Educators and providers rely on digital systems to communicate with families, document children’s learning and run their services. This October, Cyber Security Action Month is a reminder that protecting those systems starts with the decisions people make each day.
For Sparrow Early Learning, finding a childcare management system (CCMS) that could support their scale and ambitions was never going to be a decision made lightly. Sparrow needed a partner it could trust to operate at its scale for years to come, a structured migration plan, and support that protected educators, operational teams and, most importantly, children and families.
The number of children using Child Care Subsidy approved care fell in every state and territory in the June quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier. At the same time, centre based day care services continued to grow nationally and average fees increased.
The Victorian Government is offering free Respectful Relationships professional learning to teachers and educators working in Victorian Government-funded kindergarten programs.
What should an early childhood education system guarantee? Australia is working towards building a much larger version, but this question rarely comes up.
The Y WA Albany Early Learning Centre (ELC) partnered with the City of Albany Public Library to bring an interactive story time session directly to young children as part of a new collaboration focused on nurturing a love of books, language and learning.
A purpose-built childcare centre at 8 Rodborough Avenue, Crows Nest has sold for circa $9 million to a local Sydney based owner-operator following a competitive Expressions of Interest campaign.
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