Child Care News
Childcare and early learning policies could swing majority of parents' votes: survey
The Armidale Express - July 26, 2021Early years of children's lives should be a standing agenda item for national cabinet, says former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill, not an ad hoc matter. The Thrive by Five chief executive released new polling showing about three-quarters of Australians support a universal ...
New OSHC videos created to inspire environments, partnerships and program planning
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 26, 2021The Community Child Care Association (CCC) has collaborated with the Victorian Department of Education and Training to create a series of three videos showcasing best practice in outside school hours care (OSHC) covering environments, partnerships with families ...
Big Fat Smile added to the list of providers waiving gap fees in NSW as COVID-19 continues
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 26, 2021Big Fat Smile became the latest in an ever growing list of early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers to waive the gap fees for families who choose not to send their children to care during the COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales late last week. “At Big Fat Smile ...
YMCA WA considers flexible childcare at new early learning centre in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
The West - Tegan Guthrie, Kalgoorlie Miner - July 25, 2021YMCA WA's new childcare centre on the horizon for Kalgoorlie-Boulder will not only help alleviate the childcare shortage in town but could ...
Gunnedah Family Day Care safeguarded for three years after receiving $400,000
The Northern Daily Leader - Cody Tsaousis - July 24, 2021Gunnedah Family Day Care (GFDC) has received a massive helping hand after gaining $400,000 in sustainability support, which will help them operate and expand over the next three years. Manager Kerry Patterson said it was "amazing" and would mean a great deal to the ...
ICPA hears about fears for early childhood in the bush
Queensland Country Life - Sally Gall - July 23, 2021Two early childhood motions were debated at the state Isolated Children's Parents' Association conference at Cunnamulla last month but they highlighted the plight rural Australia is faced with as a whole. The conference passed two motions from the local branch, the first being ...
Proposed Arthur Summervilles Road child care centre
The Courier Mail - Lachlan McIvor - July 23, 2021Hundreds of local residents have raised objections about a proposed child care centre in a leafy Ipswich suburb, with the under fire development set to go before councillors before a final decision is made. Griffith Group submitted a development application to Ipswich City Council ...
Murraylands childcare services receive funding boost
The Murray Valley Standard - Dylan Hogarth - July 23, 2021Murrylands childcare services will share in over $2 million in Federal Government funding allocated to the electorate of Barker to help meet the needs of families. Childcare services in Murray Bridge, Karoonda, Meningie and Tailem Bend are among 17 across Barker to recieve ...
$400k worth of good news for Batlow Apple Tree Learning Centre
Tatimes.com.au - Josh Gidney - July 23, 2021The Batlow Apple Tree Learning Centre has received $400,000 funding through the federal government’s Community Child Care Fund. The funding is part of $1.39 million in additional funding for child care services in the Eden-Monaro electorate, and much of it has gone to places ...
ICPA hears about fears for early childhood in the bush
Queensland Country Life - Sally Gall - July 23, 2021Two early childhood motions were debated at the state Isolated Children's Parents' Association conference at Cunnamulla last month but they highlighted the plight rural Australia is faced with as a whole. The conference passed two motions from the local branch, the first being ...
Fairfield Council to waive LDC and preschool service fees as NSW lockdown persists
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 22, 2021Parents who use the long day care (LDC) and preschool services of Fairfield Council, and who choose to keep their children home during New South Wales; extended lockdown will have their gap fees waived, the Council recently announced. To be eligible for the waiver parents ...
Casterton childcare centre facing temporary closure under new border bubble rules
ABC Wimmera - Andrew Kelso - July 22, 2021A council-run childcare centre in Casterton says it may have to temporarily close if changes are not made to the border bubble between Victoria and South Australia. Three staff at the council-run Kathleen Millikan Centre live in Mount Gambier, and under changes announced ...
FDC educator Kerri Fortescue nominated for FDCA Excellence award
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 22, 2021Victorian family day care (FDC) educator Kerri Fortescue has been nominated in the national Family Day Care Awards after working as an educator for Corangamite Shire Council for 13 years. Ms Fortescue said she finds her work incredibly rewarding, estimating that she’s helped ...
Goodstart’s Alma-Jane O’Donnell addresses WAIMH Conference 17th World Congress
The Sector - Freya Lucas - July 22, 2021The National Manager of Goodstart Early Learning’s Child and Family Service, Alma-Jane O’Donnell, addressed delegates from the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) Conference last month as a panelist at the 17th World Congress which attracted thousands of scientific ...
Feedback invited on $2m childcare plan in Yanchep
Perth Now - Lucy Jarvis - July 22, 2021Consultation is open on plans for a $2.1 million childcare centre near Yanchep Rise Primary School. The City of Wanneroo has invited feedback until August 5 on the development application for 91 Ariane View, located behind homes on Moorpark Avenue. The proposed single-storey ...
