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Child Care Industry News
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August 2, 2016
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Welcome, this week meet Yuki Takahashi-Braybrook winner of the Early Childhood Educator of the Year prize in the 2016 Australian Family Early Education and Care Awards. Also how to be involved in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Children's Day happening Thursday this week.
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| National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day this week
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This week, on Thursday 4 August it's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day.
This important celebration offers an opportunity for all Australians to show their support for Aboriginal children, as well as learn about the crucial impact that community, culture and family play in the life of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child.
2016 marks the 29th year of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day, which is organised by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), and the theme for this year's event is My Country, Our Country, We All belong.
SNAICC says this theme is about helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children feel connected and proud in their culture and as sense of belonging.
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| Yuki Takahashi Braybrook
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Picture: Yuki Takahashi Braybrook with Child Psychiatrist and author Dr Kaylene Henderson
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This month meet Yuki Takahashi Braybrook, winner of the Early Childhood Educator of the Year award in the 2016 Australian Family Early Education and Care Awards.
What is your full name?
My name is Yuki Takahashi Braybrook and I am 31 years old. Takahashi comes from my Japanese heritage and I am really proud of carrying two surnames in Australia.
Which service do you work in? How many staff and children are in your service?
I am an early childhood teacher and educational leader at Devonshire Street Children's Centre at Chatswood NSW. It is located in one of the busy suburbs of Sydney. Devonshire Street has 59 children from 0-5 years old in a day and we have around 100 families. We have larger number of families who are originally from Asian countries thus, when walking on the street, we hear people speak in Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and also Japanese. We really need to walk along the side of others together on the mutual journey.
For our teaching team, we have 14 educators, Nominated Supervisor as well as a Chef. Many of our educators are currently upgrading their qualifications from studying a Diploma to Masters.
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