Community Early Learning Australia recently created a new Learning and Development agenda based on our philosophy that we can bring a sparkle to your work with children.

Dr Mimi Wellisch brings together her own research and established international evidence that every educator is likely to see at least one moderately gifted child each year in a typical centre-based service.

Last week we chose the winners of our scholarship to the MENu conference in Adelaide in February. 

It’s a curious aspect of childhood, but few of us alive today have grown up without at least one period of fascination with dinosaurs.

Sarah Riddell, early childhood teacher and blogger, returns to Amplify with this consideration of technology in documentation. While some in the sector remain vexed about the use of image captures for documenting children’s learning stories, Sarah takes a strongly practical approach and examines how educators could make technology work harder for them. 

Looking for that great idea you saw about using plastic bottles as plant irrigators?

The national authority’s Annual Performance Report shows more than 95% of the sector still backs the National Quality Framework, but the proportion of services which have a heavy sense of regulatory burden has barely changed.

CELA writer Cath Fowler compiled this CELA Simple Guide to updating your emergency management plan in 2018, focusing on for bushfire risks, and in her story we give you the best official advice and links for every state and territory in Australia.