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The Lil Gwyther Award will be launched in 2010
The Lil Gwyther Prize
- An Invitation
To honour the memory of Lil Gwyther, who so actively promoted "flexible, child-centred and ungraded... 
Changes to blue card requirements for registered teachers from 1 July 2010 5 Jul 2010
As you may be aware, the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian ('the Commission') is implementing further changes to the blue...
The Folly of Jolly Old Phonics - Mem Fox address 2008 5 Jul 2010
The Folly of Jolly Old Phonics
A phonics tale of three children (with morals for teachers of reading) © Mem Fox 2008
QUEENSLAND TO ADOPT NEW AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM FROM 2012 23 Jun 2010
Minister for Education and Training
The Honourable Geoff Wilson
23/06/2010
QUEENSLAND TO ADOPT NEW AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM FROM 2012
Queensland...
Media report - C&K CEO fears kindergartens face extinction 20 Jun 2010
THE traditional model of a Queensland kindergarten is under serious threat of being completely annihilated by long-daycare centres, according to an...
Australian Curriculum project 2010
Reference to documents relevant to ECTA members are shown here.
Call for Nominations - 2010 Prime Minister's Prize for Science
The Australian Government awards five prizes annually for outstanding scientific achievements and excellence in science teaching. These awards are...
Primary Arts Network Ipswich 24 Feb 2010
This year Primary Arts Network Ipswich celebrates its 8th year of Arts Education in the Moreton Region .
We have grown significantly from providing...
Assessing the effectiveness of (ECEC) programs in Australian communities 16 Feb 2010
Please find attached flyer for the Research forum which will discuss
the effectiveness of ECEC programs in Australian Communities.
Kate...
JCQTA items of interest - 28 Jan 2010
Media Release
Australian Greens spokesperson on Childcare and Education - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
22 January 2010
PLEASE INVEST IN THE BUILDING...
Play is disappearing - expulsions are increasing 27 Jan 2010
HMMM not only in Queensland it seems:
New research shows that many kindergartens spend 2 to 3 hours per day instructing and testing children in...
2010 Year of Environmental Sustainability 30 Dec 2009
The Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts has released its first Strategic Plan for Environmental Sustainability -Earth Smart...
The Australian - Parents count cost of reform in child care - 7 Dec 2009
BY the time many children start school, they have spent more time in day care than they will in the classroom over the next 13 years. But while...
