Maroubra Junction Before and After School and Vacation Care Centre

05/02/2023

We’re making changes to the way we work out your Child Care Subsidy (CCS) entitlement from July 2023. Child care will be cheaper for most families.

If you already get CCS, you don’t need to do anything. We’ll apply changes to your CCS automatically.

Learn more about the changes on our website: servicesaustralia.gov.au/changes-if-you-get-family-payments

22/07/2021

Such a great video that shows how much play is important to child development!

"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of pla...

09/03/2021

08/02/2021

03/02/2021

Our 2021 Weekly Themes that have been picked by the children and educators.

The other weeks with do themes are kids choice where they develop their own activities and facilitate them too.

02/02/2021

Current times = different type of play

Digital play can be a great substitute for play in the physical world. Research shows playing on a screen builds many of the same skills.

31/01/2021

Great little read from Maggie Dent, commonly known as the “queen of common sense”, and is one of Australia's favourite parenting authors and educators, with a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience.

“Babies create hypotheses, test them and then relentlessly appraise their findings with the vigour of a seasoned scientist. This means that infants are extraordinarily delightful, surprisingly aggressive learners. They pick up everything.” — John Medina, Brain Rules for Baby (2014) www.brainru...