Child Care News
3 ASX results you might have missed on Wednesday
The Motley Fool - James Mickleboro - August 15, 2019This childcare operator’s shares crashed lower on Wednesday following the release of its half year results. Although the company posted a 12% increase in like for like service performance (a combination of revenue, labour, and occupancy), it swung to a loss after tax of $0.4 million...
Call to scrap tests for young schoolkids in WA
News.com.au - Ally Foster - August 14, 2019Western Australian teachers are calling for the focus to be shifted from formal testing of young primary school kids to play-based learning. The State School Teachers’ Union of WA (SSTUWA) is pushing for the State Government to introduce the play-based learning model ...
Community Strengthening Grants boost for local kinders
Riverine Herald - Dylan Arvela - August 14, 2019Cobram District Children’s Service Committee recently received $5000 for Punt Road Kindergarten and Childcare Centre. The grant, which came through Moira Shire Council’s community strengthening grants, went towards four new trikes, set of soft building and climbing blocks...
Think announces creation of new incubator in mixed half year results
The Sector - Jason Roberts - August 14, 2019Think Childcare (TNK) have today as part of their half year 2019 results announcement confirmed that they will be creating a newly incorporated entity to act as the developer and incubator of Greenfield sites on behalf Think. The proposal will provide TNK with the means....
Calls to save Stafford Heights bushland from development as a Blue Care aged care complex
The Courier Mail - Glenn Roberts and Ellen-Maree Elliot, Quest Newspapers - August 14, 2019Blue Care has again run into stiff opposition in its quest to build a huge aged care complex on a 6ha parcel of bush at Stafford Heights. Blue Care has approval for 256 aged care beds, a 72-bed serviced apartment complex, a 655sq m 75-place child care centre...
Hilton planning five-star hotel in Canberra with unsolicited bid
RiotACT - Ian Bushnell - August 14, 2019The Hilton hotel group is looking to establish a presence in Canberra with an unsolicited proposal to build a five-star complex in the national capital. The hotel would boast signature restaurants, bars, a health club, swimming pools as well as a hotel school, a child care centre...
Dundas childcare centre at Bennetts Rd West not welcome
The Daily Telegraph - Joanne Vella, Parramatta Advertiser - August 13, 2019A group of residents lobbying against a 57-place childcare centre at Dundas say it would be a horrendous addition to the cul-de-sac. The group has written 20 letters to Parramatta Council over the application, which will include the demolition of a house to build the $1.9 million centre...
Early Childhood Language Program at Jindi Kindergarten goes global
Herald Sun - Margot Taylor, Whittlesea Leader - August 13, 2019Pay a visit to Mernda’s Jindi Kindergarten and you are likely to hear ‘Sata sri akala’ ringing from the playground. ‘Sata sri akala’ is Punjabi for ‘hello’. The kindergarten’s 99 pupils recently started twice-weekly Punjabi lessons as part of the State Government’s $17.9 million Early Childhood...
Canberra consult gives input into foundational EYLF document, the Melbourne Declaration
The Sector - Freya Lucas - August 13, 2019Parents, educators, politicians and educational experts met in Canberra last Friday to provide their input into a national review of Australia’s education goals, as contained in a foundational document of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), the Melbourne Declaration...
Arena REIT to lift distribution as glut eases
Financial Review - Nick Lenaghan - August 13, 2019Childcare centre landlord Arena REIT expects to lift distributions to its investors by 5.9 per cent in the 2020 financial year as a supply glut in the sector eases and rental income increases. Led by managing director Rob de Vos, Arena has seen off a potential over-supply...
Salisbury locals fight to stop Chinese development
The Courier Mail - Kristy Muir, Southern Star - August 13, 2019Changes to the proposed plans of a controversial development on Brisbane’s southside have done little to put residents’ minds at ease. More than 200 submissions opposing the 60 Rosebank Square development have been made which includes a 70-space childcare centre...
It's official: There is not enough play-based learning in WA classrooms, and children are suffering
WA Today - Daile Cross - August 12, 2019Teachers will today launch a campaign to fight increasing pressures on Western Australia's youngest students, arguing children currently experience too much emphasis on formal assessments and spend too much time sitting at their desks. They are calling on the WA ...
Exclusive: Melbourne childcare centre deemed 'danger to life' as investigation uncovers combustible cladding
9News - Christine Ahern, Today - August 12, 2019A childcare centre in Melbourne's southeast deemed to be a "danger to life" is one of a number of public buildings found by inspectors to be wrapped in combustible cladding. A 9News investigation has uncovered these buildings through documents obtained through...
Port Explorers Cooya Beach campus gets shot in arm with major funding
Cairns Post - Mark Murray - August 12, 2019Child care access is set to become a lot easier for Cooya Beach families. The federal government has announced a $91,000 package to assist day-to-day costs and transport assistance for isolated families attending the Port Explorers Cooya Campus. Director Jaimee Clarke said...
Bathurst Regional Council Children's Services building opens after refurbishment
Western Advocate - Rachel Chamberlain - August 12, 2019Staff and children from the Scallywags family will soon move back to their old premises after it underwent a complete transformation. The upgrade has enabled all of Bathurst Regional Council's childcare services to come together and they will now be known as...
