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The festive season is almost here.  

With a rapidly changing landscape of technology, shifting customer expectations and even more competition than before, childcare services must stay ahead of the curve with goal setting. Establishing clear, achievable goals for the coming year can help a childcare service stay competitive and remain successful. 

Smart Central had an incredible year in 2022. Through innovative product launches and strategic partnerships, we were able to expand our offerings to meet the needs of childcare services in Australia. 

It's been a busy few months for the team at Smart Central as we've been hard at work on a range of new features and improvements that upgrade Kindyhub and relaunch it with a suite of improvements as Smart Learn, now even more seamlessly integrated with the Smart Central admin platform. We're excited to announce that these will be rolled out this month so we are giving you a heads up now!

Smart Central, the leading provider of childcare software solutions, will be releasing a new Reply function that promises to make parent-centre communication more efficient and effective. 

In today’s connected world, cybersecurity is becoming a top priority for businesses and organisations of all types. This is especially true in industries where sensitive data is collected and stored, such as healthcare and finance. However, one industry that often gets overlooked when it comes to cybersecurity is early childhood education.

It’s no secret that Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector is undergoing many changes and challenges, with one of the most difficult being attracting and retaining high quality educators and leaders to not only meet ratio requirements, but to support services and children to grow and thrive. 

With many early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs now well and truly underway for 2022, it’s the perfect time to take a moment and think about what your team hopes to achieve this year. 

Educators and teams working with children with additional support needs in Australia are supported to address access and participation barriers and support the inclusion of children with additional needs with their typically developing peers through the Inclusion Support Program (ISP).

Today's email from the federal government's Department of Education, Skills and Employment confirms limited gap fee waiving in affected local government areas.