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Partnerships for transitions

How to work together to support inclusion, learning and wellbeing during times of transition with Dr Kathryn Hopps, an early childhood educator, researcher and consultant.

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Kids Cottage and community connections

Kids Cottage Early Years Learning Centre share how they have adapted practices according to their community context and maintained connections during the pandemic.

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Tips for keeping attendance records: Regulations 158 and 159

It’s important to keep an accurate record of attendance for each child attending your service each day. This ensures each child at your service is accounted for and minimises the risk of children who are unaccounted for going undetected by educators at the service. It is also vital for contact tracing in the event of a COVID case in your service.

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Get to know your AOs: Linda Page

Linda Page, an Authorised Officer from the Western Metro team shares examples of collaborative partnerships with families and communities in a variety of service contexts. The Western Metro team works in quality assessment and compliance in the North West of Greater Sydney.

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For All Children: Embedding cultural diversity in early childhood education

Manjula Waniganayake, Professor of Early Childhood Education at Macquarie University, explores strategies to support children and families from refugee/migrant backgrounds.

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Risks associated with emergency and evacuation rehearsals

Rehearsals of your emergency procedures should be carried out every three months, even if you have never experienced an emergency situation that required you to evacuate or lockdown at your service.

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Get to know your AOs: Tanya Lau

Tanya Lau, an Authorised Officer from the Agile 2 team shares literacy and numeracy strategies she’s observed in a variety of service contexts. The Agile team works in quality assessment and compliance across different geographic areas in NSW.

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Lansvale Public School Preschool

Lansvale Public School Preschool, the first Department of Education Preschool in NSW to be awarded ACECQA’s Excellent rating, discuss how they develop numeracy and literacy with children, and their parent modules, created to support families to understand the vital role they play developing their children’s literacy and numeracy skills.

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Riverstone Public School Preschool

Riverstone Public School Preschool shares how their local community informs their literacy and numeracy teaching program and how their curriculum builds continuity through the transition to school.

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Let’s Count: Notice, explore, and talk about mathematics in everyday life

Bob Perry and Sue Dockett, from Charles Sturt University and Peridot Education Pty Ltd, discuss the Let’s Count program which has been designed to assist educators to make maths a positive experience for children.

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Safe sleep practices save lives

Red Nose outlines how to ensure your practices are guided by best practice advice and what steps to take to set up a safe sleeping environment.

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Explore and Develop Epping Road

Explore and Develop Epping Road, a long day care service from North Ryde, tells us about their safe sleep practices and how they work with families to meet the sleep/rest needs of every child in their care.

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