With 1.3 million children in childcare and about 200,000 staff employed in the early childhood education and care sector, services throughout Australia will continue to remain open. The federal government's expert medical advice is for early childhood services to remain open and children to continue to attend childcare centres, except for those services directed by health authorities to close.
To visually demonstrate how easy to spread germs when coughing and sneezing on our hands without washing them.
Some services are having difficulty ordering food and essential items from their usual food supplier. This could be mainly due to widespread public fear of the Coronavirus and the potential periods of isolation and lockdowns.
Visually demonstrate how rinsing with water doesn't remove germs, soap is needed.
In South Granville, NSW, a 33-year-old man has been recently charged for allegedly claiming almost $100,000 in false childcare subsidy payments.
The following FAQ's were developed and responded to by Early Childhood Australia for all services currently opened. Questions answered include, if a child/parent has coronavirus what steps does a service have to take, what happens during forced closure, charging families who choose to keep child at home, how often should children be cleaning hands and more.
Grab the soap
Let’s have some fun
It’s time to sing the HappyHandz song
Wash your hands
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
Nice and clean
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
Front and back
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
And fingers in-between.
Scrub your nails
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
Monkey grip
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
Twist your thumbs
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
Clean your wrists
You’re nearly done!
It’s time to rinse
Not a germ insight
Grab a towel
And dry them right
All clean
Scrub Scrub ScrubbaDubbaDub
Now we’ve got Happy Clean Handz!
Reference:
HappyHandz, Hygiene and Kids
This 30-minute free online training available for Educators covers the fundamentals of infection prevention and control for COVID-19.
In Melbourne’s north-east, both parents of a child who attends a childcare centre tested positive to the coronavirus yet the childcare centre remains open.
The Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) includes Special Circumstances funding to support child care providers experiencing financial viability issues as a result of COVID-19, for example, withdrawals, reduced enrolments or service closures.
If your service closes due to COVID-19, it’s important to understand what your obligations are under Family Assistance Law and how you can apply for the Community Child Care Fund to cover business costs including wages.
If childcare centres shut down due to the coronavirus, parents will not have to pay childcare fees. Centres will not claim Child Care Subsidy and since child care isn't able to be offered to families, they must not be charged fees.
The following outlines your workplace entitlements and obligations if you're affected by the outbreak of coronavirus.
The following lists the sub outcomes, examples of evidence when children can achieve each sub outcome and how educators can promote and help children to achieve EYLF Learning Outcome 5: Children Are Effective Communicators.
