Yates® Australia and Life Education Australia are encouraging young people to get out into the garden to grow and learn healthy habits by offering $1000 grants to early childhood services.
Schools Tree Day focuses on younger children. It is a great chance for children to get their hand's dirty planting native seedlings, trees, shrubs, edibles and flowers.
The Quality Learning Environments program aims to support not-for-profit community preschools (centre based and mobile) and not-for-profit long day cares to apply for grants of up to $15,000 (ex GST). Grants can be used to purchase resources and activities which…
From 11:59 pm tonight (Wednesday 22 July), for those living within metropolitan Melbourne or Mitchell Shire, you must wear a face-covering when leaving home.
As Victoria battles the ongoing increase of positive coronavirus cases, there has been a few childcare centres that have also been caught up and have had positive tests amongst educators and children.
Fair Work Commission has extended the entitlement to unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave at half pay for the Children's Services Award until 30 September 2020.
Three children from three preschools in Sydney's south attended care wearing "'Virus Shut Out'". This device allegedly protects the wearer by "effectively blocking airborne particles and bacteria".
A former administrative employee working at a community-operated childcare centre at Roselands has been charged with defrauding the centre of more than $70,000.
Educators and ECT's who are currently earning minimum wages from the Children's Services Award 2010 or the Educational Service Teachers Award, 2010 will now receive a 1.75% pay increase from the first full pay period.
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