Skip to main navigation
Skip to content
Goodstart centres are often featured in the news courtesy of the great early learning experiences they offer children. Here are stories about Goodstart, the sector and our centres.
-
Goodstart offers help for teachers and educators in responding to children's sexual behaviours
As part of their normal development very young children can display sexual curiosity and behaviours. To mark National Child Protection Week, Goodstart Early Learning, the largest ECEC provider in Australia, is sharing a guide to responding to children's sexual Behaviour with other early learning centres, their teachers and educators.
-
Preschool funding cuts terrible news for children and working families across NSW
The NSW State Government has been warned today that proposed funding cuts will impact around two thirds of all families whose children are in preschool. The plan to slash $150M in funding from the state’s preschool sector will cement NSW’s place as the lowest spending state on preschool in the country.
-
Goodstart update Operation Moonbi
Our thoughts are with families across Australia as they learned the news about the horrific allegations against Hamish Tait.
-
Australia’s Inclusion Support Program is a gem – ensuring children, who would otherwise be left out, can join early learning
Ten years ago today the Australian Government revamped the Inclusion Support Program for children with additional needs – over that time it has ensured that more than 150,000 children could join their local early learning centre – changing the lives of every child in their kindy or early education room.
-
Renewal of the wage subsidy great news for educators, children, families and gender equity
The renewal of funding for the 15% wage subsidy for early childhood educators is great news for Australia’s 200,000 educators and for the one million families who rely on them to care for and educate their children.
-
Qld’s new Child Protection Commission will help make children safer
Queensland’s largest provider of early learning and care, Goodstart, has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement that it will establish a New Child Protection Commission saying it would strengthen the focus on safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
