As champions of child safety, it is crucial for early childhood education and care services to stay updated on the latest regulations. This is a reminder that from February 27, 2026, significant ...

The 2025 financial year has marked a complex and defining period for Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector. The FY25 results and strategic repositioning of G8 Education, ...

Burnout is a growing concern across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector. From educators and early childhood teachers to centre managers and support staff, the toll of workforce ...

Staff morale is the workplace attitudes, emotions, enthusiasm, satisfaction and future hopes employees have. It is important because it affects workplace attrition, attention, productivity, dedication ...

Imagine yourself as a child playing at the beach (on the sand and in the water), mixing paint with your fingers, squashing/pounding playdough or clay, creating a Lego masterpiece, assembling a block ...

ACECQA has shared data over an extended period of time, showing that documenting children’s learning, in particular demonstrating the cycle of planning, is a challenge for the early childhood ...

It’s the start of the year in a kindergarten; a small boy stands at the threshold of a room he has never entered before and performs the oldest human calculation. He doesn’t have the words for it, not ...

Burnout is rife in the early childhood sector, with educators saying burnout, administrative overload and overwork are the reason they want to leave early. Alarmingly, up to 73% of educators say they ...

Crucial changes underpinning ECEC in Australia have passed through Parliament on what some anticipate to be the final sitting day.

The annual Global Life-Work Balance Index reveals the best and worst countries for life-work balance around the world. It investigates everything from average work hours to public safety to determine ...

The South Australian Government has reached an in-principle agreement with the United Workers Union (UWU) on a new enterprise agreement that will deliver significant cost-of-living support to ...

A lot has been written about critical thinking – what it is, how to do it, who should do it and why. There have been many different definitions and explanations as to its reasons and purposes. These ...