Child Care News
Nowra's Cole Oakes finds his place in female dominated childcare industry
South Coast Register - July 22, 2019Australia-wide, early childhood education is an industry dominated by female workers. Statistics from the Australian Government reveal that less than three per cent of all industry workers are male. Not perturbed by these figures, talented TAFE NSW Nowra graduate Cole Oakes...
Easts makes major changes to $83m Waverley Bowlo redevelopment plans
The Daily Telegraph - Anton Rose, Wentworth Courier - July 22, 2019Easts Leagues Club has proposed a raft of changes to its $83 redevelopment plans in a bid to get it approved, with a hearing set down in the Land and Environment Court set to decide its fate next month. The $83 million proposal, on top of scrapping a childcare centre, will now see the reduction...
New owner has big plans for new retail hub north of Brisbane
The Courier Mail - Erin Smith, Redcliffe & Bayside Herald - July 22, 2019Plans for a new retail hub along a busy road north of Brisbane have changed with the developer now seeking permission to add a service station, childcare centre and drive-through food outlet. The application states that the child care centre would offer 250 places and 42 car parks...
Final designs for Stuart Flats redevelopment to be unveiled
Riot ACT - Ian Bushnell - July 22, 2019Finalised plans for the Stuart Flats redevelopment in Manuka will be unveiled this week in community consultation sessions at the Griffith Neighbourhood Centre. Developer Morris Property Group is proposing to build 414 dwellings across three blocks, as well as a child care centre...
Three story $10 million vertical school and kindergarten for Docklands in 2021
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 22, 2019A $10 million kindergarten will be added to the new Docklands Primary School which is already under construction, Victorian Minister for Education James Merlino has announced today. The new three-storey vertical school and kindergarten will cater for 550 students and 66 kindergarten places...
Goodstart Early Learning Director voted Townsville’s Best Employee
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 22, 2019Chondelle Carter, Hyde Park Goodstart Early Learning Director, has been voted Townsville’s Best Employee in a Townsville Bulletin online poll. Ms Carter was the chosen winner, beating 13 other contenders to win the title with a 20 per cent share of the 1,500 votes received, after being nominated...
A NSW investor paid $4.545 million for an Only About Children childcare centre in McDowall on a tight 5.5 per cent yield
The Courier Mail - Chris Herde - July 22, 2019Brisbane's hot premium childcare centre market continues to heat up with a northern suburbs property selling a month before it was due to go to auction. A NSW-based investor paid $4.545 million for the Only About Children childcare centre at 1035 Rode Rd, McDowall...
New Guardian CEO Warren Bright “can’t imagine a more noble purpose than ECEC”
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 22, 2019Guardian Childcare and Education, formerly known as Guardian Early Learning Group, has announced former Goodstart Early Learning Chief Operation Officer Warren Bright as its new Chief Executive Officer. In welcoming Mr Bright, acting Guardian CEO Mark Clark said Mr Bright’s blend...
‘No jab, no play’ policy comes into effect today, barring unvaccinated kids from kindergarten, childcare centres
The West Australian - Bethany Hiatt - July 21, 2019An audit has revealed that thousands of WA children aged five and under may not be fully immunised, as tough laws barring unvaccinated children from kindergarten or childcare centres take effect today. Under the State Government’s no-jab, no-play policy aimed at boosting vaccination rates...
Record number of students flock to Aboriginal languages
The Sydney Morning Herald - Henrietta Cook - July 21, 2019A record number of Victorian students are studying Aboriginal languages, with enrolments expected to increase as a new generation of children revive Indigenous cultures in kindergarten. Education Department figures show that 1867 state school students were enrolled...
Live-streaming bedtime stories inspires kids to read
The Sydney Morning Herald - Taylor Denny - July 21, 2019Bedtimes for students at Warialda Public School have become a star-studded event. Since the northern NSW school's principal Dan van Velthuizen began broadcasting stories to students via Facebook two months ago, the children have been read to sleep by the local pharmacist...
Woden child care centre tackles Hindmarsh goliath
RiotACT - Ian Bushnell - July 21, 2019A Woden child care centre is taking on a developer giant in a David and Goliath battle over a $132 million project set to change the face of the Town Centre skyline. Hindmarsh’s massive mixed-use development will feature twin towers rising 25 and 26 storeys to become the tallest...
New subsidy sucked up by fee hikes
The Courier Mail - Matthew Killoran - July 20, 2019Greedy childcare centres have gobbled up almost half the money parents were meant to save from new subsidies by hiking up their fees. When a new subsidy system came into place from July 2 last year it was meant to save the average family $1300 in childcare fees a year...
Future of Sydney living: Couple live, work and play in unit block
The Daily Telegraph - Ben Pike - July 20, 2019Burwood couple Tony and Margaret are the family of the future. They live with their two young children on the 24th floor of a unit block, Tony works on the 10th floor and there’s a gym and childcare in the same complex. Welcome to the future of Sydney living. They are the family that...
Montessori Academy to operate childcare centre with largely internal play area at South Village Kirrawee
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader - Murray Trembath - July 19, 2019An 84-place childcare centre, with a largely internal playground, has been approved for South Village, Kirrawee. The facility, to be operated by Montessori Academy, will be located in a commercial tenancy on the ground floor of building B, facing Princes Highway...
