Victorian early childhood education and care services now have access to updated child safety guidance and resources designed to support them in identifying, reporting and responding to child abuse risks, concerns, allegations and complaints.
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.
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
The company operating Avondale Heights Childcare and Early Learning Centre has entered liquidation following a resolution by its members, forcing the Melbourne service to close and leaving families and educators with almost no notice.
When a Japanese-speaking child was struggling to settle into an unfamiliar English-speaking environment at Benowa Children’s Centre, educator Kadek Arumini looked for a way to make the child feel safe.
Through our work with education and care services across Australia, we are seeing service leaders navigate an increasingly complex child safety landscape.
Western Sydney University evaluation credits The Hive's Early Childhood Educators’ Network with lifting quality across roughly 40 services in one of NSW’s most disadvantaged postcodes.
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