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Coalition To Start Building 500 New Preschools

Coalition To Start Building 500 New Preschools

The Coalition has pledged to invest $1 billion this year to begin the construction of 500 new preschools, moving forward with its core education programme of providing free pre-kindergarten to all four-year-olds.
Educators In The Early Childhood Industry Call For A 25% Wage Increase

Educators In The Early Childhood Industry Call For A 25% Wage Increase

The federal government has been urged by the United Workers Union to provide funding for a 25% pay increase in this year's budget.
Red Bellied Black Snake Found Hiding Behind Child's Bag

Red Bellied Black Snake Found Hiding Behind Child's Bag

An Educator from a Gold Coast early childhood centre, discovered a red-bellied black snake curled up behind a child's backpack, initially thought it was a toy snake until she saw it breathing.
New Transportation Requirements For Centre Based Services In Effect As Of Today

New Transportation Requirements For Centre Based Services In Effect As Of Today

As of today, 01st March 2023, new regulatory requirements will apply to centre-based services that provide regular transportation, which includes mandatory notifying the regulatory authority that your service provides or arranges regular transportation, the service to account for all children…
ACECQA Approved Learning Frameworks Resources

ACECQA Approved Learning Frameworks Resources

ACECQA has released new resources explaining the updates to the nationally approved learning frameworks EYLF, and MTOP and clarification and expanded explanation across parts of the original learning frameworks. The following provides the EYLF and MTOP Version 2 Booklets as…
Fresh Food Kids Discovery Tours

Fresh Food Kids Discovery Tours

The Fresh Food Kids Discovery Tours program is back with a digital twist! With exciting hands-on and digital activities including early learning. Based on the learning stage, children will explore where fresh food comes from with activities such as stepping…
G8 Price Hike

G8 Early Childhood Providers Increase Fees By 17%

As the expense of living severely impacts families, one of Australia's leading daycare providers, G8, is slapping parents with its third fee hike, slapping them with up to a 17% increase in fees in just a year.
Educators Demand 25% Wage Increase

Educators Demand 25% Wage Increase

An urgent 25% wage increase is demanded by frustrated Educators who claim they are overworked and underpaid in order to address issues with excessive turnover in the sector.
Education Minister's Approve New Updates To EYLF and MTOP Learning Frameworks

Education Minister's Approve New Updates To EYLF and MTOP Learning Frameworks

All Australian, state and territory Education Ministers have now collectively approved updates to Australia’s EYLF and MTOP-approved learning frameworks.
The Rainbow Fish - Does It Send A Toxic Message To Children?

The Rainbow Fish - Does It Send A Toxic Message To Children?

Parents and Educators are banning the 1990s book The Rainbow Fish because of its "toxic message."
A Push To Raise The School Starting Age To 6 In NSW

A Push To Raise The School Starting Age To 6 In NSW

Recently, Sarah Mitchell, the Minister of Education for NSW, proposed that all children enrol in school the year they turn six.
Daycares In Finland Built Their Own Forests

Daycares In Finland Built Their Own Forests

Daycare educators in Finland laid out grass, planted forest undergrowth (such as dwarf heather and blueberries), and let children tend to crops in planter boxes. According to a Finnish study, one month of playing among the vegetation and debris in…
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