Child Care News
Childcare billions to woo women flagged
Australian Financial Review - Ronald Mizen - April 24, 2021The Morrison government is considering spending billions more on childcare subsidies as part of a suite of measures to ease the cost burden on families, increase workforce participation and win back estranged women voters. The moves could come as part of a big-spending ...
Theory vs reality in early childhood education and care
ACER Discover - Dr Dan Cloney - April 23, 2021In a recently published book that translates high-quality, peer-reviewed research into everyday practice for early childhood educators, ACER Senior Research Fellow Dr Dan Cloney explores the issues that currently prevent all children from getting the best start in life. There is a long ...
Culcairn Early Learning Services to Continue
Mirage News - April 23, 2021Greater Hume Council is committed to ensuring ongoing care and education services provided through the Culcairn Early Childhood Centre (CECC) and are working with CECC towards transitioning operations to Greater Hume Children Services. “Parents can be assured that ...
Australia may allow employers to require staff to be vaccinated
hrma asia - Charles Chau - April 23, 2021In a first of its kind, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has upheld the termination of a childcare worker who had refused to get a flu jab. Although the commission’s ruling “relates specifically to the influenza vaccination in a childcare environment”, the case could set a precedent that an ...
Early Learning STEM project awarded $USD 100,000 for expansion
Early Learning STEM project awarded $USD 100,000 for expansionThe Sector - Freya Lucas - April 23, 2021 The University of Canberra’s Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) program will benefit from a recent injection of funding provided by the Rapid7GivesBack initiative. Children in Canberra and New South Wales will benefit from the $USD100,000 ...
NSW Government introduces ECE Finder tool, streamlining care hunt for families
The Sector - Freya Lucas - April 23, 2021The New South Wales Government has introduced an ECE finder tool, designed to make it easier for families with young children to find high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) services which meet their needs. The finder was developed in conjunction with Service NSW...
Goodstart announces Xap as new childcare management system provider
The Sector - Jason Roberts - April 22, 2021Goodstart Early Learning have confirmed that Xap Technologies, and their all in one Xap 2.0 platform, will be its new childcare management system (CMS) provider in a media release. The decision was made after a trial of different CMS providers and marks the first such change since Goodstart was founded
Clare childcare centre connects kids with country through native garden
ABC News - Gillian Aeria and Georgia Roberts - April 23, 2021A childcare centre at Clare in South Australia's mid-north has planted a native food garden to help local kids connect with the Indigenous land they live on. Rebecca Sullivan and Costa Georgiadis, from the ABC's Gardening Australia program, visited The Gums Childcare Centre...
Applications open for Victoria’s KIS Program: Specialised Equipment Trial
The Sector - Freya Lucas - April 22, 2021Victoria’s Department of Education and Training (DET) is trialling a new element of the Kindergarten Inclusion Support (KIS) program, called the KIS Specialised Equipment Trial (SET). Specialised equipment supports children with significant additional needs to experience....
Ocean Grove childcare teacher bound for Miss World Australia finale as Victorian finalist
Geelong Advertiser - Natalee Kerr - April 22, 2021A Geelong childcare worker is vying to become Australia’s next Miss World contestant. Rebecca Watson, from Ocean Grove, was crowned a state finalist as part of the annual Miss World competition in Melbourne on Friday. Ms Watson was one of five Victorians selected out of 32 contestants...
Childcare worker sacked for refusing flu vaccine loses legal appeal
Sydney Morning Herald - Nick Bonyhady - April 21, 2021A childcare worker who was sacked for refusing to get vaccinated because she had a “conscientious objection” has lost a legal claim to get her job back. The Fair Work Commission backed major childcare provider Goodstart Early Learning, which required its staff to get a flu shot...
Spotting bullying a struggle for some early childhood teachers
The Age - Adam Carey - April 21, 2021Most teachers in kindergarten and early primary school fail to correctly identify bullying behaviour by young children, with a lack of training raising the risk of long-term psychological harm. Researchers who surveyed early childhood teachers found many struggled to distinguish ...
‘Significant win’: Around 12,000 early childhood teachers could soon get a pay rise
Women's Agenda - Madeline Hislop - April 20, 2021Some early childhood teachers could soon receive a pay rise, after the Fair Work Commission handed down a decision supporting pay rises of up to 10 per cent for teachers in early childhood education and care services. The decision was made in response to a claim by the Independent ...
Push for cheaper childcare to help get women into job
Herald Sun - Susie O'Brien - April 20, 2021Taxpayers should fund 95 per cent of the cost of childcare for low-income parents to boost the number of women in the workforce, early childhood groups say. The Minderoo Foundation is calling for more help for parents to meet childcare costs. Experts say the high cost of ...
Melbourne childcare: Gastro hot spots revealed with hundreds of centres impacted
Herald Sun - Kiel Egging - April 20, 2021Melbourne childcare centres have been washing toys and equipment with soapy water to stop students and staff from getting struck down by the state’s gastro outbreak. It comes after Department of Health figures revealed the nasty flu has torn through hundreds of Victorian ...
