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.
What happens when a high image of children becomes community advocacy and active citizenship in action?
A rare, purpose-built childcare facility in one of Melbourne's most tightly held inner-northern suburbs has hit the market, offering owner-operators the chance to occupy and trade from settlement, and investors with an operator already in play the chance to place a tenant in a premium early learning asset.
Bribie Island Community Kindergarten has celebrated an Australian first, bringing together past and present families, educators and community members to mark the extraordinary achievement.
92% of Australian parents believe their family is keeping pace with AI but 41% of younger parents fear their children falling behind
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