CCCH School Readiness Funding Resources
Welcome to the Centre for Community Child Health’s resource page for kindergartens in receipt of school readiness funding.
Here you’ll find a resource kit that helps kindergartens to set children up for success in school and life, using school readiness funds. All our resources are evidence-based and aim to positively influence children’s health, learning and development.
DET school readiness funding menu
The Department of Education and Training’s (DET) school readiness funding recognises the important role kindergartens play in enabling children to benefit from the boost that early learning provides. Kindergartens can use this funding to purchase items on and off the school readiness funding menu.
You’ll find that most of our resources are located on the DET school readiness funding menu, address early years learning and development frameworks and the DET school readiness priority areas:
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- Communication (language development)
- Wellbeing (social and emotional)
- Access and inclusion.
Explore our early learning resources
Our early learning resources come in a range of formats to suit your learning needs, including workshops, online learning and information sheets.
These resources will help you to make a big difference in the lives of children and families by enriching children’s early learning from all angles – in education and care settings, the home and the community. Resources marked with an asterisk (*) are also located on the DET school readiness funding menu.
Early childhood educators
- Let’s Read professional development*
- Laying the Foundations eLearning*
- Difficult Conversations – how do we have them?*
- Reflective Practice*
Engage families
- Working in Partnership
- Engaging Families: building & sustaining helpful relationships with parents*
- Family Partnership Model foundation 5-day course*
- Empowering Parents Empowering Communities*
Early childhood educators
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Laying the Foundations An online learning course that enhances professionals understanding of how they can positively shape early childhood learning and development from 0-8 years. Type: Online short course Duration: 5 modules SRF priority areas: Communication (language development), Wellbeing (social and emotional) and Access and inclusion. Cost: $154 for the full package or create your own bundle. Learn more. |
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Let’s Read Helps professionals to facilitate literacy-rich kindergarten and home learning environments for children using books and reading. Type: Online short course, resources and optional mentoring Duration: 1 module SRF priority areas: Communication (language development) Cost: Packages start from $50. Learn more
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Difficult conversations Learn and practice how to enter into difficult conversations from a partnership perspective with this face-to-face training. Type: Face to face training/workshop Duration: 3 hours SRF priority areas: Access and inclusion. Cost: From $197 per person. |
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Reflective practice Use reflective practice to develop a culture of learning and to gain insight into how our interactions can influence children’s learning and development. Type: Face to face training/workshop Duration: 3 hour or full-day workshop SRF priority areas: Access and inclusion. Cost: From $197 per person. |
Engage families
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Engaging Families Explore the perspectives of families who find it difficult to engage with early years services and learn how you can build better relationships with parents. Type: Face to face training/workshop Duration: 3 hour or full-day workshop SRF priority areas: Access and inclusion. Cost: From $197 per person. |
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Working in partnership Access tools and strategies from the internationally recognised Family Partnership Model to work towards shared goals with families. Type: Face to face training/workshop Duration: 3 hour or full-day workshop SRF priority areas: Access and inclusion. Cost: From $197 per person. |
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Family Partnership Model Help more children to benefit from parents and kindergartens working together in partnership with this comprehensive five-day workshop. Type: Face to face workshop Duration: 5-day course SRF priority areas: Wellbeing (focus on self-regulation) and Access and inclusion. Cost: From $1,650 per person. |
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Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities A program that enables kindergartens to partner with local parents to enhance parenting skills and children’s health, development and learning. Type: Parent-to-parent, in-person program Duration: 8-weeks Being a Parent Course SRF priority areas: Wellbeing (social and emotional) Cost will differ based on location and community. |
The Centre for Community Child Health is a department of The Royal Children’s Hospital and a research group of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.