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School Removes Toilet Doors To Create Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

Adelaide School Removes Toilet Doors To Create Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

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.
Global Report Card Ranks Australia In Bottom Third Of Countries For Environmental Impact On Children

Global Report Card Ranks Australia In Bottom Third Of Countries For Environmental Impact On Children

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…
Changes To The National Construction Code For Early Childhood Services To Be Implemented By September 2022

Changes To The National Construction Code For Early Childhood Services To Be Implemented By September 2022

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…
5 Year Old Locked On Bus For More Than 2 Hours - Childcare Centre Fined $26,000

5 Year Old Locked On Bus For More Than 2 Hours - Childcare Centre Fined $26,000

On 30 September 2021, 28 children attended a Perth museum on three 12 seater buses. An initial head was done when children arrived back at the service with only 27 children being accounted for. The educator assumed the child went…
Upgrade Your Diploma Qualification To Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching In Two Years

Upgrade Your Diploma Qualification To Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching In Two Years

For Victoria Educators, if you hold a diploma in early childhood education, you can complete this specialised Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching in just two years, graduating ready to work as an early childhood teacher. The course complements our three-year…
Do Signing Children In And Out Of Childcare Services Need To Be Reassessed?

Does Signing Children In And Out Of Childcare Services Need To Be Reassessed?

After some distressing and regrettable incidents in early childhood services in Queensland, many parents think that the sign-in and sign-out process in childcare services should be reassessed, more tough and strong so further incidents can be avoided.
Sea Of Hearts Challenge

Participate In The Sea Of Hearts Challenge During Reconciliation Week

From the 27th of May, 2022 to the 3rd of June, we celebrate Reconciliation Week, Connecting The Dots Through Culture has developed the Sea Of Hearts Challenge.
Labor Election Win Means For The Childcare Sector

What the Labor Election Win Means For The Childcare Sector

With the Labor Party winning the 2022 Federal Election, the early childhood and care (ECEC) sector in Australia looks poised for a shot in the arm, as much in terms of aid and restructuring as affordability for families.
Children's Peanut Allergies Into Remission

Researchers Discover A New Treatment That Sends Some Children's Peanut Allergies Into Remission

Researchers in Melbourne have identified a novel medication that can put some children's peanut allergies to rest.
Flu and Children

500% Surge Of Flu Cases Amongst Children

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne stated that flu cases for children increased by 500 per cent in the last two weeks, from 16 in the entire month of March to 120 in the last two weeks alone.
Citipointe Childcare Fined $18,000 For Losing Toddler

Childcare Centre Fined $18, 000 After Toddler Goes Missing On Bushland Excursion

Citipointe Childcare has been recently fined $18,000 for an incident that happened on 22nd April 2021 when a 21-month-old child went missing after a bushland excursion.
Second Toddler To Escape Same Childcare Centre Within 6 Months

Second Toddler To Escape Same Childcare Centre Within 6 Months

It has been reported that earlier this week, a two-year-old girl has been found to roam around alone outside her childcare centre in Melbourne’s west. The toddler managed to escape her centre allegedly through an unlocked door.
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