Child Care News
COVID-19's 'baby boom' highlights need for more childcare centres, early childhood educators
ABC Central Victoria - Shannon Schubert and Fiona Parker - July 30, 2021Chantelle Maher has just given birth to her second child, Ardie, who is one of more than 140 children born at Bendigo Health this month in an extended baby boom that is putting pressure on early childhood services. Bendigo mum Tess Casey has one child in daycare and ...
Childcare services throughout Flynn will be awarded grants via the Community Child Care Fund
Courier Mail - Jacob McBride - July 30, 2021Select childcare services throughout the Flynn electorate are set to benefit from over $1 million courtesy of a Liberal National Government Fund. Under the LNP’s Community Child Care Fund (CCCF), an additional $1,021,162 will be allocated to support child care services in localities ...
Country Fire Service has concerns with proposed Eden Hills childcare centre
Adelaide Now - Ben Cameron - July 30, 2021The Country Fire Service has raised a number of bushfire safety issues with a proposed childcare centre in the Adelaide foothills. Two residential homes could be demolished to make way for a new 108 student childcare centre along a busy southern road. Submitted by ...
Parents angry they’ve been billed for childcare sessions while their kids were in lockdown
Adelaide Now - Rebecca Baker and Brad Crouch - July 30, 2021South Australian parents are angry they are being slugged childcare costs totalling hundreds of dollars during lockdown, despite having to keep their kids at home. A father-of-two from Adelaide’s inner south has ...
Are you a working parent? Here’s why you should consider family day care for your child
HerCanberra - Jil Hogan - July 29, 2021Finding the perfect childcare option for your children that is available, affordable, and conveniently located can be difficult, not to mention somewhere that is safe, has a great atmosphere, a great program and highly-trained educators. If you are on the hunt for childcare ...
How school drop-off could soon look different
Herald Sun - Kieran Rooney - July 29, 2021Victorians could soon be banned from idling their cars outside schools and daycare centres, with scientists warning the government air pollution is shrinking children’s lungs and risking long-term health. A parliamentary inquiry into air pollution has been told Australia is decades ...
Childcare at 2045 per cent not a worry as COVID upends inflation
The Sydney Morning Herald - Shane Wright - July 28, 2021Even the Australian Bureau of Statistics had to double-check its numbers. The annual rate of inflation for childcare in Sydney is now a mind-boggling 2045 per cent. In Melbourne it was “just” 1914 per cent. Never in the bureau’s history has inflation been measured at such a level.
National recognition for South Hurstville Kindergarten
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader - Jim Gainsford - July 28, 2021Georges River Council's South Hurstville Kindergarten has achieved national recognition for providing high quality children's health care. South Hurstville Kindergarten received an overall rating of "Exceeding National Quality Standard" as assessed by the Australian Children's Education ...
Border blues for council-run childcare on Victorian/South Australian border
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 28, 2021A change to the South Australian/Victorian “border bubble”, introduced as both states continue to battle community outbreaks of COVID-19, may have a large impact on a small council-run service in the Victorian town of Casterton, 42 km from the South Australian border.
Cumberland City Council decide to keep ECEC centres “in house” after extensive review
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 27, 2021New South Wales-based Cumberland City Council has confirmed that it will keep the operation of its portfolio of child care centres “in house” after an extensive review was conducted by a working group tasked with exploring how to mitigate ballooning costs and a more competitive...
Top ten best childcare centres on the south coast
The Daily Telegraph - Alasdair McDonald - July 27, 2021Childcare is becoming increasingly more valuable as the population of the south coast grows, but it can be hard to know which centres are the best for children. Childcare centres are assessed by the NSW Department of Education on seven quality areas, such as educational programs...
Kallaroo childcare centre proposal out for consultation
Perth Now - Tyler Brown, Joondalup Times - July 27, 2021A proposal to replace two Kallaroo homes with a childcare centre made up of two single-storey buildings is out for public comment. Located at 20 Stanford Road and 104 Mullaloo Drive, the Keiki Early Learning centre would accommodate a maximum of 80 children...
Memo to decision-makers: Early education & care is a vote-changer
Women's Agenda - Georgie Dent - July 26, 2021New polling shows about three-quarters of Australians support a universal early education and care system, and more than half say it could influence their vote. More than two-thirds of parents with children under school age say the issue is a vote-changer for them ...
Childcare centre, popular shopping mall among growing list of Qld exposure sites
news.com.au - Blake Antrobus, Catie McLeod - July 26, 2021Authorities had already listed more than 50 venues they consider “close contact” sites, including an adult entertainment store, multiple restaurants and a Goodstart Early Learning childcare centre in Parkwood visited several times between July 12 and 23. Acting Premier Steven Miles ...
Goodstart Early Learning wins National Safety Award
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 26, 2021Goodstart Early Learning’s response o the challenges presented to early childhood services by the COVID-19 pandemic has been recognised in the Australian Workplace Health and Safety Awards, with the early childhood education and care provider securing a win in the ...