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Celebrating Easter in 2020 is not quite what we’re used to, is it? While Easter is usually about gathering with our families and friends, this year we must all stay positive and stay home. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy Easter! Just because we can’t physically be together with…

We are all dealing with a lot at the moment. Between work stress, health concerns, financial pressure, managing children at home and mental health, it is fair enough if Easter hasn’t been at the top of anyone’s list. Even finding toilet paper and pasta has been stressful! But of course,…

It’s safe to say that this year has presented us with unprecedented times. It’s hard enough for many of us as adults to absorb and adapt to the fast-changing information we are receiving, let alone for the children in our lives. Feeling isolated from the world is far from ideal,…

With many parents feeling stressed and worried, and children feeling anxious, confused or out of sorts, the news of the 2019 novel Coronavirus — COVID-19 — has been a lot to take in. Firstly, our hearts go out to those who are facing challenges with their health, loved ones’ health…

Harmony Day is on Saturday 21 March, with Harmony Week taking place in the lead up from 16 March, and there is no better time to focus on the message that ‘everyone belongs’. This is a wonderful time to enlist the support of your educators and families within your centre’s…

While we are always encouraging more men to take up careers as childcare professionals, it’s no secret that early childhood education is a female-dominated industry. In fact, men only make up around 2 percent of the childcare workforce in Australia! Similarly, while dads are more involved than ever before, mums are still…