Child Care News
Teacher training, pay and performance: What makes a difference to kids?
ABC News - Emily Clark - November 30, 2017Teacher training, pay and performance are often the subject of studies and reports that generate tense public discussion, so let's boil it down to one thing: what actually helps children learn? What levers within an early childhood education system can be pulled to improve how well a child can...
Families angry local service provider snubbed in favour of Sydney company
Western Advocate - Jacinta Carroll - November 29, 2017PARENTS utilising before and after school care fear they will no longer be able to afford the service following news the Central West Out Of School Hours service is to be replaced by a Sydney-based provider after December 22. CWOOSH, operated by locals Tanya and Craig Gill, provides...
Programs that encourage dads to take time off benefit everyone
Sydney Morning Herald - Caitlin Fitzsimmons - November 28, 2017The more that childcare is seen as a shared responsibility for men and women, the more that women will be able to participate fully in economic life. If the pattern is set early that both parents are responsible for child rearing, it won't automatically be the mother who works part time...
Off-the-plan childcare centres sell for $10.5m
Sydney Morning Herald - Simon Johanson - November 28, 2017Two childcare centres in Melbourne's south-east have sold off the plan to a Chinese investor for $10.5 million. The centres sold on a yield of 6.3 per cent, slightly higher than average, reflecting a discount for purchasing two properties in one line, Savills Australia''s Jesse Radisich said...
'Ms Trunchbull' beat disabled girl, 4, at childcare: Court
The Daily Telegraph - Ian Paterson - November 28, 2017A CHILDCARE worker - who was referred to as "Ms Trunchbull" from popular children's book Matilda by other staff - repeatedly assaulted an intellectually disabled child and left another to sit in a soiled cot, a court has heard. Kayte Szabo, a former staff member of the St Andrews Children's...
Primo Smallgoods' abbatoir expanstion at Port Wakefield limited by lack of suitable childcare says council CEO
The Advertiser - Renato Castello - November 28, 2017LACK of childcare facilities in the Port Wakefield region is restricting further expansion of meat processing giant Primo Smallgoods. Wakefield Regional Council chief executive Jason Kuchel said Primo, which employs about 400 staff at its Pareora Rd abbatoir, had "indicated" to the council...
Developers flick the switch on over-supplied apartment sites
The Australian - Robyn Ironside & Ben Wilmot - November 27, 2017Developers are ditching apartment projects and replacing them with office towers, hotels and even childcare centres in oversupplied areas of cities around Australia. While the market was abuzz recently after a big switch from a 90-storey Lang Walker-owned apartment tower to an...
Childcare centres forced to make bills more transparent
Daily Telegraph - Annika Smethurst - November 26, 2017CHILDCARE centres will be forced to list the number of hours billed to parents alongside the number of hours each child spends in care in a bid to boost transparency and drive down prices. Most childcare centres charge a daily rate, regardless of how many hours each child actually...
WA schoolchildren to be taught anti-family violence program
Perth Now - Kate Campbell & Lanai Scarr - November 26, 2017The development came as the former sex discrimination commissioner called on childcare and preschools to read books to children that have a more gender-equal message. Elizabeth Broderick said achieving things like pay equality and zero violence against women starts with the...
Day by Day: Learning Together app gives parents and kids fun learning activies
News.com.au - Susie O'Brien - November 26, 2017A FREE app giving parents fun and educational activities to do around the home is now available. The Day by Day: Learning Together app, designed for mums and dads and children up to the age of three, has been developed by the state government and Save the Children. Parents are...
No kidding: Childcare centres the new 'golden child' of property investment
The West Australian - Helen Shield - November 25, 2017Exponential rental growth in childcare assets is outstripping that of all other property sectors, creating a new "golden child" of property investment and prompting a rash of research. Burgess Rawson's Childcare Property Investment Report declares childcare centres are Australia's...
Hills International College puts fun into teaching coding language
The Australian - November 25, 2017In the backdrop was the knowledge that parents were increasingly concerned about the amount of time their children were spending in front of a computer screen. So, in a bid to minimise exposure to devices, particularly for the younger students, the school set about developing a screenless...
Companies should address the pay gap before offering female employees paid egg-freezing
Herald Sun - Wendy Tuohy - November 23, 2017If their partner has no parental leave provisions or flexibility at work, young women considering having a family are faced with a choice between trying to afford childcare out of their wage. And when research shows the mother's wage is most often used to cover childcare fees, while the father pays...
Is this the one thing Greens and One Nation agree on?
Queensland Times - Geoff Egan - November 23, 2017IT MAY be the one issue One Nation and Greens agree on. The two minor parties have agreed to support all the policies childcare providers are crying out for. The Greens and One Nation said they would fund kindergarten for three-year-olds - a policy the LNP did not back and Labor said it would...
Mum says government has no power to vaccinate kids
The Australian - Pia Akerman - November 23, 2017Publicly funded lawyers representing a mother who opposes her children being vaccinated while they are in state care have told a judge the courts have no power to make such an order, even if it is in the children's best interests. The children's father, who cannot be identified, yesterday told the...
