Child Care News
Goodstart announces purchase of 23 services from Mission Australia
The Sector - Jason Roberts - July 11, 2019Goodstart Early Learning has this morning confirmed that it will purchase 19 long day care (LDC) centres and four kindergartens from Mission Australia Early Learning (MAEL) in a deal that is expected to be complete by mid-September 2019. The transition of centres from Mission Australia...
Construction to start next year on Brisbane Airport’s Skygate Home & Life retail centre
The Courier Mail - Chris Herde - July 11, 2019Other buildings on the site include the Skygate Centre, Skygate Dining, Brisbane Airport’s first hotel, the Novotel; a golf driving range, a childcare centre and a number of commercial offices. Skygate Home & Life has been designed by the Buchan Group. Mr Crocetti said while the retail sector...
Federal Government push to make childcare centres justify fee hikes
The West Australian - Lanai Scarr - July 11, 2019Parents could see lower childcare fee increases as a result of a plan by the Federal Government to force operators to justify in detail their fee hikes and what each dollar would help to fund. Education Minister Dan Tehan told The West Australian he had tasked his department to provide...
Childcare worker jailed for welfare scam
North West Star - Caroline Schelle - July 10, 2019A Melbourne childcare worker scammed more than $91,000 in welfare benefits but it's a mystery how she spent the taxpayer funds. Single mother-of-two Ikraam Mohamud admitted taking cash from Centrelink while working at multiple childcare centres, without declaring her income...
Brookvale childcare centre’s learning focus is full STEAM ahead
Manly Daily - July 10, 2019Brookvale’s iSTEAM Ahead Childcare Centre is leading a change in the approach for preschool education. Centre founder Moira Battikha explained what it is they are doing differently. My experience as a primary school teacher and parent led me to some research that has shown...
Training young people to help with childcare
NT News - Leonie Padam - July 10, 2019The Abecedarian Approach Australia (3A) training took place at Centralian Senior College for the first time in Alice Springs. 3A Practitioner training is the Abecedarian Approach Australia, which is an adaptation of the American Abecedarian program. The NT’s approach caters more towards...
QLD announces first review of ECEC funding and delivery arrangements in 10 years
The Sector - Jason Roberts - July 10, 2019The Queensland Government has announced that it has commissioned its first comprehensive review of early childhood education funding and delivery arrangements in 10 years. The review is designed, according to the announcement, to ensure that the State is well-positioned for...
FROEBEL Australia leadership journeys - action research to drive organisational change
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 10, 2019Play and activity were essential tenets of the kindergarten created in 1837 by Friedrich Fröbel. In creating the kindergarten, Fröbel had an intentional goal - teaching children to learn, observe, reason, express and create through play. The focus was not about instructional learning...
Unis gain benefit from investment in preschool education
The Australian - Tim Dodd - July 10, 2019Australia’s multi-billion-dollar annual investment in early childhood education yields a positive economic return, with benefits that cascade through the education system up to university level, according to a new study. The study, carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers for social enterprise group...
Careforkids.com.au boosts lead generation capabilities with adoption of spatial mapping technology
The Sector - Jason Roberts - July 9, 2019CareforKids.com.au, the popular online early education and care search platform used by families to help in their search for a service in which to enrol their child or children, has announced a series of enhancements to their Child Care Vacancy Alert lead generation system that will improve...
ACECQA register review suggests LDC supply levels tracking below last year but still elevated
The Sector - Jason Roberts - July 9, 2019A review of the ACECQA National Registers as at the end of the first half of 2019 suggests that the number of new long day care centres receiving a license to operate continues to track at levels comparable to last year, albeit slightly lower. Overall, in the first half of 2019 a total of 206 new licences...
Last chance for NSW Educators to complete workforce survey closing tomorrow
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 9, 2019The New South Wales Department of Education is seeking feedback from the early childhood workforce, in a survey which closes tomorrow. All NSW-based early childhood education services should have received an email from Deloitte Access Economics, with a link to the...
No outdoor play space, no worries, developers say
NT News - Steve Vivian - July 9, 2019An indoor-only child care centre seeking an exemption from children’s play space regulations proposed for the CBD won’t harm kids and is normal practice in other states, developers say. The NT News on Monday revealed plans had been lodged for the new child care centre which, if built...
Marsden Park accident sparks call for road changes: car hits tree, childcare centre fence at The Grange
The Daily Telegraph - Jake McCallum - July 9, 2019Desperate parents are calling for changes to be made to an intersection in Marsden Park, after car snapped a tree and ploughed through the fence of a childcare centre last month. Parents and neighbours to the centre, including Harmony Ave resident Lara Rupac fear a child could be...
Shares plunge close to 10pc for Gold Coast child care giant G8 Education
Gold Coast Bulletin - Alister Thomson - July 8, 2019Shares in Gold Coast-based childcare giant G8 Education have been hammered in early trade. The share price was down 29.5¢, or 9.60 per cent, to $2.775 by 1pm, wiping $138 million off the Varsity Lakes-based company’s market capitalisation. The Gary Carroll-led G8 has struggled recently...
