On Friday 23 July is National Pyjama Day. Encourage children and Educators to wear their favourite pyjamas for the day to help raise funds and awareness for children in foster care.
From Monday 19 July services in Local Government Areas (LGAs) subject to stay-at-home orders can waive gap fees for parents on days they choose to keep their children at home.
This free webinar " Fostering Ethics and Confidentiality" by EPEC Education, explores practical strategies for developing and maintaining work role boundaries in the disability setting.
Brisbane City Council is offering a free professional development course for Educators throughout Australia to support their knowledge, skills and resources on sustainable waste practises in a day-to-day centre or service operations.
Small children don't seem to be as severely affected by COVID-19. They also don't appear to contribute significantly to disease spread. Transmission of COVID-19 has mainly been from adult to adult.
In order to ensure effective contact tracing of any COVID - 19 cases, early childhood services are required to use the Victorian Government’s Service Victoria QR Codes for electronic record keeping.
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 2.5% increase to minimum wages including the Children's Services Award and Educational Services Teachers Award.
Together with Yates, Life Education are encouraging young children to get gardening, growing edible plants and learning healthy eating habits by offering a $1,000 Growing Good Gardens Grants for early childhood services.