Every child deserves a strong start to their learning. Victoria’s landmark universal three-year-old kindergarten reform is delivering just that. New findings from a major study at University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Education have revealed that children who receive two years of funded kindergarten compared to one year have an additional five-months of progress in language development and two to three-months of progress in memory and problem-solving skills by the time they begin school.
Early childhood providers can track enquiries, tour bookings and enrolment outcomes. What happens during the tour itself, however, has traditionally been much harder to see.
A new 60-place early childhood education and care service in Darwin and a commitment to establish a service in Tennant Creek will expand early learning access for Northern Territory families.
Every early learning service has people who know how things really work.
Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry confirms need for accredited training and national safeguards for children with type 1 diabetes in early childhood education and care
A new research pilot is inviting early childhood teachers across New South Wales to help build a richer understanding of what quality teaching looks like within the realities of early education practice. Led by the Teachers in Early Education research team, the world-first pilot will explore how teacher quality is influenced by the environments, systems and conditions in which ECTs work.
Communities at Work will formally mark the reopening of Garran Early Learning and Intervention Centre (ELIC) this week, welcoming Canberra children and families back to a valued early learning and intervention service.
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