Summer Farrelly is a 15-year-old Autistic Advocate where she had recently presented at the 2022 Australian Inclusive Schooling Conference. In this free webinar held on 21st June, Summer will be presenting the following topics covered including challenges autistic students face within the learning environment and identifying strategies that benefit the class as a whole, identifying and understanding autistic emotions and anxiety and more.
The Types Of Weather Posters are great for children to see the different types of weather that may happen. These can be used as a display or to teach children about the weather.
On Wednesday, June 08, The Department of Education, Early Childhood Education, will be conducting a free webinar on Ensuring Children’s Safety On Transport.
According to the most recent job figures, the need for childcare employees is at an all-time high. More than 3000 Educators are required in Sydney alone, with a total of 16,000 required across the country. In addition to the shortage, 37% of workers intend to leave the industry, many of whom are dissatisfied with their salary and working conditions, a sentiment compounded by the pandemic.
The Colour Mixing Posters display the final colour when two different colours are mixed together. These are great to display in the art/painting area for children to refer to and to identify colours.
An Australian researcher Dr Helen Adam, has warned that classic and popular children's stories could be harmful to children as they fail to portray diverse characters.
The Healing Foundation’s Stolen Generations Resource Kit for Educators and Children has been created to educate young people about the Stolen Generations. It makes it easy for the community to start the conversation and inform discussions using facts, real examples and stories.
The Australian Reptile Park has developed a new experience, Inclusive Kids 2 Keeper is a brand-new zookeeper experience, modified to be inclusive and accessible for children ages 7-18 who are living with a disability. This experience will give children with sensory processing disorders, autism, or reduced mobility the opportunity to experience a Kids 2 Keeper tour, alongside their carers.
The National Children’s Education and Care Workforce Strategy (2022-2031) has been developed to support the recruitment, retention, sustainability and quality of the sector workforce.
Golden Grove High School in Adelaide has removed the outer doors from the bathrooms to create gender-neutral bathrooms and hopes to provide "greater safety" for students when using stalls. This has received tons of criticism from parents.
Snowflake Counting 1 to 20 enables children to recognise and identify numbers 1 to 20 and add the correct number of snowflakes. This is great for children learning numbers, counting and number recognition. These can be laminated as well and used as play dough mats.
On 24 May 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the Quad Leaders’ Summit where he received a report from UNICEF that showed that Australia ranks 30 out of 39 economically advanced countries on the impact of environmental conditions on children's wellbeing.
On 9th May 2022, The Australian Building Codes Board published the preview of the National Construction Code 2022 for early childhood services. Most of the emphasis is on extra security measures of the risks associated with evacuating children from multi-storey buildings. These key changes will be adopted and implemented on 1 September 2022.
