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2021 Award Winners

2021 National Winners

National Educator of the Year

Melissa Dreger, City of Ballarat Family Day Care, VIC

National Service of the Year

Baw Baw Family Day Care, VIC

National Coordinator of the Year

Lyndall Cotterill, Mid Coast Family Day Care, NSW

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2021 National Finalists


Educator of the Year

Olga Dik, Open Arms Family Day Care, ACT/NSW - view video profile

Georgette Ahfock, Choices Family Day Care, NT/QLD - view video profile

Patricia Boyd, Nature Alliance Family Day Care, SA/WA - view video profile

Melissa Dreger, City of Ballarat Family Day Care, TAS/VIC - view video profile

Service of the Year

CASS Family Day Care, ACT/NSW - view video profile

Excellence in Care Family Day Care, NT/QLD - view video profile

Bright Futures Children’s Services, SA/WA - view video profile

Baw Baw Family Day Care, TAS/VIC - view video profile

Coordinator of the Year

Lyndall Cotterill, Mid Coast Family Day Care, ACT/NSW - view video profile

Nicole McGregor, Kids at Home Family Day Care, NT/QLD - view video profile

Angela Clarke, Ngala Family Day Care, SA/WA - view video profile

Mariam Shahid, Bright Sun Family Day Care, TAS/VIC - view video profile

2021 Star Award Winners

Perpetual Stars

Educator Perpetual Star - Trish Graham, Communities@Work Family Day Care and In-Home Care, ACT

Coordinator Perpetual Star - Denise McKenzie, Gunnedah Family Day Care, NSW

Service Perpetual Star - North Metro Family Day Care Scheme, SA

Emerging Stars

Educator Emerging Star - Lydia Burr, Launceston Family Day Care, TAS

Coordinator Emerging Star - Zowie Simpson, Maryborough and Districts Family Day Care, QLD

Service Emerging Star - Koolanga Family Day Care, WA

2021 Regional Educator Awards

ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA

Australian Capital Territory

Ayesha Durrani - North Canberra, Communities@Work Family Day Care And In-Home Care

Trish Graham - South Canberra, Communities@Work Family Day Care And In-Home Care

New South Wales

Gabriela Gasinska - CBD, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs, Family Day Care Sydney Wide

Maria Aggabao - North Shore & Northern Beaches, Sydney Family Day Care

Vijay Kirti - North West & Hills District, Five Star Family Day Care

Chytali Suneel Naik - Parramatta & Western Suburbs, First Start Family Daycare

Vijaya Prajapati - Richmond & Hawkesbury, Cares "R" Us Family Day Care

Shiva Shahriary - Ryde & Macquarie Park, Christian Community Aid Family Day Care

Jillian Critchley - Southern Suburbs & Sutherland Shire, Sutherland Shire Council Family Day Care

Xiaoling Min - South West & M5 Corridor, CASS Family Day Care

Tabitha Woonings - Albury Wodonga & Murray, Greater Hume Children Services

Courtney Murphy - Blue Mountains & Central West, Bathurst Family Day Care

Olga Dik - Coffs Harbour & North Coast, Open Arms Care Family Day Care

Jocelyn Mckay - Dubbo & Central, Dubbo Family Day Care

Maryann Zammit - Far West & Central North, Far West Family Day Care Services

Barbara Wallisch - Gosford & Central Coast, Coastwide Family Day Care

Brooke Druett - Goulburn & Southern Tablelands, Goulburn Family Day Care

Sarah Jane Wilson - Lismore & Far North Coast, Ballina-Byron Family Day Care

Corinne Bell - Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Upper Hunter Family Day Care

Kaylene Milligan - Port Macquarie & Mid North Coast, Mid Coast Family Day Care

Valerie Hume - Tamworth & North West, Armidale and District Family Day Care

Samantha King - Tumut, Southern Highlands & Snowy, Wingecarribee Family Day Care

Stephanie White - Wagga Wagga & Riverina, South West Regional Family Day Care

Sabrina Kelly - Wollongong, Illawarra & South Coast, Early Years Care

Northern Territory

Cecile Miel - Darwin, Kentish Family Day Care

Narieta Tinaikulabu - Alice Springs, Alice Springs Family Day Care

Queensland

Sharon Rasmussen - Brisbane North/Sunshine Coast, Empowered Family Day Care Service

Ranna Raval - Brisbane South, Wynnum Family Day Care

Jane Edwards - Brisbane West/Ipswich/Boonah, Building Futures Care

Jasmine Sheridan - Cairns & Far North, Cassowary Coast Family Day Care

Bharti Dhillon - Logan/Redlands/Gold Coast, Beaucare Family Day Care

Janelle Crook - Rockhampton/Central Qld, Excellence In Care Family Day Care Scheme

Georgette Ahfock - Toowoomba/Darling Downs/Somerset/Lockyer, Choices Family Day Care

Alysha McNeill - Townsville/Northern Qld, Enhance Family Day Care - Townsville & Regions

Norma Hastings - Wide Bay/Hervey Bay/Maryborough, Gin Gin Family Day Care

South Australia

Ali Barry Fleming - Adelaide, North Metro Family Day Care Scheme

Merrilyn Hannaford - Adelaide Hills & Barossa, Hills Murraylands Family Day Care Scheme

Susan Ann Hillyer - Mt Gambier & Limestone Coast, South East Riverland Family Day Care Scheme

Amye Zander - Riverland & Murray Mallee, Hills Murraylands Family Day Care Scheme

Tara Utting - Whyalla & Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Family Day Care Scheme

Tasmania

Heather Walters - Devonport & North West, Coastal Family Day Care

Karen Millhouse - Hobart & South, Northern Children's Network Family Day Care & In Home Care

Tamara Warland - Launceston & North, Northern Children's Network Family Day Care & In Home Care

Victoria

Zenaida Ternola - Bayside & South Eastern Suburbs, Wyndham Early Learning Family Day Care

Aneta Maccarone - CBD & Inner Suburbs, Whittlesea Family Day Care

Junting Chen - Eastern Suburbs, Foundations Family Day Care

Maria Tan - Northern Suburbs, bestchance Family Day Care

Kumudini Kurukulasuriya - Western Suburbs, Moreland Family Day Care

Martha Smith - Bairnsdale & Gippsland, Baw Baw Family Day Care

Melissa Dreger - Ballarat & Central Highlands, City of Ballarat Family Day Care

Sheridan Chandler - Bendigo, Goldfields & Macedon Ranges, Mt Alexander Family Day Care

Tania Locke - Geelong & Great Ocean Road, City of Greater Geelong Family Day Care

Simone Mcfarlane - Mildura & Murray, Mildura Family Day Care

Christine Daws - Shepparton & Goulburn Valley, Kids Individual Daycare Solutions

Anne Bell - Traralgon & La Trobe Valley, Baw Baw Family Day Care

Danielle Kennedy - Yarra Valley & High Country, Kids Individual Daycare Solutions

Western Australia

Isis Dorado - CBD, Inner & Western Suburbs, Community Vision Family Day Care

Narelle Thredgold - Eastern Suburbs, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Leanne Dowsett - Fremantle & Southern Suburbs, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Paula-Marie Dawson - Northern Suburbs & Joondalup, Elite Family Day Care

Louise Martin - Rockingham & Kwinana, Elite Family Day Care

Caroline Boocock - Albany & Great Southern, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Perrine Breheret - Broome & Kimberley, Willi Wag Tails Family Day Care Services

Cassandra Dennison - Bunbury & South West, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Patricia Boyd - Geraldton, Gascoyne & Midwest, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Julie Belhamine - Kalgoorlie, Goldfields & Esperance, Nature Alliance Family Day Care

Elissa Kalleske - Mandurah & Peel, Community Vision Family Day Care

Cassandra Duckworth - Northam & Wheatbelt, Willi Wag Tails Family Day Care Services

Sara Blattner - Port Hedland, Karratha & Pilbara, Ngala Family Day Care