Engaged parents and carers involved Increasing vulnerable children’s in their child’s learning and participation in early education development More than one in five children starts school with vulnerabilities that can present challenges Families play a critical role in children’s for their future learning and development. learning and development. Engaged parents Overcoming participation barriers to provide and carers boost children’s motivation and access to quality early education programs for confidence as learners and foster positive every child is essential to reducing attitudes towards education. developmental vulnerability and positively Key achievements in 2015–16: shaping children’s long-term outcomes. funding more than 190 services to deliver Key achievements in 2015–16: early years programs and services, focusing on inclusive programs that reflect including child and family support hubs, and community diversity to increase pre-kindergarten activities, playgroups and the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait early childhood development services Islander children participating in a quality promoting effective strategies for kindergarten program to 85.6 per cent in learning, including the release of 2015, up 20.3 percentage points from parent-focused resources to support 2014 children’s positive transition to school supporting 11,266 children from building the confidence of parents and disadvantaged communities to participate families as children’s first educators in a quality kindergarten in 2015, up from through the Abecedarian Queensland pilot 11,152 in 2014 program securing an additional $14.2 million over providing opportunities for Aboriginal and four years to support children with Torres Strait Islander families and their disability to actively participate in children from over 20 locations across kindergarten through the new Disability Queensland to participate in play-based Inclusion Support for Queensland early learning activities, and access take Kindergartens funding program home resources as part of the Families as partnering with the Queensland First Teachers program Department of Health to address the high partnering with non-government rate of middle ear disease in Aboriginal organisations to maintain awareness of the and Torres Strait Islander children through importance of kindergarten at community the Deadly Kids, Deadly Futures — events Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hearing Health Framework 2016–26 reaching more than 22,700 followers on the counts! Facebook page by funding Early Years Connect, a sharing practical ideas and activities for professional development package families to engage in their child’s early designed to support early childhood education and support their learning and educators working with children with development disability, significant development delay, and complex social, emotional and supporting parents and services through behavioural needs the Kindy Hotline.
Engaged parents and carers involved in their child’s learning and development Families play a critical role in children’s learning and development. Engaged parents and carers boost children’s motivation and confidence as learners and foster positive attitudes towards education. Key achievements in 2015–16: funding more than 190 services to deliver early years programs and services, including child and family support hubs, pre-kindergarten activities, playgroups and early childhood development services promoting effective strategies for learning, including the release of parent-focused resources to support children’s positive transition to school building the confidence of parents and families as children’s first educators through the Abecedarian Queensland pilot program providing opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and their children from over 20 locations across Queensland to participate in play-based early learning activities, and access take home resources as part of the Families as First Teachers program partnering with non-government organisations to maintain awareness of the importance of kindergarten at community events reaching more than 22,700 followers on the counts! Facebook page by sharing practical ideas and activities for families to engage in their child’s early education and support their learning and development supporting parents and services through the Kindy Hotline. Increasing vulnerable children’s participation in early education More than one in five children starts school with vulnerabilities that can present challenges for their future learning and development. Overcoming participation barriers to provide access to quality early education programs for every child is essential to reducing developmental vulnerability and positively shaping children’s long-term outcomes. Key achievements in 2015–16: focusing on inclusive programs that reflect and community diversity to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children participating in a quality kindergarten program to 85.6 per cent in 2015, up 20.3 percentage points from 2014 supporting 11,266 children from disadvantaged communities to participate in a quality kindergarten in 2015, up from 11,152 in 2014 securing an additional $14.2 million over four years to support children with disability to actively participate in kindergarten through the new Disability Inclusion Support for Queensland Kindergartens funding program partnering with the Queensland Department of Health to address the high rate of middle ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children through the Deadly Kids, Deadly Futures — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hearing Health Framework 2016–26 funding Early Years Connect, a professional development package designed to support early childhood educators working with children with disability, significant development delay, and complex social, emotional and behavioural needs
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