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Luxurious Childcare Centre Includes Indoor Beach, Rock Climbing Wall and Celebrity Designed Menu

Luxurious Childcare Centre Includes Indoor Beach, Rock Climbing Wall and Celebrity Designed Menu

An early childhood service has opened up in Randwick NSW which includes elaborate features such as an indoor beach, rock climbing wall, mud pit, fish pond, pet-friendly animals, soccer field and an open-air kitchen.
Childcare Centres Offering Free Ipads, Paid Grocery Bills To Attract Families

Childcare Centres Offering Free Ipads, Paid Grocery Bills To Attract Families

Due to an oversupply of childcare places in certain areas across Australia, it's a battle between services as some are enticing new families with free Ipads, offering to pay families bills for a week, free childcare for a week and…
Warning Do Not Use Tricycles To Transport Children

Warning Do Not Use Tricycles To Transport Children

The ACCC is warning carers to avoid using convertible tricycles to transport children as they do not typically include important safety features required for strollers.
Baby Shark Song - How This Popular Children's Jingle Went Viral

Baby Shark Song - How This Popular Children's Jingle Went Viral

Baby Shark - is the song driving Educators and Parents insane, while children sing it over and over and over again. A catchy jingle about a shark family and matching moves it's no wonder children are going crazy for it!
New Childcare Traineeship Requirements For Services In NSW

New Childcare Traineeship Requirements For Services In NSW

From June 2018, the NSW Department of Industry has released new information regarding Children's Services Traineeships in the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001. This information is important for all Services who have currently employed either Cert 3 or Diploma Trainees…
Autism Identified In Babies Reactions To Rhymes and Games

Autism Identified In Babies Reactions To Rhymes and Games

According to new studies Babies who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) showed a lower level of brain activity in response to 'social' videos of people playing 'peek-a-boo' and 'incy-wincy spider', as well as laughing, coughing, yawning or crying.
Baby Contracts Measles In Sydney - Warning of Outbreak Issued

Baby Contracts Measles In Sydney - Warning of Outbreak Issued

NSW Health has issued a warning for an outbreak of measles after an unvaccinated baby from South East Asia has contracted the disease in Sydney.
Phonics Lessons Should Be Implemented For Preschool Children

Phonics Lessons Should Be Implemented For Preschool Children

Following a study, that 4-year-olds showed improved reading skills after 13 and a half hours of phonics lessons, researchers are calling for phonics lessons to be rolled during preschool.
Educator To Child Ratios Could Be Scrapped And Qualifications Relaxed

Educator To Child Ratios Could Be Scrapped And Qualifications Relaxed

Staff-to-child ratios could be scrapped and Educator qualifications relaxed after a Senate report questioned the evidence for stringent regulation within the early childhood industry.
Turn Taking Conversations With Children Aids Their Brain Development

Turn Taking Conversations With Children Aids Their Brain Development

To develop children's speech and language skills it's important to talk to children. New Studies suggest that how you talk to children matters just as much as how long you spend talking to children.
Educators To Walk Off For The Fourth Time For Equal Pay

Educators To Walk Off For The Fourth Time For Equal Pay

Educators will strike again for equal pay, on the 5th September, the fourth in 18 months, demanding equal pay is taken seriously at the next election.
Graphic Beheading Scene on YouTube Kids

Graphic Beheading Scene on YouTube Kids

For Educators who use YouTube Kids to show videos of current interests to children, as part of your intentional teaching or for extension of learning please be warned that there could be graphic material hidden inside of the video. Please…
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