Family Tax Benefit A & B: What It Means for Your Family (And How It Works with Child Care Subsidy)
When you’re planning the best start for your child, every dollar counts. That’s why understanding Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Parts A and B, and how they work alongside the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), can help you make informed choices about care, budgeting, and your family’s future.
3 Days or 5? How to Work Out Your Family’s Subsidised Care Hours
Since January 2026, every family eligible for the Child Care Subsidy is guaranteed 3 days (72 hours a fortnight) of subsidised care. Some families can access up to 5 days. Here’s a clear framework for working out exactly where your family sits.
NAIDOC Week 2026: How Kids Academy Brings Country and Culture into the Classroom
NAIDOC Week (6-13 July) is a great opportunity to look at exactly how First Nations culture is taught in our classrooms, and how families can be part of that learning at home too. Here’s how it works at Kids Academy.
EOFY and Your CCS: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids Academy Families
June 30 marks the end of the financial year, and for families receiving the Child Care Subsidy, it’s also when Services Australia begins balancing your CCS. The process is more straightforward than it sounds, and if you follow a few clear steps now, you’ll have everything sorted before the new year gets underway.
Is My Toddler Late Talking? Speech Milestones and What Parents Can Do
Communication is one of the most important foundations a child builds in the early years. Strong language skills support social connection, emotional development, and the literacy and learning capabilities children draw on throughout school. So it’s no wonder parents pay close attention, and no wonder many find themselves wondering whether their toddler’s speech is on track.
Fuel for Learning: Our Winter Menu Is Here at Kids Academy
What children eat during the day has a direct impact on how well they learn. At Kids Academy, we’ve built our 2026 Winter Menu around exactly that principle – warm, nourishing meals that give children the energy and nutrients they need to focus, explore, and thrive through every cooler-month session.
Fussy Eaters and Childcare: What’s Normal, and How Mealtimes Support Learning and Growth
Fussy eating is one of the most searched parenting topics for families with young children, and for good reason. When your child is refusing meals, surviving on a short list of accepted foods, or melting down at the sight of something unfamiliar on their plate, it’s exhausting. The good news is that selective eating is a completely normal part of early childhood development, and there are structured, evidence-backed approaches that genuinely help. Here’s what to expect, how we support variety at Kids Academy, and what works at home too.
Why Risky Play Matters – Building Physical Confidence and School Readiness Through Outdoor Challenge
Climbing, running, tumbling, balancing, digging, negotiating the rules of a complex physical game with a group of peers – these might look like simple outdoor fun. But for children in the early years, they are also some of the most important developmental work happening anywhere in the day. Risky play, play that involves a genuine degree of physical challenge and managed uncertainty, builds the physical confidence, cognitive capacity, and social skills that children need not just for childcare, but for school and beyond. Here’s what the research says, and how we structure outdoor play at Kids Academy to make the most of it.
Storytime Skills: Kids Academy Joins National Simultaneous Storytime 2026
On Wednesday 27 May 2026, children across Kids Academy joined millions of young Australians in one of the country’s most beloved literacy events. National Simultaneous Storytime isn’t just a fun shared moment, it’s a powerful demonstration of what regular, engaged reading can do for children’s development and their readiness for school.
National Reconciliation Week 2026 – How Children Learn From Country, Culture, and Shared History
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June each year, marking two landmark dates in Australia’s reconciliation history – the 1967 referendum and the 1992 Mabo decision. The 2026 theme is All In: a clear, direct call for every Australian to take an active role in reconciliation, not just during this week, but as an ongoing commitment. At Kids Academy, that commitment is built into how we approach learning every day, through our curriculum, our environments, and our partnership with Wandana Aboriginal Education.