Child Care News
Childcare relief for locked down families
The Canberra Times - Marion Rae - June 3, 2021Families in Victoria can save on childcare fees during the latest lockdown if forced to miss days. "Today we have declared a local area emergency for Victoria," federal department of education deputy secretary Ros Baxter told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday. Anyone who has used up...
Two-storey childcare centre proposed for residential area of Pasadena
The Advertiser - Ben Cameron - June 3, 2021Two residential properties in Pasadena could be demolished for a two-storey childcare centre. Plans have been lodged with the state government’s development assessment panel for the centre, at 40 and 42 Cash Grove, approximately 150m from the Pasadena Shopping Centre...
Matron Swinton Childcare Centre commits to giving children a healthy start
The Sector - Freya Lucas - June 2, 2021Matron Swinton Child Care Centre, in Victoria’s Warrnambool, is a service that is committed to giving all its children a healthy start and understands the positive impact early childhood services can have on helping children establish healthy eating habits. As a result of this commitment...
Schools brace for more remote learning, call for staff vaccinations
The Age - Madeleine Heffernan and Adam Carey - June 1, 2021The think tank behind Victoria’s coronavirus catch-up tutors program says the Andrews government should urgently prioritise reopening schools to limit lost learning for struggling students, as principals prepare for the possibility that remote learning will continue for a second week...
Development Application approved for proposed Guyra preschool
Mirage News - Armidale Regional Council - June 1, 2021The Development Application (DA) for the proposed Guyra Early Childhood Learning Centre was approved at the May 26 Ordinary Council Meeting, subject to conditions. The DA is for the construction of a proposed centre-based child care facility to be built behind the Guyra Civic...
Would Shareholders Who Purchased MindChamps PreSchool's (SGX:CNE) Stock Three Years Be Happy With The Share price Today?
Simply Wall St - May 31, 2021Investing in stocks inevitably means buying into some companies that perform poorly. But long term MindChamps PreSchool Limited (SGX:CNE) shareholders have had a particularly rough ride in the last three year. The silver lining is that the stock is up 3.7% in about a week...
Mayfield Childcare releases trading update, confirms new acquisition
The Sector - Jason Roberts - June 1, 2021Victoria focussed early childhood education and care (ECEC) provider Mayfield Childcare Ltd has released a Q1 2021 trading update and provided some detail on a new long day care (LDC) service acquisition. The Group generated underlying revenue of $8.0 million in the quarter...
Shiftworkers say securing childcare almost impossible
ABC News - Matilda Marozzi - June 1, 2021When Clare Stirling went back to work part time as a nurse after the birth of her twins, finding care that worked around her shifts was almost impossible. "Overnight family day care or a private nanny are really your only options," she said. "Nannies are not cheap but financially it was not ...
‘Absolute beast’: Authorities express concern as daily local infection tally grows to 11
The Age - David Estcourt and Adam Carey - May 31, 2021Victoria’s coronavirus cluster has grown by 11 new locally acquired cases on Monday as the state’s top health official described the task of managing the outbreak as an “absolute beast”. A preschool in Viewbank closed on Monday morning after a staff member visited a coronavirus ...
Blanket bans on food allergens at schools, childcare should be overturned
Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - May 31, 2021Childcare centres and schools should not be “nut-free” and should avoid blanket bans of food allergens, an international panel of experts has advised. Immunologists, allergy specialists, parents and researchers from seven countries, including Australia, are challenging the way ...
Educators are essential…but can’t afford to live in Sydney or Melbourne much longer
The Sector - Freya Lucas - May 31, 2021Essential workers, including those working in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, are being pushed out of the Sydney and Melbourne market by high housing costs, a survey from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has found, flagging concerns ...
Safe sleep and settling survey reveals big gaps in educator knowledge on ECEC sleep
The Sector - Freya Lucas - May 31, 2021In late 2019/early 2020 Ternity Group (Safe Sleep Space and Sleep Smart) undertook a survey to gain an insight and an understanding of safe sleep and settling practices within the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, revealing some concerning knowledge gaps ...
Greenvale West families supported with integrated children’s hub opening
The Sector - Freya Lucas - May 31, 2021Victorian Minister for Early Childhood Education Ingrid Stitt and Member for Yuroke Ros Spence visited the new $7.07 million Greenvale West Community Centre last Friday to officially open the facility. Designed to support families to access early childhood services under one roof ...
Mixed use commercial development will feature ECEC as Vic looks to post pandemic life
The Sector - Freya Lucas - May 31, 2021A mixed-use development in the Victorian suburb of Richmond has been “designed for a world that has been altered due to the paradigm shifts brought by COVID-19,” and features onsite childcare facilities. Industry Lanes, is billed as “a workplace designed specifically for the 21st c ...
Toowoomba’s Genius Childcare centre in Kearneys Spring goes up for auction
The Chronicle - Tom Gillespie - May 31, 2021A major Toowoomba childcare centre will go under the hammer, less than three years after it was bought for a whopping sum. Burgess Rawson has listed the Genius Childcare site on Ruthven Street in Kearneys Spring on the market. The 130-place centre will go to auction on June 23 ...
