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Putting Children First

Putting Children First is NCAC's quarterly newsletter. The main focus of Putting Children First is to provide information and support to children's services working through the Child Care Quality Assurance systems.

Past Issues - This page provides an index of articles that have been published in NCAC's quarterly newsletter Putting Children First. To support services to access current information, only Putting Children First articles that are still relevant are available from the website.

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Latest Issue
Putting Children First - Issue Thirty Two - December 2009 (PDF 1.08mb - New Window) Message from the Chair: 2009 - A year of change and achievement Supporting children’s development: Life skills (PDF 237kb - New Window) Ask a Child Care Adviser: What is best hygiene practice – handwashing or hand gels? (PDF 172kb - New Window) Positive goodbyes: Helping children and families to manage separations (PDF 185kb - New Window) Let's talk! Having meaningful conversations with children (PDF 181kb - New Window) Food for thought – promoting healthy eating in child care (PDF 198kb - New Window) Resource reviews - The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Everyday Goodbyes (PDF 154kb - New Window) Making meal times positive (PDF 165kb - New Window) Managing food allergy and anaphylaxis in child care (PDF 420kb - New Window) NCAC news NCAC Annual Report extract 2008/2009 Factsheet for Families: Healthy eating in child care (PDF 132kb - New Window)