Government Education Portal - Australia

ACT Children's Plan  

URL:  http://www.children.act.gov.au/

Category:  State and Territory policy 

The purpose of the ACT Children's Plan is to clearly articulate the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's commitment to children and families. It will provide a common policy framework for the provision of services and guidelines for the practical implementation of services across government, non-government agencies and the community. The Plan will encompass antenatal, infancy, the early school years and middle childhood. It will address both universally provided services to families, and services targeted to address the needs of specific groups. The age range is 0-12.

Alice Springs Indigenous Education Strategy (ASIES)  

URL:  http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/...gs_indigenous_education_strategy.pdf

Category:  State and Territory policy 

The Alice Springs Indigenous Education Strategy outlines the principles, initiatives and programs that the NT Department of Employment Education and Training has put in place to improve school attendance and results for Indigenous children from early childhood through to the final years of secondary education.

Anaphylaxis: Guidelines for children's services 2007  

URL:  http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/...nts/anaphylaxis_guidelines.pdf

Category:  State and Territory policy 

These guidelines have been developed jointly by the NSW Department of Health and the NSW Department of Community Services to provide current information to assist staff and parents in licensed children's services: in the management of children at risk of anaphylaxis; and in the day-to-day management of the service to reduce the likelihood of exposure to relevant allergens.

Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development  

URL:  http://www.education.vic.gov.au/...ons/blueprint2008/thepaper.htm

Category:  State and Territory policy 

The Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development is a comprehensive five year plan that brings together the Victorian Government's commitment to high quality education and early childhood services, and sets out concrete reforms to achieve this end.

DoCS - Review of the Children's Services Regulation 2004  

URL:  http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_101661.html

Category:  Reviews and Inquiries  State and Territory policy 

The review of the NSW Children's Services Regulation 2004 provides an opportunity to reexamine both the effectiveness and the efficiency of the regulatory framework for NSW children's services. A discussion paper is available to download, and public consultations will have input to the Industry Reference Group.

Early Childhood Education: Comparison of ages for entry into programs in Australia  

URL:  http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/ece/enrolments.html#compare

Category:  State and Territory policy  Education and Your Child 

The web page gives a comparison of ages for entry into Early Childhood Education Programs for each of the states/territories in Australia. It includes entry age for pre-school pre-compulsory programs, entry age for year one and the compulsory starting age for school.

Early Childhood Schools Framework  

URL:  http://www.det.act.gov.au/...ng/early_childhood_schools_framework

Category:  State and Territory policy 

The Australian Capital Territory 'Early Childhood Schools Framework' provides: a rationale for early childhood schools to develop as early learning and development centres (birth to eight years); common goals for the early childhood schools; core elements of service provision; critical success factors.

Making connections: Schools and child care services, partners for early learning  

URL:  http://www.childcare.tas.gov.au/about/MakingConnections.pdf

Category:  State and Territory policy 

Making Connections has been produced by the Tasmanian Department of Education to promote and support partnerships between schools and child care services that support families and early learning for young children. It provides practical advice, guidance and checklists that will be helpful in the development of new partnerships, and in supporting the partnerships that already exist between schools and services. Through partnerships and connections between child care, parents and schools, learning in the early years is becoming an integral part of education.

NT Department of Employment, Education and Training: Early years  

URL:  http://www.det.nt.gov.au/education/early_years/

Category:  State and Territory policy 

The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training recognises the importance of the early years of a child's life and its impact on a child's health, wellbeing and lifelong learning. The 'Early Years Framework' aligns the department's priorities to support young children and their families to achieve the best from their early childhood years. A link is provided to 'All children have the best possible start: a framework for action'.

Our young learners: giving them the best possible start  

URL:  https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/...newsroom/yr2006/oct/k4_strategy.pdf

Category:  State and Territory policy 

This New South Wales education strategy for the early years from Kindergarten to Year 4 2006-2009 aims to give the state's youngest children a confident start to their schooling. The 3 goals are: learning confidently; growing strongly; strengthening connections. The Early Years Strategy will also encourage schools to pursue a number of initiatives focusing on Aboriginal children, and complements the Literacy and Numeracy Plans.