On Tuesday 21 June, a free webinar hosted by Raising Children Network, presented by Dr Fallon Cook will be conducted on a range of strategies that will help babies and toddlers who are having sleep difficulties.
Animal rights activist group PETA, has written to Lego, requesting that their new farm toy set be rebranded as an "animal sanctuary."
Goodstart Early Learning is now included as one of the 43 Australian organisations in the National Indigenous Employment Index, that represent indigenous employment. It is the only early learning provider, which includes a comprehensive snapshot of Indigenous employment representation processes and experiences.
Dharug, the first language of the Sydney Basin area, is among the other Aboriginal languages that are being taught to 16 NSW public preschools across the state.
The webinar helps to recognise the signs and symptoms that indicate a child has been affected by an infectious disease. It provides guidance on recognising and managing occurrences of infectious diseases, and practical information on gastro, respiratory illnesses and other infectious diseases common in children and more.
The early education sector is struggling to find enough staff due to COVID, influenza and burnout. With services failing to achieve educator-to-child ratios due to colder weather, the relaxation of mask rules for staff, and an increase in colds and flu.
In the last five years, at least 68 children have been left on buses in Australia, a rate of more than once per month.
While working at a Canberra childcare service, a 28-year-old man was accused of indecently assaulting two children and physically assaulting another, according to reports.
The NSW and Commonwealth governments are providing fee-free part and full qualification courses for job searchers and existing workers in the early childhood education and care sector under the NSW JobTrainer programme. JobTrainer provides fee-free training that is fully financed by the NSW and Commonwealth governments.
The going wage for a nanny in Sydney, according to nanny agencies and the Find a Babysitter website, is between $25 and $40 per hour, based on experience and qualifications. Casual childcare in the evening might cost up to $45 per hour. While the third year of a Certificate 3 certification, the award wage for a childcare worker is $25.26 per hour.
The NSW Departments of Education and Communities and Justice hosted a workshop on navigating child safety reporting duties on March 28, 2022, which is currently still available to view. The webinar provides information on child reporting obligations and navigating reporting child safety issues or child protection concerns to the relevant agencies.
In practice, it has been found that educational resources like story books, often fall short of representing such gender equity. In respect to this, a study titled ’Gender Equity in Early Childhood Picture Books: A Cross-Cultural Study Of Frequently Read Picture Books In Early Childhood Classrooms in Australia and the United States", investigated the nature of gender representation in children’s literature in eight early learning centres in Australia and the United States. The following article provides information on the Research, Data Analysis, Research Findings, What Services Can Do and more.
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.
