Child Care News
12-week kindergarten-based yoga program improves behaviour in children
The Sector - Freya Lucas - April 9, 2019A new study, published in Frontiers of Psychology, has assessed the impact of a kindergarten-based yoga program on cognitive performance, visual-motor co-ordination, and inattentive and hyperactive behaviours in five year old children. In the study, researchers assessed...
'A gift of time': Children who start school later fare better, study finds
The Sydney Morning Herald - Jordan Baker - April 9, 2019A quarter of NSW children are starting school a year later than they are eligible, and the delay is helping them fare better in kindergarten than their younger peers, a landmark study has found. Affluent parents are more likely than disadvantaged or migrant parents to keep their child home...
How has education policy changed under the Coalition government?
The Conversation - Glenn C. Savage - April 9, 2019The Coalition’s approach to schooling policy since the 2016 election has primarily focused on its Quality Schools agenda. This centres on increased funding (A$307.7 billion in total school recurrent funding from 2018 to 2029). It also attempts to steer national reform in areas such as teaching...
Three top small-cap picks - Mayfield Childcare
The Australian Business Review - Tim Boreham - April 9, 2019Our quest for untapped value starts with Mayfield Childcare (MFD, 86c) shares, which have tumbled 20 per cent since going ex-dividend on March 5. But the 22c decline well exceeded the 8.97c-a-share payout. The smallest of the three listed childcare operators...
Seniors housing, childcare and gym on the plans at Paddy's Hotel site
Western Advocate - Rachel Chamberlain - April 9, 2019WITHIN a couple of years, the landscape of Paddy's Hotel is expected to look very different... His plan for the land surrounding Paddy's Hotels includes seniors housing complex, a gym and a 129-place daycare centre. "At the moment a daycare centre group from Sydney is building on the front block," ...
Revealed: True vaccination rate for one-year-olds in NSW is 2% higher than AIR had recorded
Daily Telegraph - Jane Hansen - April 9, 2019The vaccination rate for one-year-old children in NSW is at a record high. New figures reveal the true vaccination rate for one-year-olds is 96.2 per cent, 2 per cent higher than The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) had recorded and above the gold standard of 95 per cent for the first time...
Plibersek and Rishworth hit back against ‘cruel hoax’ Budget announcement
The Sector - Freya Lucas - April 8, 2019Both Tanya Plibersek, Shadow Minister for Education, and Amanda Rishworth, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Development, have hit back against last week’s Budget announcement, outlining the lack of long-term secured funding for four year old kindergarten ...
Queensland single mum fighting cancer left with $6500 childcare bill
9 News - Emily McPherson - April 8, 2019A Queensland single mother-of-two with cancer has told how she was left with a $6500 child care bill because of a mistake made by Centrelink... To manage the care of her children, Ms Odgers was given support through the Child Care Subsidy and Additional Child Care Subsidy...
Gym, childcare centre, fast food restaurants slated for vacant Primbee lot
The Daily Telegraph - Madeline Crittenden, Illawarra Star - April 8, 2019A fitness complex, child care centre and two new fast food restaurants have been proposed for a vacant lot at Primbee. Wollongong City Council has received an application for a two storey commercial building including fitness centre, 90 place child care facility...
Chatsworth residents want the speed limit in their town changed before there's a fatality
The Standard - Monique Patterson - April 8, 2019The town, north-west of Mortlake, has a child care centre operating on the road, which has become a popular short cut for people travelling between Hamilton and Ballarat in recent years. Resident Pat Bourchier said the safety of children and parents who used the child care centre was at risk...
Dream of the nation you want, then take it into the polling booth
Sydney Morning Herald - Sharman Stone - April 8, 2019Childcare will be tax-deductable, like a tradie's tools. And there will be no perverse incentive for a pre-school teacher to quit that job to take better pay at a primary school, even when their qualification is the same. Indeed, pre-school will be recognised as essential, so it will be compulsory and free...
MindChamps inks deal to buy 8 more early learning centres in Australia
The Business Times - April 7, 2019MINDCHAMPS PreSchool Limited, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to buy all the shares of seven companies that own and operate eight preschool centres in the suburbs of Sydney, for a total of nearly A$40.84 million (S$39.4 million)...
Bundaberg trial aimed at helping people with disabilities — with children
ABC News - Jenae Jenkins - April 7, 2019A new program is breaking down barriers by bringing together adults with disabilities and children in day care. The trial by Carinbundi Respite Services, a non-for-profit organisation in Bundaberg, south-east Queensland, aims to ensure those with a disability are not held back...
How parents keep track of their children
The West Australian - Rhianna Mitchell - April 6, 2019From nappy changes at daycare to canteen purchases at high school and journeys to and from home, technology has made it possible for parents to monitor their child’s every move. The market is saturated with smart watches, apps and bluetooth devices that allow parents to track their children...
She emailed 35 people. Her former employee got $237,000.
Sydney Morning Herald - Sally Rawsthorne - April 5, 2019A 23-year-old north shore childcare student has been awarded a $237,000 defamation payout from his former employer for an email sent to 35 people. TAFE student Matthew Bowden started working at Chatswood's Hubba Bubba Childcare on Haig in July 2015...
