Child Care News
Food bans in schools discouraged in new allergy strategy
The Age - Mary Ward - October 7, 2021The National Allergy Strategy, a joint initiative of the peak bodies representing people affected by allergies and clinicians, on Thursday released new guidelines for the management of allergies and anaphylaxis in schools and childcare centres...
Daycare centres are exposing children to risky play, and there are unexpected results
ABC News - Kym Agius - October 7, 2021The diversity creates free-play zones, where children are in charge to take their own risks and set their own goals, whether it is physical, emotional or social. Mr Ritson said they can gravitate towards their needs for that day: Do they need to socialise and ride...
Sydney child care development site sells setting new record
The Market Herald - Rhys Prka - October 6, 2021A child care development property in Sydney's northwest has sold at auction for $5.061 million, setting a record for the sale price per childcare place in Australia. Healing the World Pty, a local child care operator, paid $101,220 per place for the 1,349sqm...
Rapid tests to be introduced in healthcare settings, schools as Victoria records 1420 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths
The Age - Cassandra Morgan - October 6, 2021Mr Foley said it was expected that children would eventually use the tests in childcare centres and schools. “It will be up to, particularly the private, agencies. But we would want to make sure that rapid antigen testing is as freely and as widely available to different...
Barbara Wallisch recognised in National Family Day Care Awards
The Sector - Freya Lucas - October 6, 2021Family day care (FDC) Educator Barbara Wallisch, who lives on the Central Coast of New South Wales, has been announced as one of 69 regional educators selected in the 2021 Family Day Care Australia Excellence in Family Day Care Awards...
$170m offer for Allaf childcare portfolio as sector hits new highs
Financial Review - Martin Kelly - October 5, 2021Surging childcare centre asset sales for 2021 are set to break all previous records with a buyer understood to have entered into a $170 million plus agreement to acquire the 21-asset Allaf Property childcare portfolio. Investors have been charging into the sector...
Centrelink chases Aussie families over $35.3 million in debts
Yahoo Finance - Jessica Yun - October 5, 2021The Morrison Government is chasing more than 48,000 Australian families to pay back millions in debt in a move that has been blasted as “hypocritical” and “astounding”. Figures from Services Australia reveal hundreds of families in every state are being pursued...
Demand for LDC jumps to new high in Q1 2021 with fee increases subdued says latest DESE report
The Sector - Jason Roberts - October 5, 2021The total number of children attending long day care (LDC) services in the three months ended March 2021 has topped 800,000 for the first time as demand bounced back strongly post a COVID-19 stricken 2020 according to the latest release of the Department...
Can ECEC providers exclude parents who are unvaccinated from attending ECEC?
The Sector - Freya Lucas - October 5, 2021The United Workers Union (UWU), which represents the interests of a number of those employed in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, is on record as being “unashamedly pro-vaccination”, with UWU Early Education Director Helen Gibbons...
Childcare sector examines how to protect workers and families from unvaccinated parents
The Age - Katina Curtis - October 4, 2021Childcare providers are seeking legal guidance on whether they can exclude children whose parents aren’t vaccinated against coronavirus as the sector looks at how to protect workers and families when the nation reopens. NSW, Victoria and the Northern Territory...
Council approves new childcare centre for Gleneagle, Scenic Rim
The Courier Mail - Madeline Grace - October 4, 2021A rural town in the Scenic Rim is set to get a brand new childcare centre, with the Council giving it the tick of approval. The developers from Scenic Rim Rise estate have had approval to build a large childcare centre at the corner of Mt Lindesay Hwy and Gould Hill Rd...
Countdown is on for ACT’s youngest learners to head back to face to face learning
The Sector - Freya Lucas - October 4, 2021The ACT Government has released details of a return to face to face learning for children of all ages in Term Four, including details for early childhood education and outside school hours care (OSHC). The timing of the staged return to school is in line with the ACT’s...
Thousands of families stung with childcare subsidy debts
Herald Sun - Tom Minear - October 3, 2021Thousands of families have been stung with childcare subsidy debts, sparking claims of hypocrisy as the federal government lets profitable businesses keep JobKeeper payments. The Herald Sun can reveal the government is trying to claw back $34.3m in childcare...
How vaccinated parents can deal with the unvaccinated at school, childcare, parties, sleepovers
Herald Sun - Sue Dunlevy and Maria Bervanakis - October 2, 2021Childcare/kinder:Is it unfair to ask that children from unvaxxed families be separated or excluded? If you are concerned about your child being infected with Covid at preschool, it is best to talk about your worries with the preschool itself. Ultimately...
Early childhood education in remote NSW moves online to help kids during lockdown
ABC News - Gary-Jon Lysaght - October 2, 2021It has meant a lot of services, including preschool, have been moved online. Prue Ritchie is consultant general manager at Bourke and District's Children's Services, a not-for-profit organisation catering for young children, which includes a childcare service, a preschool...
