Child Care News
Child safety trumps privacy as schools join abuse information-sharing scheme
The Age - Adam Carey - March 25, 2021Victorian schools, kindergartens and childcare centres will soon be authorised to share and receive sensitive information about vulnerable children without parental consent, in a bid to better spot early warning signs of family violence or neglect. On April 19, the start of term two...
Former Adelaide childcare worker Bronte John Ciracovitch facing child abuse charges
ABC News - March 24, 2021A former worker at a northern suburbs childcare centre has faced court charged with child sex offences. Bronte John Ciracovitch is charged with having a sexual relationship with a child, and producing and possessing child exploitation material. The 30-year-old worked at the Highway Child Care...
Numerous prosecutions outlined in latest round of NSW compliance breaches
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 24, 2021A number of outside school hours care (OSHC) services, along with family day care (FDC) and long day care services, have been named in the latest round of compliance updates from the New South Wales regulatory authority, the Department of Education. The largest penalty...
Massive $4.5m commercial development planned for Norlane
Geelong Advertiser - Harrison Tippet - March 24, 2021Developers have unveiled plans to bulldoze nine Norlane properties to make way for a multimillion-dollar medical, dental and childcare hub. he developers lodged an updated planning permit application with the City of Greater Geelong to demolish the nine properties on land...
Meet the NSW Council offering $2,000 incentives to open FDC service
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 24, 2021Orange City Council, located in rural New South Wales, is offering $2,000 to people willing to set up a home-based family day care (FDC) business, with the one-off incentive payment designed to help with set-up costs such as buying furniture and resources. The incentive payment...
The local women leaders playing an important role in early childhood development
HerCanberra - Jil Hogan - March 24, 2021When Ayesha Durrani’s family day care children get dropped off for the day, they don’t feel like they’re going to day care but instead feel like they’re heading into their second home. After working as an educator in traditional out of school hours care programs for almost a decade...
The Underestimated Value of Sensory Play in Early Childhood Education
The Sector - Michele Peden - March 24, 2021From the time a child is born, they enter a world in which their senses are ignited, and they begin to process new information. Therefore, senses enable children to investigate, explore and make sense of the world around them. Whilst sensory play sounds (and can be) messy ...
Caboolture childcare centre fined after leaving child on a bus for more than an hour
Caboolture childcare centre fined after leaving child on a bus for more than an hourThe Courier Mail - Erin Smith - March 23, 2021 It is sheer luck that a three-year-old left locked in a bus by a southeast Queensland childcare centre, for more than an hour did not sustain any serious injuries, a court has heard. Andrew Parker, managing director of Guppys Elc Pty Ltd,...
Cairns jobs: Age and child care top industries in need of support
Cairns Post - Jack Lawrie - March 23, 2021Precruitment managing director Gayleen Toll said the aged-care and childcare sectors were desperately looking for new people, particularly in regional FNQ. “There’s a continued shortage in those professions … they’re also industries people are reluctant to make a change in ...
Indigenous early childhood program expands to Tennant Creek
Katherine Times - Tom Robinson - March 23, 2021An Indigenous early childhood program is being extended to Tennant Creek after a successful rollout in other parts of the NT. The Indi Kindi program is delivered by the Moriarty Foundation in partnership with UNICEF, and currently reaches 80 per cent of Indigenous children ...
Incentive payment to create jobs and childcare vacancies
Mirage News - March 23, 2021Orange City Council is offering $2,000 to people willing to set up a home-based Family Day Care business. The $2,000 one-off, incentive payment is designed to help with the initial costs of starting a Family Day Care business such as buying beds, linen, insurance and car-seats ...
Proposed Berry Springs childcare centre will see children raised alongside chicks, ducks and plants
NT News - Will Zwar - March 23, 2021A new child care centre with space for 74 children will open in Berry Springs after being approved by the Development Consent Authority this month. The Berry Springs Childcare Centre will embrace the rural surrounds into its design and curriculum, with plans for grass and ...
Revised plans requested for proposed Woodvale childcare
Perth Now - Tyler Brown, Joondalup Times - March 23, 2021A decision on a proposed Nido childcare centre in Woodvale has been deferred to allow the applicant to address some design concerns. The $2.1 million two-storey centre, proposed to replace two homes at 1 Tara Court and 26 Trappers Drive, would accommodate a maximum ...
Mackay council approves Mobil service station and CBD childcare centre
The Courier Mail - Tara Miko - March 23, 2021The council has also approved plans to turn an empty lot on Carlyle Street into a two-level building with a childcare centre on the first floor and office space on the second. The centre will operate from 6am to 6pm and include 763sq m of outdoor space, six indoor rooms, a reception ...
Shine Bright Early Years Hub opens in Maiden Gully
Bendigo Advertiser - Allanah Sciberras - March 23, 2021A new early learning hub has opened in Maiden Gully. Opening the Shine Bright Early Years Hub on Tuesday, Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards said it was important to invest in the educational future of the next generation. The new early years hub will deliver a new early learning centre ...
