I have been searching on the net of late and have found a site that can actually give me answers to my questions, especially relating to the computer. It is called eHow.
Below is a link to a page that i have found to be very useful, it gives you step by step instructions on how to…
This link is How to develop Phonological Awareness in Preschoolers
http://www.ehow.com/how_2094291_develop-phonological-awareness-preschoolers.html
Jump on and learn something new
The new Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Essential Conditions and Standards for Initial Registration and Continuing Registration of Training Organisations were approved by the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment in late June for implementation from 1 July 2010.
The new standards will be presented to the Vocational Education and Accreditation Board (VETAB) at their meeting on 2 August for formal endorsement prior to their implementation in NSW. It is anticipated that audits conducted after 1 September 2010 will be against the new AQTF Standards.
The Conditions and Standards were revised to strengthen the AQTF and provide additional protection for all students undertaking vocational education and training in Australia.
Key features:
Implementation of three elements of the new AQTF has been put on hold until 3 January 2011. These are:
RTOs need to be compliant with all other aspects of the new AQTF from the date it becomes effective.
You can download copies of the new AQTF Standards from the training.com.au website.
Yes that’s right The NSW State Government is funding training for:
If you are competent in Diploma of Children’s Services you may be eligible
Call now as enrolments are filling up fast 49261092 admin@atkinsontraining.com Advanced Diploma in Children’s Services is a funded course through the NSW State Training Productivity Places Program for existing workers This course is targeted at people who are in or would like to be in a management or leadership role in Children’s Services. Upon completion of the Advanced Diploma you will have developed knowledge and skills in a range of areas
Only takes about 2 seconds, it originally came from an orthopedic surgeon.This will confuse your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can’t. It’s pre-programmed in your brain!
1. While sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number “6″ in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction. And there’s nothing you can do about it ….
Children’s
Yoga
We all are aware of the benefits of Yoga for adults but what about our children?
We here at Atkinson Training beleive that children are confident and involved learners - EYLF, they are exploring what their bodies are capable of, appreciate and enjoy body movement
We have a workshop on
Tuesday 20th July at 630-830pm
with Yoga instructor Penny
Hurry places are filling up fast
02 4926 102
For information on other workshops available pleas erefer to our calender on http:// www.atkinsontraining.com/calender
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This is a very big topic of conversation right now, Childcare costs are rising and rising fast. Many centres have waiting lists as long as your arm. How are the government going to assist out working popluation? Will this force our working families to enrol children into our primary schools early?
CareforKids.com wrote a fantastic post earlier this week which i have attached for you to look over
From the CareforKids webpage:
“The Soaring Cost Of Child Care
Is it forcing parents to send kids to school early?
Last week the Daily Telegraph printed a story which revealed some parents are sending their children to school early, even if they may not quite be ready, in a bid to avoid the exorbitant child care fees.
Bruce McDougall, on May 29, said that the “soaring cost of childcare is forcing thousands of parents to pack their children off to school before they turn five and can cope in the classroom”…
The article, based on an exclusive survey commissioned by The Daily Telegraph found more than 70 per cent of parents planned to send their children to school as soon as they were legally eligible, which seems fairly obvious if not a little low! Fourteen per cent, however, said this was because school was cheaper than childcare.
Childcare NSW president Lyn Connolly said it was “outrageous” that schools took so many 4½-year-olds despite advice they were not ready for school.
“We have had children go to school and return to us as late as July or August,” she said.
In Australia, school age requirements, as with so many other vital parts of Australian life, are not Federal but set by State, so it’s all very confusing in terms of when a child is at the right age for Kindergarten.
There is also a trend towards “holding back” children in Australia where it is quite common for children to turn 6 early on in their Kindergarten year. The fact that so many children of legitimate school age are “not ready” could also be due to the fact that Australia still has no compulsory pre-school system to prepare them for school…
Another issue on the government’s ever growing “To Do” list!”
Hi there,
Do you have a child in your care and all you both want to do is go and play outside but…. It just wont stop raining?
Instead of being bored and climbing the walls, why not use the weather to your advantage!
Here are some ideas:
Powdered paint
Cubbyhouses
Puddle jumping & discovering the garden
Changes in our weather are a constant, why not use this time to encourage and discover maths and science concepts together!
Being, Belonging and Becoming: The Early Years Framework
Early childhood Australia have some fantastic resources relating to the EYLF (link below)
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/eylf
These resources are linked with learning outcomes, partnerships with families, cultural competencies, leaning environments, transitions, equity, respect, relationship and much more
While you on the site why not become a member of ECA. For your free information pack please call 1800 356 900 or email eca@earlychildhood.org.au. For more information please visit www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/membership