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Community based not for profit services should be part of our essential community infrastructure. This should be discussed at the national Education Ministers meeting and a national agreement and support package developed. @jasonclaremp.bsky.social
Maribyrnong council voted to commercialise a longstanding not-for-profit childcare centre. Please sign the petition to keep it community based and affordable.
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Keep Bulldogs Community Children’s Centre Not-for-Profit
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June 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Community based not for profit services should be part of our essential community infrastructure. This should be discussed at the national Education Ministers meeting and a national agreement and support package developed. @jasonclaremp.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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A helicopter hovers overhead, then flies off:
“Where’s it gone?” I ask my 2 year old
“It’s gone to see its mummy for some milk”
I glimpse her minds eye.
Note to self: Fully appreciate children’s thinking before bulldozing it with my own.
“Where’s it gone?” I ask my 2 year old
“It’s gone to see its mummy for some milk”
I glimpse her minds eye.
Note to self: Fully appreciate children’s thinking before bulldozing it with my own.
February 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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And its up! The Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025 has just been tabled in Parliament. We have been waiting many years for this very welcome reform. And such a better name than 'Cheaper Childcare' www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025
Helpful information
Text of bill
First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This...
www.aph.gov.au
February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
And its up! The Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025 has just been tabled in Parliament. We have been waiting many years for this very welcome reform. And such a better name than 'Cheaper Childcare' www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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Life recently..feeling grateful, feeling motivated!
February 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Life recently..feeling grateful, feeling motivated!
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Every morning we wake up to more horror – but worse than that, more people who are seemingly indifferent to it. Compassion burnout is real, but it is also what power wants. Empathy keeps us human and yes, it is heavy, but it's a burden worth holding ♥️
January 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Every morning we wake up to more horror – but worse than that, more people who are seemingly indifferent to it. Compassion burnout is real, but it is also what power wants. Empathy keeps us human and yes, it is heavy, but it's a burden worth holding ♥️
Preparing for a month of gathering stories from Educators and Educational Leaders. New year, new notebooks. I bought a stack of these because they intrigue the story tellers, making them more comfortable with sharing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Preparing for a month of gathering stories from Educators and Educational Leaders. New year, new notebooks. I bought a stack of these because they intrigue the story tellers, making them more comfortable with sharing.
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This is a beautiful thread about the value of taking the longer view ‘what’s always possible if you think ahead’
If all around you seems rather despair-inducing, here's a little reminder of whats always possible if you think ahead. Here's Highland crofter/teacher/jeweller Merlin Planterose standing in a woodland on Isle Martin... 1/3
January 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is a beautiful thread about the value of taking the longer view ‘what’s always possible if you think ahead’
The year in early childhood education in Australia is building up. ECAs calendar looks promising. The major conference is in Perth this year! (Mercifully a 35km commute rather than a 7200km commute like last year)
January 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The year in early childhood education in Australia is building up. ECAs calendar looks promising. The major conference is in Perth this year! (Mercifully a 35km commute rather than a 7200km commute like last year)
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A reminder about mental health resources to help kids and others before/during/after events like bushfires. Kids outside of fire regions shouldn’t have to process rolling news coverage images and reports. Please turn off TV news in homes & waiting rooms. emergingminds.com.au/resources/to...
Community trauma toolkit - Emerging Minds
This free toolkit contains practitioner resources to support adults and children before, during and after a disaster or community trauma.
emergingminds.com.au
December 26, 2024 at 1:18 AM
A reminder about mental health resources to help kids and others before/during/after events like bushfires. Kids outside of fire regions shouldn’t have to process rolling news coverage images and reports. Please turn off TV news in homes & waiting rooms. emergingminds.com.au/resources/to...
It arrived! The Blue Swim. 😂 To the one who said Christmas presents never surprise. Ha! (Dramatic hair toss) Challenge accepted. Can’t wait for Christmas Day! @kudelka.bsky.social
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Home | The Kudelka Shop
Art gallery in Salamanca Place Hobart
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December 21, 2024 at 1:08 AM
It arrived! The Blue Swim. 😂 To the one who said Christmas presents never surprise. Ha! (Dramatic hair toss) Challenge accepted. Can’t wait for Christmas Day! @kudelka.bsky.social
www.kudelkashop.com
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Vale John Marsden. Causer of children in middle childhood and teens to keep reading when so many at the time were giving up.
December 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Vale John Marsden. Causer of children in middle childhood and teens to keep reading when so many at the time were giving up.
Christmas advice from the Orkneys
Imagine the scene. It's dark. It's snowy and cold outside. A family are trapped together in a house. Tensions rise. People start to argue. Somebody gets bumped off in the night. A detective arrives. 🔪
You can avoid all that by just sitting reading your Agatha Christie book.
You can avoid all that by just sitting reading your Agatha Christie book.
December 17, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Christmas advice from the Orkneys
Using this one in this week’s discussions with Educators interested in policy. Looking forward to the discussions.
How to fix Australia's broken childcare system so everybody wins - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-...
How to fix Australia's broken childcare system so everybody wins - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-...
How to fix Australia's broken childcare system so everybody wins
The potential social and economic benefits of early childhood education and care are huge.
australiainstitute.org.au
December 12, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Using this one in this week’s discussions with Educators interested in policy. Looking forward to the discussions.
How to fix Australia's broken childcare system so everybody wins - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-...
How to fix Australia's broken childcare system so everybody wins - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-...
Year 12 results are out soon. This is your annual reminder to NOT share your child’s results without their permission. Whether high or low. Don’t do it. The results belong to them. Ask permission first.
December 8, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Year 12 results are out soon. This is your annual reminder to NOT share your child’s results without their permission. Whether high or low. Don’t do it. The results belong to them. Ask permission first.
On the list of books that I bought for someone else for Christmas but probably won’t give them because I love it too much 👇 A children’s book about writing stories
December 6, 2024 at 11:30 PM
On the list of books that I bought for someone else for Christmas but probably won’t give them because I love it too much 👇 A children’s book about writing stories
Professional identity building in early childhood: Planning the next ELA session with early childhood centre leadership. I do these sessions in the round as professional discussions. In the pre session survey work their primary topic is: Where is the profession going? What is our future?
December 5, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Professional identity building in early childhood: Planning the next ELA session with early childhood centre leadership. I do these sessions in the round as professional discussions. In the pre session survey work their primary topic is: Where is the profession going? What is our future?
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QLD Attorney General on the Adult Crime, Adult Time laws: "I acknowledge that the amendments in the bill ... are incompatible with human rights." nit.com.au/29-11-2024/1...
'Cruel, inhuman': Queensland government admits justice laws will violate human rights
New youth justice laws will likely increase the number of children in detention, put further strain on detention centres, and limit protection from 'cruel, inhuman or degrading' treatment, the Queensl...
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November 30, 2024 at 11:51 PM
QLD Attorney General on the Adult Crime, Adult Time laws: "I acknowledge that the amendments in the bill ... are incompatible with human rights." nit.com.au/29-11-2024/1...
Trying my hand at translating a written work as a part of learning a language. Take one book, research its background, read it twice, begin. Respect to everyone who has ever done this. Deep, deep respect to those who have to translate every conversation every day.
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Trying my hand at translating a written work as a part of learning a language. Take one book, research its background, read it twice, begin. Respect to everyone who has ever done this. Deep, deep respect to those who have to translate every conversation every day.
Early childhood services are working on applying for the Australian government workforce retention grant. It’s a process but the aim is in the name, it’s fantastic to have this while the award is being sorted. One fact that has sparked discussion amongst Educators is: 👇
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November 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Early childhood services are working on applying for the Australian government workforce retention grant. It’s a process but the aim is in the name, it’s fantastic to have this while the award is being sorted. One fact that has sparked discussion amongst Educators is: 👇
@jasonclaremp.bsky.social
@jasonclaremp.bsky.social
Encouraging new writers on EC at Educational Leaders Association FB page.
November 23, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Encouraging new writers on EC at Educational Leaders Association FB page.
Today I start reading the books I have bought for other people for Christmas
November 22, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Today I start reading the books I have bought for other people for Christmas
And then watch it again.
Early childhood as it could be in every centre, not just the precious few.
(Mark it down as professional learning time)
Early childhood as it could be in every centre, not just the precious few.
(Mark it down as professional learning time)
I recommend you watch / listen / read / delve.
#edusky #slow #timetothink
froebel.org.uk/training/fil...
#edusky #slow #timetothink
froebel.org.uk/training/fil...
Froebel Trust Lecture 2024: Prof. Alison Clark & Donna Green
froebel.org.uk
November 22, 2024 at 2:24 AM
And then watch it again.
Early childhood as it could be in every centre, not just the precious few.
(Mark it down as professional learning time)
Early childhood as it could be in every centre, not just the precious few.
(Mark it down as professional learning time)
EC update: Still a staffing crisis. Still reports of using Educational Leaders (Curriculum Leadership) to fill staffing gaps rather than doing their jobs guiding quality. But worse, now getting reports of reduction (yes ⬇️) in professional learning. Quality matters. We need to put this into law #nqf
November 20, 2024 at 11:39 PM
EC update: Still a staffing crisis. Still reports of using Educational Leaders (Curriculum Leadership) to fill staffing gaps rather than doing their jobs guiding quality. But worse, now getting reports of reduction (yes ⬇️) in professional learning. Quality matters. We need to put this into law #nqf