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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Outdated OSHC in desperate need of overhaul for safety of SA kids
The state government says the out of school hours care system needs more investment to fix “emerging and current” risks to SA students.
Family of boy with disability left in limbo by private school
A South Australian family has been left in the lurch by a private school after they were told their son, who has a disability, can no longer be accommodated at its ELC.
Mapped: The suburbs with the longest daycare waiting lists
South Australian families are waiting years for – or being refused access to – basic childcare, amid a postcode lottery of centres. Do you live in a daycare desert? See the maps.
‘Too difficult to manage’: Kindy kids kicked out of the classroom
Kids as young as four are being kicked out of kindy as teachers struggle to manage difficult behaviours, prompting the state’s children’s watchdog to call for more support.
The best start in life
Understanding the three-year-old pre-school debate and what it really means to you
Schoolgirl’s ‘luv’ letter sparks probe after ‘woke’ outcry
A state MP lashed “woke gender politics” a child was suspended over a note to her friend. But the education minister says there’s more to the story.
School hours an archaic Mad Men-era concept out of step with working life
School hours are archaic and out of step with the way we live. Will adding three-year-olds to the mix help SA families with the struggle, asks Kara Jung.
Uni incentives on the table to get tiny toddlers into kindy
A huge preschool shake-up could entitle three-year-olds to 15 hours per week of kindy – but with an educator crisis, who’s going to teach them?
The ‘calm’ school helping kids overcome trauma
Meet the South Australian principal who changed her entire school’s culture to strive for regulated and calm students. And the results are remarkable.
‘Bright, quirky and a different way of looking at life’: Inside the school for gifted kids
A unique school for gifted children in Adelaide’s southern suburbs is punching well above its weight, finishing second in the latest NAPLAN tests. See how your school fared.
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