The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has today reported that thousands of child care providers, private schools and other services working with children in Victoria have received an email advising them to ensure they have proper insurance in place in the event that litigation is sought against them for child abuse. The arrangements will apply to approximately 2,400 child care providers and kindergartens in Victoria.

Friday 1 March is an important day in the sustainability calendar, as children from early childhood education and care (ECEC) services around the country join in with the Youth Clean Up movement, as part of the broader Clean Up Australia Day initiative.

Pambula Preschool, located in New South Wales’ Bega Valley, is collecting education supplies for new kindergartens in Papua New Guinea while also incorporating learning about the culture into classroom programs, according to local news source About Regional.

Australian early childhood education and care (ECEC) employers are being encouraged to take advantage of flu vaccinations this year, with absenteeism (being absent from work due to illness) costing $7 billion each year in lost wages, and presenteeism (attending work whilst unwell) costing $34 billion in lost productivity.

Educators, parents and families who want children to eat more vegetables should “peel a carrot and sit the child in front of the television”, Deakin University researchers have said, commenting on a new study conducted by the Deakin Centre for Advanced Sensory Science.