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Curiouser and Curiouser: What Alice helps us see about who should teach
This article follows on from my earlier piece, Who should work with young children?, where I explored how the dispositions we value in those who work in early childhood education, shape not only who enters the profession, but how the work itself is imagined. This is where that thinking has brought me.
2025-12-19 07:15:35
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Celebrating 10 years of workplace excellence as the sector’s leading Employer of Choice
In 2025, KU Children’s Services proudly celebrates a milestone achievement, KU has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for the tenth consecutive year. Since first receiving this prestigious acknowledgement in 2016, KU has consistently demonstrated its commitment to fostering a positive, people-first workplace culture across every level of its organisation.
2025-12-19 07:00:09
by Fiona Alston
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ELAA launches new website and Self-Service Portal to enhance member experience
Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) has launched a refreshed website and Self-Service Portal, designed to improve usability, accessibility and functionality for members and early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector supporters.
2025-12-16 08:00:46
by Fiona Alston
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Bringing calm, connection and confidence to summer OSHC
Each summer brings renewed energy for Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), and with it, a shift in pace, rhythms and challenges. The new‑season holiday program can introduce longer days, merged groups, unfamiliar children, and increased intensity. Without intentional planning and care, these shifts may affect the wellbeing of both children and educators.
2025-12-15 08:00:41
by Fiona Alston
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Small ways to teach babies and toddlers body safety and consent in early learning
In early childhood education and care (ECEC), the concept of consent is often misunderstood as something too advanced for babies and toddlers. Yet, foundational learning around body safety, agency and respectful relationships begins in the earliest months of life, and early learning settings are uniquely placed to nurture it.
2025-12-15 08:00:40
by Fiona Alston
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When did it start to go wrong?
2025-12-18 08:00:46
by Fiona Alston
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Small ways to teach babies and toddlers body safety and consent in early learning
2025-12-15 08:00:40
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Food safety in early learning centres: Protecting children through better practices
2025-12-15 07:45:24
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