Five little snowmen standing in a row.
Each had a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and it shone all day.
One little snowman melted away.
Four little snowmen standing in a row.
Each had a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and it shone all day.
One little snowman melted away.
Three little snowmen standing in a row.
Each had a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and it shone all day.
One little snowman melted away.
Two little snowmen standing in a row.
Each had a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and it shone all day.
One little snowman melted away.
One little snowmen standing all alone.
He had a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and it shone all day.
And the one little snowman melted away.
Now all the little snowmen melted away!
Snowflakes snowflakes all around,
In the air and on the ground.
Some are big and some are small,
Roll them into a snowball.
When the sun comes out to play,
Watch as they all melt away!
When my teeth start to chatter and my fingers freeze,
That's how I know it's cold.
When I shiver and shake from a little bitty breeze,
That's how I know it's cold.
When I see my breath like smoke in the air,
It's really kind of fun so I don't care
If it's cold. It's C-C-Cold!
It's C-C-Cold, BRRRR! I wish I had fur.
I wish I was a bear with furry, furry hair.
It's cold! It's C-C-Cold!
When the ground is covered with fluffy white snow,
That's how I know it's cold.
When the trees are full of icicles,
That's how I know it's cold.
I'll wear my hat and scarf and gloves.
I'm just a kid who really loves
When it's cold. It's C-C-Cold!
It's C-C-Cold, BRRRR! I wish I had fur.
I wish I was a bear with furry, furry hair.
It's cold! It's C-C-Cold!
I built a snowman yesterday.
I know that he won't melt away
Because it's cold! It's C-C-Cold!
As part of a $53 million Mental Health in Education program, announced by the Turnbull government, three-year-olds in childcare and students from preschool and kindergarten upwards will be taught about suicide awareness and mental health.
Early Childhood Australia CEO Sam Page said helping to develop resilient children who were aware of their emotions and mental health could have a real impact in preventing them from being at risk of suicide later on in life.
“If we teach all children how to name their emotions, how to feel sad and how to recover from that ... then we are more likely to have reduced instances of depression and that in turn will reduce the number of children trying to suicide,” Ms Page said.
While the word “suicide” won’t be used directly with three-year-olds, discussions around feelings of “not wanting to be here” or “wanting to die” could be addressed in the right context.
Health Minister Greg Hunt will announce teachers from childcare through to Year 12 will be provided additional mental health and suicide training in their university degrees or VET education.
Those already teaching will undergo additional online and face-to-face training to better improve the discussion with children around the issue.
The program will be run by Beyond Blue in partnership with Early Childhood Australia and Headspace.
It will begin early next year with two-thirds of all schools to be involved — 2000 Early Learning Services and 6000 schools — by June 2019.
Reference:
Rudd, Matilda (2017), Three Year Olds Discuss Suicide Awareness, Daily Mail Australia
From the 01 July 2017, the Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.3% increase in minimum wages. The increase will apply to base rates of pay from the first full pay period starting on or after 01 July 2017.
From 01 Feb 2018, a revised NQS will be introduced to help clarify how quality is rated in education and care services.
Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions describe how children explore during the Kindergarten Year within a holistic learning program.
ACECQA is very concerned that some educators with first aid certificates are not trained in medical emergencies, due to the fact that dodgy training colleges are handing out qualifications to incompetent students.
NSW Early Childhood Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the state government would “use the full extent of the law’’ to deal with dodgy childcare qualifications.
“Services and individuals that have submitted fraudulent documentation will be investigated and can be prosecuted,’’ she said.
All staff in family daycare, and at least one carer in each long daycare centre, must be trained in first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma management.
“A situation where a student has completed one qualification and is incorrectly deemed competent, could present a serious and significant risk to children being educated and cared for,’’ ACECQA warns in a submission to the Department of Education and Training.
“A failure of graduates to properly administer first aid to children in their care in times of emergency carries a high risk to children and could have life-threatening consequences.’’
Childcare centres have also complained about qualified educators who do not possess the basic literacy skills expected of them. ACECQA criticised the poor English skills of some educators and calls for mandatory literacy tests before students graduate.
It has been demanded by The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) of private daycare centres to the Federal Education Department to take “bold action’’ against training colleges that fail to properly train staff.
“The very nature of the industry evolves around very young and, as such, vulnerable children who are reliant on the competency and skills of their educators,’’ it said.
Reference:
Bita, Natasha (2017), Kids Lives At Risk In Childcare First Aid Fail, Daily Telegraph,
NSW Health has issued an alert for an outbreak of measles in South Western and Western Sydney.
Three infants and a young adult from the western Sydney region, and a young adult from Queensland who spent time in far northern NSW, have contracted the disease.
Of the cases, the three were infants were too young to be vaccinated and the adult could not remember their vaccination status. One infant acquired the disease from a previously reported case.
It is important for everyone to ensure that they have received at least two doses of measles containing vaccine (MMR). Infants and young children are vaccinated with measles containing vaccine at 12 months and 18 months of age. Older children and adults born during or after 1966 should ensure that they have been vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. The Measles vaccine is free, so please make sure you visit you local GP and make sure you have had the recommended 2 doses.
Symptoms of measles include fever, sore eyes and a cough followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash spreading from the head and neck to the rest of the body.
People with measles symptoms should seek medical advice as soon as possible, stay home from work or school, and limit other activities to avoid exposing other vulnerable people, such as infants, to the infection.Children shold be excluded for 4 days after the onset of the rash
For more information in regards to signs, symptoms and prevention of measles, read: Measles
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