full list: The best performing inner west childcare centres
The Daily Telegraph - Alexi Demetriadi - March 3, 2022Not sure which childcare centre to pick for your child? Here is a list of the top performers in the inner west and why they are excelling in their field.Choosing the best childcare centre for your child is never easy, and with so many great places to pick from it’s easy to feel overwhelmed...
Nadeeshani gains honourable mention for volunteer work at Dandenong Primary Kindergarten
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 3, 2022When bestchance volunteer Nadeeshani migrated to Australia in 2019 to help support and care for her brother’s family, she didn’t envisage receiving an Honourable Mention in the McArthur Early Childhood Volunteer of the Year Award as being part of her migration journey...
New analysis of Labor’s childcare plan reveals long-term cost of introducing a 90 per cent subsidy
Herald Sun - Tom Minear - March 3, 2022Figures reveal the huge cost of Labor’s proposed childcare subsidy as the federal government blasts the plan as “ill-considered and reckless”. Labor’s universal 90 per cent childcare subsidy would cost taxpayers an extra $63bn over a decade, according to a government analysis...
ECEC to play core role in newly announced South West Sydney Revitalisation Package
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 3, 2022Early childhood education and care (ECEC) will play an important role in the recently announced South West Sydney Revitalisation Package which represents more than $100 million of targeted programs to support student learning and wellbeing needs in the region...
Luxury Day Care Centre to open doors in Golden Bay
The West Australian - Aaron Kirby - March 2, 2022Baby massages and a chef are just two of the extravagant features at Golden Bay’s newest early childhood education and care facility. The Great Beginnings Golden Bay centre, set to open in coming months, also offers yoga and play-led learning, with the facility focusing on...
Penrith’s best performing childcare centres
The Daily Telegraph - Simran Gill - March 2, 2022Wondering which childcare centre to pick for your child? We did the heavy lifting to find the top performing childcare centres in Penrith. Choosing a childcare centre is hard, especially when you get bombarded by information about development stages and learning outcomes...
Do loyalty rewards programs belong in childcare?
Mirage News - March 2, 2022Loyalty rewards programs aren’t a new concept, they have been around for 40 years; the idea of rewarding customers for their dedication to a brand and in turn creating retention for a business is an everyday concept for Australians. In fact, according to a study by Loyalty Reward & Co...
Robert announces support for QLD and NSW ECEC and families affected by floods
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 2, 2022Families and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services impacted by the recent weather event and subsequent flooding in large areas of south east Queensland and northern New South Wales will be supported by the Government, Acting Minister for Education and Youth...
Goodstart Early Learning waives fees for parents after floods close centres
The Courier Mail - Madura McCormack - March 1, 2022Fees will be waived for parents of Goodstart Early Learning childcare centres that were forced shut by South East Queensland’s flood disaster. Queensland’s largest childcare provider will waive fees for parents whose centres have been shut due to catastrophic flooding in the state’s...
Evolve Education’s Australian services drive FY21 performance as New Zealand contends with COVID
The Sector - Jason Roberts - March 1, 2022Evolve Education Group has released its Full Year 2021 results in which more benign Government responses to COVID-19 in Australia relative to New Zealand saw its Australian network drive performance across the year. Revenues of $158.0 million were up 15 per cent year on year...
National winners of the 2021 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards announced at gala
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 1, 2022The national winners of the 2021 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards were announced on Saturday 26 February 2022, with Melissa Dreger from the City of Ballarat Family Day Care Victoria being named as Educator of the Year at a gala dinner. National finalists for...
Care For Kids has ‘Childcare, taken care of’ in campaign via Hardhat
Ad News - February 28, 2022Care For Kids, Australia’s leading childcare search platform, has launched a new brand campaign via independent creative agency Hardhat. The ‘Childcare, taken care of’.’ campaign comes at a time when the return to offices sees many Aussie parents in dire need of childcare services...
Maroondah Leader is searching for our region's Best Childcare worker of 2021
Herald Sun - Gemma Scerri - February 28, 2022You trust them to take care of your most precious cargo, and they help your little ones to learn and grow. Help us crown Melbourne's best childcare worker! NOMINATE NOW. They are the people you trust to take care of your little ones, minding your babies, toddlers and...
