Here are some simple actions that will help you breeze through Assessment and Rating. Like most things in life, the more organised and prepared you are the better. Keep your Quality Improvement Plan up to date This is key to a smooth Assessment and Rating experience. Sure, day-to-day is crazy busy in centres but prioritising […]
Did you apply for and successfully obtain Long Day Care Professional Development Funding (LDCPDF)? If so you only have until the 30th of June to use the funding… there is only 2.5 weeks to go! Luckily as Backyard in a Box is a training tool as well as a classroom resource, your purchase is covered […]
I stopped taking probiotics some years ago when I discovered the health benefits of raw apple cider vinegar and fermented foods. Being of Italian-Austraian heritage, my father often served up plates of sauerkraut during my childhood. I loved its tart flavour, but home made versions are nothing like the canned varieties you’ll find n the […]
I recently caught up with co-directors, husband and wife team Alan and Naziha Daher from Bankstown Childcare Academy. They were searching for sustainability solutions that would help their unique set of challenges specific to the Middle Eastern childcare community. A member of the Backyard Collective for a little over a year now I wanted to […]
C&K Magnetic Island Early Childhood Centre has been using the Backyard in a Box program for almost two years and we thought we’d check in with Director Lana Flynn Collier, educators Hailey Wetzel and Naomi Ravkin and the rest of the team to see just how effective these sustainability hacks are to children, staff and families on the […]
