Author: Medowie Gumnuts

Backyard pools can be the life of summer but they can also be unsafe for children if proper safey precautions are not taken. Follow these tips from Life Saving Victoria to ensure your pool stays a fun zone, not a danger zone. Proper supervision Never take your eyes off children in and around the pool. Active supervision means that your 
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This week has brought a number of events that turned our minds to how to support you when young children in your care are made anxious or sad by personal or media news. We are all saddened by the terrible accident at Dreamworld. Nearly two million people visit Dreamworld every year, particularly families with children. Many young children are also 
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Creativity is present in almost everything we do. So much more than simply paint on paper, creativity is an integral step in progress and invention. Without creative thinking there would be no planes, medicines, iPads or music. However, other than existing in specifically ‘creative’ subjects in the classroom – art, music and craft – creativity has been something mostly ignored 
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