Did you know that children are much more likely to reach their full potential in life when their family and education and care service work together? (ACECQA, 2018) As a child care service provider, building partnership with families is essential for providing quality care and education to children. Effective communication builds understanding and trust. When [...]
Changes to regulations regarding child transport sessions are now in effect, as of March 1 2023. As you may be aware, transportation requirements for centre based care services have changed. To avoid financial penalties, centre based care service must ensure compliance with the following updates: Approved providers and nominated supervisors must ensure a staff member [...]
It was a busy and productive 12 months for Child Care Central team of software developers and customer support. Designing new features, taking on feedback, enhancing the software and lots of testing was achieved. As Child Care Central CCS Software was the first to be fully web-based, the teams are always working on improvements, security [...]
Children’s Week 2021 kicks off on the 23rd of October and finishes on the 31st. For the Child Care Central team, this is an extremely special occasion. On a daily basis, hundreds of our services work with children, witnessing them embark on early learning journeys. For this year’s Children’s Week, the theme is based on [...]
Using paper forms to onboard new families can be a stressful and time-consuming process. Especially with ever-present threat of COVID-19, physical interaction is now an outdated method of enrolment. Child Care Central has the best solution for your service. The Online Enrolments Module is a quick, digital way to sign-up new families. With the ability [...]
National Child Protection Week wrapped up on the 11th of September. During the week, many people across Australia had the opportunity to educate themselves on child protection. On Friday the 10th of September 2021 the Redbourne Group teams participated in Braveheats’ White Balloon Day. Together, the staff showed their support for the great work Bravehearts [...]
Documenting learning experiences allows services and parents to review the progress a child is making. From here, improvements and adjustments can be made to education programs. This aspect of early education is key for a child’s development. Additionally, being able to create and document learning programs digitally is extremely helpful when adhering to Australian childcare [...]
As a childcare service, there is typically a large amount of information and data to share with parents, guardians and families. But what is the most important information to share? There are three main areas that childcare services should focus on: Invoices and Statements It is vital that parents can view receipts, invoices, and statements. [...]
How does your early learning or OSHC service share news with families, parents, or guardians? Keeping families informed with your service’s events, changes and updates is extremely important. Not only does it help to maintain a strong connection with parents and guardians, it displays the positive learning outcomes created by your service. Using third party [...]
We acknowledge the traditional land-owners of Australia, and the Turrbal people, traditional custodians of the land from the North Pine River south to the Logan River and inland as far as Moggill. We welcome all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
