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Springvale centre among G8 childcare collapse
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (584+ words) Two G8 Education childcare centres in Cranbourne West and Springvale are among the 40 centres to be closed across Australia following lack of performance after last year's child abuse allegations. The Learning Sanctuary in Cranbourne West and Springvale 2 World of Learning, has…...
Day care service stands test of time
1+ week, 5+ day ago (860+ words) The Dandenong Day Nursery recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with children of yesteryear now grown up with their own families. The event was celebrated across the three sites in Dandenong with entertainment such as Myuna Farm animals, food stalls, children's rides…...
Funding rejected for Wellsprings job program
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (732+ words) A service provider for women in the South East is challenging the refusal of funding that would help 30 vulnerable women into jobs. Wellsprings for Women has written to the federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Amanda Rishworth, expressing disappointment…...
Human Calculator makes World Maths Day count
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (923+ words) An ex-Haileybury student, once dubbed the "Human Calculator, revisited her former school in Keysborough as the Ambassador for World Maths Day on Wednesday 25 March. In a full-circle moment, Tatiana Devendranath returned to where her journey began as a 14-year-old star…...
Schools low on staff as AEU strikes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (644+ words) Public school staff joined an Australian Education Union (AEU) strike today, claiming that the Labor government offered only half of their requested pay rise. Local schools in the area were closed or on modified timetables to work around the lack…...
Impact through education
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (551+ words) Akademos Society has spent over a decade lending a helping hand to disadvantaged academic students in Afghanistan and Pakistan through financial support. It began after a group of young Hazara students, many refugees themselves, attended a candlelight solidarity vigil for…...