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Children will be read books from birth as part of a new initiative in Campaspe libraries. The program, 1000 Books Before School, is an early literacy initiative to engage parents in reading 1000 books with their children from birth until they begin school. The campaign calls for families to […]
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SCHOOLS IN CRISIS: One-in-four new teachers ‘burnt out’ Calling all female principals: where are you? A new toolkit is now available to teachers to help them explain race to preschool children as young as three years old. The Building Belonging toolkit, designed by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) […]
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An innovative phone app can help toddlers before they even start school, say experts (Photo: Getty) A phone app designed for disadvantaged pre-school children has been found to improve concentration and problem-solving by toddlers, according to Oxford University experts. They carried out a randomised controlled trial of EasyPeasy, an […]
In a bid to promote languages other than English, Australia on Monday announced national rollout of an online programme for pre-schoolers to learn foreign languages, including Hindi, from next year onwards. The Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) Polyglots applications will help students and […]
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Peter Lippman looks at the importance of structure in open and flexible spaces. Image: Peter Lippman November is Learning Spaces month at Teacher magazine. In this article, school designer, education facility planner, researcher and educator Peter Lippman looks at the history of school design and the importance of structure […]
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Researchers say almost all brain development happens during preschool years, showing the importance of early childhood education. KELLY HODEL/FAIRFAX NZ Although enrolling your child into early childhood education can seem daunting (where did your baby go?) research shows that 90 per cent of a child’s brain development happens in […]
A new report recommends all children in Australia should have access to at least two years of preschool. ©Shutterstock/nd3000 A new think tank report is recommending all children in Australia should have access to at least two years of high quality preschool rather than one, starting at the age […]
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The percentage of five-year-olds reaching a “good level of development” at the end of reception has increased, according to the Department for Education (DfE), which released their analysis of this year’s EYFS Profile results. At a national level, 69.3 per cent of children achieved a good level of development, […]
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Mrs Lynda Babao O’Neill, the wife of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea has officially opened the library for the ‘Buk Bilong Pikinini’ today (25/10/2016) at the Kuluanda Primary School in Tari, Hela Province. Mrs O’Neill who is the Patron for the Buk Bilong Pikinini says early learning […]
GAMING: Twins Lin Speth, 6 and Li Speth, 6 with parents Michael Speth and Cynthia Qiu playing the Dominion card game. PHOTO/GEORGE NOVAK More than half of parents are worried their children are not being taught how to deal with stress at school and are concerned about the amount […]