e-News 10 November 2011
November 10, 2011
In the News Universal Access Policy public debate continues
Those interested in the early childhood education and care sector may have noticed a lot of media attention recently on the implementation of the Universal Access policy and its impact on services that offer kindergarten programs. Emma King, KPV CEO, has been asked by several media outlets to articulate KPV’s position on the national policy. KPV supports Universal Access as a policy which will improve the educational outcomes for children, however we stress that this should not be at the cost of kindergarten for three year old children. It is imperative that services are supported and existing programs are not compromised.
18 Month Review of the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education
The Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs has released the Eighteen Month Review of the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education which was undertaken by Allen Consulting Group.
The key issues for the review include the adequacy of funding, the appropriateness of timelines, and the achievement of outcomes, outputs and performance indicators for each Australia State or Territory that are signatories to the Agreement. According to the MCEECDYA bilateral discussions with the Victorian State Government are set to continue regarding capital, workforce and remote location delivery. To read the review click
hereLaunch of the early childhood Traffic Safety Education program
The Minister for Roads, Terry Mulder, launched the early childhood Traffic Safety Education program Starting Out Safely at the Romp & Stomp Children’s Week event at Melbourne Museum on the 26th of October. Key activities of Starting Out Safely include:
- early childhood road safety education advocacy
- ThingleToodle education sessions and activities statewide
- professional development for early childhood educators statewide
- child restraint education, including culturally and linguistically diverse communities
The launch included a new advertisement, the Helmet Rap, which aims to boost children’s awareness of how to stay safe around the road. Helmet Tips for parents and the new advertisement (available from late November) can be viewed on the VicRoads' website.
KPV will be delivering the Starting Out Safely program to early year’s services across Victoria, with pilots for the new programs rolling out this month. Contact tse@kpv.org.au to register your interest in the program for 2012.
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What's happening in the sector KPV’s Seminar – Delivering quality in early childhood Monday 14 November
There are a few places left for KPV’s seminar on the National Quality Framework on Monday 14 November; an essential seminar for early childhood managers and committees. Friday’s session is fully booked and we have scheduled an extra seminar due to popular demand. Click
here to download a registration form.
Raising Children in more than one language seminar
The School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne is holding a free seminar for parents, early childhood and pre-school workers, grandparents, teachers and others interested in bilingual education.
When: Sunday December 11, 12:30pm – 5pm
Where: Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Cnr Swanston St and Monash Rd, University of Melbourne
Speakers include: Dr. Susanne Döpke, Prof. John Hajek
If you would like to register, please send an email listing the names of people wishing to attend to:
rumaccc-info@unimelb.edu.au by December 6th.
Making human rights real VCOSS workshop
The Victorian Council of Social Services are holding workshops across Victoria to enhance people’s understanding of human rights, the relevance of human rights to everyday life and to provide the tools to develop a human rights based approach to service delivery and policy development in their organisation.
For more information or to register for these workshops click
here.
Information for Parents and Educators Addressing the needs of siblings of children with disability or chronic illness.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), through the work of its Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (FCAP), has recently published a position statement:
Addressing the needs of siblings of children with disability or chronic illness. To read the position statement click
here.
RANZCP have also released a DVD for families with children with a disability and those who work with families called,
Stronger Sibling. The DVD developed by Siblings Australia and presented by Andrew Daddo is available to order
here.
Transition to School resource for parents and educators The Federal government in conjunction with the Australian Psychological Society has recently developed a great resource for families and educators called
The KidsMatter Transition to School: Parent Initiative. This on-line program aims to support schools and families during the transition period for children from kindergarten to school and to equip them with knowledge, skills and resources to enable children to make a positive start to primary school. Go to the KidsMatter website
here.
Dental hygiene tip sheets In an effort to raise awareness about the importance of oral healthcare in babies and toddlers, the Australian Dental Association (ADA) has developed a selection of information sheets to assist parents and carers of babies and toddlers on good oral healthcare.
To download the information sheets and for additional oral hygiene tips go to the
ADA’s website.
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