A new national Education Excellence Committee comprising of early childhood teachers (ECTs) from across Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland has been established by Affinity Education group.

The Kindergarten Union (KU) West Pymble preschool have recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, holding a community afternoon tea, which was attended by local politicians, KU Children’s Services CEO, Christine Legg, children, parents, families and staff from the centre.

Recent graduates from this year’s Certificate III in early childhood education and care at TAFE NSW Nowra have all secured employment offers in the Shoalhaven region, with only one student, who will be taking parental leave, not immediately commencing work after graduation.

More than 4,000 children in Western Australia have been involved in a program run by the University of Western Australia (UWA), designed to test their level of basic physical skills like running, jumping and catching a ball. Researchers found that many children are falling well short of age-based expectations in these domains.

In a statement published yesterday Goodstart Early Learning has expressed their sadness at the passing of Lynne Wannan AM, a founding Board Member of the organisation.