Child Care News
Plan ahead and register for kindergarten 2022 now
Mirage News - March 16, 2021Is your child going to kindergarten next year? Registrations are open for eligible children to attend kindergarten on the Mornington Peninsula in 2022. We recommend families register on time before Sunday 18 July, as this gives you the best chance of getting a spot at the kindergarten ...
Six session program is showing strong results in shaping children’s behaviour
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 16, 2021A home-based parenting program, designed to prevent childhood behaviour challenges by working with children as young as 12 months of age, has shown strong results during its first public health trial. Although contextualised to the home environment, the findings and structure...
Aberdeen welcomes innovative outdoor learning ELC for preschoolers
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 16, 2021Outdoor learning and play based practices are being embraced in the Scottish city of Aberdeen, with work on an innovative outdoor early learning centre for preschool children to begin Aberdeen’s Duthie Park later this month. The park’s East Lodge will be the hub for the project...
Child care centre complains to Tweed Shire Council about ibis ‘raining poo’ in the area
Gold Coast Bulletin - Luke Mortimer - March 15, 2021Tweed Shire Council carried out an odd Public Health Risk Assessment after a child care centre complained ibis have been defecating in the area so often it’s “like raining poo”. The council found the “smell, noise, and unsightliness of the ibis excrement may cause discomfort” ...
Boost for early learning as new centre opens in Wallan
Mirage News - March 15, 2021More than 60 children have started their early learning journey at the new Wallan East Family and Children’s Centre. Funded by the Victorian Government and Mitchell Shire Council, the $2.4 million centre was officially opened by Member for Yan Yean Danielle Green and Mitchell Shire Mayor ...
Windermere Bay Precinct at old Claremont Primary School site gets tick from Glenorchy City Council
The Advertiser - Blair Richards and Emma Home - March 15, 2021Glenorchy City Council has given the green light to a major housing and mixed use development at the site of the former Claremont primary school. The proposed Windermere Bay Precinct will feature 315 apartments and townhouses, local shops and a childcare centre within a parkland setting...
COVID-19 transmission remains low in NSW education settings, Term 4 data shows
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 15, 2021The spread of COVID-19 remained “extremely low” in New South Wales schools and early childhood settings, a new data set has shown, with onward transmission of only 1.2 per cent in Term 4 2020, consistent with findings from earlier in the year. COVID-19 in schools and ECEC services...
Wycheproof families welcome opening of new early learning centre
The Sector - Freya Lucas - March 15, 2021Families in the small rural Victorian town of Wycheproof will now have access to more kinder places with a new early learning centre officially opened by Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp, early last week. The centre is located on the grounds of Wycheproof P-12 College ...
Victorian state school parents spend record $400m on ‘free’ education
The Age - Adam Carey and Anna Prytz - March 15, 2021Victorian state school families spent more than $400 million last year in “parent payments” on education essentials, sparking protests that the money is being used to compensate for the chronic under-funding of public schools. The record figure, $400.1 million for the 2019-20 ...
Birth strike: the fertility rate in NSW is set to dive
The Sydney Morning Herald - Matt Wade - March 14, 2021There was little fanfare. But last month the NSW government published some blockbuster findings on the state’s future. A report posted on the NSW Treasury website with the catchy title Preliminary Fertility Rate Projections for the 2021 NSW Intergenerational Report flagged a precipitous...
Orange child care centre with 98 places in $1 million plan
Central Western Daily - David Fitzsimons - March 14, 2021A large house recently bought for $742,500 would be demolished to make way for a child care centre under a $1 million plan currently before Orange City Council ...
UC STEM research receives $USD100,000 for schools pilot
Canberra Weekly - Erin Cross - March 13, 2021The University of Canberra’s (UC) STEM Education Research Centre has received $USD100,000 from international IT security, data and analytics-software organisation, Rapid7, to help fund a pilot. The ground-breaking Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) pilot will be rolled out...
Federal Government issues new advice ahead of “balancing” of Child Care Subsidy
The Sector - Jason Roberts - March 12, 2021The Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) has issued a notice to providers and services encouraging them to alert parents to the importance of reporting their incomes to Services Australia ahead of the “balancing” of the Child Care Subsidy (CCS)...
If we want to fix the gender pay gap, we need to look at childcare
nine.com.au - Deborah Knight - March 11, 2021OPINION: It's interesting to see these full-page ads in today's papers, signed by an impressive list of Australian business and corporate heavyweights. Heads of charities and superannuation funds, union and education bosses - and they all happen to be women ...
Female leaders pen letter to PM: ‘Don’t forget women in the next budget’
Women's Agenda - Jessie Tu - March 11, 2021A number of prominent female leaders have signed a letter addressed to the Prime Minister urging him to correct the injustices of workplace gender inequality. “We know that while inequality persists, true development and economic growth can never flourish,” the letter began ...
