COVID-19 advice

Includes closures, unwell children and staff and how to maintain good health hygiene
Learning from home

To help support children’s learning and development in the event their service is closed
FUSE

A content repository with over 25,000 educational resources mapped to Victorian curriculum frameworks

Obligations to protect children

The law, training, reporting to police
Access KIM

Kindergarten Info Management System
Funding and grants

To help your service maintain high standards for the children in your care and their families
Understanding behaviour

Guidance, what legislation requires, your role
Training and development

Scholarship and PD opportunities across child health, wellbeing and education in the early years
Health, development and wellbeing

Child protection, maternal and general health, out-of-home care and development and child safety
Early childhood update

News, resources and information for professionals, providers and educators
Learning in the early years

Learning frameworks, literacy toolkit, gifted and talented children and moving to primary school
Aboriginal children

Programs and services for Aboriginal children and their families
Working with families and the community

Support participation with families and communities in the early years
Children with additional needs

Resources, training and programs to support children with disabilities and additional needs
Running a service

Industry regulation, assessment and rating and requirements for running a service

State budget highlights 2020/21

As our state emerges from the global pandemic, we need to make sure all Victorians have the support they need. Explore our education and training highlights.

Victorian Early Years Awards finalists announced

Early years organisations, teachers and educators are among those recognised

Early childhood teachers celebrated on World Teachers’ Day

This year's World Teachers' Day on 30 October will shine a light on the tireless dedication and passion of our teachers.

Play Learn Grow text message program supports early learning

Parents and carers have until 25 October to sign up to valuable advice service.

Brimbank Pre-school Association (BPA) Case Study

Brimbank Pre-school Association (BPA), an early years management organisation in Melbourne’s west, used innovative ways to make sure children could get the most out of their remote and flexible kindergarten learning, no matter their background.

Northern Schools Early Years Cluster (NSEYC) Case Study

Kindergarten services in Melbourne’s northern suburbs have been using a range of methods to help families support their young children’s learning and development and stay connected while they’ve been at home during coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.

Pink and Blue Early Learning Case Study

Educators at an Echuca kindergarten embraced video conferencing as a way to keep connections strong between children attending on site and those engaging in remote and flexible learning.

Bunyip Childcare Centre’s James Robinson tells his story for Early Childhood Educators’ Day

On this Early Childhood Educators' Day, we are sharing the story of James Robinson, a passionate early childhood educator from Bunyip Childcare Centre.

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