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Celebrating Mental Health Day 2020

As the days get warmer and the virus restrictions are slowly easing, I hope you are smiling more and feeling a little less stressed. With World Mental Health Day coming up on the 10th of October, we’ve decided to focus on what matters the most – your wellbeing. During the…

Pets: Why We Should Love Them More

Pets: Why We Should Love Them More When we think of spring, we think of colourful flowers, birds chirping and of course baby animals being born. There have been many sightings of ducks lately waddling about with their new ducklings! From October 1 – 7 it is Be Kind to…

Return to Care in Melbourne

Thanks to the hard work, sacrifices and commitment of everyone living in Victoria, children will be able to return to childcare centres in Metropolitan Melbourne  from next Monday 28 September. The thresholds set for this to happen seemed almost impossible a few weeks ago. However,we can all be very proud,…

Fun school holiday experiences (you probably haven’t tried!)

Fun school holiday experiences (you probably haven’t tried!) The school holidays are here. If you’re running out of ideas to keep children feeling children engaged, energised and feeling happy, read on because we have done the thinking for you! The movies at home An outing to the movie theatre is…

Leaders’ Beat — New online ECE magazine!

Leaders’ Beat — New Online ECE Magazine! A lot of work has been going on behind the scenes here at Bonkers… Not only in the face of the ongoing pandemic challenges and our own obstacles, but we’ve been busy putting together something special for you all… We are finally ready…

Saying Thanks on Early Childhood Educators’ Day

Today is Early Childhood Educators’ Day — a day to take the time to say thanks to the early childhood educators in your life. At Bonkers Beat we are surrounded by and in contact with hundreds (maybe thousands) of early childhood educators each year and while they are all different,…