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Time is fast running out to secure your ticket to the must-attend event on the 2025 family day care calendar!
With ticket sales closing on Sunday 5 October, there are only 4 more days remaining to lock in your seat and join fellow family day care professionals to connect, reflect and be inspired at the FDCA 2025 National Conference.
A range of ticket options are available to allow you to select the ticket that best suits you. These include:
To get your ticket before time runs out, click here.
Did you miss out on the webinar on play-based learning with intentionality, recently hosted by the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)?
A recording of this popular webinar, including a Q&A session with the presenters, is now available on the AERO website.
Presented by AERO Director of Strategic Engagement & Implementation (ECEC), Dr Katey De Gioia, with key insights from Dr Anne Kennedy, Dr Luke Touhill, and Amy Shine, the webinar shared insights into how educators can actively plan for, respond to and reflect on both planned and spontaneous learning opportunities throughout the day.
For further information and to access the recorded webinar, click here.
The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) has released a series of free eLearning modules designed to help build understanding of the National Quality Framework (NQF).
The fourth module in the series, NQF Induction 4: National Quality Standards, explores the purpose and structure of the National Quality Standards (NQS) including its role in guiding quality outcomes for children.
This module is valuable for a wide range of audiences:
Key learning objectives include:
You can access the NQF Induction 4: National Quality Standard here.
When parents share care or separate while a child is enrolled, childcare arrangements can become complex – particularly when both parents (or their new partners) share financial responsibility for childcare fees.
It’s important for services and educators to understand how enrolments and Complying Written Arrangements (CWAs) are managed in these situations, to support families with clarity and consistency while meeting compliance obligations.
Key points to remember:
Example:
A child attends care five days a week. The mother pays for Monday to Wednesday, and the father pays for Thursday and Friday. The service must submit sessions for Monday – Wednesday under the mother’s enrolment, and Thursday – Friday under the father’s enrolment. This ensures CCS is correctly applied to each parent.
Shared care arrangements require careful management to ensure fairness for families and compliance by providers. By maintaining clear communication, updating enrolments promptly, and submitting attendances accurately, services can support separated families while meeting their obligations under CCS requirements.
For more information, refer to the Department of Education’s Child Care Provider Handbook or visit the Department of Education website.
The latest ACECQA National Quality Framework (NQF) Snapshot has been released, revealing that there are now 18,018 approved services operating under the NQF across Australia. This is a 2% increase over the last 12 months.
The Q2 2025 NQF Snapshot shows that there are 412 approved family day care services operating across Australia, with 76% of services having a NQS rating of Meeting NQS or higher, this is an increase of 7% over the last 12 months.
To view the latest NQF Snapshot, click here.
On Monday, 6 October 2025, the Family Day Care Australia office will be closed for the Labour Day Public Holiday. Our office will reopen at 9.00am AEDT Tuesday 7 October 2025.
Should your family day care insurance require renewal during this period or if you need to purchase a new family day care insurance policy, please visit our website.
If you need to make an emergency claim, details of how to do this are located on our website.
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