After only two years in the job, this beloved young prep teacher has been voted the Burnett’s favourite and revealed why working with kids in country communities is so rewarding.
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Some children are being dropped off at early-learning centres with little or no food from their parents, while other centres have in-house chefs preparing designer menus.
Queensland families have been slapped with the largest spike in childcare fees in Australia, with a major inquiry finding the driving forces behind the hikes.
One woman trying to enrol her child in Queensland childcare “rang 33 centres without any luck”, says a centre operator who also warned staff were “pushed to the limit” from burnout.
The Department of Education campaign set to roll out later this year follows a state government trend of trying to poach interstate and foreign workers.
A national survey has uncovered childcare struggles for Queensland parents, some of whom have had to delay returning to work.
Paramedics have treated a number of children at a Brisbane childcare centre after they were exposed to an “unknown substance” in their lunch.
Kindergarten would be made free under a cost of living shake-up being considered by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in a move that would save Queensland families thousands of dollars a year. TAKE OUR POLL
The Department of Education has confirmed an investigation is under way after a child left a centre near Rockhampton unsupervised as we can reveal more about the centre.
Queensland early childhood educator Kasey Paterson has gone from teaching to running a centre, and there’s one thing above all else that motivates her to keep helping young minds.
The use of the word “harvest” by a Brisbane church member, referring to the hundreds of children it could “disciple” for the Lord, is a blatant abuse of influence, writes Kylie Lang.
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