Little Village Early Learning

To our Little Village families, children and communities, today our wonderful Little Village centres in Buderim and Bridgeman Downs will become a part of the About Children family.
Little Village was developed by our three families with a vision to create a childcare centre that they would be proud to send their own grandchildren to.
After seven years on this wonderful journey, we now find ourselves at the stage of life to be slowing down, considering retirement, and spending more time with our growing families.
Writing this message fills us with a range of emotions. We cannot thank our educators, support staff, families, children and communities enough.
We’re truly excited for Little Village’s future under the Only About Children umbrella. We look forward to stepping onto the other side of the fence as Grandparents, watching our grandchildren in their early childhood education journey.
This is not a goodbye, rather a ‘see you soon'.
Sending best wishes for 2022 from our families to yours.
The Macleod, Graham and George families.

Hi families, as the numbers of Covid-19 cases and contacts grow in the community, we are sharing the latest Protocol by the government.
We appreciate your working alongside us to keep our children, families and Educators safe.

www.health.gov.au

Did you hear about the changes to CCS for families? These have been brought forward to help families by reducing out-of-pocket costs which means more parents, particularly mothers, can return to work or take on more hours if they choose to.

- From 10 December 2021, the Government is removing the annual cap for all families who get CCS.
- From 7 March 2022, families with more than one child in care will get a higher subsidy.

Families may like to consider these changes as they confirm their bookings for next year. If you would like to reserve an extra day or start a sibling earlier than planned, please advise our admin team.
Current families have been asked to confirm their bookings by the end of October so we can begin to offer new families places in November.

Our helpful admin team is happy to assist you with any enquiries.

Higher CCS for multiple children and removal of annual cap - Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Australian Government We’re making changes to the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) to help families who currently pay the most and experience the biggest barriers to participation in work.

This week we celebrate Naidoc week, with this year's theme – Heal Country! This calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.

NAIDOC 2021 invites the nation to embrace First Nations’ cultural knowledge and understanding of Country as part of Australia's national heritage and equally respect the culture and values of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as they do the cultures and values of all Australians.

https://www.naidoc.org.au/