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ELAA in the media - Jul 2023

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Channel 7 Melb - ELAA Acting CEO interviewed re trial of Sat morning kindergarten

17 Jul 2023

With the announcement that a Melbourne Early Childhood Education and Care provider will trial Saturday morning kindergarten sessions to cope with increasing demand, ELAA Acting CEO, Megan O'Connell, featured in this story on Seven News ...

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The Sector - ELAA calls for shake up of funding and hours as new CCS rules come into effect

12 Jul 2023

Early Learning Association Australia (ELAA) has called for “a shake up of funding and hours” as new Child Care Subsidy (CCS) changes come into force, seeking greater equity for those living in childcare deserts (as defined in a 2022 Victoria University report).

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Peak bodies respond to ACCC interim report into the market for ECEC supply (The Sector)

6 Jul 2023

The report, ELAA Acting CEO Megan O’Connell says, “also shows that the childcare ‘market’ is not operating as you would expect.”

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ELAA's Road Safety Education Inquiry Project features in FDCA's 'Jigsaw Magazine'

3 Jul 2023

Early Learning Association Australia's (ELAA) Road Safety Education Team were recently featured in Family Day Care Australia's (FDCA) 'Jigsaw Magazine'.

ELAA, in collaboration with the TAC for the Starting Out Safety program, invited Baw Baw Family Day Care to be the very first family day care service o participate in their Starting Out Safely – Road Safety Education (RSE) Inquiry Project.

The 'Jigsaw' article talks about how the Baw Baw Shire educators created learning environments to gauge children's understanding of road safety concepts and how the children shared their knowledge. The Educators discovered that their focus had to encompass all aspects of road safety and they needed to come up with an idea to cover their findings so they came up with the idea to write a book - the perfect vehicle (pun intended!) to inspire collaboration between educators, children, families, and community partners to promote children becoming safe and active citizens in their community.

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