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Early Childhood Services To Teach Indigenous Dialects For The First Time

Early Childhood Services To Teach Indigenous Dialects For The First Time

Victorian Centres have received funding to teach Indigenous dialects for the first time for children as young as 3. Under a new $17.9 million state government initiative, Aboriginal languages Chinese and Auslan are the most popular choice for Victorian Kindergart…
National Children's Week - Celebrating Children's Rights

National Children's Week - Celebrating Children's Rights

From 19 October - 28 October, we celebrate National Children's Week. It's a celebration of children's rights and the right for children to enjoy childhood. During this week, it also gives children an opportunity to demonstrate their talents skill's and…
Day For Daniel - Australia's Largest Child Safety Awareness And Education Day

Day For Daniel - Australia's Largest Child Safety Awareness And Education Day

On 26th October 2018, is Day for Daniel. A national day of action to raise awareness of child safety. Children ages 3 to 8 years of age can take part in an interactive lesson that will teach children that their…
School Children To Be Weighed Every 2 Years To Tackle Obesity

School Children To Be Weighed Every 2 Years To Tackle Obesity

As part of Australia's proposal to tackle the obesity epidemic, children's height and weight will be measured every 2 years unless parents opt out. The data collected could map child obesity around Australia and target where the problems are worse.
Children In Childcare Have A Higher Risk Of Infections

Children In Childcare Have A Higher Risk Of Infections

SA Healthy Deputy chief medical officer, Associate Professor Nicola Spurrier, confirmed that children attending childcare or preschool had a higher risk of getting more infections than children who do not attend as children's hygiene is not very good which makes…
School Edited Child's School Photos

School Edited Child's School Photos

Kelly James, from Brisbane, was excited to receive her son's school photos but was disappointed when she noticed that the photos had been edited beyond recognition from her son's normal facial features.
Teacher Sends Award To Parents For Packing A Healthy Lunch

Teacher Sends Award To Parents For Packing A Healthy Lunch

Parents were surprised when their child (in prep) arrived home with a star award, praising the parents for sending their child a healthy lunch, consisting chopped up carrot, apples, cucumber and cheese and pikelets, which met all the nutritional requirements.
Labor Plans To Scrap Upfront Fees For Early Childhood Qualifications

Labor Plans To Scrap Upfront Fees For Early Childhood Qualifications

Bill Shorten's Labor Government announced that they would waive upfront fees for students studying a childcare qualification from TAFE.
Educators Check Your Wages - 3 Months Since 3.5% Pay Increase In Effect

Educators Check Your Wages - 3 Months Since 3.5% Pay Increase In Effect

This is a friendly reminder for Educators and ECT's to check your pay to ensure you are currently being paid the updated minimum wage, as of 01 July 2018, which includes the 3.5% increase.
Experts Want To Cut Summer School Holidays To Combat Child Obesity

Experts Want To Cut Summer School Holidays To Combat Child Obesity

As school children look forward to their six-week summer school holidays, experts believe that the holidays are to be blamed for the child obesity epidemic and suggest summer holidays to be shortened.
Baby Walkers Cause Injuries To Over 230,000 Young Children

Baby Walkers Cause Injuries To Over 230,000 Young Children

Pediatricians are warning Parents and Carers that baby walkers are safety hazards, even though they are used by babies to gain independence before learning to walk.
Six Year Old Suspended From School For Stealing A Cookie

Six Year Old Suspended From School For Stealing A Cookie

A six-year-old boy in Kindergarten, from Western Australia was recently suspended from school for stealing another child's cookie in the playground.
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