Children’s health and safety sounds pretty important right? However, a recent ACECQA (2017) report showed that this area was...
Before we start to discuss the changes to the National Quality Standards that will be applied in 2018, we...
First Years specialises in supporting services throughout the assessment and rating process. Although achieving the standards can be done...
The team at First Years has recently received lots of enquiries on how to incorporate loose parts in the...
Walking down my local street this week and I saw this in the window of a local café. A...
Injuries and accidents at day care centres sent more than 1000 Australian kids to hospital in just one year,...
We hope you had a great and refreshing break over the holiday period and now you’re feeling energised to...
A new report shows that nearly a quarter (24% and 605 services to be exact) of Long Day Care...
Besides being legally required, a services policies and procedures are useful for many reasons, such as guiding educator’s practices,...
This is a very controversial topic, as the very nature of the heading makes it sound like parents do...
Common sense suggests that being too critical or overbearing is not a great way to parent. Now science can...
The overall literacy and numeracy skills of Australian students have stalled, according to the latest data on the academic...
Leadership and service management - I know it’s not the most exciting topic, however strong leadership and managerial processes...
The Federal Budget delivered increased funding for schools with the Government committing an extra $1.2 billion in funding until...
These days it is rare to see young children walking hand-in-hand in our streets and public spaces. As young...
The evidence says that parenting has the greatest impact on the long-term health and wellbeing of children. We also...
Welcome to the 6th edition of our Quality area newsletters. This week we will look at some of the...
The City of Sydney is falling behind on plans to build six additional childcare centres by the end of...
After her first pregnancy, Melissa So was guaranteed 32 paid weeks off work to settle into life with her...
This edition focuses on Quality area 5, Relationships with children. It is no surprise that this is probably the...
I haven't always had the correct understanding of what "play-based" meant. And I didn't always support children more than...
study sends kindergartners into the forest to find out if nature helps them learn.
This week we look at staffing arrangements and provide key ideas to help your service ensure that it is...
study sends kindergartners into the forest to find out if nature helps them learn.
Children acquire knowledge by acting and then reflecting on their experiences, but such opportunities are increasingly rare in school.
This issue talks about the physical environment and how the way that this is set up can either help...
The battle for childcare is being fought on many fronts, one of which is at the property level, with...
BILL Shorten has let the $3 billion cat out of the bag revealing working parents earning between $60,000 and...
Welcome to the second edition of our exclusive reports. This week we talk about what is probably the most...
One in five Australian children aren't adequately prepared for school by the time they start, new figures show.
“I do not think it means what you think it means.”: Read Along Section 8-What If Everybody Understood Child...
Risky play is a natural part of children’s play, and children often seek out opportunities for engaging in challenging...
A better way to go about art projects for this age group, she argues, is to take the meaning...
Too many times we see a service that has a lovely written program, only to find out that it...
This occasional paper is the first in a series on the National Quality Framework (NQF). This paper offers detailed...
My soul has been stirred by many of nature’s wonders–by orange and yellow leaves sparkling in the autumn sun,...
