Child Care News
Rise of digital storytelling alarms experts
The Courier Mail - Clare Masters - February 2, 2020Storytelling should not be left to electronic babysitters with experts warning against the rise of digital stories on websites where celebrities read children’s books out loud. While technology has improved our lives in many ways, literacy specialists warn that nothing beats the lifelong...
Work-life balance: everyone wins when parents get it right
The Age - Editorial - February 1, 2020Almost three million Australian families have spent this week trying to juggle the demands of home and dependent children with the demands of work. To go back to work and make a meaningful contribution while maintaining their sanity, parents need affordable quality childcare and...
Do NOT go to school: Schoolchildren who have been in China are banned from attending classes
The Daily Mail Australia - Zoe Zaczek - February 1, 2020Students and teachers who recently travelled to China have been advised to skip school until they've been back on home soil for 14 days amid coronavirus fears. The Queensland Government on Friday acquired a list of Queenslanders under the age of 18 years old who recently...
High staff turnover and general chaos: The red flags to look for when touring a childcare centre.
MamaMia - Charity Makris - February 1, 2020If you are in the process of enrolling your child into childcare you will probably be offered a tour of the centre. If not, ask for one – they are extremely helpful in making an informed decision. Choosing a childcare centre is much like buying a house… Some you will know from the minute...
Psychologist promotes importance of self-care for children in new book
Sky News - February 1, 2020Psychologist Alexandra Giufre has made it her mission to make sure children and families are taking time to look after their mental health. From bushfires to climate change, Australian kids can be exposed to a lot of anxiety-inducing imagery. Ms Giufre said "children are little sponges...
Little kids seek crisis counselling for ‘alarming’ NAPLAN stress
The Courier Mail - Kylie Lang - February 1, 2020Children as young as five are cutting class for on-the-spot counselling as anxiety grips a generation of Australian kids. Clinical psychologist Alexandra Giufre, who has spent three years working in a Catholic primary school, said the problems troubling “beautiful little heads” were alarming...
Teachers, nurses, police paid to stay in coronavirus quarantine
The Courier Mail - Natasha Bita - February 1, 2020Teachers, nurses and police can now work from home or get a bonus two weeks’ paid leave if they fear they’ve caught the deadly coronavirus. Public servants who stay home for 14 days after potential exposure to the killer virus could work from home or access paid special leave...
Principals to use five senses - not air quality data - to guide bushfire smoke response
Canberra Times - Dan Jervis-Bardy - February 1, 2020Public school principals will be left to decide whether their students should be kept indoors if hazardous bushfire smoke re-enters the ACT. And principals are being told to rely on their senses - rather than air quality data - to guide their response. The education directorate has published...
The not-so-lucky country: From groceries and beer to electricity, childcare and housing - how Australians pay far more than people in other countries for life's necessities
Daily Mail Australia - Alisha Rouse - February 1, 2020Families have to cough up for some of the most expensive childcare on earth. With such high living costs, parents are increasingly forced to put their young children into childcare so they can keep working. Australia has the third-highest childcare costs on earth, after only...
A new home will allow KIDS Foundation to teach more preschoolers how to stay safe
The Courier - Michelle Smith - February 1, 2020KIDS Foundation, the Ballarat-based charity teaching kindergarten children about safety and supporting burns victims, has moved to a new home as their child safety program rolls out to more than 400,000 children and families nationally. The move to new offices in a renovated hut...
Hope for North Perth childcare service to receive life extension
Guardian Express - Victoria Rifici - January 31, 2020The City of Vincent will ask Attorney General John Quigley to extend the life of Kidz Galore Pty Ltd at its North Perth home before it has to make way for parkland at Haynes Street Reserve. Councillors unanimously agreed at a special council meeting on Tuesday to a range of motions...
New South Wales releases updated information about preschool children in OSHC
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 31, 2020The New South Wales Department of Education has released new guidelines for supporting preschool age children in Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), in response to increased requests for information. Providing guidance for OSHC and Vacation Care services on the regulatory requirements...
Mayfield strikes optimistic note for 2020 in steady 2019 Full Year results
The Sector - Jason Roberts - January 31, 2020Victoria focussed early childhood education and care (ECEC) provider Mayfield Childcare Ltd has released its Full Year 2019 results, which sounded a note of optimism on operating conditions as new supply in Mayfield’s catchments start to ease, and the benefits of the child care subsidy...
Only About Children: Childcare centre facing criminal charges
The Daily Telegraph - Anton Rose, Inner West Courier - January 30, 2020One of Australia’s biggest childcare providers is facing criminal charges and a significant fine after a young boy wandered off its campus in Sydney’s inner west and had to be rescued by a member of the public in the middle of a busy commercial hub. The Department of Education is prosecuting...
Mayfield Childcare Limited - Full Year Results
Financial Review - January 31, 2020Investor Presentation Full Year Results
