- Operator C&K plans to cut nursery ratios next year
- Child care is set for a major shakeup with not-for-profit operator C&K saying it will cut ratios in its nurseries next year
to one carer for every three babies. It comes after Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education Maxine McKew announced
her support for the new ratio, but it has been spurned as too costly by the private sector. C&K is the first large childcare
operator to lower its nursery ratio in Queensland. The Courier-Mail, 6 September 2008.
07 September 2008
- Child care is set for a major shakeup with not-for-profit operator C&K saying it will cut ratios in its nurseries next year
to one carer for every three babies. It comes after Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education Maxine McKew announced
her support for the new ratio, but it has been spurned as too costly by the private sector. C&K is the first large childcare
operator to lower its nursery ratio in Queensland. The Courier-Mail, 6 September 2008.
- Childcare for babies 'abuse'
- Leading children's author Mem Fox has drawn criticism from working mothers but qualified support from family groups for likening
child care for babies to child abuse. The 62 year-old author of books such as Possum Magic, Koala Lou and Where Is the Green
Sheep said she believed society would look back on the trend of putting infants in child care and wonder 'how could we have
allowed that child abuse to happen'. The Australian Family Association said it was 'largely supportive' of her comments.
The Canberra Times, 1 September 2008.
05 September 2008
- Leading children's author Mem Fox has drawn criticism from working mothers but qualified support from family groups for likening
child care for babies to child abuse. The 62 year-old author of books such as Possum Magic, Koala Lou and Where Is the Green
Sheep said she believed society would look back on the trend of putting infants in child care and wonder 'how could we have
allowed that child abuse to happen'. The Australian Family Association said it was 'largely supportive' of her comments.
The Canberra Times, 1 September 2008.
- Childcare reform in the spotlight
- The Australian Government's plans to implement a ratings system to better compare the nation's childcare centres are the subject
of discussion with Helen Kenneally, the Executive Director of the industry body Childcare Associations Australia. The World
Today, 2 September 2008.
02 September 2008
- The Australian Government's plans to implement a ratings system to better compare the nation's childcare centres are the subject
of discussion with Helen Kenneally, the Executive Director of the industry body Childcare Associations Australia. The World
Today, 2 September 2008.
- P-plates for child centres
- All new childcare centres would be put on 'P-plates' for up to two years and the number of babies looked after by any one
carer may be reduced from five to three under an overhaul of early childhood education being considered by the Federal Government.
The plan would introduce provisional licensing for all new childcare centres, which would have to prove they were committed
to childhood development and show they were able to hire, retain and continue to train staff. Sydney Morning Herald Online,
2 September 2008.
02 September 2008
- All new childcare centres would be put on 'P-plates' for up to two years and the number of babies looked after by any one
carer may be reduced from five to three under an overhaul of early childhood education being considered by the Federal Government.
The plan would introduce provisional licensing for all new childcare centres, which would have to prove they were committed
to childhood development and show they were able to hire, retain and continue to train staff. Sydney Morning Herald Online,
2 September 2008.
- Preschool 'gives maths boost'
- Going to a good preschool nursery boosts a child's chances of achieving in maths at the age of 10, experts say. But the long-term
UK study by academics found the biggest influence on a child's achievement in maths at 10 was the education of their mother.
The results indicated that home learning environment, preschool effectiveness and primary school effectiveness all make separate,
significant impacts. BBC News, 29 August 2008.
01 September 2008
- Going to a good preschool nursery boosts a child's chances of achieving in maths at the age of 10, experts say. But the long-term
UK study by academics found the biggest influence on a child's achievement in maths at 10 was the education of their mother.
The results indicated that home learning environment, preschool effectiveness and primary school effectiveness all make separate,
significant impacts. BBC News, 29 August 2008.
- New program for Aboriginal youth trialled in NT
- Aboriginal children will be prepared for school well before their first day under a literacy and numeracy program to be trialled
in remote Northern Territory communities. Announcing $2.28 million in federal funds to support the program, NT Chief Minister
Paul Henderson said the trial would focus on the formative primary years. The trial program is designed to involve parents
and the whole community in a child's education well before they start school. National Indigenous Times, 29 August 2008.
01 September 2008
- Aboriginal children will be prepared for school well before their first day under a literacy and numeracy program to be trialled
in remote Northern Territory communities. Announcing $2.28 million in federal funds to support the program, NT Chief Minister
Paul Henderson said the trial would focus on the formative primary years. The trial program is designed to involve parents
and the whole community in a child's education well before they start school. National Indigenous Times, 29 August 2008.
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