AS part of its commitment to NAIDOC Week, Young Academics Early Learning Centre (YA) this week hosted a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony at its Westmead centre.

FOR whatever the reasons that you and your partner are considering enrolling your child to early childhood education and care, know that there is never just one reason. 

Whether it is for economic reasons, or that your child is ready to take on more education, or that you have one or more children at home that are too young for childcare, you are some of the millions of parents who face the question, “is my child ready for daycare?” 

AUSTRALIA is an immigrant country. That has been the case since 1788. One in every two Australians are either from overseas themselves or has a parent who is from overseas. 

You and your family live in Australia, but your parents do not. And as your children grow up, having their grandparents around would mean just the world to you. 

DO your children like Thomas the Tank Engine? Are you encouraging them to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics? Do you teach them to appreciate history too?

IF you are like so many other parents, Google can only help you go so far. But if you had a team of parents who have curated some of the best playgrounds across Sydney, you would think they are a Godsend, won’t you! And that is exactly what has happened.

I KNOW I know. Who would have thought that a state government would want to help young families. If you live in New South Wales, there actually happens to be several offers from the NSW Government that can be useful, for example: