Mar
18
Celebrating Culture at Tweddle
By Kerrie Gottliebsen
This week at Tweddle we will be celebrating Cultural Diversity Week and Close the Gap Day on Thursday 21st March. In the 18 months to December 2018, Tweddle staff supported families from 87 different cultural backgrounds, with Indian and Vietnamese families second and third respectively following Australian families. In data obtained from the 2016 ABS […]
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Mar
04
Achievement Gaps Start in the First 1000 days
By Kerrie Gottliebsen
The Dunedin Study, a longitudinal research study initiated 47 years ago in New Zealand, has shown that 20% of the population use the majority of public services, indicating long-term importance of early years investment for disadvantaged children. The study is following every one of the 1,037 babies born in the city of Dunedin between April 1972 […]
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