Listed: Meet 2024’s new SA preschool directors
This year has seen a new wave of preschool directors in South Australia. Here they share their vision – and the biggest changes they’ve seen in today’s children and learning.
Early Education
See the pics: New designs for beachside childcare unveiled
The centre would cater for more than 100 children with buildings to be demolished to make way for 22 car parks off a major western suburbs thoroughfare.
‘I just knew’: SA teacher follows passion to outback NT
A South Australian teacher chased her dreams across red sands and dirt roads to a tiny NT town to pursue her passion for Indigenous education.
Extra care where needed
Extending out-of-school-hours care to suit the modern family will benefit both parents and their children
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Childcare centres to close as workers rally in CBD
Thousands of parents will need to make alternative plans for their kids when childcare workers at centres across the country walk off the job next week.
Govt investigates maths check for junior primary
Too many high school students just recite times tables from memory – and it’s a problem, say experts.
Scotch College’s bold move to the south east
One of Adelaide’s most elite private schools has announced plans to build a new childcare centre in the South East. See the plans.
‘Second worst in world’: Lack of paid leave puts kids at risk
Aussie doctors want paid parental leave for mums to be extended, saying it’s “critical” for development. Here’s how kids are being affected.
Staff, students referred to GP after lead dust falls from school ceiling
Parents at an Adelaide school are furious and scared after lead dust fell from the ceiling of a main building, with the Education Department referring those “concerned” to their doctor.
Ed Dept vows to do better after ‘incensed’ mum slams SA system
The Education Department has promised to do better for kids with disabilities after an SA mum told of her son’s appalling treatment, and how she felt “bullied” by a principal.
Liberals hold Labor to kindy election promise
The Liberals have slammed the state government over kindy for three-year-olds, saying a key election promise has not been honoured in its first budget.
Labor doubles down after being accused of preschool backflip
Labor’s Education Minister has reaffirmed his commitment after being accused of retreating from a pre-election promise that he would offer free preschool to thousands of families.
Revealed: Every SA childcare centre never inspected
New data has revealed that 41 childcare centres in South Australia have not had an inspection since opening – find out which ones.
NO-PLAN: Thousands of SA students affected by NAPLAN outage
NAPLAN testing has kicked off in chaos for students across almost 70 Adelaide schools in the first year without back-up paper tests.
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