Five years ago, two schools and a preschool amalgamated in one of South Australia’s most disadvantaged areas. To make it work, the school’s innovation team leaders have changed the face of learning. By Camille Howard. Continue Reading →
It can take a special kind of service to deliver early education and care when the majority of children at the service are vulnerable in one way or another. Barnados Long Day Care Centre faces this challenge. By Camille Howard. Continue Reading →
Well, the Budget has been handed down, and as expected, families, low income earners, health and education were the big losers. Mining, infrastructure, defence and medical research is sitting pretty, though. Here’s the verdict from the Twitterverse… Continue Reading →
Our weekly early education and care newspaper—drawn from the #ecec Twitterverse—is out now. Continue Reading →
There’s a problem with many of our political systems at the moment. Or, more specifically, the way our policy is put together. Think tank’s are assembled, productivity inquiries commissioned and research is gathered to guide the policies that are created to make our nation stronger. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Continue Reading →
Did you like our Myth Busters article in the last edition of Rattler? In times of change, common misconceptions crop up and tend to proliferate. Rattler asks experts and educators to debunk more rumours, myths and whispers and help paint a clearer picture of early childhood education and care practice. Continue Reading →
Right now, the Productivity Commission is weighing up the future of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, delivering recommendations for the sector in October this year. Continue Reading →
Meet Harry. Harry is four and is vision-impaired. He has profound developmental delays. But, Harry is lucky. He attends The Infants’ Home, where he accesses an on-site speech therapist, occupational therapist, play therapist, GP and a team of passionate educators as part of the organisation’s integrated service model. Ingrid Maack reports. Continue Reading →
These last few weeks we’ve seen the relatively new Abbott Government backflip on a few pre-election ‘promises’ – that is when they’re actually releasing information – including our budget “emergency” and promises of a no-surprises, transparent government. Now it seems the latest to be broken is Tony Abbott’s pre-election promise when he said there was “no difference” between he and Kevin Rudd on the issue of school funding. Continue Reading →
This year marks the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts‘ 180-year anniversary. Representing the “transformative power of education”, the SMSA is one of five key institutions—along with the Benevolent Society, Bank of NSW (now Westpac), the Australian Museum and the Sydney Morning Herald—that have survived intact from the days of Australia’s colonial past. Continue Reading →
